[Spambayes] Spambayes trashes PST file links in OuchLook

[Chuck Cole]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coe, Bob [mailto:rcoe at CambridgeMA.GOV]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:34 AM
>
> > From: spambayes-bounces at python.org
> > [mailto:spambayes-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Coe, Bob
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:49 PM
> > To: cncole at earthlink.net
> >

> > At the time, I didn't think my problem was related to
> > Spambayes, but conceivably it was. If I remember more about
> > it (or, God forbid, it happens to me again), I'll post a message.
> >
> > Bob
>
> I now think I recall that the solution is to substitute a new "Outlook
> profile"; indeed, there may even be a Microsoft paper dealing with the
> issue. (N.B.: A user's Outlook profile is not the same as his Windows
> roaming profile or any of the other profiles one commonly sees
> mentioned. At least pre-Vista, "profile" is the most
> overloaded word in
> the Microsoft argot.) Creating a new Outlook profile (and persuading
> Outlook to use it) is not exactly trivial, and a discussion
> of how to do
> it (even if I thought I could explain it adequately) is
> beyond the scope
> of this mailing list. But I'm almost certain that there *is*
> a Microsoft
> paper that describes how to do that.
>
> Assuming I'm remembering correctly, note that the solution is
> independent of whether Spambayes had a role in creating the probem.
>
> Bob

Profiles weren't a good choice for me.  Either didn't work or trashes
lots of stuff in the process.

Microsoft suggested a way to do surgery to OutLook in the Registry by
simply removing the "stuck" PST files from the collection.  That was
quick and clean, but an error might be dangerous.  I found that
SpamBayes is not the only way to corrupt these PST bindings, but it is
an assured and conspicuous way to do so.

Chuck