SpamBayes Project Status

    Richard> What is the status of the SpamBayes project?
 I really love it
    Richard> and I recommend it to everyone I talk to but
it seems like it's
    Richard> getting stale.  Are you guys still
maintaining it or should I
    Richard> look elsewhere for my spam protection?  

Is it failing as a result of being stale?  My experience is
that mold has a
hard time getting a good grip on electrons.

As Bob Coe indicated, the algorithm is sound.  The
composition of your
training database is key to keeping things running smoothly.
 I fairly
routinely delete old messages from my database, especially
old spam.  I
think that helps in a few ways:

    * keeps the database from growing without bound

    * purges the database of mistakes

    * purges the database of messages that no longer
represent the sort of
      mail I get now

That said, I'm not an Outlook user.  I have no idea how to
purge old
messages in that environment.  If you suspect problems with
your database,
clearing it and starting from scratch my be the best route.

Skip
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> What is the status of the SpamBayes project?  I really
love it and  
> I recommend it to everyone I talk to but it seems like
it's getting  
> stale.

The word you're looking for isn't "stale",
it's "mature".  <0.01 wink>.

Give-me-more-time-in-the-day-and-I'll-give-you-1.1a2-(with-
apologies- 
to-tim)-ly,
Tony Meyer

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