F***n spam!

Opti · 2004-05-30, 08:28 PM

when you first setup spambayes you enable a proxy cache that stores a copy of all the mail it sees... to "train" spambayes you use a browser based admin utilty to mark which messages were the SPAM and which were the HAM..

Once it is trained to the point it gets all SPAM hits correct and most HAM hits marked as HAM rather than UNSURE, you turn of the caching part.

It's hard to explain without looking at it.. i know I didnt get it until I used it anyway.. But basically it is ultimately flexible and it's simplistic ideaolgy in the way you incorporate it into your existing system is brilliant in my mind..

I understand what you mean though... this just does one thing.. but i imagine you could set it up so spam was automatically reported to spamcop and other such things.. it's not a microsoft boxed product type app though.. so doing all that isnt point and click.

It is easy to install and test without fucking up any existing spam filering or email client rules btw... it's not a pain to try and then discard.

2004-05-30, 08:28 PM	#1
Opti I Didn't Do It Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: au Posts: 795	when you first setup spambayes you enable a proxy cache that stores a copy of all the mail it sees... to "train" spambayes you use a browser based admin utilty to mark which messages were the SPAM and which were the HAM.. Once it is trained to the point it gets all SPAM hits correct and most HAM hits marked as HAM rather than UNSURE, you turn of the caching part. It's hard to explain without looking at it.. i know I didnt get it until I used it anyway.. But basically it is ultimately flexible and it's simplistic ideaolgy in the way you incorporate it into your existing system is brilliant in my mind.. I understand what you mean though... this just does one thing.. but i imagine you could set it up so spam was automatically reported to spamcop and other such things.. it's not a microsoft boxed product type app though.. so doing all that isnt point and click. It is easy to install and test without fucking up any existing spam filering or email client rules btw... it's not a pain to try and then discard.