Re: Spam Bayes Compatibility

On 11/22/2013 9:05 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>> Possible, yes.  Easily is another matter.  Spambayes installs as a a
>> plugin in Outlook.  To use it with a different client, it must be set
>> up as a proxy server, sitting between your mail feed from your host
>> and your email client.
> I thought the installer allowed you to set up a proxy server as well.
> I could easily be mistaken though, as IANAWP.
>
>> There is a Thunderbird Add-on called Thunderbayes designed to ease
>> Thunderbird<->Spambayes integration.  See
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/thunderbayes/
> I wouldn't use that. It's quite out-of-date, and is no longer
> maintained. I don't know if it is even compatible we recent versions
> of Thunderbird. I do have the source if someone would like to
> generated a new package and test it though.
>
> Skip
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Charles,

Skip is right; Thunderbayes and its successor Thunderbayes++ are no 
longer being actively developed.  The pop3 proxy server is definitely 
one of the install options in Windows.

A few things to consider -
1. In Windows 7, don't install in the default location; most people seem 
to be using C:\spambayes instead.
2. I believe Spambayes works best when installed as a Windows service.  
I'll add some links below on how to do that.
3. You mentioned having multiple accounts.  That adds a bit to the 
complexity, but is easily doable.  The web config page explains how to 
do that.
4. There are some nice options on the Advanced config page, but get the 
basics working first.

http://weblogs.asp.net/rchartier/archive/2007/03/15/thunderbird-with-spambayes-its-not-all-that-hard.aspx

http://entrian.com/sbwiki/Pop3Proxy

These references pertain to pop3 accounts, not imap.  If using imap, 
then install that option instead of pop3proxy.  I'm not sure, but it may 
be possible to install both if you have both types of email accounts.

Once installed, you will find the web configuration page @ 
http://127.0.0.1:8880

Lastly, I don't recommend using the smtp proxy part of Spambayes. If you 
send emails with large attachments, it will lock up.

Come back to the list if you have any problems.

Dale
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