[Tutor] Bayespam...questions?

[Steve Lewis]

thank you tim,

i am very new to python, but learning fast. as your project progesses i
would love to beta test and/or utilize your software.
thanks again,

steve

> [Steve Lewis]
>> I have downloaded the bayespam from sourceforge, when unzipped it
>> leaves a file with the extension .pik. For the life of me, i cant find
>> a reference to that extension in any of my online sources.  Need help.
>>  What is the extension and a pointer or two on how to use it for spam
>> protection.
>
> The file is a binary pickle of a classifier instance.  If that didn't
> make any sense, you're doing fine <wink>:  the file was there just to
> make it easy for developers on the project to share it.  I've removed
> it now, so nobody else falls into this trap.  There's really nothing
> useful you can do with it!  The spambayes project is in a research
> phase now, and has nothing to offer that's useful to users.
>
> think-of-it-as-a-cocktail-napkin-with-scribbled-notes-ly y'rs  - tim