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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : I too have also yet to see the...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=2">Guests</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 09 April 2004 at 10:18am<br /><br /><P>I too have also yet to see the filter kicking in, only 4?</P><FONT size=2><P>EMail from&nbsp;*** to *** passes Bayesian filter - 0% spam (0ms) &lt; havent seen one say &gt; 0%</P></FONT><P>running v2.0.1.302</P><P>query</P><P><TABLE cellSpacing=0 bgColor=#ffffff border=1><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><CAPTION><B>Query1</B></CAPTION></FONT><THEAD><TR><TH borderColor=#000000 bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>RejectID</FONT></TH><TH borderColor=#000000 bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>RejectDesc</FONT></TH><TH borderColor=#000000 bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>Total</FONT></TH></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>1</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>Domain is in local blacklist file</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>401</FONT></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>2</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>EmailFrom is in local blacklist file</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>140</FONT></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>4</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>Empty Mail From</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>743</FONT></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>12</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>IP found in MAPS search</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>3886</FONT></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>13</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>Keywords found in content</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>1484</FONT></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>14</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>Statistical filter match</FONT></TD><TD borderColor=#c0c0c0 align=right><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial color=#000000>4</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY><TFOOT></TFOOT></TABLE></P><P>corpu.ini</P><P>&#091;Messages&#093;<BR>Spam=13817<BR>Good=49039</P><P>Thanks</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : Hello,  I seem to have the same...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=2">Guests</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 31 March 2004 at 11:01pm<br /><br /><P>Hello,</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I seem to have the same problem.&nbsp; Below is the contents of my copus.ini <A HREF="http://file:" CLASS="ASPForums" TITLE="WARNING: URL created by poster. ">http://file:</A></P><P>&#091;Messages&#093;<BR>Spam=20255<BR>Good=19621</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Below is the output of my query:<BR><BR>Reverse DNS not found&nbsp;4960<BR>Empty Mail From&nbsp;294<BR>IP found in MAPS search&nbsp;18004<BR>Keywords found in content&nbsp;1433</P><P>The Statistical filter does not appear to be catching anything.</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Stan</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : John, What does your corpus.ini...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=22">Desperado</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 27 March 2004 at 3:47am<br /><br /><P>John,</P><P>What does your corpus.ini file have in it ... it is in the corpus folder.</P><P>Dan S.</P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : I ran the query, but also got...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=2">Guests</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 27 March 2004 at 3:44am<br /><br />I ran the query, but also got nothing at all in the quarantine. What to do?]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : I will download the new build...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=2">Guests</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 26 March 2004 at 10:13am<br /><br /><P><FONT face="Times New Roman, serif" size=2>I will download the new build shortly, but it may be until monday before I can set it up. Also, my log files are about 30 mb for each day so I will post it to our ftp site and email you with details.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2>Thanks again.</FONT></P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : It is very strange that you do...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=8">LogSat</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 25 March 2004 at 11:03pm<br /><br /><P>It is very strange that you do not have even a single email caught by the Bayes filter, I'm pretty sure there is something else going on.</P><P>If you are running the latest build 312, and if you email us at the support address your SpamFilter logfile for a day or two well try to understand what the problem is.</P><P>Roberto F.<BR>LogSat Software</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : Hi Roberto, Thanks for the response....]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=2">Guests</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 25 March 2004 at 9:44am<br /><br /><P><FONT face="Times New Roman, serif" size=2>Hi Roberto, <BR>Thanks for the response. It has been well over 5000 good and 5000 bad messages. I looked in the corpus.ini to confirm and it is more that double what it should be. When I ran the query I got this info:<BR>+----------+------------------------------------------+-------+<BR>| RejectID | RejectDesc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;| Total |<BR>+----------+------------------------------------------+-------+<BR>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 | EmailFrom is in local blacklist file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 27 |<BR>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4 | Empty Mail From&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp; 1287 |<BR>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8 | IP address is from a blacklisted country |&nbsp; 1721 |<BR>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12 | IP found in MAPS search&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | 18718 |<BR>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13 | Keywords found in content&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp; 4038 |<BR>+----------+------------------------------------------+-------+<BR>5 rows in set (0.28 sec)</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2>You should also know that I disable the bayes at night and enable it in the morning. I do this in reference to this problem <A HREF="http://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/showmessage.asp?messageID=3261" CLASS="ASPForums" TITLE="WARNING: URL created by poster. "><A HREF="http://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/showmessage.asp?messageID=3261" CLASS="ASPForums" TITLE="WARNING: URL created by poster. ">http://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/showmessage.asp?messageID=3261</A></A>&nbsp;that I still have. I can't affort for the sevice to crash at night when I am not around so I just activate the bayes during the day. <BR>Also in reference to the above messageID 3261 I have since moved the spamfilter program to a new "server" that is a 2.6 ghz dell workstation with .5 gig of ram with windows 2003 server. The server has nothing else on it except Trend Server Protect and mysql. The errors are much less frequent but&nbsp;it still happened (once) yesterday. I will try the latest build and see how it goes. <BR>I was reading through the posts and it looked like Dan posted something a while back about not releasing stale connections and the service eventually bombs out..this is what happens to me eventually when I have bayes enabled.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2>this really isn't an emergency for me, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong with the bayes portion and to further help the development process. &nbsp;I guess its possible that&nbsp;bayes just hasn't found anything yet....</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2>Thanks again for a fantastic product.</FONT></P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : After running the query script...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=2">Guests</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 25 March 2004 at 1:12am<br /><br /><P>After running the query script posted by Roberto further down this thread I got these results showing that it does work when the good/bad&nbsp; emails go past 5000. </P><P>Reverse DNS not found&nbsp;=1466<BR>Empty Mail From&nbsp;=32<BR>Mail From and Mail To are equal&nbsp;=2<BR>Exceeded maximum number of RCPT TO&nbsp;=1950<BR>Keywords found in content&nbsp;=879<BR>Statistical filter match&nbsp;=61</P><P>server1 Duel XEON1000/1.5gb mem, 2000adv build 302 via udl to sql (no odbc) mdac 2.8&nbsp; Mcafee Netshield 4.51<BR>server2 DuelPentiumPro200 256mb mem, 2000adv&nbsp;and MS SQL2000<BR>server3 Duel XEON1000/1.5gb mem, 2000adv, Sendmail 3.05</P><P>While this setup is not high end by any means, it handles things pretty good. The cpu load stays down around 50% with some spikes up to 100%. Memory usage by SF is 48,000K to 52,000K</P><P>In the last 3 1/2 hours, 64 emails were deleted by the AV for virus's.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : Keizersozay, Did you receive...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=8">LogSat</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 24 March 2004 at 11:26pm<br /><br /><P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Keizersozay,</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Did you receive 5,000 spam <EM>and</EM> 5,000 good emails? The Bayesian filter kicks in after both good and bad count are over 5000. If so, even if your other filters were super-effective, you should see at least a small amonut of emails blocked by the Bayesian filter. Please note that the statistical analysis only occurs after all other filters have failed to catch spam, so the number of emails blocked by the Bayesian filter will be small when compared to others.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Can you try running the following query on the database? It returns a list of howm many emails in the quarantine have been blocked by the various rules, and post the results?</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Roberto F.<BR>LogSat Software</FONT></P><P>SELECT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tblQuarantine.RejectID, tblRejectCodes.RejectDesc, COUNT(tblQuarantine.RejectID) AS Total<BR>FROM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tblQuarantine INNER JOIN<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tblRejectCodes ON tblQuarantine.RejectID = tblRejectCodes.RejectID<BR>GROUP BY tblQuarantine.RejectID, tblRejectCodes.RejectDesc</P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[bayes not kicking in..? : Do you have both 5000 good and...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/member_profile.asp?PF=22">Desperado</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3313<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 24 March 2004 at 11:12pm<br /><br /><P>Do you have both 5000 good and bad?</P><P>Dan S/</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]>
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