[Spambayes] Complicated

[Charlie & Urs]

Hello Tony,

I really appreciate your quick response and the candor of its content.  It 
is refreshing.  Much better than I would get from a "for profit" company.

In the light of a new day I will probably give it another go.

My wife visited your fair country a couple of years ago and still talks 
about it.  A fascinating country.

Good luck with your project.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Meyer" <tameyer at ihug.co.nz>
To: "Charlie & Urs" <cmcintire at earthlink.net>
Cc: <spambayes at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Complicated


>> I thought that I would install it at home on Outlook Express.  No  way. I 
>> could have deleted a years worth of spam in the time that I  have spent 
>> trying to understand the installation.  I am no sure it  is hard but the 
>> terminology is confusing.  I am not willing to risk  having no email to 
>> get it going.
>
> The problems here are:
>
>   (a) This is a project where all contributions are made by  volunteers 
> working in their 'spare time'.  In addition, the most  common 
> contributions are ones that benefit the contributor  themselves; I don't 
> think any developer uses Outlook Express, so  contributions towards this 
> have to be somewhat more altruistic than  normal.
>
>   (b) Outlook Express is an extremely limited mail client (Microsoft 
> would like you to buy Outlook/Office).  This means that there's more  to 
> setting it up than there is with other clients (e.g. Eudora, 
> Thunderbird), and a plug-in (like with Outlook) isn't feasible.
>
>> Having said all that, you have done some good work here and I will  just 
>> wait until you get it refined before I give it another go.
>
> Unfortunately, you may be waiting a long time.  There is a partially 
> completed automatic configuration script, but it hasn't been worked  on 
> for some time, and is pretty far down my list (and probably not  even on 
> anyone else's).
>
> However, on a brighter note, there is a step-by-step guide, which we  have 
> made as simple as possible (suggestions are always welcome) at  FAQ 4.21: 
> <http://spambayes.org/faq.html#how-do-i-set-up-spambayes- 
> and-outlook-express>
>
> If you do decide to give it a go, and you run into trouble, please  don't 
> hesitate to ask for help here (please be as specific as  possible about 
> where you are up to, and what is going wrong).
>
> If something does go wrong (it's a pretty simple process, so it 
> shouldn't, but...), then to revert to how things were before you set  it 
> up, all you have to do is change the settings in Outlook Express  back to 
> connect directly to your mail server.  No mail will be lost,  it will 
> still be waiting on the server to be collected.
>
> =Tony.Meyer
>
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> (reply-all), and please don't send me personal mail about SpamBayes.
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