[Spambayes] train Outlook using external SPAM sources?

[G. Armour Van Horn]

If you're getting that volume of messages, there really isn't much reason to
keep old spam around for training, new spam will be available quickly enough.

Van

Kevin Altis wrote:

> Since I started using SpamBayes in May I've been keeping my spam in the SPAM
> folder rather than periodically deleting it like I used to. Well, I just
> exported the SPAM folder as a .pst file and 4300 messages total over 45MB.
> Naturally, I don't like keeping this around as part of my main outlook.pst
> file. However, I know I'll probably have to train SpamBayes again with spam
> I've already received, so I'm wondering if there is some way I could select
> one or more external sources for training? Keeping one or more external .pst
> or other format spam folders around would be acceptable, I just don't want
> them in my main outlook.pst which I backup...
>
> Alternatively, maybe there is some way to keep the results of previous
> trainings from known spam, so that I can back that info up and not need to
> keep the original spam messages around for future training? Overall, I would
> like to be able to get back to periodically deleting my spam without
> worrying about the need for future training.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ka
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