[Spambayes] Spambayes doesn't seem to be doing anything

[Tony Meyer]

> The problem is that I am still receiving a lot of obvious spam in / 
> var/mail/amedee, about the same amount as before the spambayes  
> installation. Have I missed something? What should I check?

Please see FAQ 4.7 and 4.9:

<http://spambayes.org/faq.html#why-did-spambayes-mark-this-obvious- 
spam-unsure>
<http://spambayes.org/faq.html#spambayes-doesn-t-seem-to-catch-much- 
spam-what-gives>

You should also check that the messages are actually being classified  
(i.e. look to see that there is an X-Spambayes-Classification header).

BTW, you didn't say what your .spambayesrc file looked like, but  
unless you've changed it, X-Spambayes-Classification will never be  
'unknown' - it will be 'spam', 'ham', or 'unsure'.

=Tony.Meyer

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