[Spambayes] configuration/browser problems

[David Abrahams]

Tony Meyer <tameyer at ihug.co.nz> writes:

>> I'm having some trouble with configuration.  On my (old FreeBSD) mail
>> server, as of today, I can only use a text connection, which wouldn't
>> be a problem (I could use lynx) except that when I do
>>
>>    python sb_imapfilter.py -b
>>
>> It looks like lynx is trying to start, but all I see is "HTTP request
>> sent; waiting for response."  Remote connections don't work either,
>> even if I edit Options.py to change the defaults.
>
> If you don't use the -b switch and just tell Lynx to go to http:// 
> localhost:8880, does that work?

Yep, it works, thanks.  What do you suppose is confounding the -b option?

>> How can I configure SpamBayes now?  IIRC there used to be a text
>> configuration file somewhere that I could edit...
>
> On *nix this is probably called ~/.spambayesrc

Yep, there it is.  I guess I don't understand how to use ls, since

  ls -a "*spam*" 

doesn't find it :(

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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