Hello jwc,
some 15 years ago I was a little bit involved in the development of the
Outlook plugin. I do not remember much because I also switched to
Thunderbird in 2007 and have not used Outlook since that nor did I
develop anything for Windows since that except some Python console
scripting.
I remember one thing, when you write that you see no output. In the
development tools at that time there existed a Windows function
"OutputDebugMsg()" and an application from Microsoft named "Debug
Monitor" catching all debug output. If I remember correctly things like
Python exceptions where redirected to that application if no other
debugger running.
I do not know if this mechanism still exists in modern Windows but maybe
it could be a hint where to start searching.
BR
Marko
Am 15.11.2023 um 04:48 schrieb John Cherney:
Thank you for the info and support!
Do either of you use the Outlook client, and if so, can you suggest
and alternate spam filter? I agree gmail does a great job keeping out
spam. I want to still use the Outlook client for my Microsoft email
accounts. (Although I suppose I could be convinced to use their web
client, but I think its spam filtering is just like the Outlook client)
With the help of Google and StackOverflow, I was able to get the local
code running with Python3.12 and get the Add In gets registered. But
it has the same issue as with the original 1.1a6 install. Outlook
complains that there is a runtime error on loading of the Add In, and
the add-in is disabled. Any ideas on where I could go to see that
exception? I was hoping something would go in the EventViewer, or in a
log file somewhere, but I haven’t found anything yet.
Thanks,
jwc
*From:* Skip Montanaro <skip.montan...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Monday, November 13, 2023 2:57 PM
*To:* mhamm...@skippinet.com.au
*Cc:* John Cherney <jwcher...@hotmail.com>; spambayes-dev@python.org
*Subject:* Re: [spambayes-dev] Dev environment setup
Thanks for responding Mark. As you indicated, SpamBayes has been on
long-term hiatus. The biggest impressive for me are a) Gmail does a
good job, and b) I've so far been unable to convince anyone with
Windows packaging experience to update that side of things.
That said, porting most of it to Python 3 isn't likely to be all that
difficult. A couple of us have taken partial cracks at it.
Skip
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 10:13 AM Mark Hammond <skippy.hamm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I don't think SpamBayes has any current developers and most work
dried up even before Python 3 was ready. Modern Outlook also
hasn't been tested. So I suspect you are probably on your own
here, but those of us left holding the keys would be happy to
arrange any doc etc changes you might make get committed if possible.
Cheers,
Mark
On 2023-11-12 10:57 p.m., John Cherney wrote:
Is there a recommended set of versions of tools and libraries
for Spambayes development? (In particular, is there a
recommended setup for python 3.x?)
I would like to get Spambayes to work on a Windows 10 64-bit
machine. The current recommendation works on my machine: Use
the 32-bit version of Office 365 Outlook and install Spambayes
into a non-standard directory like C:/Spambayes. Given that
the software works under those conditions on a 64-bit machine,
it makes me think that there is some interaction (registry
key, etc) missing for Outlook 64-bit to recognize Spambayes.
Maybe this is something as simple as rebuilding the installer
on a 64-bit machine? (Ok, realistically, I’m sure someone has
already tried that.)
Additionally, is there any way to see the runtime error being
generated? Outlook 64-bit recognizes that Spambayes is there
but generates this message in the Add-ins window: “Load
Behavior: Not loaded. A runtime error occurred during the
loading of the COM Add-in.” Where can I see that runtime
error? Maybe it’s a problem that’s already been solved? I
remember seeing some DEP related issues with Outlook and/or
the Spambayes plugin. I didn’t have any luck trying to disable
DEP on the machine or disable it for Outlook (per the FAQ).
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
jwc
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