How do I whitelist senders and/or train the Bayes Spam Classifier?

[teal-bauer]

I have a bunch of emails that consistently get sorted to Spam due to high BAYES_SPAM scores. I keep moving them back to the Inbox folder, but it doesn't seem that it's having any effect. How can I teach the Bayes Spam Classifier that certain emails (by sender, content, what have you) are not spam but ham? Alternatively, how can I whitelist senders for example? (Ideally as a user, not admin.)

[mdecimus]

I have a bunch of emails that consistently get sorted to Spam due to high BAYES_SPAM scores. I keep moving them back to the Inbox folder, but it doesn't seem that it's having any effect. How can I teach the Bayes Spam Classifier that certain emails (by sender, content, what have you) are not spam but ham?

There is an enhancement request to manually try the spam classifier from the webadmin. Currently this needs to be done from a Sieve script which is not ideal.

Alternatively, how can I whitelist senders for example? (Ideally as a user, not admin.)

This should be done from a user level Sieve script. Or if your mail client does not support Sieve you'll need a rule to move the messages automatically.

[alexmbird]

I've one tiny question - the docs and training form in the webmin don't make clear whether I should be pasting an entire email (including headers) or just the body. I've been doing the whole thing so far - is that correct?

[mdecimus]

Yes, it is the entire mail including headers.

[NeurekaSoftware]

When training ham or spam via the UI, do we paste just the contents of the email or all of the headers as well?

[hadleyrich]

Yes, it is the entire mail including headers.

See above

[NeurekaSoftware]

Yes, it is the entire mail including headers.

See above

Thank you so much! Sorry, I'm clearly blind lol.