[Spambayes] Problem with POP3 Proxy

[Kenny Pitt]

Since your are using the Windows binary, you should find all the data
files for the proxy under "C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\SpamBayes\Proxy". The training
database will probably be named "statistics_database.db" instead of
"hammie.db".
 
You should certainly try deleting the old database and see what happens,
but it's hard to guess why SpamBayes would be picking it up if you've
specifically configured a different file so there could be a bug here
somewhere. Before you try anything further, could you try to reproduce
the problem and then collect your logfiles and send them to the list?
You should find them in your temp directory (usually "\Documents and
Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp"), and they will be named
"SpamBayesServer?.log" where ? is a numeric digit.
 
-- 
Kenny Pitt
 


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From: spambayes-bounces+kennypitt=hotmail.com at python.org
[mailto:spambayes-bounces+kennypitt=hotmail.com at python.org] On Behalf Of
Ian Hlavats
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:17 PM
To: spambayes at python.org
Subject: [Spambayes] Problem with POP3 Proxy


I am using SpamBayes POP3 Proxy Version 0.4 (February 2004) (binary),
with version 2.3.2+ (#49, Oct 23 2003, 15:50:06) [MSC v.1200 32 bit
(Intel)] of Python; my operating system is Windows 5.0.2195.2 (Service
Pack 4).  I have trained 3 ham and 661 spam.
 
The problem I am having is that I am unable to remove a previous
hammie.db database because I can't find it and this is causing
inconsistencies in the Web user interface and possibly in Spambayes'
operations.
 
Hi, the above technical details (re: training) are not entirely accurate
and this is part of the problem I'm having. When I first installed
Spambayes I tried training it on some spam (661 messages as indicated
above) and then I tried to feed it a .dbx store containing more than ham
3000 messages (I had not yet read the docs regarding the 1:1 spam/ham
training ratio). After more than one hour of waiting for it to process
the ham, I gave up and shut down the server. 
 
I tried to read how to delete and rebuild the database but I could not
find "hammie.db" anywhere on my computer so I could not delete the
database. I reinstalled Spambayes numerous times and whenever I opened
the Web interface it still showed my previous spam training stats (661
spam, 3 ham). Next I configured Spambayes to use a specific .db file (I
gave it the full path this time) and it created the database file and
showed my training stats at 0/0.
 
This was fine, the slate was clean and I was ready to retrain the
system. This time I fed Spambayes roughly 600 spam and 600 ham. It has
been working great since then, but now whenever I change something else
in the configuration settings and go back to the home page, it still
shows my old spam/ham training numbers (661 spam, 3 ham)! 
 
After a short while, if I restart the proxy server it comes up with my
current stats (the real ones that I've created since retraining
Spambayes), but as you can see from above, it occasionally reverts to
the initial training status. Is there any way for me to permamently
remove any remnants from my first training database? Since I can't find
the database I have no way to delete it.
 

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