275785 - Ability to save/restore junk filter training data

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(MailNews Core :: Filters, enhancement)

Description

[Tal Cohen]

There are three uses for saving the junk filter training data, two of them 
direct and one a bit more far-fetched: 

1. To undo "bad training" without having to wipe out all the training done so 
far.

2. To be able to use the training data when creating a new profile, or moving 
to a new computer, etc.

3. Perhaps in the future a tool could be written that would import training 
data without overwriting the existing data (i.e., "merge" the training results).

Perhaps 1 and 2 are as easy as copying a single file, in which case there 
should be a simple UI for this (probably under the Tools menu); currently 
there's only the ability to reset the filter data.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Related to suite bug 181471?

Comment 2

[Galen Swint]

I think this bug is related to Bug 78858 - ability to store filters on the IMAP
server. Both require some import/export mechanism for filters.

Comment 3

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Comment 4

[Tal Cohen]

In reply to the auto-comment: the feature was not yet implemented, and is (I 
believe) important.

Comment 5

[Galen Swint]

I've just migrated to a new computer (old one died suddenly of capacitor failure) and sure don't look forward to training up a new junk filter.

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

if you have the backup, it is sufficient to copy training.dat into the new profile