Yes, I agree I was a bit confused myself at first. But then I found out -- you just ignore the "Unregistered" window, and you have a completely normal shareware. It's fully functional: If you just don't bother about that window, you can start using the software with full access to all the menu commands etc. Also, most of the work -- like adding god/bad messages etc -- is done via the scripts shipped with the software, alas from within PowerMail. So like 99% of the time you can have SpamSieve -- including its "Unregistered window" hidden. The only time you have to see that sign is if you turn to the SpamSieve app to view statistics and stuff, in "daily life" the shareware is doing the job for you inside PowerMail.
And if I have understood things right, there is no time limit to using the unregistered version. The developer speaks about "after a reasonable period of time", which is pretty generous and very "shareware" to me. It's quite usual the shareware can't be used after 30 days nowadays. Max G At 4 maj 2003, 09.59 CET, cheshirekat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, May 04, 2003, Max Gossell [EMAIL PROTECTED], invoked powers >within the internet realm, to proclaim ... > >>You don't need to do all that spam filtering yourself. This marvelous app >>takes care of most of it for you: SpamSieve >><http://www.c-command.com/spamsieve/> > >I'm from the old school of shareware usage where the user actually gets >to try out the shareware before being excessively annoyed with >registration reminders. I just downloaded SpamSieve. Following the >instructions, I copied the files where they are supposed to reside, then >restarted PowerMail, chose a message to add to the "corpus", selected the >appropriate SpamSieve AppleScript, and promptly got a dialog that prodded >me to register. The dialog did not offer other choices, or recognize that >I had just installed the application without an option to try out the >software before paying for it. After switching to the desktop and hiding >all applications, I went back to SpamSieve and watched the spinning >cursor for several minutes before the menus popped up and I was able to >look at the registration options, but the registration dialog remained. I >quit SpamSieve hoping that the dialog would only occur the first run of >SpamSieve - no such luck. The next time I chose to add a message to the >corpus, I got the same dialog blocking my usage of PowerMail. > >This kind of protection scheme is far too annoying. SpamSieve doesn't >work properly without giving it a few messages to recognize as good or >bad, so making the dialog pop up each time the user is trying to >accomplish a task that has to be done frequently is unacceptably >excessive. I won't encourage shareware authors who practice unnecessary >vexation to discourage thieves from stealing by treating everyone like a >thief. As irritating and frustrating as spam is, I'd rather wait for >another program to come along whose author doesn't lump everyone into a >"dishonest criminal" category and treat them as such. The price is right, >and I'd be willing to pay it, but my desperation isn't such that I could >overlook this frequent intrusion, which is not at all my idea of >shareware. I've turned down demos and other applications I was very >interested in purchasing because of this rudeness, including programs I >had already registered that changed their registration schemes. As long >as I have a choice to seek other options, will continue to do so. I'll >inform the author of my experience as well as others, because I certainly >will not recommend it to anyone. > > > >
