[Spambayes] Changing mail client to connect to "localhost"

[Don Rolph]

I may be confused, but I am not able to resolve pop3.lepton.neu.edu. I can 
resolve lepton.neu.edu.  Are you sure you have the correct server name?

At 09:44 PM 1/2/2005 -0500, Mark Ramras wrote:
>I went to the SB logs in ....\Local Settings\Temp.  There were 3 text files,
>SpamBayes
>servers 1 - 3.
>
>SpamBayes server 1:  "Service not available. Using thread.
>Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying pop3.lepton.neu.edu:110
>User interface url is http://localhost:8880/
>Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying pop3.lepton.neu.edu:110
>Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying pop3.lepton.neu.edu:110
>Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying
>pop3.lepton.neu.edu:110"
>
>SpamBayes server 2:  "Service not available. Using thread.
>Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying pop3.lepton.neu.edu:110
>User interface url is http://localhost:8880/
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "pop3proxy_tray.py", line 524, in CheckVersion
>   File "spambayes\Version.pyc", line 151, in fetch_latest_dict
>   File "urllib2.pyc", line 129, in urlopen
>   File "urllib2.pyc", line 326, in open
>   File "urllib2.pyc", line 306, in _call_chain
>   File "urllib2.pyc", line 901, in http_open
>   File "urllib2.pyc", line 886, in do_open
>URLError: <urlopen error (7, 'getaddrinfo failed')>"
>
>SpamBayes server 3:  "Service not available. Using thread.
>Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying pop3.lepton.neu.edu:110
>User interface url is http://localhost:8880/"
>
>        I also tried "telnet localhost 110".  Error message is shown below.
>I'm confused about localhost 110 vs localhost 8880.
>Mark
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tony Meyer" <tameyer at ihug.co.nz>
>To: "'Mark Ramras'" <ramras at neu.edu>; <spambayes at python.org>
>Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 8:05 PM
>Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Changing mail client to connect to "localhost"
>
>
> > > Still in trouble!  Here's what I've done.
> > >     1)  Right clicked on SB Icon Tray and chose "Configure".
> > >     2)  In POP3 Proxy Options:
> > >             Remote Servers:  filled in "pop3.lepton.neu.edu"
> > >             SpamBayes Ports:  110
> > >             SMTP Proxy Options:  left blank
> > >     3)  In Outlook Express, for the incoming POP3 mail
> > > server, replaced "pop3.lepton.neu.edu" with "localhost".
> >
> > That all sounds correct.
> >
> > > When I then ask Outlook Express to "receive all", I
> > > get an error message:
> > > "The connection to the server has failed.  Account:  lepton.neu.edu.
> > > Server: 'localhost' ."
> >
> > SpamBayes is running at this time, right?  (i.e. the tray icon is there
>and
> > not disabled).  Are there any error messages in the SpamBayes logs?  (The
> > troubleshooting guide explains where they are).
> >
> > Try connecting to the proxy manually:
> >
> >  1. Open a command prompt (e.g. Start->Run->cmd.exe)
> >  2. Type "telnet localhost 110"
>
>I tried this, and got the error message:
>             Can't connect to pop3.lepton.neu.edu:110:  <7, 'get addrinfo
>failed'>
>
> >
> > That should open up a connection and you should see some sort of welcome
> > message from the lepton.neu.edu POP server.  If it does, then just type
> > "QUIT" and return to disconnect.
> >
> > If that does connect, then SpamBayes is working fine, and something is odd
> > with Outlook Express.  (Are you connecting via SSL?)
> >
> > If that doesn't connect, then something isn't working with SpamBayes - the
> > log should have more clues.
> >
> > =Tony.Meyer
> >
> > --
> > Please always include the list (spambayes at python.org) in your replies
> > (reply-all), and please don't send me personal mail about SpamBayes.
> > http://www.massey.ac.nz/~tameyer/writing/reply_all.html explains this.
> >
>
>
>
>
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Regards.

Don Rolph rolph at 110.net