I am possibly interested in using Spam Bayes. It is not clear to me a) whether my system would accommodate it and b) how difficult it would be to set up. I have W7 and run use Thunderbird 24.1.1. as an email client for some 4 email accounts. Is it possible to set up Spam Bayes fairly easily with this setup? Thank You CW
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Charles Whitney <cwhit@fastmail.net> wrote:
I am possibly interested in using Spam Bayes.
It is not clear to me a) whether my system would accommodate it and b) how difficult it would be to set up.
I have W7 and run use Thunderbird 24.1.1. as an email client for some 4 email accounts. Is it possible to set up Spam Bayes fairly easily with this setup?
Possible, yes. Easily is another matter. Spambayes installs as a a plugin in Outlook. To use it with a different client, it must be set up as a proxy server, sitting between your mail feed from your host and your email client. There is a Thunderbird Add-on called Thunderbayes designed to ease Thunderbird<->Spambayes integration. See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/thunderbayes/ I use Thunderbird as a newsreader, not an email client, so I haven't tried it, but it may assist you.
CW
Possible, yes. Easily is another matter. Spambayes installs as a a plugin in Outlook. To use it with a different client, it must be set up as a proxy server, sitting between your mail feed from your host and your email client.
I thought the installer allowed you to set up a proxy server as well. I could easily be mistaken though, as IANAWP.
There is a Thunderbird Add-on called Thunderbayes designed to ease Thunderbird<->Spambayes integration. See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/thunderbayes/
I wouldn't use that. It's quite out-of-date, and is no longer maintained. I don't know if it is even compatible we recent versions of Thunderbird. I do have the source if someone would like to generated a new package and test it though. Skip
On 11/22/2013 9:05 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
Possible, yes. Easily is another matter. Spambayes installs as a a plugin in Outlook. To use it with a different client, it must be set up as a proxy server, sitting between your mail feed from your host and your email client. I thought the installer allowed you to set up a proxy server as well. I could easily be mistaken though, as IANAWP.
There is a Thunderbird Add-on called Thunderbayes designed to ease Thunderbird<->Spambayes integration. See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/thunderbayes/ I wouldn't use that. It's quite out-of-date, and is no longer maintained. I don't know if it is even compatible we recent versions of Thunderbird. I do have the source if someone would like to generated a new package and test it though.
Skip _______________________________________________ SpamBayes@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html Charles,
Skip is right; Thunderbayes and its successor Thunderbayes++ are no longer being actively developed. The pop3 proxy server is definitely one of the install options in Windows. A few things to consider - 1. In Windows 7, don't install in the default location; most people seem to be using C:\spambayes instead. 2. I believe Spambayes works best when installed as a Windows service. I'll add some links below on how to do that. 3. You mentioned having multiple accounts. That adds a bit to the complexity, but is easily doable. The web config page explains how to do that. 4. There are some nice options on the Advanced config page, but get the basics working first. http://weblogs.asp.net/rchartier/archive/2007/03/15/thunderbird-with-spambay... http://entrian.com/sbwiki/Pop3Proxy These references pertain to pop3 accounts, not imap. If using imap, then install that option instead of pop3proxy. I'm not sure, but it may be possible to install both if you have both types of email accounts. Once installed, you will find the web configuration page @ http://127.0.0.1:8880 Lastly, I don't recommend using the smtp proxy part of Spambayes. If you send emails with large attachments, it will lock up. Come back to the list if you have any problems. Dale
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