[Spambayes] 1.1a6 for Windows Live Mail, Windows 7

[Dale Schroeder]

The default Spambayes port is 8110, so the client should have 
"localhost:8110" for its incoming server settings.

Dale

On 08/16/2012 7:25 AM, Mike White wrote:
> Let me clarify ---   my email provider is Comcast, not Windows 
> Hotmail.  I am using Windows Live to retrieve it. Comcast’s pop3 is 
> mail.comcast.net and uses port 110.
> That’s what I have configured in SpamBayes. In my Windows Live account 
> settings, I have adjusted the incoming server to localhost as noted in 
> the spambayes documentation (I left the incoming port at 110 – didn’t 
> see any info on what that should be for use with spambayes).
> thank you
> *From:* Dale Schroeder <mailto:dale at BriannasSaladDressing.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:11 PM
> *To:* Mike White <mailto:shephound at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* SpamBayes <mailto:spambayes at python.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Spambayes] 1.1a6 for Windows Live Mail, Windows 7
> Mike,
>
> Did you account for Windows Live not using the standard port 110?  
> Your incoming POP3 settings in Spambayes should be
>
>     pop3.live.com:995
>
> http://email.about.com/od/accessinghotmail/f/Windows_Live_Hotmail_POP3_Settings.htm
>
> Dale
>
>
> On 08/14/2012 6:45 AM, Mike White wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I installed and attempted to use spambayes on my Windows 7 machine, 
>> 64-bit, with Windows Live Mail. My mail is through Comcast, and 
>> required authentication.
>> I could not get it to work at all.  Windows Live continued to report 
>> failure to connect to mail server (I did set the account’s pop3 to 
>> localhost after configuring spambayes for this account).
>> I’m sure I was probably just doing something wrong in the 
>> configuration but couldn’t find anything helpful in your FAQ’s.
>> thanks
>>
>>
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