sb_imapfilter (1)

An IMAP message box is scanned and all non-scored messages are scored and (where necessary) filtered.

Usage:

• sb_imapfilter [options]

• note: option values with spaces in them must be enclosed

• in double quotes

• options:

-p

dbname : pickled training database filename

-d

dbname : dbm training database filename

-t

: train contents of spam folder and ham folder

-c

: classify inbox

-h

: display this message

-v

: verbose mode

-P

: security option to prompt for imap password,

• rather than look in options["imap", "password"]

-e y/n

: expunge/purge messages on exit (y) or not (n)

• -i debuglvl : a somewhat mysterious imaplib debugging level

• (4 is a good level, and suitable for bug reports)

-l minutes

: period of time between filtering operations

-b

: Launch a web browser showing the user interface.

• -o section:option:value :

• set [section, option] in the options database to value

• Classify inbox, with dbm database

• sb_imapfilter -c -d bayes.db

• Train Spam and Ham, then classify inbox, with dbm database

• sb_imapfilter -t -c -d bayes.db

• Train Spam and Ham only, with pickled database

• sb_imapfilter -t -p bayes.db

Warnings:

• o We never delete mail, unless you use the -e/purge option, but we do

• mark a lot as deleted, and your mail client might remove that for you. We try to only mark as deleted once the moved/altered message is correctly saved, but things might go wrong. We *strongly* recommend that you try this script out on mail that you can recover from somewhere else, at least at first.

The full documentation for option is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and option programs are properly installed at your site, the command

• info option

should give you access to the complete manual.