[Spambayes] Deployment
Barry A. Warsaw
barry@python.org
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:23:33 -0400
>>>>> "NS" == Neil Schemenauer <nas@python.ca> writes:
NS> Writing an IMAP server is a non-trivial task.
That's what I've been told by everyone I've talked to who's actually
tried to write one.
NS> Alternatively, perhaps there could be a separate protocol and
NS> client that could be used to review additions to the training
NS> set. Each day a few random spam and ham messages could be
NS> grabbed as candidates. Someone would periodically startup the
NS> client, review the candidates, reclassify or remove any
NS> messages they don't like and add them to the training set.
I think people will be much more motivated to report spam than ham. I
like the general approach that copies of random messages will be
sequestered for some period of time before they're assumed to be ham.
Matched with a simple spam reporting scheme, this could keep the
training up to date with little effort. I've sketched out an approach
a listserver like Mailman could do along these lines and if I get some
free time I'll hack something together.
I like the idea of a POP proxy which is classifying messages as
they're pulled from the server. The easiest way for such a beast to
be notified of spam might be to simply save the spam in a special
folder or file that the POP proxy would periodically consult.
-Barry