[Spambayes] Re: whitelist

[Adam Walker]

I don't think outlook exposes its rule engine through its com interface
(someone correct me if I'm wrong), which would make that difficult to do. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: spambayes-bounces at python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces at python.org]
> On Behalf Of Coe, Bob
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 5:04 PM
> To: spambayes at python.org
> Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Re: whitelist
> 
> In one of the threads dealing with the interaction between Spambayes and
> Outlook filtering rules, I mentioned that it would be nice if Spambayes
> could simply be treated as one of the Outlook rules. This illustrates why
> I think that. Whatever you think of whitelisting in a Spambayes
> environment (and I'm pretty sure I agree that it's unnecessary), it
> becomes dead easy if you can apply the whitelist (via one or more Outlook
> rules) before Spambayes gets to look at any messages.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Derrick 'dman' Hudson [mailto:dman at dman13.dyndns.org]
> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 4:07 PM
> > To: spambayes at python.org
> > Subject: [Spambayes] Re: whitelist
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:52:12PM +0200, kasper b. graversen wrote:
> > | hello there.. I just read a review of your product. it sounds great.
> > | but... when are you going to implement whitelist's in the program?
> >
> > There is no need to.  First of all, spambayes doesn't actually do
> > anything to your email, so it can't possibly be lost.  If you want
> > "whitelisting" then it belongs in the sorting rules you have.  Simply
> > check the values you want to whitelist on _before_ checking spambayes'
> > classification of the message.  Besides, whitelisting can not be
> > guaranteed to work because (almost) anything you want to whitelist on
> > can be forged by spammers and worms.
> 
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