[spambayes-dev] [ spambayes-Bugs-693371 ] Invalid configuration causes us to silently start disabled

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Bugs item #693371, was opened at 2003-02-26 13:44
Message generated for change (Comment added) made by mhammond
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Category: Outlook
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Assigned to: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Summary: Invalid configuration causes us to silently start disabled

Initial Comment:
If you "Reconfigure Mail Support" and switch between
"corporate" and "internet only" mode (in either
direction), the EntryIDs of our folders all change. 
SpamBayes then starts in an enabled state, but is
silently doing nothing.

Even if we can't re-locate the folders, we should
report failure to start somehow.

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2003-07-02 09:36

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=14198

Fixed this recently, and is in 0.3

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2003-06-04 18:32

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=14198

As Outlook itself can't even gracefully recover from this, I
think I will water this bug down to the fact we don't notify
the user that we are screwed and disabled.

Just deleting the config file has the same basic effect.

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2003-02-26 14:12

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=14198

I should note that all the builtin rules also break in this
case, and need the folders re-specified.  The builtin rules
however display a dialog as the rule fails (ie, as a mail
matches the condition).

We could maybe take the same approach:

* If filtering is enabled when we start, but we can not
locate the "watch" folder, silently assume the Inbox.
* Watch these messages.  As soon as a Spam or Unsure message
is received, display the message indicating why we couldn't
move it.
* The "silent inbox" assumption will then hopefully be
noticed by the user as they re-configure the dialogs.

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