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Pie · 09-12-2006, 12:01 PM

Usually, SA is intelligent enough to ignore everything that is irrelavant. I sort my incoming email into a Spam mailbox and a set of "other" mailboxes, then call 'sa-learn --mbox --showdots --ham' on the "others" and 'sa-learn --mbox --showdots --spam' on the spammy ones. I don't play with headers; in fact it's usually best to leave them all in place. I usually use mutt as my mailreader (when logged in via ssh).

Even after a mail has gone through SA and has been marked up, you can re-send it though SA and SA will parse it correctly (ie without its own markup). This is also useful if you've inadvertantly tagged a ham as a spam, or vice versa. You can re-sa-learn it, and it will be removed from the wrong database and deposited in the correct one.

The thing I've been dreading is upgrading SA. I'm currently using version 3.0.2, and they're up to 3.1.5... The problem is that they changed database formats (I think) and I'd loose all my aggregate info. Uck.

09-12-2006, 12:01 PM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Usually, SA is intelligent enough to ignore everything that is irrelavant. I sort my incoming email into a Spam mailbox and a set of "other" mailboxes, then call 'sa-learn --mbox --showdots --ham' on the "others" and 'sa-learn --mbox --showdots --spam' on the spammy ones. I don't play with headers; in fact it's usually best to leave them all in place. I usually use mutt as my mailreader (when logged in via ssh). Even after a mail has gone through SA and has been marked up, you can re-send it though SA and SA will parse it correctly (ie without its own markup). This is also useful if you've inadvertantly tagged a ham as a spam, or vice versa. You can re-sa-learn it, and it will be removed from the wrong database and deposited in the correct one. The thing I've been dreading is upgrading SA. I'm currently using version 3.0.2, and they're up to 3.1.5... The problem is that they changed database formats (I think) and I'd loose all my aggregate info. Uck. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.