Thanks Andy- I tried each of these things, carefully testing each one by quitting both PM and SS, firing up PM, sending myself a message from another account on another machine, then checking mail in PM. Nothing worked. In fact at one point ScriptEditor itself asked where SpamSieve was, confirming that the issue is an Applescript problem rather than a PM problem.
However, after one of these experiments I left PM running, though not SpamSieve, and while I was doing something else PM got some spam and flawlessly fired up SS! I quickly set up the same experiment and confirmed that the problem has gone away. All of which points to a subtle Applescript problem with the mechanism for finding apps on disk. Oh joy. OnyX I don't think has anything to do with it, as I downloaded OnyX only _after_ I had the problem, because running it was one of the suggestions for fixing it. Matthias Schmidt suggested deleting SpamSieve preferences. I didn't try this, as these preferences are used by SpamSieve, not by the system trying to find SpamSieve. I would be very surprised to find this relevant at all. Thanks for all the quick replies, and thanks to CTM for fixing whatever was making all my attempts to send to the list bounce. Raúl Andy Fragen wrote: >*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* >Here's what I did to get it to work. Some of it is a bit of voodoo >because I'm not sure exactly how it worked. > >1. I opened the script in Script Editor. Selected a message and ran the >script. While SpamSieve was not open. > >2. Log out, log in. > >3. Open SpamSieve in Get Info and change the name to SpamSieve.app. Even >if it already says this. > >I have a sneaking suspicion that it might be an AppleScript problem. > >I did many of these things several times. I don't know what worked, >specifically, but it worked. > >Bottom line. This problem only occurred for me after deleting System >cache from Onyx. > >-- >Andy Fragen > >On Mon, Jul 12, 2004, Matthias Schmidt said: > >>Did you trash the Spam Sieve preferences as someone suggested ? >> >>All the best >> >>Matthias >> >>----------------------------------------------- >>schmidt-systemdevelopment >>http://www.schmidt-system.com >>iChat/AIM: MatKoyasan >>Tel. +31-736-56-3905 >>----------------------------------------------- >>Am/On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 06:54:09 +0200 schrieb/wrote Raul Vera: >> >>>Hi Karsten- >>> >>>I just moved to a new machine, running Panther instead of Jaguar, and now >>>I have this problem. I have run OnyX, asking it to do most everything it >>>does, but nothing has helped. Does anyone else have any insight into how >>>to fix this? >>> >>>Raúl Vera >>> >>>Karsten Liere wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Oliver, >>>> >>>>Had the same problem couple of days ago. What actually helped was using >>>>Onyx to delete whatever Cache files exist. In addition I ran the >>>>maintenance cron scripts. Whatever was the reason, PM is now happy again >>>>finding SpamSieve. >>>> >>>>Btw, a workaround is to first start SpamSieve before starting PM... >>>> >>>>HTH. Cheers, >>>> >>>>Karsten >>>> >>>>>>Ok. It works after moving into Application Folder - even without >>>>>>question, for SpamSieve. >>>>> >>>>>Sorry, >>>>>after restarting my iBook today, he ask again for SpamSieve. >>>>> >>>>>It's surely a Bug in PM 5.01 or a broken Link in any Preference-File. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Oliver >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>-- >>>Raúl Vera >>>Director >>>Orbit 3 Pty Ltd >>>8 Coneill Place >>>NSW 2037 >>>Australia >>>http://orbit3.com >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- Raúl Vera Director Orbit 3 Pty Ltd 8 Coneill Place NSW 2037 Australia http://orbit3.com
