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Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 21:35:32 +0200
From: Mathias Picker <mathiasp@infotell.isar.de>
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Just a note to mh/exmh users. I recently found a nice filter which 
actually learns your prefs while-u-work, Blurb from README follows:

>Current version can be found under "ftp://syrinx.res.cmu.edu/pub/ifile/".
>
> What is ifile?
>
> ifile is an intelligent mail filtering program which uses framework
> provided by the MH mailing system and the slocal filtering system.  It
> uses the text-based learning algorithm, Naive Bayesian, to determine
> what type of mail you like to have filtered into your different
> folders.  It learns by observing any actions you take to move (refile)
> messages to different folders than they were originally filtered to.
> The great benefit of ifile is that once ifile is in place, ifile will
> update its knowlege about your preferences with every message that you
> refile.  Normally, with other filters, you must write down a strict
> set of rules and then change those rules as your preferences change.
> ifile does not deal with keywords, but rather with the word frequency
> of the messages you receive, thus putting a much stronger emphasis on
> message content and the actual meaning of the message.  As it is well
> integrated in the EXMH package, it requires little maintainance after
> the initial installation. 

>From what I remember it compiled and installed right out-of-the-box. If not,
the problems probably weren't big enough to be saved in my case-base ;-). 

Mathias