Re: How long does Firefox for Linux take to learn about junk?

From: Alexander Skwar (alexander_at_skwar.name)
Date: 05/13/05


Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 00:23:31 +0200


ยท Andrew Preater <preater@deadspam.com>:

> * Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer@exit109.com>:
>> Thunderbird already marks all non-spam and not junk by defult,
>> so the button does not exist: you get only one button.
>
> The "not spam button" is a menu item under Mark when you
> right-click a message. Now, I thought you had to train
> Thunderbird about 'not junk', this suggests you do:
> http://snipurl.com/eudd
>
> Is this incorrect?

No, it is not.

> I suspect most people already have mail
> (imported, on an imap server, or whatever) when they start using
> Thunderbird / Mozilla Mail, i.e. a healthy collection of ham
> mail.

Yep.

> Does the Bayes filter look at existing mailboxes and mark
> it all as 'not junk', or something?

No, it does not.

> I'm not nitpicking, I just don't understand the point of a Bayes
> filter if you can't teach it.

Yep. That's why you can teach the Tb/Moz filter :)

Alexander Skwar

-- 
Who does not love wine, women, and song,
Remains a fool his whole life long.
ong,            -- Johann Heinrich Voss


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