[Spambayes] need .spambayesrc in *nix

[Tony Meyer]

> i seem to have these databases:
> 	.hammiedb.bak	.hammiedb.dat	.hammiedb.dir
> 
> i thought some docs also mentioned:
> 	.spambayes_hammie.db.dat	.spambayes_hammie.db.dir
> 
> are those still used? or is that an older version of what i have?

If you have .dat and .dir files, this means you're using dumbdbm (the FAQ
has stuff about this, too).  This is *not* a good idea; in fact recent
versions of SpamBayes refuse to let you use it.  See the FAQ for details
about switching over to a pickle or bsddb.

> > > also, where is the documentation for the stuff that lives 
> in that file?
[...]
> a *LOT* of stuff! i'll read through that, but it seems to
> work fine with no rc file... i guess it just falls back on
> the defaults...

Indeed.  SpamBayes is *very* configurable - but the only details you
actually need to give it to work just fine are server details if you're
using the POP3 proxy, or server, username and folder details if the IMAP
filter.  (If you're using sb_filter, or something like that, then none at
all should be fine, IIRC).  The majority of other options will probably only
be necessary if you feel like testing or developing.

=Tony Meyer