Training the Bayesian filter

When you first install GFI MailEssentials, the Bayesian filter will be disabled. GFI MailEssentials ships with a default HAM (2000 ham e-mails) and SPAM database, however its better if you train the Bayesian filter with your specific `email profile' before switching it on. This training can be done in 2 ways:

1. Automatically by collecting outbound e-mails. GFI MailEssentials will collect legitimate mail (HAM) by scanning outbound mail. You can enable the Bayesian filter after it has collected at least 500 outbound emails (If you send out mainly English mail) or 1000 outbound mails (If you send out non-English mail). Normally this amount of mail is collected in a matter of days.

Screenshot 22 - Supplying ham to the Bayesian filter

2. By supplying ham to the Bayesian filter by copying between 500-1000 mails from your sent items to the `This is legitimate email' sub folder in the GFI AntiSpam public folders. For more information see paragraph `Adding HAM to the ham database' in the chapter `Spam management from the user's point of view'.