Thanks Jesse, point taken!! Have a good one David
On 14 Apr, Jesse Pelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SpamBayes delays processing of incoming messages to allow Outlook rules > to have a chance to run before they're classified. (This is something > of a hack, as there doesn't seem to be any way to guarantee that > Outlook's rules run before classification, so you can tune the delay > time.) If you create an Outlook rule that moves messages from the inbox > to a whitelist folder (or some variation on that theme), it should have > the desired effect. > That said, I'd recommend against it unless you have a demonstrated need, > for a couple of reasons. > - It may not be necessary. The sender is among the data SpamBayes > trains on. If you consistently train messages from people in your > address book as ham, it will tend to classify future messages > accordingly. > - It may lead to poorer results. It's not hard to spoof a sender > address (or to create a virus that sends messages from someone in your > whitelist). If you allow SpamBayes to classify your messages, it will > look at the content as well as the address. If it's well-trained, it > will correctly classify spam even if the address is spoofed. If you > whitelist certain addresses, you may find spam in your whitelist folder. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of David Kanareck > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 7:35 AM > To: spambayes@python.org > Subject: [Spambayes] Outlook Address Book > Hi, am using Spambayes 1.0.4 on Windows 2000 Pro and Outlook 2000 > 2000-SP3. is there any way to configure Spambayes to allow through any > messages from people in my Outlook address book? I guess this is some > form > of whitelist. > Kindest regards > David Kanareck > _______________________________________________ > SpamBayes@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html _______________________________________________ SpamBayes@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
