Let me sum up your view. Since spambayes training period is short, you would suggest delete my around 5000 spam messages and start from scratch. This makes sense. Still, if I find a way to test David Abrahams' suggestion, I'll try it first.
Ran Jesse Pelton wrote: > > Sorry; I didn't understand the intent of your original message. (I'm > not sure Skip did, either.) I don't retain spam myself, because a) the > messages sent by spammers evolves over time as they seek to get around > the latest anti-spam techniques, b) SpamBayes is easy and quick to > train, and c) it's just one more thing to manage. If I think SpamBayes > isn't doing as good a job as I'd like, I just start over from scratch. > (That doesn't generally happen more than once or twice a year.) Within > a couple of days and a few dozen messages trained on I'm generally > getting satisfactory results. > > Bottom line: I don't have any suggestions that address the question of > how to groom your spam. (Given my track record of late, I'm starting to > wonder if I'd be more use if I kept silent.) > > -jesse- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of chermesh > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:15 PM > To: spambayes@python.org > Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Trimming a Junk Email folder > > > Isn't it a waste, to delete the complete contents of the folder? After > all, > this folders presents e x a c t l y my notion of spam. Deleting the > contents meaning starting spambayes from scratch, and ignoring my unique > spam definition! > > Ran > > > Jesse Pelton wrote: >> >> Or just empty it. Select the folder, press Ctrl-A to select all the >> messages in it, and Shift-click the delete button (looks like an X) on >> the Outlook toolbar to permanently delete the messages. Shouldn't > take >> more than a few seconds. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:41 AM >> To: chermesh >> Cc: spambayes@python.org >> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Trimming a Junk Email folder >> >> >> chermesh> Still, a long use creates a problem, my Junk Email > folder >> grew >> chermesh> into a monster, around 5000 items.... As long as the >> folder >> chermesh> was smaller, I used to do it manually, but a few weeks > of >> chermesh> neglect, led it to its present state. Can you suggest a >> chermesh> substitute to the manual procedure? >> >> Delete it completely and start from scratch? >> >> Skip >> _______________________________________________ >> SpamBayes@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes >> Info/Unsubscribe: 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 >> Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes >> Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Trimming-a-Junk-Email-folder-tp14311061p14339749.h > tml > Sent from the Spambayes - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > SpamBayes@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Info/Unsubscribe: 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 > Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Trimming-a-Junk-Email-folder-tp14311061p14351291.html Sent from the Spambayes - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ SpamBayes@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
