Introduction to Bogofilter
The Bogofilter application is a
mail filter that classifies mail as spam or ham (non-spam) by a
statistical analysis of the message's header and content (body).
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2
platform.
Package Information
Bogofilter Dependencies
Recommended
gsl-2.8,
libxml2-2.13.3, and SQLite-3.46.1
Optional
lmdb-0.9.31, xmlto-0.0.29,
Berkeley
DB (deprecated), QDBM and TokyoCabinet
Note
If you do not install the recommended gsl-2.8 package then a statically
linked shipped version will be used instead.
Installation of Bogofilter
Note
If you plan to change the version of your database library on an
existing installation, or to change to a different database, read
the warning at the top of the RELEASE.NOTES file.
Install Bogofilter by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc/bogofilter \
--with-database=sqlite3 &&
make
To test the results, issue make
check.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
Command Explanations
--with-database=sqlite3
:
This switch makes Bogofilter use SQLite-3.46.1 as
the database, instead of Berkeley DB.
--with-database={lmdb,qdbm,tokyocabinet}
: This
switch also allows to use lmdb, qdbm, or tokyocabinet as the
database.
Contents
Installed Programs:
bf_compact, bf_copy, bf_tar, bogofilter,
bogolexer, bogotune, bogoupgrade and bogoutil
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
/etc/bogofilter
Short Descriptions
bf_compact
|
creates a more compact bogofilter working directory with
a dump/load cycle
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bf_copy
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copies a bogofilter working directory to another
directory
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bf_tar
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bundles a bogofilter working directory in tar format and
copies it to standard output
|
bogofilter
|
is a fast Bayesian spam filter
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bogolexer
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is used to separate messages into tokens and to test new
versions of the lexer.l code
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bogotune
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attempts to find optimum parameter settings for
bogofilter
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bogoupgrade
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upgrades the bogofilter database to the current version
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bogoutil
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dumps, loads, and maintains bogofilter database files
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