[Spambayes] Problem with POP3 Proxy: mail hits inbox beforespambayes

[Tony Meyer]

> because isn't the point of this whole thing to keep the spam 
> OUT of the inbox...?
> I have to download all 500 (for example) messages to the 
> inbox. Then I can review with spambayes, train it with the 2
> "real" messages of the lot and discard the others. Then I still
> have to go delete 498 messages from my inbox. It's twice the
> effort I used to go through. What's the point?

You seem to be confusing training and classifying.  The work you do with the
web interface is training spambayes, so that it knows what's good mail and
what's bad.  After some initial training, you really shouldn't have to do
very much of this.

It sounds like you're not using the SpamBayes classification at all.  When
mail goes through SpamBayes, it gets a classification header added to it
that indicates whether SpamBayes thinks that it's good or bad, based on the
training that you've done.  You can then filter it out to wherever you like
(a "junk" folder, for example).

You might want to read the "read me" that comes with SpamBayes, the
information on the website (the "non-technical handwaving answer" on the
front page, and the "applications" page), and/or the FAQ.

=Tony Meyer

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