Re: Spam Filters?

"louise" <louise@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5cbtf.24650$Ed.17041@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've been using Spambayes for quite some time. I use Outlook XP and have no choice in that.

I find that Spambayes occasionally takes a totally "valid" piece of mail and puts it in either the suspects folder or worse, in the junk-e-mail folder. I examine the Spambaye's assessment and I see how they got there but I've missed a couple of impt. pieces of mail.

Is there spam software that uses a bayesian filter and also allows you to set some parameters? For example, I would like to set a parameter that says all mail from xxxx@xxxxxx is always put in the inbox.

I believe SpamBayes can be ran as a proxy rather than using it as an Outlook plug-in. That means SpamBayes can only tag the suspect mails. What you do with those tagged mails once delivered to your e-mail client depends on the rules you define and their order. Define a whitelist rule and place before the rule that handles the spam-tagged mails.

You might also want to look at SpamPal (http://www.spampal.org). It has a Bayesian plug-in which is configurable (I haven't used the SpamBayes plug-in or proxy to know how configurable it is). SpamPal works with all POP3/SMTP compliant e-mail clients. It tags the suspect mails and then you decide what to do with them using rules in your e-mail client.

Suggestions?

BTW, I didn't know where else to post this and I apologize if this isn't the proper NG for it. 

alt.spam

I couldn't find a forum for SpamBayes. SpamPal has an active forum that is monitored by the program and plug-in authors.

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