[spambayes-bugs] [ spambayes-Bugs-1550228 ] 1.1a2-1.1a4: nonstandard characters in db path cause error

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Bugs item #1550228, was opened at 2006-09-01 01:22
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Category: Outlook
Group: 1.1.x
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 9
Private: No
Submitted By: 2012 (twentytwelve)
Assigned to: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
>Summary: 1.1a2-1.1a4: nonstandard characters in db path cause error

Initial Comment:

Windows XP Pro SP2. Outlook 2003 SP2. Clean install of
SB Outlook plugin.

1.0.4 works well. Both 1.1a2 and 1.1a3 seem to have
this problem. (1.0.4 and earlier versions have also
been used earlier on this sytem with no problems for
years.)

Assumption:
When the path to the db contains nonstandard
characters, the plugin fails to load the database with
"Failed to load bayes database" error at Outlook start.

Since the path by default includes the Windows profile
name, example "C:\Documents and Settings\Kristoffer
Björkman\Application Data\SpamBayes\[etc]", this should
be a very common problem for users in many countries.

I can't find a workaround for this with the Outlook
plugin version of SB. If there's no way to set the db
path to somewhere outside of the Windows profile
directory, this behaviour makes the application unusable.

See log (from v1.1a2) included below, also see what
seems a similar issue reported (with log) earlier at
<http://www.mail-archive.com/spambayes-bugs@python.org/msg00824.html>.

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ERROR: 'There was an error initializing the Spam
plugin.\r\n\r\nSpam filtering has been disabled. 
Please re-configure\r\nand re-enable this
plugin\r\n\r\nError details:\r\nFailed to load bayes
database'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manager.pyc", line 457, in __init__
  File "manager.pyc", line 258, in Load
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte
0xf6 in position 39: ordinal not in range(128)
Error connecting to Outlook!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "addin.pyc", line 1281, in OnConnection
  File "manager.pyc", line 992, in GetManager
  File "manager.pyc", line 460, in __init__
  File "manager.pyc", line 283, in InitNew
  File "manager.pyc", line 194, in new_bayes
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Documents
and Settings\\Kristoffer Bj\xf6rkman\\Application
Data\\SpamBayes\\default_bayes_database.db'
ERROR: 'There was an error initializing the SpamBayes
addin\r\n\r\nPlease re-start Outlook and try again.'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "addin.pyc", line 1281, in OnConnection
  File "manager.pyc", line 992, in GetManager
  File "manager.pyc", line 460, in __init__
  File "manager.pyc", line 283, in InitNew
  File "manager.pyc", line 194, in new_bayes
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Documents
and Settings\\Kristoffer Bj\xf6rkman\\Application
Data\\SpamBayes\\default_bayes_database.db'
pythoncom error: Failed to call the universal dispatcher

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "win32com\universal.pyc", line 177, in dispatch
  File "win32com\server\policy.pyc", line 332, in
_InvokeEx_
  File "win32com\server\policy.pyc", line 654, in
_invokeex_
  File "win32com\server\policy.pyc", line 588, in
_invokeex_
  File "addin.pyc", line 1320, in OnStartupComplete
exceptions.AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no
attribute 'never_configured'
pythoncom error: Unexpected gateway error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "win32com\universal.pyc", line 177, in dispatch
  File "win32com\server\policy.pyc", line 332, in
_InvokeEx_
  File "win32com\server\policy.pyc", line 654, in
_invokeex_
  File "win32com\server\policy.pyc", line 588, in
_invokeex_
  File "addin.pyc", line 1320, in OnStartupComplete
exceptions.AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no
attribute 'never_configured'


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>Comment By: 2012 (twentytwelve)
Date: 2008-03-31 19:56

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Problem seems to persist with 1.1a4, and I can't make the somewhere
suggested workaround with setting data_directory in
bin/default_configuration.ini work (same error message persists).
Priority changed as per mydlo's suggestion.


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Comment By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Date: 2008-01-04 16:51

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Mark, can you take a quick look at this?  Looks like Unicode
filenames cause problems.

Skip


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Comment By: Vladimir (mydlo)
Date: 2008-01-04 16:11

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May be Twentytwelve does not write it sufficiently clearly: nobody whos
name contains non-standard ASCII letters or who is working on localized
Windows (and therefore has data path to default bayes database with
national letters like me: C:\Documents and Settings\Richard\Data
aplikací\SpamBayes) can NOT use nor test SpamBayes plugin due to error:
Failed to load bayes database'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manager.pyc", line 457, in __init__
  File "manager.pyc", line 258, in Load
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xed in position 46:
ordinal not in range(128)
Error connecting to Outlook!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "addin.pyc", line 1294, in OnConnection
  File "manager.pyc", line 996, in GetManager
  File "manager.pyc", line 460, in __init__
  File "manager.pyc", line 283, in InitNew
  File "manager.pyc", line 194, in new_bayes
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Documents and
Settings\\Richard\\Data aplikac\xed\\SpamBayes\\default_bayes_database.db'
ERROR: 'There was an error initializing the SpamBayes addin\r\n\r\nPlease
re-start Outlook and try again.'

So this bug should have priority at least 9 !!!


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