SpamSieve keeps a log of messages that it has filtered, words that it has
used to decide whether the messages were spam, messages you have added
to the corpus, and any errors that have occurred. This command opens
the log file so that you can look at it. Normally, there is no reason
(aside from curiosity) to look at the log file. However, if you believe
SpamSieve is not working as it should, the log file provides useful
information about what SpamSieve has done.
- For each incoming message, there should be an entry in
SpamSieve’s log that says Predicted: Good or Predicted:
Spam. If you see only Trained: entries (or no entries
at all) for a message, then the mail program did not ask
SpamSieve to analyze that message, and you should check the
setup.
- If SpamSieve left a spam message in your inbox, there
will be a Predicted: Good entry for that message in the
log. The Reason can provide clues for why SpamSieve thought the
message was good.
- If it says sender <address> in address book, you
might want to remove that address from address book, add
it to the Me card, or else uncheck SpamSieve’s option
to Use Mac OS X Address Book.
- If it says sender <address> in Entourage address book,
you might want to remove that address from Entourage’s
address book (then click Load while holding down the
Option key) or uncheck SpamSieve’s option to Use Entourage
address book.
- If spam messages are being predicted as good and you don’t
understand why, please send in a report.
- If SpamSieve moved a good message to the spam folder, there
will be a Predicted: Spam entry for that message in the
log. The Reason can provide clues for why SpamSieve
thought the message was spam.
If you find that the log file is taking up too much disk space, you can
delete it at any time. SpamSieve will then start a new log file as
needed.