[Spambayes] Problem with SpamBayes POP3 Proxy: [PROBLEM SUMMARY]

[Tim Stone]

What is the serious pop3proxy bug?  Is it in the bug reports?

Bill Hely wrote:

>TONY MEYER SAID:
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>>>Uninstalled  SB 1.0.4 which I could not get to work.
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>Installed
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>>>1.1a1 per your FAQ 4.21 setup for Outlook Express.
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>>No!  The POP3 proxy (what you use for Outlook Express &
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>SpamBayes)
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>>does not work with 1.1a1.  Stick with 1.0.4, which definitely
>>does work.
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>But doesn't this just bring us back to the problem with 1.0.4
>that any TO addresses with "spam" in the domain name (and I have
>one) will be classified as spam regardless? We've already
>discussed the related problems with 1.0.4 as far as the
>ubiquitous Outlook Express is concerned.
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>1.0.4 has an insurmountable problem in that respect; 1.1a1 has
>(in your words) "a serious pop3proxy bug" (you didn't say what)
>and, believe me Tony, it is quite inconceivable that any "average
>user" is even going to attempt the CVS route.
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>So where to?
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>The reason I started writing simplified instructions for
>SpamBayes was because I was recommending it to all and sundry and
>then getting a flood of "what the bloody hell does this mean"
>with regard to comments and instructions throughout
>SpamBayes.org.
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>I have a complete end-user-friendly coverage of spam management
>in general and SpamBayes in particular ready to go, except for
>the fact I cannot find a satisfactory solution to the
>non-Outlook-for-average-users scenario. Average users will not
>install Python, pywin32, a CVS client and checkout the SpamBayes
>source. It is beyond them.
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>I'm trying to contribute to "the cause", but I seem to have hit a
>brick wall with the case of other-than-Outlook clients.
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>Hopefully I'm just missing something obvious, in which case I'll
>be delighted to accept an ass-whoppin' in return for the
>solution.
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