Did you want this on the list? I'm replying to the list..On 6 Sep 2002 at 10:43, Guido van Rossum wrote:> What's an auto-ham?Automatically marking something as ham after a given timeout.. regardless of how long 
that timeout is, someone is going to forget to submit the message back as spam. How many spams-as-hams can be accepted before the f-n rate gets unacceptable?
> > How about adding an IMAP server with a spam and deleted-ham
> > folder. Most email clients can handle IMAP. Users should be able to
> > quickly move "spam" into the spam folder.
> 
> I personally don't think IMAP has a bright future, but for people who
> do use it, that's certainly a good approach.
> 
> > Instead of deleting messages (or, by reprogramming the delete
> > function) they can quickly move ham into the ham folder.
> 
> Yes.I view IMAP as a stop-gap measure until tighter integration with various email clients 
can be achieved.I still feel it's better to require classification feedback from the recipient, rather than 
make any assumptions after some period of time passes. But this is an end-user issue 
and we're still at the algorithm stage.. ;-)
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