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Repair broken junk filters in Mail.app
Authored by: cudaboy_71 on Dec 14, '03 05:22:17PM

yes. the LSMMap2 file is the 'brains' of the junk filtering system. i back up this file regularly as a "LSMMap2.old" file in case something like this happens (it has twice already...once in jaguar and once in panther). the first time it happened i was able to use the 'LSMMap2' file from another computer, which saved some training time.

this isnt so much a hint on rescuing your junk filters as it is just a longhand 'reset' procedure. (you can accomplish the same thing by clicking the 'reset' button in the junk filter prefs)

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if it aint broke, break it!



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Repair broken junk filters in Mail.app
Authored by: yellow on Dec 15, '03 09:29:02AM

Reset didn't work for me, sadly. I just removed the bayesian database and opened mail again. But I never thought of it as being hint-worthy :)



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Repair broken junk filters in Mail.app
Authored by: swimp on Dec 17, '03 04:30:18PM

thanks a _bunch_! I've been so annoyed with Mail.app and actually considered switching just because of this (my spam problem is pretty big). But now I can stay with Apple Mail - so thanks! :)



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