[pmmail-list] SPAM filtering with PopFile
Phil Morgan
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Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:45:59 -0500
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:05:29 +0100, Freenet.Listen wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 08:51:57 -0500, Phil Morgan wrote:
>
>>>>Does anyone know if Perl + PopFile can be made to work with PMMail
>>>>(the PopFile readme addresses a variety of other email programs)?
>
>>>>My initial read of the "instructions" found them very unspecific
>>>>and they may require "testing" many paths before the correct one is
>>>>found.
>
>>>Come on! There is nothing more to do than to replace your POP server
>>>with 127.0.0.1 and your User ID with "POP server:User Id". Don't
>>>forget to copy "Run POPfile in background" to your Autostart folder.
>
>>PM: Sorry if I'm not to quick with this - the Perl stuff is new to
>>me.
>
>Forget about Perl. Didn't I tell you POPfile is unintrusive? :-)
PM-II: so far both are unobtrusive and inoperative ... :>)
>>I understood the part for reconfiguring servers in PMMail but was
>>confounded by all the "pl insert.pl" Perl commands (seemed like they
>>were replacements for setting up filters in PMMail. Also, I
>>couldn't imagine where to put them ... Startup folder batch file?
>>Somewhere in PMMail, etc. ??
>
>You don't need to. Only copy "Run POPfile in background" to your
>Startup folder, run it once manually. Then try "POPfile user
>interface": Your browser opens and you can configure POPfile.
PM-II: I can't - I don't have the things to which you refer in what
I've downloaded and installed. I must have a totally manual install
variant of PopFile.zip and none of those things (or those previously
referred to in prior posts) ...
>I switched "Classification insertion" to off: I don't like subject
>modifications.
>
>Now create some buckets, i.e. "spam" and "nospam", reconfigure PMMail
>as i told you and your done. Fetch some mail. Start POPfile user
>interface again, look under history. You can train POPfile on-the-fly
>by reclassifying its decisions.
PM-II: I don't have a program to load a POPFile user interface ...
>The insert.pl stuff is only to give POPfile some extra trainig. Copy
>some old spam mails to a new PMMail folder, locate it on the disk
>(i.e. zzz.FLD), then start:
>
> perl insert.pl spam x:/PMMAIL/yyyyyy.act/zzz.FLD/*.msg
>
>Note: slashes, not backslashes!
>
>Now copy some non-spam to another folder and repeat with
>
> perl insert.pl nospam x:/PMMAIL/yyyyyy.act/nnn.FLD/*.msg
>
>Don't feed it too much examples: The word count increases, performance
>decreases.
>
>Now inspect the headers of some mails you fetched through POPfile:
>They got an additional header line like "X-Text-Classification:
>nospam". That's what you can trigger PMMail filters with.
>
>Regards,
> Robert
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>On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 08:51:57 -0500, Phil Morgan wrote:<BR>
><BR>
>>>>Does anyone know if Perl + PopFile can be made to work with PMMail <BR>
>>>>(the PopFile readme addresses a variety of other email programs)? <BR>
><BR>
>>>>My initial read of the "instructions" found them very unspecific <BR>
>>>>and they may require "testing" many paths before the correct one is <BR>
>>>>found.<BR>
><BR>
>>>Come on! There is nothing more to do than to replace your POP server <BR>
>>>with 127.0.0.1 and your User ID with "POP server:User Id". Don't <BR>
>>>forget to copy "Run POPfile in background" to your Autostart folder.<BR>
><BR>
>>PM: Sorry if I'm not to quick with this - the Perl stuff is new to <BR>
>>me.<BR>
><BR>
>Forget about Perl. Didn't I tell you POPfile is unintrusive? :-)<BR>
<BR>
PM-II: so far both are unobtrusive and inoperative ... :>)<BR>
<BR>
>>I understood the part for reconfiguring servers in PMMail but was<BR>
>>confounded by all the "pl insert.pl" Perl commands (seemed like they<BR>
>>were replacements for setting up filters in PMMail. Also, I <BR>
>>couldn't imagine where to put them ... Startup folder batch file? <BR>
>>Somewhere in PMMail, etc. ??<BR>
><BR>
>You don't need to. Only copy "Run POPfile in background" to your <BR>
>Startup folder, run it once manually. Then try "POPfile user <BR>
>interface": Your browser opens and you can configure POPfile.<BR>
<BR>
PM-II: I can't - I don't have the things to which you refer in what I've downloaded and installed. I must have a totally manual install variant of PopFile.zip and none of those things (or those previously referred to in prior posts) ...<BR>
<BR>
>I switched "Classification insertion" to off: I don't like subject <BR>
>modifications.<BR>
><BR>
>Now create some buckets, i.e. "spam" and "nospam", reconfigure PMMail <BR>
>as i told you and your done. Fetch some mail. Start POPfile user <BR>
>interface again, look under history. You can train POPfile on-the-fly <BR>
>by reclassifying its decisions.<BR>
<BR>
PM-II: I don't have a program to load a POPFile user interface ...<BR>
<BR>
>The insert.pl stuff is only to give POPfile some extra trainig. Copy <BR>
>some old spam mails to a new PMMail folder, locate it on the disk <BR>
>(i.e. zzz.FLD), then start:<BR>
><BR>
> perl insert.pl spam x:/PMMAIL/yyyyyy.act/zzz.FLD/*.msg<BR>
><BR>
>Note: slashes, not backslashes!<BR>
><BR>
>Now copy some non-spam to another folder and repeat with<BR>
><BR>
> perl insert.pl nospam x:/PMMAIL/yyyyyy.act/nnn.FLD/*.msg<BR>
><BR>
>Don't feed it too much examples: The word count increases, performance <BR>
>decreases.<BR>
><BR>
>Now inspect the headers of some mails you fetched through POPfile: <BR>
>They got an additional header line like "X-Text-Classification: <BR>
>nospam". That's what you can trigger PMMail filters with.<BR>
><BR>
>Regards,<BR>
> Robert<BR>
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