[Spambayes] Strange behaviour......

[Ian James]

After using Spambayes for some years (with Outlook 2007), I have 
suddenly experienced completely unpredictable behaviour. (1) - it no 
longer filters automatically - I have to go into Spambayes Manager and 
select "Filter"; (2) it then filters out all the possible/Spam - but it 
does not appear in the designated folders; in fact it has been totally 
and permanently deleted from Outlook and cannot apparently be retrieved.

I've now uninstalled it and am very nervous about re-installing it - as 
I know (from having checked my mail using the webmail interface before I 
actually downloaded it using Outlook) that Spambayes is actually 
deleting mail I do not wish to be deleted.

is this is known problem - and will reinstalling cure it?

Just a thought - one thing that has changed recently is that I have 
installed Thunderbird and set it as my default - I'm doing some testing 
on it for a friend - can't see how that could cause this problem, but 
just wondering.....

Thanks for your help.

Regards

Ian