[Spambayes] Problem with Spambayes IMAP and Microsoft Exchange...

[Paul Michali]

Tony Meyer wrote:

>>I've been using SB for a while with a Mirapoint IMAP server 
>>and it works just fine. I made minor tweaks to the sb_imapfilter.py
>>script to have a "Ham" folder in addition to the "Spam" and "Unsure"
>>folders,
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>Your patch for this is in 1.1a1, BTW.
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>>to only train if login is successful, and to keep trying to log in at the 
>>defined interval, when a login fails (in case there are 
>>transient issues with accessing the server).
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>I believe 1.1a1 ought to do this as well.
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>>However, I'm trying to switch to Microsoft Exchange server using IMAP 
>>and I'm having problems. I changed the ini file to point to the new 
>>server name, I have the folders set up on the server, but, when I run 
>>imapfilter.py, I see the following message (after the 
>>password is obtained):
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>[...]
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>>Invalid response to select Inbox.Bayesian.MarkAsHam:
>>('NO', ['The requested item could not be found.'])
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>It sounds like you left the folder names in the ini file the same and just
>created matching folders on the new server - is that right?  If so, the
>problem might be that the Exchange server uses a different delimiter than
>the '.' that it appears the Mirapoint server uses.
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>If you open up the web interface and look at the folder list (for training
>or filtering), do the folder names appear like "Inbox.Bayesian.MarkAsHam"?
>They might be something like "Inbox/Bayesian/MarkAsHam", instead, which
>would be an easy fix.
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>=Tony.Meyer
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Yes. that was it. Thanks! It was with "/" as delimiter for Micro$oft 
Exchange.


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PCM @ WORK (Paul Michali)


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