From mlkos at sbcglobal.net Fri Apr 15 10:34:43 2016 From: mlkos at sbcglobal.net (Mary Kos) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:34:43 -0500 Subject: [Spambayes] Spam info Message-ID: <01A3405B272C4E32B3A0C6F1444EDFE8@MaryKosPC> I do not get a way of assigning a files as being SPAM How do I get that on my outloo version 2010 Mary -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve.gledhill at outlook.com Sat Apr 16 03:24:26 2016 From: steve.gledhill at outlook.com (Steve Gledhill) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 08:24:26 +0100 Subject: [Spambayes] SpamBayes Message-ID: Hi I used to use SpamBayes but was later provided with other Spam checkers. I now have a personal Windows 7 laptop. I looked at SpamBayes website but wasn't sure if it's still supported. Can you let me know current status of SpamBayes please? Thanks Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skip.montanaro at gmail.com Sat Apr 16 15:06:43 2016 From: skip.montanaro at gmail.com (Skip Montanaro) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:06:43 -0500 Subject: [Spambayes] SpamBayes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 2:24 AM, Steve Gledhill wrote: > I now have a personal Windows 7 laptop. I looked at SpamBayes website but > wasn't sure if it's still supported. Can you let me know current status of > SpamBayes please? It hasn't been supported for a long while. It will probably work as well as the last time you used it. Skip From skip.montanaro at gmail.com Sat Apr 16 20:58:16 2016 From: skip.montanaro at gmail.com (Skip Montanaro) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 19:58:16 -0500 Subject: [Spambayes] SpamBayes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Apr 16, 2016 2:08 PM, "Steve Gledhill" wrote: > > Why has it been dropped? > > Is there a recomended replacement? As free software, the notion of support is somewhat different than if you bought commercial software. The actual code is available for you or anyone else to modify. As for why it's no longer actively developed, there are a couple reasons. One, those of us who were working on SpamBayes have moved on to other things (not necessarily in the spam filter space, just moved on). Two, other tools have gotten better. A lot more spam is caught and rejected before it reaches the end user, and spam filters associated with some email services (such as Gmail) have gotten quite good. There is less need for standalone spam filters like SpamBayes. If you download and install it, you might well find that SpamBayes works as well as it ever did. If you have problems, you can still send email here. There are still users who answer the occasional question which arrives. Skip -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Sat Apr 16 21:09:39 2016 From: fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us (Fred Smith) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 21:09:39 -0400 Subject: [Spambayes] SpamBayes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20160417010939.GA5026@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 07:58:16PM -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote: > On Apr 16, 2016 2:08 PM, "Steve Gledhill" > <[1]steve.gledhill at outlook.com> wrote: > > > > Why has it been dropped? > > > > Is there a recomended replacement? > > As free software, the notion of support is somewhat different than if > you bought commercial software. The actual code is available for you or > anyone else to modify. > > As for why it's no longer actively developed, there are a couple > reasons. One, those of us who were working on SpamBayes have moved on > to other things (not necessarily in the spam filter space, just moved > on). Two, other tools have gotten better. A lot more spam is caught and > rejected before it reaches the end user, and spam filters associated > with some email services (such as Gmail) have gotten quite good. There > is less need for standalone spam filters like SpamBayes. > > If you download and install it, you might well find that SpamBayes > works as well as it ever did. If you have problems, you can still send > email here. There are still users who answer the occasional question > which arrives. > > Skip I agree with everything Skip said! :) The word I've read here on this list is that, as Skip said, it can still be made to work on Winodws 7, but there are a couple of gotchas you need to be careful of: 1. if you're on a 64-bit version of Windows, you must be using a 32-bit version of Office in order for SpamBayes to work. 2. You must install it outside the normal Windows or Program files folders. in your home/user directory would be a good place. I haven't tried either of those, since I use it on Linux, but that is what I've read here. good luck! Fred > > References > > 1. mailto:steve.gledhill at outlook.com > _______________________________________________ > SpamBayes at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------