[Spambayes] Important information for Outlook users

[Mark Hammond]

> From: Mark Hammond [mailto:mhammond@skippinet.com.au]
> > Let me know if there are any problems, and/or just create
> > bugs at source-forge and assign them to me!
>
> This isn't working properly for me. I'm getting strange,

When you say "isn't working", you mean only the field display, or the whole
plugin?

> inconsistent results. When I try to delete the field, the script
> says it's done it, but then if I run it again, it says "deleting 1
> field instance from Outlook" again. Sometimes, not always :-(

The "1 field" created via outlook is field that the plugin creates in an
attempt to have all this work <wink>.  When the plugin starts watching a
folder, it selects the first message in the folder, and creates a
UserDefined field called "Spam" in this message.  Doing this should also
create the field in the "Field Chooser"

However, in the process of normal message scoring, Outlook itself is not
used to set the field value.  Hence you will see "1 field from Outlook"
after the plugin has restarted.

> When I start Outlook, the field appears - with type "Combination".
> Tried again, got type "Number". Even when I deleted and recreated
> the field as a Percentage type, I looked again a little later and
> it was "Number" again.
>
> I've reregistered the addin, rebuilt the databases, refiltered
> everything, deleted all pyc files. Everything I can think of.

In all folders you tried, or just the inbox?  Does it work in the Spam or
Maybe folders?

Any exceptions or unusual messages in the trace output?

Thanks,

Mark.