Hello Watcher & everyone else, on 17-Dez-2004 at 21:10 you (Watcher) wrote:
>> I don't know of any "desktop" spam filter with Bayes analysis that comes > Wow, that is strange to hear, it worked the instant I installed it, I > trained it very little and it has been doing well. Thats not so strange - I don't know how BayesIt actually works, but I think everything is considered ham until you re-classify it. :) > Of course I have NO email offers that I consider non-spam, I don't want > to be 'kept up to date', when I need something I'll start looking, not > get what someone sent to my desktop to sell me something. Maybe that is > part of the reason? The success of any Bayes filter is dependant on one's email profile, and undoubtfully a consistent classification by the end-user is necessary. Its surprising however how precise PopFile can classify mails (PopFile can not only keep ham and spam apart, but classify mails into groups that you define yourself). > If I start having problems, I'll download K9 as you suggested, it looks > fine except that it's external which will be a bit more of a pain. As it is now, both have their pros & cons... BayesIt integrates nicely into TB, K9 has a much better configuration interface. I actually find it easier to re-classify a mail with K9 than with BI. BayesIt needs better integration into TB, but I think that is not the problem of TB but rather the plugin interface. For example, I'd like to have some buttons for classification in the mail viewer and preview pane, and not nested in some right-click menu. I'd also like to see the score of each message in TB, and not only in the logfiles of BI. For me, K9's interface is simply better for that. PopFile's interface & statistics are unrivalled IMHO, but then again, the program is so slow, it hurts. :) -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) using TB! v3.0.2.10 Home on Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 de la Lastra's Corollary: After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been ommitted. ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
