[pmmail-list] popfile

[Markus Baertschi]

L=FCko,

when=20we=20speak=20of=20'bayesian=20filtering'=20we=20mean=20a=20statisti=
cal=20approach
to=20filtering=20messages.=20The=20filter=20looks=20at=20each=20word=20and=
=20determines
that=20this=20word=20has=20a=20high=20or=20low=20propability=20to=20be=20i=
n=20a=20spam=20mail=20(or
no=20relevance).=20The=20propabilities=20are=20not=20fixed,=20but=20determ=
ined=20dynamically
by=20classifying=20mail=20into=20'buckets'=20(or=20folders).
During=20the=20'learning=20period'=20the=20user=20reviews=20the=20decision=
s=20the=20filter=20made
and=20applies=20corrections=20(reclassifies=20the=20love=20letter=20from=20=
spam=20to=20normal
and=20the=20pc=20advert=20form=20normal=20to=20spam).=20The=20filter=20pro=
gram=20then=20re-calculates
it's=20filter=20tables.=20This=20reclassification=20and=20recalculation=20=
are=20essential
to=20make=20the=20filter=20work=20well.=20
This=20requires=20manual=20intervention,=20for=20this=20reason=20I'd=20lik=
e=20to=20have=20the=20feature
directly=20in=20the=20email=20client=20to=20reduce=20the=20amount=20of=20s=
oftware=20I=20need=20to=20maintain
and=20interact=20with=20for=20my=20email.

Markus

On=20Fri,=2003=20Jan=202003=2001:53:29=20+0100=20(MEZ),=20L.Willms=20wrote=
:

>On=20Thu,=2002=20Jan=202003=2022:17:01=20+0100,=20Markus=20Baertschi=20wr=
ote:
>
>>=20No,=20the=20PROGRAM=20tag=20is=20not=20sufficient=20I=20want=20the=20=
entire=20fonctionality
>>=20of=20popfile=20built=20in.=20For=20example=20if=20a=20message=20is=20=
classified=20wrongly
>>=20and=20I=20correct=20the=20filter=20then=20the=20message=20would=20be=20=
moved=20at=20the=20same
>>=20time.=20The=20'buckets'=20become=20PMMail=20folders,=20etc.
>
>=20=20????=20
>
>=20=20Can=20you=20explain=20what=20you=20mean?=20Ich=20versteh=20nur=20Ba=
hnhof=20und=20Kofferklauen.=20
>
>
>MfG,=20
>L=FCko=20Willms
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