On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:30:53 -0600, Morris Dovey wrote:

If the "Mike O" who wants to test with real spams will provide
confirmation and either an e-mail address or an FTP destination for a
zip file, I can provide about 10K that I've saved up...

Well, all fun aside, training a spam detection system only goes so far
with someone else's spam. You really have to take the initial hit with
your particular variety of spam to get the filters trained well. Better
than starting raw _probably_, but until you teach it with your own crop,
it won't be as effective as it can be.

Better, and less effort, to just let it chew through and let it learn
the real stuff for a week or three.