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   <title><![CDATA[Bayesian filter : It looks like you have at least...]]></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> 3428<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 16 April 2004 at 2:57pm<br /><br /><P>It looks like you have at least 4 in there:&nbsp; Here is what I get when I run the same query:</P><P><FONT size=2>14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Statistical Analysis filter match&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5042<BR>13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keywords found in content&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 70324<BR>7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exceeded maximum number of RCPT TO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10476<BR>8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IP address is from a blacklisted country&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7622<BR>12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IP found in MAPS search&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 281603<BR>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reverse DNS not found&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 160350<BR>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Domain is in local blacklist file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 178<BR>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Empty Mail From&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 55<BR>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EmailFrom is in local blacklist file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3026<BR>9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EmailTO is in local blacklist file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1159</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2>Dan S.</FONT></P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bayesian filter : filter kicking in? EMail from***...]]></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> 3428<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 16 April 2004 at 9:54am<br /><br />filter kicking in?<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>]]>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bayesian filter : Bob, The Bayesian filter &amp;#034;learns&amp;#034;...]]></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> 3428<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 16 April 2004 at 1:13am<br /><br /><P>Bob,</P><P>The Bayesian filter "learns" about good and bad emails as SpamFilter receives traffic. What your current filters&nbsp;identify as spam is fed to the learning engine.&nbsp;You should continue to use the filters that you normally&nbsp;use, in any combination&nbsp;so that SpamFilter can learn what they block.</P><P>The quarantine database does not need to be active for the Bayesian filter to work.</P><P>Configuration on behalf of the admins is minimal. You simply have to select a threshold which indicates the probability of an email to be spam in order to be rejected. The closer the threshold is to 100%, the more an email has to "resemble" your typical spam in order to be rejected. Higher thresholds mean lower false-positives, but also will allow mor spam to slip thru.</P><P>Roberto F.<BR>LogSat Software</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bayesian filter : A few more questions, in order...]]></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> 3428<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 15 April 2004 at 1:53pm<br /><br /><P>A few more questions, in order for the bayesian filter to work, do you need to have keyword filtering enabled? Do you need to have the quarantine database enabled?</P><P>Also, is there instructions anywhere on how to configure this filter to work?</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bayesian filter : Bob, Dan was correct in his response....]]></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> 3428<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 15 April 2004 at 12:13am<br /><br /><P>Bob,</P><P>Dan was correct in his response. Furthermore, if you'd like to know more about what the various filters are blocking, issuing the following query on the database will provide you more with info on how many emails each filter is blocking.</P><P>Roberto F.<BR>LogSat Software</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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   <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bayesian filter :  Bob, There are several ways...]]></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> 3428<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 14 April 2004 at 5:40pm<br /><br /><P><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></P><P>Bob,</P><P>There are several ways to check this.&nbsp; First and least efficient, you can manually go through the log files and look for an entry that looks like "04/14/04 17:19:29:451 -- (4288) EMail from <A HREF="mailto:brian@celineclub.com" CLASS="ASPForums" TITLE="WARNING: URL created by poster. ">brian@celineclub.com</A> to <A HREF="mailto:user@domain.net" CLASS="ASPForums" TITLE="WARNING: URL created by poster. ">user@domain.net</A> matches Bayesian filter - rejected - 100% spam (78ms)"&nbsp; There is also a program called Sawmill that will read your mail logs and give you some very nice graphical statistics.&nbsp; Another thing you can do if you only want to see the messages still in quarantine (assuming you have a database is to issue a query directly to the DB such as:</P><P>SELECT * FROM "tblQuarantine" WHERE (RejectID = 14)</P><P>OR if you just want to return the quantity:</P><P>SELECT COUNT(RejectID) FROM "tblQuarantine" <BR>WHERE (RejectID = 14)</P><P>I hope this helps</P><P>Regards,</P><P>Dan S.<BR></P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bayesian filter : How can I tell if the Baysian...]]></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> 3428<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 14 April 2004 at 2:57pm<br /><br />How can I tell if the Baysian filter is working? We have over 65,000 good and bad e-mails but we still get a ton of spam. Is there a file that I can check that tells me how many have been blocked by the Bayesian filter?]]>
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