Index: lisp/ChangeLog
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/lisp/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 7.554
diff -u -u -b -r7.554 ChangeLog
--- lisp/ChangeLog	3 Dec 2004 15:58:17 -0000	7.554
+++ lisp/ChangeLog	5 Dec 2004 21:40:55 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-12-05  Nelson Ferreira  <nelson.ferreira@ieee.org>
+
+	* spam-stat.el (spam-stat-save): Load the hashtable from disk only
+	if there is no hashtable in memory or file modification time is
+	newer than cached timestamp.
+
 2004-12-03  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
 
 	* gnus-sum.el (gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient): Implement
Index: lisp/spam-stat.el
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/lisp/spam-stat.el,v
retrieving revision 7.19
diff -u -u -b -r7.19 spam-stat.el
--- lisp/spam-stat.el	2 Nov 2004 02:54:22 -0000	7.19
+++ lisp/spam-stat.el	5 Dec 2004 21:40:55 -0000
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@
 this filter, re-training spam-stat with several thousand messages
 will start to take a very long time.")
 
+(defvar spam-stat-last-saved-at nil
+  "Time stamp of last change of spam-stat-file on this run")
+
 (defvar spam-stat-syntax-table
   (let ((table (copy-syntax-table text-mode-syntax-table)))
     (modify-syntax-entry ?- "w" table)
@@ -389,6 +392,7 @@
   (interactive "P")
   (when (or force spam-stat-dirty)
     (let ((coding-system-for-write spam-stat-coding-system))
+      (message "Saving %s..."  spam-stat-file)
       (with-temp-file spam-stat-file
 	(let ((standard-output (current-buffer))
 	      (font-lock-maximum-size 0))
@@ -401,14 +405,25 @@
 				  (spam-stat-bad entry))))
 		   spam-stat)
 	  (insert ")))"))))
-	(setq spam-stat-dirty nil)))
+    (message "Saved %s."  spam-stat-file)
+    (setq spam-stat-dirty nil
+          spam-stat-last-saved-at (nth 5 (file-attributes spam-stat-file)))))
 
 (defun spam-stat-load ()
   "Read the `spam-stat' hash table from disk."
   ;; TODO: maybe we should warn the user if spam-stat-dirty is t?
   (let ((coding-system-for-read spam-stat-coding-system))
-    (load-file spam-stat-file))
-  (setq spam-stat-dirty nil))
+    (cond (spam-stat-dirty (message "Spam stat not loaded: spam-stat-dirty t"))
+          ((or (not (boundp 'spam-stat-last-saved-at))
+               (null spam-stat-last-saved-at)
+               (not (equal spam-stat-last-saved-at
+                           (nth 5 (file-attributes spam-stat-file)))))
+           (progn 
+             (load-file spam-stat-file)
+             (setq spam-stat-dirty nil
+                   spam-stat-last-saved-at 
+                   (nth 5 (file-attributes spam-stat-file)))))
+          (t (message "Spam stat file not loaded: no change in disk..")))))
 
 (defun spam-stat-to-hash-table (entries)
   "Turn list ENTRIES into a hash table and store as `spam-stat'.