[Spambayes] Windows/Outlook compatibility matrix

Meyer, Tony T.A.Meyer at massey.ac.nz
Mon May 26 13:14:44 EDT 2003


> I haven't used the binary installer so I don't know what all 
> it does.  A definitive answer here will have to come from 
> Mark, or someone else Windows-savvy who has actually used it.

It doesn't really do all that much that's different from CVS, apart from
the registration of the plugin itself, and creating log files rather
than just throwing things into the trace.

> If you have a directory somewhere (assuming Win2K) like
> 
>     \Documents and Settings\
>         YOUR_LOGIN_NAME\
>             Application Data\
>                 SpamBayes\
> 
> then it's hiding config and database info in there, and you 
> should blow that away.

This will be where it is (whether binary or source).  You'll have a .ini
file, a config pickle and the message and word count databases.  It's
probably safest to get rid of all of them (apart from the ini) if you
really want to go from scratch.

IMO, it is correct behaviour to leave these there, although to be really
nice the (un)installer should *offer* to remove *all* created files.
Certainly shouldn't be the default, though, since the user might be
uninstalling in order to install a newer version, and would then want to
keep the config, and definitely the databases.  It's also useful if
switching between source and binary, since they can share these files.

=Tony Meyer



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