Junk Log

David E. Ross

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Dec 17, 2014, 1:42:58 PM12/17/14

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Windows 7
Thunderbird 31.3.0

I was logging the junk processing. I selected [Tools > Security > Junk]
and checked the "Enable adaptive junk filter logging" checkbox.

Today, I looked at the log and decided I don't want to log junk
filtering anymore. With logging still enabled, I selected the Clear Log
button on the Adaptive Junk Mail Log window; but nothing happened. Yes,
the button depressed when I clicked on it; but the log was not cleared.

How do I rid my PC of this log? Is there a bug report on this?

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B00ze/Empire

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Dec 18, 2014, 8:57:41 PM12/18/14

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On 2014-12-17 13:42, David E. Ross <nob...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> Windows 7
> Thunderbird 31.3.0
>
> I was logging the junk processing. I selected [Tools > Security > Junk]
> and checked the "Enable adaptive junk filter logging" checkbox.
>
> Today, I looked at the log and decided I don't want to log junk
> filtering anymore. With logging still enabled, I selected the Clear Log
> button on the Adaptive Junk Mail Log window; but nothing happened. Yes,
> the button depressed when I clicked on it; but the log was not cleared.
>
> How do I rid my PC of this log? Is there a bug report on this?
>

Hi David.

The log is called "filterlog.html" and there is one in each mail folder
and news folder where you enabled filter logs. If you enabled filter
logs for a specific newsgroup rather than at the server level, then you
will have a "newsgroupname.htm" file as the log for that group. Just
browse over to your profile and delete the files manually... FYI, I just
tried clearing one of my logs from the interface and it worked fine,
dunno why it's not working for you...

Regards,

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David E. Ross

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Dec 19, 2014, 12:07:24 PM12/19/14

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On 12/18/2014 5:57 PM, B00ze/Empire wrote:
> On 2014-12-17 13:42, David E. Ross <nob...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>> Windows 7
>> Thunderbird 31.3.0
>>
>> I was logging the junk processing. I selected [Tools > Security > Junk]
>> and checked the "Enable adaptive junk filter logging" checkbox.
>>
>> Today, I looked at the log and decided I don't want to log junk
>> filtering anymore. With logging still enabled, I selected the Clear Log
>> button on the Adaptive Junk Mail Log window; but nothing happened. Yes,
>> the button depressed when I clicked on it; but the log was not cleared.
>>
>> How do I rid my PC of this log? Is there a bug report on this?
>>
>
> Hi David.
>
> The log is called "filterlog.html" and there is one in each mail folder
> and news folder where you enabled filter logs. If you enabled filter
> logs for a specific newsgroup rather than at the server level, then you
> will have a "newsgroupname.htm" file as the log for that group. Just
> browse over to your profile and delete the files manually... FYI, I just
> tried clearing one of my logs from the interface and it worked fine,
> dunno why it's not working for you...
>
> Regards,
>

The adaptive junk log is apparently separate from the filter logs. The
controls for it are in [Tools > Options > Security > Junk], which is
global for Thunderbird, not specific to any account.

In any case, I was able to clear the junk log, after which I disabled
it. I do not see any value in logging the adaptive junk filter. I do
log the filters that I create for accounts (E-mail and news servers) and
for individual newsgroups. I have no trouble clearing those.

B00ze/Empire

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Dec 19, 2014, 8:04:33 PM12/19/14

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Lol, I got it all wrong, you were talking about the JUNK log. Well, that
one I do not know where it is, and as I just cleared mine to see if it
worked for me (it did) I cannot use the contents to look for the file
itself anymore, it's blank. Anyway, glad to see you were able to clear it.

Best Regards,

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Larry Sheldon

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Dec 19, 2014, 8:59:13 PM12/19/14

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On 12/19/2014 19:04, B00ze/Empire wrote:
> On 2014-12-19 12:07, David E. Ross <nob...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>> On 12/18/2014 5:57 PM, B00ze/Empire wrote:
>>> On 2014-12-17 13:42, David E. Ross <nob...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Windows 7
>>>> Thunderbird 31.3.0
>>>>
>>>> I was logging the junk processing. I selected [Tools > Security >
>>>> Junk]
>>>> and checked the "Enable adaptive junk filter logging" checkbox.
>>>>
>>>> Today, I looked at the log and decided I don't want to log junk
>>>> filtering anymore. With logging still enabled, I selected the Clear
>>>> Log
>>>> button on the Adaptive Junk Mail Log window; but nothing happened.
>>>> Yes,
>>>> the button depressed when I clicked on it; but the log was not cleared.

I don't know who checked it (could be me, but I don't remember.

"Clear Log" turns blue briefly, but the log does not clear.

Clearing "Enable..." grays out the "Show Log button.

I can not find the log anywhere on this Windows 8.1 system.

>>>> How do I rid my PC of this log? Is there a bug report on this?

+!

>>> The log is called "filterlog.html" and there is one in each mail folder
>>> and news folder where you enabled filter logs. If you enabled filter
>>> logs for a specific newsgroup rather than at the server level, then you
>>> will have a "newsgroupname.htm" file as the log for that group. Just
>>> browse over to your profile and delete the files manually... FYI, I just
>>> tried clearing one of my logs from the interface and it worked fine,
>>> dunno why it's not working for you...

>> The adaptive junk log is apparently separate from the filter logs. The
>> controls for it are in [Tools > Options > Security > Junk], which is
>> global for Thunderbird, not specific to any account.
>>
>> In any case, I was able to clear the junk log, after which I disabled
>> it. I do not see any value in logging the adaptive junk filter. I do
>> log the filters that I create for accounts (E-mail and news servers) and
>> for individual newsgroups. I have no trouble clearing those.

I can clear the filter logs, but I would like to find them so I can do
masked searches--the toy given does not (as near as I can tell) allow
anything but viewing 2 at a time through thousands.

No search using file names or file contents has disclosed the location
of any of the logs on this Windows 8.1 machine.

Is there a way to make the files accessible to the Event Viewer?