> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:07:53 -0500 > From: "Chuck Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Spambayes] Spambayes trashes PST file links in OuchLook > To: <spambayes@python.org> > > I made a mistake and updated the Spambayes junk and good data using some > archival pst files that were not attached at the time. Spambayes found > and attached them, but in doing so, destroyed some data Outlook needs so > I can "close" them or see their "advanced properties". I cannot find a > repair tool or instruction after diligent looking. > > I need to "close" these extra huge PST files and cannot. I can access > their contents and could empty them to alternate pst files, but cannot > fix the broken links and risk losing very big and important archives. > > Is there any repair tool I can try? > > Can Spambayes be made to avoid this file corruption? > > Can Spambayes heal the link parameters of extra PST files? > > > Chuck
I've read the exchange between you and Mark Hammond. I must admit the description of your problem is puzzling, and I'm not sure I understand exactly what is happening. I've got some thoughts about how you got into this predicament, which are included at the end of this message. However, you simply want to get Outlook working again, so we'll tackle that first. Outlook email profiles sometimes get corrupted, and do some strange things. This might be what happened to you. You simply have to rebuild your profile. 1) Gather the information for your email account(s): UserID, password, email address, POP3 and SMTP settings. 2) Determine which Outlook .pst file you are using (Control Panel/Mail/Show Profiles/Properties/Data Files 3) If Outlook will open, export your Rules: Tools/Rules and Alerts/Options/Export Rules 4) Close Outlook 5) Control Panel/Mail/Show Profiles 6) Delete Profile (this is optional: you will have an option later to select which profile automatically opens when you start Outlook) 7) Add Profile 8) Add Email Account(s) 9) Open Outlook 10)File/Import & Export/Import from another program or file/Personal Folder File (.pst) 11) Import from your original .pst folder. Be sure to select the root of the .pst, and import the subfolders into the same folder into your new location (which is likely your Personal Folders). 12) Import your Rules: Tools/Rules and Alerts/Options/Import Rules If you did everything correctly, you will have a functioning Outlook, with all your stuff in the correct place. You will likely have to reconfigure SpamBayes, but that is a different issue, and covered in the help files. If I understand the discussion, it appears that SpamBayes uses MAPI to access .pst folder data. You told SpamBayes to access .pst files that were not linked to your email profile, and therefore MAPI couldn't find them. I could speculate on what happened within Outlook when that happened, but I'd just be guessing. The solution to this is not to update (train) SpamBayes by "linking" to .pst files that are not open in your Outlook profile. It doesn't work that way, and can't happen. Instead, import the .pst file folder containing the data you want to use for training into Outlook---you can create a new folder for the purpose, and import the data into there. If you are importing "Junk" and "Not Junk", create two folders, one for each. Train from within your .pst folder, then delete the folder(s) containing the imported data. That should work much better. Kristofer Carlson _______________________________________________ SpamBayes@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
