[spambayes-bugs] [ spambayes-Bugs-1868564 ] Database file: sizelimit?

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Bugs item #1868564, was opened at 2008-01-10 16:24
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Category: Outlook
Group: None
>Status: Closed
Resolution: Works For Me
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: moby_dick (moby_dick)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Database file: sizelimit?

Initial Comment:
I've encountered following effect:

- trained spam bayes on over 20.000 spam an about 3.500 ham mails resulting in a database file about 10 MB size (each)

- automatic filtering work well enough

- but: manual declaring mail as spam / ham did not work (see attached logfile)

- nothing helps, inlcuding:
-- removing icons from outlook an reinstall them
-- removing complete outlook icons config
-- reinstalling spambayes (but reusing old database files)

- but the solution was: 
-- deleted database files
-- retrained on only 1.000 spam and 1.000 ham 
-- result: a database file about 5 MB (bayes) and 1.2 MB (message)

- everything worked again and still does

So, may there be a problem when the database file(s) exceed a specific size?

My system:
WinXP Pro, SP2
Outlook 2003
SpamBayes 1.1a3 

PS: Same problem with minor version of spambayes

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Comment By: moby_dick (moby_dick)
Date: 2008-01-11 09:18

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Ups, I thought 'the more the better'. Seems to have been wrong. :-)

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Comment By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Date: 2008-01-10 18:18

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There is no specific size limit, but there's also no reason to have 1,000
spams or hams.  I suggest you
try deleting your database altogether and start from scratch.  If you want
to seed the database, just use
the last 10 (ten) or so spams and hams.




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