[Spambayes] Using dialup up modem is tooooo slow

[Tony Meyer]

> I have installed Spambayes and it works very well.
> However I often use a dial up line and Spambayes is
> bogging down my email system to the extent that it
> is takes up to 30 minutes to process 30 or 40 emails,
> most of which are junk. 

Are you using the Outlook plug-in or sb_server?  If the former, then I'm not
sure I see how SpamBayes slows the process down - all this mail would be
downloaded anyway, right?  SpamBayes doesn't interfere with that process at
all - in fact you can have disconnected with all your mail downloaded and
SpamBayes will still continue on classifying the mail.  Maybe adjusting the
background filtering options (in the Advanced tab) would help?

If you are using sb_server, then this does slow the process down a bit, as
the messages go through the proxy as they are arriving and are classified at
that point.  It really shouldn't be that slow, though.  My wife's system at
home is through a really slow (rural NZ) dialup connection on a pretty slow
machine and I can't notice any difference between going directly to the mail
server and through the proxy.  Maybe something's odd with your settings?

> If I run the uninstall (under
> control panel) does SpamBayes uninstall without problems? 

Yes.  If you're using the Outlook plug-in you'll also need to remove the
toolbar.  Please see FAQ 3.14:

<http://spambayes.org/faq.html#how-do-i-uninstall-the-plug-in>

=Tony Meyer

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