Mailman 3 October 2007 - SpamBayes

Com add -in seems to not work
by Houck, Raymond K. Oct. 9, 2007

Oct. 9, 2007

Hi I am trying to use spambates 1.04. I run the install program and it seems fine, but when I open outlook 2003, I do not get any installation message or wizard to run through. If I go to tools>options>other>advanced options>COM add-in, I see that the spambates com add-in is listed but unchecked. I check it and close the dialog box and restart outlook, but nothing happens. The box becomes unchecked and I do it all over again to no success. Help!!! PS; Windows XP professional Best Regards, Ray --------------------------------------------------- Raymond K. Houck Thar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 575 Epsilon Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238 USA Tel: +1 412 967 5665 x1236 (Please note as of August 27, 2007, my extension has changed) Fax: +1 412 967 9446 Mobile: +1 412 606 7214 rhouck(a)tharpharma.com This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient nor the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone and return the original message to us at the listed email address. All rights are reserved by Thar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Thank You.

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Re: [Spambayes] Spambayes load error - Bad Pickle Data??
by Dave Kemp Oct. 9, 2007

Oct. 9, 2007

Skip, Again, thanks for the help. Upgraded the service to 1.0.4a, but continue to have a problem. The log file is attached. Open to further suggestions ....... Thanks Dave -----Original Message----- From: skip(a)pobox.com [mailto:skip@pobox.com] Sent: 08 October 2007 20:41 To: dave.kemp(a)tsorg.com Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Spambayes load error - Bad Pickle Data?? Dave> As to SpamBayes, the TBird plugin is 1.0.1, Note that this is ThunderBayes, not part of the SpamBayes project proper. Dave> the SpamBayes Service is 1.0.4. Happy to try 1.0.4a if you can Dave> help me with a download link. Sure. Start here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61702 Scroll down to this link: spambayes-1.1a4-070629.exe. Dave> I have renamed and forced a recreate of hammie.db, but am still Dave> getting the same error. The updated logfile is attached. I don't see anything else it could be. Try reposting this information to the spambayes mailing list. I am not a Windows user, so I can't really help you track down the culprit file. Also, looking more closely at your traceback, it seems that ThunderBayes might include its own version of SpamBayes. If so, the above link might not do you much good. Ask the ThunderBayes folks. Skip

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sb_server.py as a daemon
by Laurent François Oct. 9, 2007

Oct. 9, 2007

Hello, I am trying to us sb_server.py as a daemon. I am using the script from Fernando Nino: ######################## #!/bin/bash # # spambayes: Starts the spam filter as a pop3 proxy # # Version: @(#) /etc/init.d/spambayes 1.0 # # chkconfig: - 95 21 # description: This shell script takes care of starting and stopping \ # spambayes pop3 proxy # processname: sb_server.py # SBPROXY=/usr/bin/sb_server.py SBLOG=/var/log/spam.log SBDIR=/var/mail/vhosts/.spambayes/hammiedb [ -x $SBPROXY ] || exit 0 # Source function library. # Change by myself ##. /etc/init.d/functions . /lib/lsb/init-functions RETVAL=0 start () { date >> $SBLOG echo -n "Starting SpamBayes POP3 proxy: " if [ ! -d $SBDIR ] ; then echo "Repertoire $SBDIR non present" >> $SBLOG RETVAL=1 else cd $SBDIR ($SBPROXY 2>&1 >> $SBLOG) & RETVAL=$? fi action "" [ $RETVAL = 0 ] return $RETVAL } stop () { # stop daemon date >> $SBLOG echo -n "Stopping SpamBayes POP3 proxy: " killproc $SBPROXY 1 RETVAL=$? echo [ $RETVAL = 0 ] return $RETVAL } restart () { stop start RETVAL=$? return $RETVAL } # See how we were called. case "$1" in start) start ;; stop) stop ;; status) status $SBPROXY RETVAL=$? ;; restart) restart ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}" RETVAL=1 esac ############################ and when I run it I got this error message: ./spambayes start Starting SpamBayes POP3 proxy: ./spambayes: line 36: action: command not found Any idea ? Bye

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Re: [Spambayes] Spambayes load error - Bad Pickle Data??
by Daniel Miller Oct. 9, 2007

Oct. 9, 2007

Hi Dave (and everyone else), First, let me introduce myself. I'm the developer of ThunderBayes. Thanks a lot for using ThunderBayes. It's very encouraging to write software that is used and valued by others. > A recent system crash managed to corrupt my thunderbird installation. Now > nearly all recovered - just one problem left with Thunderbayes. > > Loading Thunderbird gives the following error: > > Errors occurred > See the logfile '...' for details > > Acknowledging this allows me to go and load thunderbird OK, and Spambayes > then works OK, but it still annoying. A copy of the file is attached. It looks like your SpamBayes database got corrupted. You'll probably need to start training from scratch (or start with a backup from before the crash if you have one...you do backup don't you?) The easiest way to do this is to delete (or move to somewhere safe) everything EXCEPT the bayescustomize.ini file in the spambayes_data directory in your profile. Here's the background info: the big new feature in ThunderBayes is the fact that it ships with SpamBayes, so users don't need to bother with installing and configuring that before ThunderBayes will work. Unfortunately, this means that I had to set the default database type used by ThunderBayes to the Pickle protocol since BerkleyDB doesn't work on Mac OS X. If this was a bad decision, maybe someone here could give a better alternative? Anyway, I'm not even sure if that matters so much in your case (Dave) since a the crash you experienced may have corrupted BerkleyDB as well? Hope that helps. ~ Daniel

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Spambayes load error - Bad Pickle Data??
by Dave Kemp Oct. 8, 2007

Oct. 8, 2007

All, A recent system crash managed to corrupt my thunderbird installation. Now nearly all recovered - just one problem left with Thunderbayes. Loading Thunderbird gives the following error: Acknowledging this allows me to go and load thunderbird OK, and Spambayes then works OK, but it still annoying. A copy of the file is attached. I've looked at the FAQ - nothing obvious caught my eye, and I've uninstalled and reinstalled both Thunderbird and Spambayes, but to no avail. Any help most welcome Currently running Thunderbird 2.8.8.6 Spambayes 1.0.1 Windows XP, patched up to date. With thanks Dave

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installing 1.0.4 in Outlook XP
by Steve Ingraham Oct. 8, 2007

Oct. 8, 2007

I am having some problems that I would like to ask the list some advice on. We have been running Spambayes in Outlook for quite some time now. Things have been working very well until recently. Below is a list of some of the problems I have started seeing. Almost all of my users are using Spambayes Outlook Addin Binary 0.81 in Outlook 2002 running on Dell Inspirons with Windows XP Professional operating systems. Many of our users have started complaining that legitimate emails are being delivered to the Junk Suspect folder. When they "Recover from Spam" the email is placed back into the Inbox but the next time an email comes in from that user it goes back into the Junk Suspect folder. It appears Spambayes is not correctly retaining the training on these legitimate emails when the user "Recovers from Spam". Another issue that I think may be related is the creation of additional junk email folders. Several users have started noticing multiple junk email folders in Outlook (i.e. junk email, junk email2, spam, spamtrap). They are not manually creating these additional folders and many users are telling me they just saw the additional folder pop up one day. Any ideas on why Spambayes would be creating additional folders in Outlook? Another issue is related to installing the 1.0.4 version with Outlook. Most all of our users have had their computers upgraded from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional operating systems when they received new Dell computers. On these new computers I started trying to upgrade Spambayes from Spambayes Outlook Addin Binary version 0.81 to Spambayes 1.0.4. I have gone to the website and downloaded the Spambayes 1.0.4 install package. When I set up the new computer I am logged in as an administrator. I install the Spambayes 1.0.4 and everything works fine. I then log into Outlook with the administrator account (my personal profile that has administrative rights). Spambayes begins its initial setup for that administrator account and everything functions normally. Everything looks as if it will work fine for the user's profile. However, when I set up the new user account on the computer and I log into Outlook using the user's profile for the first time there is no Spambayes. There is nothing that shows Spambayes was loaded onto the computer. The only way I have been able to resolve this problem is to log back in as administrator and uninstalling Spambayes 1.0.4. I then install the older version of Spambayes (Spambayes Outlook Addin Binary 0.81) that has worked in the past using the Spambayes Outlook Setup 0081.exe file. This allows me to then log in as the user and set up Spambayes which then functions. This is ok but it means that our machines do not have the updated version of Spambayes loaded. Is this an issue with version 1.0.4? Should I be using the 1.0.4 version with Outlook? Do I need to continue using the 0.81 addin with Outlook? Is using this older version possibly causing the training problems with legitimate emails? Could any or all of the above issues be related? If they are not related could someone address the possible causes and solutions for the particular issues? Thanks for the help, Steve

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Outlook 2003 SP2/SP3 Hang up
by Massimo Vandone Oct. 8, 2007

Oct. 8, 2007

Hi, i tried to install Spambayes on a windows XP pc fully updated with Outlook 2003 SP2 then i tried to upgrade to SP3; my broblem is that when outlook start, hang up directly, and do not write anything in the spambayes log. When i try to restart outlook, the plugin is disabled. I tryed numerous solutione but no one is working. I hope in your reply. Thanks in Advance Massimo Vandone Enterprise Knowledge Solutions "E.K.S." s.r.l. Società Unipersonale Via Rovera, 40 21026 Gavirate (Va) - Italy tel. +39 0332 747244 fax. +39 0332 746562 e-mail: M.Vandone(a)eks.it web: <http://www.eks.it/> http://www.eks.it ............................................................................ ......................... La presente comunicazione, che potrebbe contenere informazioni riservate e/o protette da segreto professionale, è indirizzata esclusivamente ai destinatari della medesima qui indicati. Le opinioni, le conclusioni e le altre informazioni qui contenute, che non siano relative alla nostra attività caratteristica, devono essere considerate come non inviate né avvalorate da noi. Tutti i pareri e le informazioni qui contenuti sono soggetti ai termini ed alle condizioni previsti dagli accordi che regolano il nostro rapporto con il cliente. Nel caso in cui abbiate ricevuto per errore la presente comunicazione, vogliate cortesemente darcene immediata notizia, rispondendo a questo stesso indirizzo di e-mail, e poi procedere alla cancellazione di questo messaggio dal Vostro sistema. E' strettamente proibito e potrebbe essere fonte di violazione di legge qualsiasi uso, comunicazione, copia o diffusione dei contenuti di questa comunicazione da parte di chi la abbia ricevuta per errore o in violazione degli scopi della presente. The present message, that may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information, is intended only for use of the individual(s) named above. Any opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this message, which are not relative to our specific activities, must be considered with no value on our behalf and do not represent our position unless specifically stated herein. All of the opinions and information included herein are subject to the terms and conditions of our agreement with the recipient(s). If you receive this message by mistake, please email the sender immediately and delete the entire message, and any attachment, from your system. Unauthorized publication, copying, distribution, dissemination, forwarding, or other use of the information contained in this message and any attachment is strictly forbidden and may be a source of law-breaking.

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by ldcarpenter Oct. 6, 2007

Oct. 6, 2007

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Plug-in fails to load
by John E. Creed Oct. 5, 2007

Oct. 5, 2007

For what appears to be no reason at all the SpamBayes plug-in refuses to load, I've been using SpamBayes for years without any problem and am using version 1.0.4 for Windows Server 2003 / Outlook 2003 when suddenly the other day I noticed SPAM wasn't going into the correct folder and I couldn't access the Spam Bayes Manager button, then I noticed the plug-in isn't loading when Outlook starts up. I've tried an un-install / re-install but that didn't help. Any idea what's wrong and what I should try next, I miss SpamBayes already? Sincerely, John E. Creed John E. Creed 317-889-3561 home 317-408-2074 mobile

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(no subject)
by Jan Zeis Oct. 5, 2007

Oct. 5, 2007

By mistake I deleted one of the folders that spambaye set up automatically with I installed the program. Can you tell me how to restore the original settings?

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