[spambayes-dev] RE: [Spambayes] does SpamBayes work with Outlook Rules Wizard ?

[Mark Hammond]

[CC-ing spambayes-dev and dropping spambayes]

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> Actually, if you want something to run before Outlook, use
> pop3proxy or
> imapfilter.  The interface is web-based, so it's obviously
> not going to be
> tightly integrated with Outlook, but it's functional.
>
> <thinking-out-loud>
>
> Another possibility might be to combine the best of the
> Outlook and the
> pop3proxy.  When Outlook starts, you could fire up a proxy
> (like the core of
> pop3proxy) and reconfigure Outlook to get mail from the proxy
> and the proxy
> to get mail from the real POP server, restoring the POP3
> settings upon exit.
> The user interface would still be embedded in Outlook, but
> would control the
> proxy via XML-RPC.  This would separate the UI from the proxy engine
> completely, allowing the proxy engine to be reused with plugins for
> different mailers.
>
> </thinking-out-loud>

I think that is actually a great long term idea.  By splitting the "proxy"
part out well enough, we could still move the Spam and Unsure to Outlook
folders, and keep the same level of integration.

This wouldn't be easy, but would be a nice feature.  Note that the new
Outlook dialogs are already using the "OptionsClass" objects, in much the
same way as the existing web interface does.

However, I'm not going to drive any effort like this for at least a few
months!  I've got to get things as they stand now back to a managable level.

Mark.