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Pop3ServiceQuickStartGuide

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Applicable to POP3 Proxy (called sb_server in newer releases) configuration and version 1.0a7 possibly other versions and configurations, Windows 2000, XP, etc.

You must have Python 2.3+ already installed.

  1. Download the package.

  2. Unzip it to a temporary directory, e.g. D:\scratch, using folder names (directory names) which should create a directory tree under D:\scratch called spambayes-1.0a7.

  3. Open a command prompt in (e.g.) D:\scratch\spambayes-1.0a7

  4. If your path doesn't contain the python directory, add it:

  5. Run the install script for the overall package:

  6. Change to the D:\programs\python directory, or your equivalent.

  7. Setup the pop3proxy system service:

  8. I chose to start the the pop3proxy service semiautomatically by creating icons on the desktop for net start pop3proxy and net stop pop3proxy and copying the start icon into my startup group. That way it's easy while testing to control whether the service starts up or not. I have the service configured as Startup option = Manual in Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Services, where, by the way, its display name is SpamBayes Service, not pop3proxy.

    Once you feel that your testing of the service is complete and there you can allow it to auto start, set its startup type to Automatic and remove it from your startup group. Leave the icons or shortcuts to start and stop around somewhere just in case, since it does seem to need to be stopped and restarted every once in a while.

  9. Start the pop3proxy service. The command line:

  10. Open a web browser. type in the following address and press Enter: http://localhost:8880 This should open a page called Spambayes Web Interface: Home. If it doesn't, the pop3proxy service (see step 8) isn't running.

  11. Click on the link at "You can configure your Spambayes system using the Configuration page." Configure Spambayes there. Information on suggestion configuration to follow later.

Notes: Information gleaned from README.TXT, POP3PROXY.TXT etc.

The file INTEGRATION.TXT, formerly included with all alpha releases, is deprecated, per Tony Meyer, and may not be included in future releases.