Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 21:35:32 +0200 From: Mathias Picker <mathiasp@infotell.isar.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Mail filtering (Was: Re: 2 reply addresses) Message-ID: <199706011935.VAA01451@mp.infotell.isar.de>
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Just a note to mh/exmh users. I recently found a nice filter which actually learns your prefs while-u-work, Blurb from README follows: >Current version can be found under "ftp://syrinx.res.cmu.edu/pub/ifile/". > > What is ifile? > > ifile is an intelligent mail filtering program which uses framework > provided by the MH mailing system and the slocal filtering system. It > uses the text-based learning algorithm, Naive Bayesian, to determine > what type of mail you like to have filtered into your different > folders. It learns by observing any actions you take to move (refile) > messages to different folders than they were originally filtered to. > The great benefit of ifile is that once ifile is in place, ifile will > update its knowlege about your preferences with every message that you > refile. Normally, with other filters, you must write down a strict > set of rules and then change those rules as your preferences change. > ifile does not deal with keywords, but rather with the word frequency > of the messages you receive, thus putting a much stronger emphasis on > message content and the actual meaning of the message. As it is well > integrated in the EXMH package, it requires little maintainance after > the initial installation. >From what I remember it compiled and installed right out-of-the-box. If not, the problems probably weren't big enough to be saved in my case-base ;-). Mathias
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