is there a started wordlist.db somewhere online?

[Matthias Andree]

Am 10.10.21 um 16:36 schrieb hput:
> Andreas Schamanek <schamane at fam.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
> 
>> On Sat, 9 Oct 2021, at 22:15, hput wrote:
>>
>>> I've built bogofilter from git sources  thru `make install' but I see
>>> no wordlist.db.. I kind of expected there be somekind of starter
>>> wordlist.db put in place.
>>
>> bogofilter creates wordlist.db automatically. You can even create an
>> "empty" one, e.g. with
>>
>> $ bogofilter -d tmp/ -s <<<""
>>
>> This creates (with default settings) tmp/wordlist.db.
>>
>> Of course, instead of using <<<"" you'd just start training spam (-s)
>> or ham (-n) as the manual explains.
> 
> thx for clear answer... this is the first clear explanation I've seen
> 
> I'm sure it is in the manual as you point out.  Sometimes pounding
> thru a manual is a bit off-putting.
> 
> It might be wise to include that info in one of INSTALL,  README or
> Realease.notes.  There may be something about it in one of those but a
> grep with `wordlist' fails on all.

The wordlist is just a means or vehicle, but not an end to itself, so
it's not in the focus.

And somebody else's wordlist may not work well for you if the kind of
messages that other person receives is quite different from what you
receive.

-- 
Matthias Andree