From anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net Sat Sep 10 02:29:28 2005 From: anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net (Tony Meyer) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:29:28 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Spambayes-checkins] website background.ht,1.20,1.21 Message-ID: <20050910002928.A73381E4004@bag.python.org> Update of /cvsroot/spambayes/website In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv14762 Modified Files: background.ht Log Message: Add link to training section on wiki. Index: background.ht =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/spambayes/website/background.ht,v retrieving revision 1.20 retrieving revision 1.21 diff -C2 -d -r1.20 -r1.21 *** background.ht 9 Aug 2004 06:16:32 -0000 1.20 --- background.ht 10 Sep 2005 00:29:25 -0000 1.21 *************** *** 206,213 **** 2001 was ham. If you can't get ham and spam from the same source, make sure the tokenizer isn't going to pick up on the non-clues. !
  • "mistake-based training" - where you only train on messages that the ! system got wrong - results in the system taking a lot longer to get really ! good at what it does. You're better off feeding it the things it gets ! right, as well as the things it gets wrong.

    --- 206,211 ---- 2001 was ham. If you can't get ham and spam from the same source, make sure the tokenizer isn't going to pick up on the non-clues. !
  • There is much more ! discussion about training on the wiki.

    From anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net Sat Sep 10 02:29:58 2005 From: anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net (Tony Meyer) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:29:58 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Spambayes-checkins] website download.ht,1.35,1.36 Message-ID: <20050910002958.BF6D31E4004@bag.python.org> Update of /cvsroot/spambayes/website In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv14830 Modified Files: download.ht Log Message: Add info about 1.1a1. Index: download.ht =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/spambayes/website/download.ht,v retrieving revision 1.35 retrieving revision 1.36 diff -C2 -d -r1.35 -r1.36 *** download.ht 24 Mar 2005 05:21:43 -0000 1.35 --- download.ht 10 Sep 2005 00:29:55 -0000 1.36 *************** *** 11,17 **** spambayes at python.org.

    You may like to view the release notes or the ! files that make up this release.

    Microsoft Windows

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    The first alpha release of 1.1 is also now available. It is highly likely + that there are new bugs in this release, but if you are willing and able to + give it a spin for us, that would be greatly appreciated. You might like + to look at this list + of things to try out.

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    You may like to view the release notes or the ! files that make up the 1.0.4 release.

    Microsoft Windows

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  • From anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net Sat Sep 10 02:30:42 2005 From: anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net (Tony Meyer) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:30:42 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Spambayes-checkins] website faq.txt,1.90,1.91 Message-ID: <20050910003042.F03E01E4004@bag.python.org> Update of /cvsroot/spambayes/website In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv15098 Modified Files: faq.txt Log Message: Rearrange OE instructions, as suggested by Jesse Pelton. Index: faq.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/spambayes/website/faq.txt,v retrieving revision 1.90 retrieving revision 1.91 diff -C2 -d -r1.90 -r1.91 *** faq.txt 16 Feb 2005 22:49:43 -0000 1.90 --- faq.txt 10 Sep 2005 00:30:39 -0000 1.91 *************** *** 297,300 **** --- 297,303 ---- let you do this. + You can find detailed instructions about how to do this, step by step + in `this FAQ question`_. + Once you've set up sb_server, you also need to create rules (like any other rules) in Outlook Express, to take the appropriate action on mail based on *************** *** 315,318 **** --- 318,322 ---- move us towards the Outlook simplicity. + .. _this FAQ question: #how-do-i-set-up-spambayes-and-outlook-express What clients will SpamBayes work with in general? *************** *** 1259,1282 **** 1. Download the latest version of SpamBayes from `the download page`_. 2. Run the installer - you want "sb_server", not the Outlook plug-in. ! 3. Open the SpamBayes configuration page at http://localhost:8880/config (you can do this via the tray application, or just type that address into your browser). ! 4. Enter your POP3 server's name in the top box ("Remote Servers"). ! 5. Enter "110" (no quotes) in the second box ("SpamBayes ports"). ! 6. Tick the "unsure" and "spam" boxes in the "Notate to" option, about halfway down the page. ! 7. Click the "Save configuration" button at the end of the page. ! 8. Open Outlook Express. ! 9. From the "Tools" menu, choose "Accounts". ! 10. Select your mail account and click "Properties". ! 11. Click the "Servers" tab. ! 12. Change the "incoming mail server" from the name of your POP3 server to "localhost" (no quotes). ! 13. Click "OK". ! 14. Click "Close". Everything should now be setup. Try doing a send/receive - mail should arrive as normal, but any mail that SpamBayes is unsure about will have ! 'unsure,' (1.0.x) or 'unsure at spambayes.invalid' (1.1) in the recipient list, and ! any mail that SpamBayes thinks is spam will have 'spam,' (1.0.x) or ! 'spam at spambayes.invalid' (1.1) in the recipient list. You can use Outlook Express's ! Rules Wizard to create rules that automatically move these messages to ! other folders. If you have any more queries, please look through the rest of this FAQ, --- 1263,1310 ---- 1. Download the latest version of SpamBayes from `the download page`_. 2. Run the installer - you want "sb_server", not the Outlook plug-in. ! 3. Open Outlook Express. ! 4. From the "Tools" menu, choose "Accounts". ! 5. Select your mail account and click "Properties". ! 6. Click the "Servers" tab. ! 7. Make a note of what you currently have in the "incoming mail server" entry (the name of your POP3 server). ! 8. Change the "incoming mail server" from the name of your POP3 server to "localhost" (no quotes). ! 9. Click "OK". ! 10. Click "Close". ! 11. Open the SpamBayes configuration page at http://localhost:8880/config (you can do this via the tray application, or just type that address into your browser). ! 12. Enter your POP3 server's name in the top box ("Remote Servers"). This is what you wrote down in step 7. ! 13. Enter "110" (no quotes) in the second box ("SpamBayes ports"). ! 14. Tick the "unsure" and "spam" boxes in the "Notate to" option, about halfway down the page. ! 15. Click the "Save configuration" button at the end of the page. Everything should now be setup. Try doing a send/receive - mail should arrive as normal, but any mail that SpamBayes is unsure about will have ! 'unsure,' (1.0.x) or 'unsure at spambayes.invalid' (1.1.x) in the recipient ! list, and any mail that SpamBayes thinks is spam will have 'spam,' (1.0.x) ! or 'spam at spambayes.invalid' (1.1.x) in the recipient list. You can use ! Outlook Express's Rules Wizard to create rules that automatically move ! these messages to other folders, for example: ! ! 1. Create two new folders in Outlook Express, one called "Possible Junk" and one called "Junk Mail". ! 2. Do Tools->Message Rules->Mail. ! 3. Click "New" to create a new rule (I think that if there are no existing rules it will do this for you). ! 4. Click "Where the To line contains people" in the top box, and "Move it to the specified folder" in the second box. ! 5. Click the blue "contains people" in the third box and type "unsure" (no quotes), then click "Add", then click "Ok". ! 6. Click the blue "specified folder" in the third box and find and select the "Possible Junk" folder that you made in step 1, then click "Ok". ! 7. In the fourth box, name the rule "SpamBayes unsure" ! 8. Repeat steps 3 through 8, but type "spam" rather than "unsure", choose the "Junk Mail" folder, and name the rule "SpamBayes spam" ! 9. Click Ok. ! ! Mail will now be split between your Inbox, the Possible Junk folder, and ! the Junk Mail folder, depending on how it was classified. You do training ! by double-clicking the envelope icon and filling out the review page that ! opens. ! ! Note that there is a flaw in this method: if you get mail from someone who ! has "unsure" or "spam" in their email address, those messages will also be ! moved. (The problem comes about because Outlook Express is so limited in ! the filtering it can do). There is a way to workaround this, so ask ! `the mailing list`_ if it's a problem. When the final 1.1 release is made, ! it will avoid this problem (instead of just "unsure", it adds ! "unsure at spambayes.invalid"). If you have any more queries, please look through the rest of this FAQ, *************** *** 1381,1385 **** one-time posters, who probably start three-quarters of all threads, and account for about half the messages. These people often want help ! with setting up SpamBayes, and are sometimes not particularly confortable with computers, so the fewer loops to jump through to get help, the better. It would also defeat the "submit bug report" ability of --- 1409,1413 ---- one-time posters, who probably start three-quarters of all threads, and account for about half the messages. These people often want help ! with setting up SpamBayes, and are sometimes not particularly comfortable with computers, so the fewer loops to jump through to get help, the better. It would also defeat the "submit bug report" ability of From anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net Sat Sep 10 02:31:23 2005 From: anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net (Tony Meyer) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:31:23 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Spambayes-checkins] website index.ht,1.39,1.40 Message-ID: <20050910003123.309DB1E4004@bag.python.org> Update of /cvsroot/spambayes/website In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv15302 Modified Files: index.ht Log Message: Add info about 1.1a1. Index: index.ht =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/spambayes/website/index.ht,v retrieving revision 1.39 retrieving revision 1.40 diff -C2 -d -r1.39 -r1.40 *** index.ht 24 Mar 2005 05:21:43 -0000 1.39 --- index.ht 10 Sep 2005 00:31:20 -0000 1.40 *************** *** 8,11 **** --- 8,15 ---- archives and a Windows binary installer).

    See the download page for more.

    +

    SpamBayes 1.1a1 is also now available! (This includes both the source + archives and a Windows binary installers). This is an alpha + release, so you should only try it if you are willing to try out + experimental releases - otherwise stick with 1.0.4.

    You may also like to see what other people have been saying about us in the press and elsewhere.

    *************** *** 14,18 ****

    The SpamBayes ! project is working on developing a Bayesian anti-spam filter, initially based on the work of Paul Graham. --- 18,23 ----

    The SpamBayes ! project is working on developing a statistical (commonly, although a little ! inaccurately, referred to as Bayesian) anti-spam filter, initially based on the work of Paul Graham. *************** *** 28,32 ****

    !

    SpamBayes is not a single application. The core code is a message classifier, however there are several applications available as part of the SpamBayes project which use the classifier in specific contexts. For the --- 33,37 ----

    !

    SpamBayes is not a single application. The core code is a message classifier, however there are several applications available as part of the SpamBayes project which use the classifier in specific contexts. For the *************** *** 137,142 **** !

    The code is currently available from a variety of methods from the ! downloads page.

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    The code (implemented in Python) is currently available from a variety ! of methods from the downloads page.

    From anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net Sat Sep 10 02:31:51 2005 From: anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net (Tony Meyer) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:31:51 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Spambayes-checkins] website quotes.ht,1.11,1.12 Message-ID: <20050910003151.54F1F1E4004@bag.python.org> Update of /cvsroot/spambayes/website In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv15383 Modified Files: quotes.ht Log Message: Add info about PCW review. Index: quotes.ht =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/spambayes/website/quotes.ht,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.12 diff -C2 -d -r1.11 -r1.12 *** quotes.ht 8 Nov 2004 01:20:35 -0000 1.11 --- quotes.ht 10 Sep 2005 00:31:48 -0000 1.12 *************** *** 98,102 ****

    Spamotomy users have a ! bit to say, too!

    What we are saying about us

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    Spamotomy users have a ! bit to say, too!

    ! !

    ! SpamBayes [...] is definitely in a league of its own
    ! Personal Computer World ! gives ! SpamBayes their Editor's Choice award.

    What we are saying about us

    From anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net Sat Sep 10 02:32:31 2005 From: anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net (Tony Meyer) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:32:31 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Spambayes-checkins] website windows.ht,1.45,1.46 Message-ID: <20050910003231.C1CAE1E4004@bag.python.org> Update of /cvsroot/spambayes/website In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv15506 Modified Files: windows.ht Log Message: Add info about 1.1a1. Index: windows.ht =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/spambayes/website/windows.ht,v retrieving revision 1.45 retrieving revision 1.46 diff -C2 -d -r1.45 -r1.46 *** windows.ht 24 Mar 2005 05:21:43 -0000 1.45 --- windows.ht 10 Sep 2005 00:32:28 -0000 1.46 *************** *** 11,15 ****

    Latest Release

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    The latest release is 1.0.4 - see the release notes or download the installation program. --- 11,15 ----

    Latest Release

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    The latest stable release is 1.0.4 - see the release notes or download the installation program. *************** *** 85,86 **** --- 85,90 ---- source, then setup the IMAP filter) for your mail server. + +

    The 1.1 release (see the download page) includes + a binary version of sb_imapfilter. Although this is still currently in alpha, + you might like to try it out.

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