[Spambayes] need .spambayesrc in *nix

[Atom 'Smasher']

> > 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.
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cool... i just installed pybsddb and rebuilt the database (with the "-f"
option of mboxtrain.py)... the file is smaller and the filtering time
dropped to 25% of the time that it was before.

and i'll guess it'll be ready to go when i upgrade spambayes...



> > > > 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.
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i'm using hammiefilter.py and it it seems fine without a config... but
it's good to know i can tweak it, just in case ;)



        ...atom

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