[Spambayes] Difficulties starting Windows 2000 service

[Tony Meyer]

> Realizing that when I logged off so did the program,
> I attempted to install it as a service using python
> 2.3.3 and the "pop3proxy_service.py install", and to
> start it with "net start pop3proxy".  This resulted
> in an "error 1069" which I believed had to do with a
> logon failure.  The service appears in the "services"
> utility so I modified the properties to verify that the
> logon was OK.  Finally attempting to start it as a
> normal Win2k service it appears to be starting but 
> then returns the error message: 
>
> "   Could not start Spambayes service on local computer.
> The service did not return an error. 
> This could be an  internal windows problem or an internal
> service error."

I wonder if maybe the service didn't get installed properly?  If you remove
it (pop3proxy_service.py remove) and then reinstall it, do you still get the
1069 error?  What properties did you have to change in the control panel?

Does a log get created for the service?  If not, then it's more than likely
to be a problem with the service installation I think, because the log is
created very early.  The log would be called "SpamBayesService1.log" and be
in your temp directory (C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local
Settings\Temp in XP; I can't recall where it is in 2k).

=Tony Meyer

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