[Spamprobe-users] Spamprobe goes haywire??

[Paul]

Hi all,

Since a few days Spamprobe seems to be in need of mental coaching.
It scores stuff like this

From: "Berta Lassiter" <***@voyagri.com>
To: <***@nlpagan.net>
Subject: PHOTOSHOP CS3 EXTENDED READY TO DOWNLOAD Our price - US $ 269.90 Retail Price - $1799 save - $1529.1
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:15:18 -0100
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527

Retail price: $6720 Our price US $ 129.95 autocad 2008
http://pizdosnah.com

in the following way:

X-SpamProbe: GOOD 0.1072270 4ff08216ec6e3e45dffa0250365e15ea
Spam Prob Count Good Spam Word
0.0000010 3 15 0 Hrecvx_8.13.1
0.0000010 3 6 0 Hrecvx_aug
0.0000010 2 11 0 price
0.9999990 1 0 205 CS_ascii
0.9999990 1 0 205 CS_us
0.9999990 1 0 205 CS_us-ascii
0.2478632 2 2 116 Hrecvx_nlpagan.net thu
0.3000000 3 0 0 Hrecvx_89.216.217.160
0.3000000 3 0 0 Hrecvx_thu aug
0.3000000 1 2 0 $
0.3000000 1 2 0 retail
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_193.138.157.6
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_193.138.157.6 by
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_aug
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_mail.nlpagan.net
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_pop3 aug
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_8.13.1 8.12.10
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_8.13.1 8.13.1
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_8.13.1 with
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_dutch6.digitalus.nl 8.13.1
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_nlpagan.net 8.13.1

What could be happening here?

[***@nwyfre ~]$ spamprobe -v
usage: spamprobe [-chmTvVxY78] [-a char] [-d basedir] [-H headers] command [filename...]
SpamProbe v1.2a using BerkeleyDB-btree-cached database.

Paul

[Brian Burton]

Post by Paul
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_193.138.157.6 by
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_aug
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_mail.nlpagan.net
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecv_pop3 aug
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_8.13.1 8.12.10
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_8.13.1 8.13.1
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_8.13.1 with
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_dutch6.digitalus.nl 8.13.1
0.3000000 1 1 0 Hrecvx_nlpagan.net 8.13.1
What could be happening here?

Given the number of zeros in the results my guess is that your
database is empty or else corrupted.

All the best,
++Brian

[Paul]

Post by Brian Burton
Given the number of zeros in the results my guess is that your
database is empty or else corrupted.

Thanks. I'll look into this.

Paul

[Paul]

The feast continues...

Post by Brian Burton
Given the number of zeros in the results my guess is that your
database is empty or else corrupted.

I downloaded version 1.4d, compiled it with:

./configure --with-db=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/ --prefix=/usr/bin/

did make and make install, and now this appears:


[***@nwyfre ~]$ spamprobe -d hash:64:$HOME/.spamprobe
error: hash file /home/paul/.spamprobe/sp_words.hash does not exist and
cannot be created in read-only mode caught runtime exception: unable to
open words database

The message speaks the truth: the file does not exist (it should be created though... according to the README.txt).

$HOME/.spamprobe as a directory exists. Since a long long time...

Ehmmm.... help? :)

Paul

[Paul]

Here is some more extended debugging info. I hope it means something to the experts, since I am still not able to build a new database for spamprobe.

[***@nwyfre spamprobe]$ ./spamprobe -v -v -d $HOME/.spamprobe/
usage: spamprobe [options] command [args]
Try "spamprobe help" to list all commands and options.
or "spamprobe help command" for detailed help on a single command.

LOCKED FILE /home/paul/.spamprobe/lock
WordData::setTodayDate: set date to 1825
USING REQUESTED DATABASE TYPE '' PATH /home/paul/.spamprobe/sp_words.hash
HASH_DIVISOR 2796181 (0x2aaa95) INDEX_LIMIT 2796186 SIZE 33554232
OPEN DATABASE /home/paul/.spamprobe/sp_words.hash
OPEN HASHFILE /home/paul/.spamprobe/sp_words.hash
error: hash file /home/paul/.spamprobe/sp_words.hash does not exist and cannot be created in read-only mode
SpamProbe v1.4d using null database.



Paul

[Paul]

Okay. With the new DB compiled and in place SP is no longer complaining about anything.
I'll abandon the hash-database and retrain SP using the DB database.

(Where's the spam when you're waiting for it!! ;-)

paul

[Brian Burton]

Post by Paul
Here is some more extended debugging info. I hope it means
something to the experts, since I am still not able to build a new
database for spamprobe.

This is probably an error in the README. You should use the create-db
command like so:

spamprobe -cd hash:$HOME/.spamprobe create-db

All the best,
++Brian