Documentation?
Does any documentation for The Bat exist anywhere? I can't find any on Ritlabs website. There are a great many features in The Bat and not much in the way of directions on how to use them. Tracking down how to do something from a Windows help file is tedious and often useless. The only alternative seems to be following the discussion lists and/or posting questions. It's hard to find time for this. I'm still better pleased with The Bat than I was Pegasus but wish Ritlabs would provide some documentation -- a pdf or even a text file documenting the many features would be really helpful. -- Wayne Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Opening url with non-default browser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Wayne, On 20 May 2004, 23:39 -0600 (20/05/200406:39 local time) Wayne King [WK] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C It would be nice if The Bat let you select a browser. MW Please no, that's an OS feature... WK I don't know of any OS that allows you to select a different WK browser for url links depending on the email client that's running. WK Certainly not Windows -- of course Windows is happy for you to WK select Internet Explorer for everything :-) That's not what I was saying... the OS lets you select the default browser (not just IE) and lets you create accounts that have different user preferences. If someone decides not to use those features why should TB! implement them internally? Okay, there are exceptions... for example, on my system Powermarks and Notetab Pro. But you'd expect that with a bookmark utility and general purpose editor that's used for coding HTML etc. - -- As ever, Martin Webster Jabber mjw | ICQ 15893823 | PGP Key ID 0xD644460D The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 | BayesIt! 0.5.4 (Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP SDK 3.0.3 Comment: PGP Key available from ldap://europe.keys.pgp.com/:11370; iQA/AwUBQKx5MTknq5PWREYNEQKXFACfV25H57l4UTLmbU+ROwsmAMBDBqYAn25k 1D1cPAmZdg5M8fz2ve+//3Uw =w66Y -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Highlight emails and send a quick note to all
Hello Marten, I don't suppose I can do this without setting up a filter can I: Open folder of emails, highlight some or all, compose a quick email note, send it to all as if individually. I think it can be done. I am trying to adapt a couple of templates I use but I don't have it working 100% yet. A few questions that will help me to adapt it for your needs: 1.- When you say 'compose a quick email note' I am assuming you want to just send this note and only the note. That is, not a reply to each of the messages selected and quoting the message. Correct? 2.- I am also assuming you want all the messages to have the same Subject, or do you want to keep the original Subjects of each of the selected messages? 3.- Would you be doing this from just one specific folder or you would want to do it from any folder? 4.- Do you use Reply templates? If so, are they Address Book templates or Folder or Account templates? -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Highlight emails and send a quick note to all
Hello Marten, I don't suppose I can do this without setting up a filter can I: Open folder of emails, highlight some or all, compose a quick email note, send it to all as if individually. I think it can be done. I am trying to adapt a couple of templates I use but I don't have it working 100% yet. A few questions that will help me to adapt it for your needs: 1.- When you say 'compose a quick email note' I am assuming you want to just send this note and only the note. That is, not a reply to each of the messages selected and quoting the message. Correct? Yes - just the same note to each address - no quoting necessary, no attachments. 2.- I am also assuming you want all the messages to have the same Subject, or do you want to keep the original Subjects of each of the selected messages? Same subject (new one) is fine. 3.- Would you be doing this from just one specific folder or you would want to do it from any folder? Preferably from any folder. 4.- Do you use Reply templates? If so, are they Address Book templates or Folder or Account templates? Mainly account templates and folder templates although for TBUDL I have had to set up an adres book template. Sounds exciting... :-) -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web Design www.annerykiln.co.uk Using The Bat 2.10.03 with POPFile 0.21.1 on XP Pro v2002 SP1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Opening url with non-default browser
Julian Beach (Lists), [JB] wrote: I'll have to agree with you. Now if The Bat! had a built-in browser... JB ...we could call it Outlook! Actually, Outlook integrates IE's engine so TB! does more than Outlook in the HTML rendering dept. since unlike Outlook that uses IE, it uses its own rendering engine to view HTML mails. However, it will not fetch remote data which IE will do ... so Outlook does it too. -- -=[ Allie ]=- (List Moderator and fellow end-user) PGPKeys: http://key.ac-martin.com Running The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on WinXP Pro (SP1) pgpodldLBvOob.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
All read messages in Inbox gone
This morning, when I opened The Bat, all the Read messages in the Inbox were gone. I did a Search for known senders and it did not find any missing messages. Rebuilding the Inbox message for that account didn't make any difference. Some important items have apparently been lost. I have been noticing for a week or so that certain groups of messages would disappear from the Inbox, and I have meant to ask about this on the list. Losing all the Read messages in a mailbox has prompted me to action. I haven't made any changes to my machine or the way I use The Bat!, or added any software involved with email. I use some filters, but to my knowledge, I do not have any filters configured that could explain this. On the other hand, some sort of major bug in the filter system might be involved. In a seemingly related incident last week, my daughter, who is also a Bat user reported that all the messages in her Known Inbox disapppeared. Whatever is happening here is obviously intolerable. I hope someone has an explanation and remedy. -- Thanks, Stan Robins Mendota Heights, MN USA Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat, 2.10.01 www.ritlabs.com * Golf is a game in which you yell fore, shoot six and write down five. - Paul Harvey * Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: All read messages in Inbox gone
Hello Stan, On Thu, 20 May 2004 07:55:55 -0500 GMT (20/05/2004, 19:55 +0700 GMT), Stan Robins wrote: SR This morning, when I opened The Bat, all the Read messages in the SR Inbox were gone. I did a Search for known senders and it did not find SR any missing messages. First, hit crtl+= (or go to View / Display / All Mesages). If that doesn't help, go to Folder / Browse Deleted Messages. SR In a seemingly related incident last week, my daughter, who is also a SR Bat user reported that all the messages in her Known Inbox SR disapppeared. Is the file messages.tbb still on her HD? -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community. Message reply created with The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 256MB RAM Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: TB! V2.10.01 and KAV plug-in.
Hello again, I'm currently using The Bat! V2.10.01 and am experiencing problems with the KAV plug-in side of things. Correction, I'm using V2.10.03 :-) Is anyone currently using a KAV plug-in for TB! that is fully working? Surely someone here is using TB! V2.10.03 with KAV successfully!? -- Chris. Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: TB! V2.10.01 and KAV plug-in.
Chris, On 20-05-2004 17:41, you [CW] wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is anyone currently using a KAV plug-in for TB! that is fully working? CW Surely someone here is using TB! V2.10.03 with KAV successfully!? Yes. 3.5 with the 3.0 plugin. -- greeting Best regards /greeting author Peter Fjelsten /author thebat version 2.11 Beta/6 /thebat version os Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1/os Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hi all, I am having trouble with version 2.0 of The Bat. I recently upgraded from 1.x, and now have a nasty memory leak that forces me to daily stop and start the bat. I was using 2.0?, and recently DLed the latest version: I'm using The Bat! Version 2.10.03 Serial Number X under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 Does anyone else have the same problem? Here is a basic breakdown of my system: win 2k, about 2 years since the install, patched and up to date, 512m ram, about 60k emails in my folders, using spambayes for filtering in pop3 proxy mode. Any idea? THanks, Todd -- | | M. Todd Lawson | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ASIC Design Engineer ||| ||| | | 170 W. Tasman Dr. (408)527-3683 V ..:|||:...:|||:.. San Jose, CA 95134-1706 c i s c o S y s t e m s Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Todd! On Thursday, May 20, 2004, 1:34 PM, you wrote, in part: TL I am having trouble with version 2.0 of The Bat. I recently TL upgraded from 1.x, and now have a nasty memory leak that forces me TL to daily stop and start the bat. I was using 2.0?, and recently TL DLed the latest version: I'm using The Bat! Version 2.10.03 Glad to have you aboard! I'm sure you'll soon have answers here from people a lot more knowledgeable than I am. I just did a search of my tbudl folder and found mention of memory leaks in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Changes in the maintenance release 2.10.03 ... [-] Some memory leaks The subject line is Version 10.0.3 is released and the date created is Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:32:12 +0100 in case you wanted to look in the archives. However, I quoted the only relevant part above. You might like also to subscribe to tbbeta. How to should be in your welcome letter to tbudl, and also at the link in the footers below all posts to this list. There was recently a long discussion of memory leaks on tbbeta. Can't remember there being a fix, though, unless in a recent beta. You could post your problem there, perhaps, even if you're not currently running a beta? (Not sure of the protocol of that, however.) I do know that you can subscribe, because I am subscribed and read nearly all the threads on that list, just lurking, to see whether I want to upgrade. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Mary, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 12:57:22 PM, you wrote: Mary Glad to have you aboard! I'm sure you'll soon have answers here Mary from people a lot more knowledgeable than I am. I just did a Mary search of my tbudl folder and found mention of memory leaks in Mary mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] grin Remember, he just joined, so he won't have his own archive of messages yet so the mid won't help him. -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
mention of memory leaks in [Raises hand gingerly] Please - What's a memory leak? What does it look like? And should I be worried? -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web Design www.annerykiln.co.uk Using The Bat 2.10.03 with POPFile 0.21.1 on XP Pro v2002 SP1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
On Thursday, May 20, 2004, 3:04 PM, you wrote: Mary mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LG grin Remember, he just joined, so he won't have his own archive of LG messages yet so the mid won't help him. you know, I never did learn about MID messages or how to search, and I've been around a while!! -- Paul Using The Bat! v2.10.03 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Apr2004 (4.1.396) (avast! version number) 0421-1 (19.05.2004) (avast! DB version number) 4.1.396 (avast! plugin version number) Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Marten, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 1:10:28 PM, you wrote: Marten Please - What's a memory leak? What does it look like? And Marten should I be worried? If you see a puddle forming around the base of your computer then you've got one! grin Just kidding. Basically a memory leak means that a program grabs resources (like memory) and once it's done doing what it needed to do with the resource, it fails to free it up for other things to use it. Further, the same program that took the resource in the first place may forget that it set aside that resource for its own use and take another piece of the resources. If this were to continue, it would mean that at some point in time it will have grabbed all the available resources and things start to crash because there are no resources left for anything to use. Really the only way to recover from a memory leak (aside from the programmers fixing the bug) is to first, try and close the offending application and hope Windows recovers the resources, or two, restart your computer if the first doesn't work. -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Paul, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 1:18:47 PM, you wrote: Paul you know, I never did learn about MID messages or how to search, Paul and I've been around a while!! Well... Let me 'splain it to yous!! ;-) Provided you didn't delete my reply to Mary that you replied to, click the below MID. mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Next, one of two things will happen. 1. If the message the MID references is in the same folder as the message containing the MID you just clicked on, it'll take you right to the message. 2. If you're using a virtual folder or mail ticker VF to read the message, you'll get a dialog box asking which folders to search in. At this point you would choose TBUDL (or whatever folder you keep your TBUDL messages in). Walla! That's how MID references work. It's like a shortcut to a message you have somewhere in one of the TB folders. If you completely delete the message that the MID was referring to, then TB isn't going to find it. -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Leif! On Thursday, May 20, 2004, 2:04 PM, you wrote: Mary ... I just did a search of my tbudl folder and found mention of Mary memory leaks in Mary mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LG grin Remember, he just joined, so he won't have his own archive of LG messages yet so the mid won't help him. protesting But Leif, I just got chided about that in connection with a query from Dan Grunberg, so I put in the subject line and date also, this time, in case our new friend or anyone else wanted to search the archives. Is there going to be any help anywhere for Todd? -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
On Thursday, May 20, 2004, 3:27 PM, you wrote: LG Well... Let me 'splain it to yous!! ;-) yous guyz?? Yikes, where was youz yankd up?? LG Provided you didn't delete my reply to Mary that you replied to, click LG the below MID. heh, heh, actually I DID delete it:) but, I hadn't stopped TB, so I know where the message is, TRASH can! LG mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LG Next, one of two things will happen. LG 1. If the message the MID references is in the same folder as the LGmessage containing the MID you just clicked on, it'll take you LGright to the message. well, it didn't find it in THAT folder, but we now know why. LG 2. If you're using a virtual folder or mail ticker VF to read the LGmessage, you'll get a dialog box asking which folders to search in. LGAt this point you would choose TBUDL (or whatever folder you keep LGyour TBUDL messages in). I checked trash and it brought up a nice new folder-view window of the messages in my trash can, with your message being viewed! LG Walla! That's how MID references work. It's like a shortcut to a LG message you have somewhere in one of the TB folders. If you completely LG delete the message that the MID was referring to, then TB isn't going LG to find it. geez, I thought it was magic:) figured it would go out on the web and find that message! or at least take you to the archivesG I don't keep many messages from lists, I figure I can find it in the archives, but the MID thingy is kinda neat. thanks for the splananation! -- Paul Using The Bat! v2.10.03 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Apr2004 (4.1.396) (avast! version number) 0421-1 (19.05.2004) (avast! DB version number) 4.1.396 (avast! plugin version number) Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Marten! On Thursday, May 20, 2004, 2:10 PM, you wrote: MG Please - What's a memory leak? What does it look like? And should I be MG worried? Leif just said. :) From what I'm reading on tbbeta, it's not happening to everyone with The Bat v.2.10.03. Been puzzling the heck out of those with the problem. If you're not running slow or freezing up, probably no need to worry, I think, from what I've been reading. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Paul, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 1:41:12 PM, you wrote: Paul yous guyz?? Yikes, where was youz yankd up?? On the wrong side of the tracks! grin Paul geez, I thought it was magic:) figured it would go out on the Paul web and find that message! or at least take you to the Paul archivesG I don't keep many messages from lists, I figure I Paul can find it in the archives, but the MID thingy is kinda neat. Paul thanks for the splananation! Yous is welcome! ;-) -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Mary, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 1:35:58 PM, you wrote: Mary protesting But Leif, I just got chided about that in connection with Mary a query from Dan Grunberg That's because we're trying to confuse you! Grin Mary so I put in the subject line and date also, this time, in case Mary our new friend or anyone else wanted to search the archives. That definitely helps! Mary Is there going to be any help anywhere for Todd? Not from me.. I'm not experiencing memory leaks. e, well, my installation of TB isn't anyways. ;-) -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Thu, 20 May 2004 13:18:09 -0600 (3:18 PM here) Leif Gregory wrote: Hello Marten, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 1:10:28 PM, you wrote: Marten Please - What's a memory leak? What does it look like? And Marten should I be worried? If you see a puddle forming around the base of your computer then you've got one! grin No, no! That's what happens when you forget to put a bit bucket under the end of a shift register. Using: The Bat! v2.10.03, BayesIt! 0.5.4, MyMacros 1.10 Windows 2000 v5.0 - Build 2195 - Service Pack 4 -- Daniel A. Grunberg Kensington, Maryland, USA homepage: www.nyx.net/~dgrunber/ Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Leif, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 2:27:33 PM, you wrote: Paul you know, I never did learn about MID messages or how to search, Paul and I've been around a while!! LG Well... Let me 'splain it to yous!! ;-) LG Provided you didn't delete my reply to Mary that you replied to, click LG the below MID. LG mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Good expalnation. Could you be so kind as to explain how to create a MID as well. -- Stuartmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
IMAP 2.10.03
Hello tbudl, Ok firstly auto filtering still doesn't work is that correct? Secondly after upgrading to 2.10.03 attachments can't be opened. When I view my imap folders using Mozilla Thunderbird (which I briefly thought might be better than TB! at IMAP) it can open and save the attachments fine. For some reason TB! can't open the same attachment. Any ideas? Andrew -- Best regards, Andrew TheBat! 2.10.03 WinXp Pro Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Just joined, haven't seen a fix for my problem.
Hello Peter, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 7:44:44 PM, you wrote: PO The message you want to refer to has a field in the headers/kludges PO called Message-ID: (without the quotes). Select / copy the underlined PO text behind it, without the / characters. PO In your msg type mid:; (without the quotes), then paste the earlier PO selected / copied text directly after it. PO Examples: PO mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PO mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PO It works as typing / creating a http://somedomain.tld link. Interesting. Does this only work in the bat? -- Stuartmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: IMAP 2.10.03
Andrew, [A] wrote: A Ok firstly auto filtering still doesn't work is that correct? Not yet, but it's being worked on. Hopefully it'll be up and working reliably soon. A Secondly after upgrading to 2.10.03 attachments can't be opened. A When I view my imap folders using Mozilla Thunderbird (which I A briefly thought might be better than TB! at IMAP) it can open and A save the attachments fine. For some reason TB! can't open the same A attachment. I don't have that problem though I do know that the experience with TB!'s IMAP can vary widely. Again, IMAP is being given attention and hopefully this sort of unpredictable behaviour will be sorted out. -- -=[ Allie ]=- (List Moderator and fellow end-user) PGPKeys: http://key.ac-martin.com Running The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on WinXP Pro (SP1) pgpIAxURSAqwf.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: All read messages in Inbox gone
Hello Thomas, Thank-you for the reply. First, hit crtl+= (or go to View / Display / All Mesages). That (All Messages) is the setting for my Inbox. When I Display Read messages, it just shows the few recent messages that I have read. If that doesn't help, go to Folder / Browse Deleted Messages. I did that already. This morning it didn't show any. Now it shows about 5 deleted messages. All are recent. There is no rhyme or reason to the messages displayed as deleted. I opened the Inbox messages.tbb file with a text editor and tried to find a few of the missing messages. They weren't there. SR In a seemingly related incident last week, my daughter, who is also a SR Bat user reported that all the messages in her Known Inbox SR disapppeared. Is the file messages.tbb still on her HD? I think so. I did have her rebuild the index and also Browse Deleted Messages. No luck with either. I wonder how many have reported this problem. I suspect a massive bug related to the filter routines. I better start making daily backups of my mailboxes. -- Stan Robins Mendota Heights, MN Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat, 2.10.01 www.ritlabs.com * My best score ever is 103. But then again I've only been playing golf for 13 years. -- Alex Karras (American pro football legend) * Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Spam Filtering
A few days ago someone had a question about spam filtering problems but it drifted off into a conversation about untrimmed replies, so I thought I'd raise it again. BayesIT had been working pretty well for me up until upgrading to the current TB version with the built-in plug-in. I tried to bring it up to speed by running through all my old junk mail as well as a collection of good mail, but it still wasn't catching much after about a week of operation and I was wondering what was wrong. I finally set my score greater than box to 5 out of 100 (!), and now things are looking up--it's catching maybe eighty percent of the spam with no false positives. But 5 seems an awfully low number to use, and I'm always checking for good mail showing up in my junk box. Am I doing something wrong or is this how it works? Will I be able to raise the score over time to give myself more peace of mind? And just what do those choices about Average, Maximal and Minimal really mean? I've fooled around with changing the settings but can see no difference in performance. -- Using The Bat! Version 2.10.03 under Windows XP 5.1, Build 2600, Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
