Deb, SpamBayes will need to be trained. 30 messages is really not much training. You should have 3 folders of interest (in Outlook): Inbox, Spam Suspects, and Spam Certain. If you are starting with no training (if you have folders of old emails, then you can train SpamBayes on these folders). SpamBayes gives each email a score that can be displayed (and you can get this displayed - see Viewing and Using the Spam Score Field in SpamBayes->Help->About SpamBayes), but, once it has been trained, SpamBayes will put guaranteed spam into the Spam Certain folder and possible spam into the Spam Suspects folder. If you have started with only 30 trained emails, then you need to check the Spam Certain folder to be sure that what is there is really spam. If not, simply click on Recover from Spam, and it will be moved back into inbox. Also if there is spam in your inbox, then you need to train SpamBayes by clicking on Delete As Spam, which will move it to the Spam Certain folder. The Spam Suspects folder contains the emails that SpamBayes really needs training on. Be sure to process this folder, performing either Delete as Spam or Recover from Spam from this folder. The good email will now be in the Inbox, and the spam will now be in the Spam Certain folder, and you will have provided SpamBayes with some of its needed training. The sophistication of spam these days requires substantial training because there are so many sources using so many different techniques to get through spam filters. SpamBayes will catch all this stuff anyway, even when a new technique is invented, but only if you train it. I love SpamBayes because I never get good email in my Spam Certain folder and now, I am getting very little good email in my Spam Suspects folder. I am receiving email from [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is a magnet for spam, so I get a lot of spam, and I don't want any of the good email lost. I had already used Outlook to filter spam, so I have SpamBayes configured as my secondary spam filter. My Outlook Junk E-mail folder has 2364 messages, while my Junk Spam Certain folder has 999 messages since mid-November. I used Outlook spam processing by only declaring the sender to be a spammer, but I had done that for a couple of years before getting disgusted and adding SpamBayes. I now get very little spam in my Inbox (about 10-20% as much as my good email). With the Delete As Spam button so handy, however, it doesn't bother me.
Peter Bishop _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deb Lewis Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Spambayes] New Web User Hello All. I have recently installed Spambayes Web interface and it seems to be filtering my messages. However when the messages appear in my in tray (I am using Incredimail) there is no indication to show me what is spam or not so I have to look at each message in turn. How will Spambayes indicate to me wether a message is spam or not. I have only "Trained" approx 30 messages so far. Many thanks for your help. Regards Deb <http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=100284>
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