Hi there,
Just wanted to clear this up - turns out the problem was that it wasn't the installing of SpamBayes that caused the problem, but the uninstalling of another spam-checker (SpamPal) that I did at the same time, which required the incoming mail to be set to localhost - having uninstalled this, I needed to return the setting to its original value. I still haven't managed to get Outlook to work (now complains about a password conflict), but the bottom line is, this was nothing to do with the installation of SpamBayes.
Thanks anyway Tony for looking into this - sorry if I caused anyone any confusion (it confused me!!), and congratulations on a great spam filter, which I think will work beautifully once I have Outlook up and running again!
Regards,
Garry
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Garry Honey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tony Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Outlook fails after installing SpamBayes Date: 27 Apr 2005 09:33:05 +0100
Hi Tony,
Many thanks for your prompt response. Unfortunately, I'm still having the same problem. I uninstalled version 1.1a1, and installed version 1.0.4. I still have the same problem: when I try to retrieve mail, I get the error "Unable to connect to the server 'localhost': Unable to connect to the server. Would you like to connect using your modem?"
On this, and previous installations, I followed the instructions for the installation of the plug-in, not the sb_server, and haven't made any changes at all to my mail accounts in Outlook.
Outlook was working perfectly fine before installing and training the plug-in, and then simply stop working immediatley after installing it with the above error message. I've tried uninstalling the stable version, and I still get the same error message.
Hoping you can help,
Regards,
Garry
On Apr 26 2005, Tony Meyer wrote:
> I recently downloaded the experimental version of the Outlook addin > (SpamBayes-Setup-Experimental-01.exe - did this by mistake - > didn't realise at the time I was downloading the experimental
> version).
It's best to always download from the link on our website: <http://spambayes.org>.
> Once installed, the training worked fine, but since then I have
> been unable to get Outlook to connect: when connecting to the server,
> I get the error message: "Unable to connect to the server 'localhost':
> Unable to connect to the server. > Would you like to connect using your modem?"
This sounds like you installed the plug-in, but followed the instructions for installing & using sb_server. You shouldn't have made any changes to your mail accounts in Outlook to use the plug-in. Did you?
> I uninstalled the plug-in, which although appeared to be done > successfully, the SpamBayes toolbar was still visible when I
> loaded up Outlook, and still
The toolbar not being removed is a known bug; see:
<http://sf.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=675811&group_id=61702&atid= 498103>
> I got the same error message when connecting. I installed the stable > version (1.1a1.exe), and still have the same problem.
1.1a1 is *not* the latest stable version. It is an *alpha* release. The latest stable version will never have a letter in the version string - currently, it's 1.0.4. The website has this information.
=Tony.Meyer
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