[Spambayes] Request to alter the destination of the Spambayes logfile

[Mark Hammond]

> I am using the Outlook plug-in (version 0.7),under  Windwoes 98SE.  I
> request that the default location for the SB. log file NOT be
> in the Windows
> temp directory.  Many users routinely  strip or delete this
> folder at each
> reboot to prevent it from becoming a garbage pit.

Yeah, this is exactly why I decided to use it :)

> Instead the Spambayes Log. file should be located in a
> private folder under
> \Program Files\Spambayes Outlook Addin\.  A user-defined
> variable (in the
> .ini file) or within SB. can be used to set long-term limits
> on the size of
> this file, including overwrite/ append capability.

Except of course that if we wait until we have loaded the config file etc,
there is a whole lot that could have gone wrong that will not be in the log.
It is important the log be created at the very earliest opportunity.

> Routinely blind writing
> to the windows temp directory is just not best-practice.

Why?  It can be safely deleted, and if everything is working fine, no user
should ever need to see it.  In the ideal world, we wouldn't need *any* log
as we wouldn't have any bugs <wink>.  These files are *not* "application
data" in the sense that they need to follow the user profile etc.  I am
afraid I am unconvinced.

Mark.