[Spambayes] Outlook Envelope Tray Icon

[Bob Chojnacki]

> Now, the *really* tricky part is figuring out when to remove the icon.

I noticed right after I sent my email (blush) the comment in their code

  ' add some code to check whether the latest items are "interesting"

The comment is akin to the old Steve Martin comedy routine:

	"How to become a millionaire.  First, get a million dollars..."

Sorry about that.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenny Pitt [mailto:kennypitt at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:14 PM
> To: 'Bob Chojnacki'; spambayes at python.org
> Cc: spambayes-dev at python.org
> Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Outlook Envelope Tray Icon
> 
> 
> Bob Chojnacki wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I really like SpamBayes and the Outlook plugin.  It is working much
> > better than other spam filters, considering I get 85-95% spam. I am
> > currently using version 008.1.  I read your FAQ about the problems
> > with making the Outlook envelope tray icon go away.  (I am also not
> > sure if this is the right email address to send this comment, so
> > please bear with me if it isn't.) 
> > 
> > Is the following link helpful? (Keep in mind that I am not a Windows
> > programmer):
> > 
> > 	http://www.slipstick.com/dev/code/clearenvicon.htm
> 
> Thanks for the link.  I created the following code to implement this in
> the Outlook plugin and attached it to a menu item for testing.  It was,
> in fact, successful in removing the new mail envelope from the taskbar.
> Now, the *really* tricky part is figuring out when to remove the icon.
> 
> ====================
> 
> def RemoveNewMailIcon():
>     win32gui.EnumWindows(_removeIconCallback, None)
>     
> def _removeIconCallback(hwnd, extra):
>     # Check for Outlook window class.
>     if win32gui.GetClassName(hwnd) == "rctrl_renwnd32":
>         # Got the correct class, but we need to make sure window title
> is
>         # empty because there may be other top-level Outlook windows.
>         if win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd) == "":
>             return not _killNewMailIcon(hwnd)
>         else:
>             return True
>     else:
>         return True
>         
> WUM_RESETNOTIFICATION = win32con.WM_USER + 7
> def _killNewMailIcon(hwnd):
>     nid = (hwnd, 0)
>     if not win32gui.Shell_NotifyIcon(win32gui.NIM_DELETE, nid):
>         return False
>     else:
>         win32gui.SendMessage(hwnd, WUM_RESETNOTIFICATION, 0, 0)
>         return True
> 
> ====================
> 
> -- 
> Kenny Pitt