Thanks for your further replies on this.
It indeed appears what I have now may well currently be the most
convenient approach, all things considered.
To clarify, when I talk about running the SAwin32 program, what I am
actually running on my desktop is SAproxy which is part of the
click-and-install SAwin32 2007 download from Sourceforge.
SA-update is available for it there, but that's only for updating filer
rules isn't it, rather than SA itself? I have an error/warning when I
run it anyway, which I've been trying to troubleshoot without success on
the SAwin32 Sourceforge mail list. I currently have no idea if the
SAwin32/SAProxy build I am using can work with current SA rule updates.
Regarding VMWare; I'm only a 'moderately technically minded' XP user,
and from what I can see, the VMWare stuff is aimed at non-Windows users
.... having a quick look around the site there, it seemed to be aimed at
scenarios and applications beyond my grasp. I literally only have a home
user XP desktop pc; I'm not running anything else including any servers.
I was going to quote and query a couple of helpful posts at this point,
but essentially it is simpler to say:
I earlier had some success in my experiments using the SA Windows page
(below) and Micheal Bell's archived guide, but I perceived the
experience as lacking a fully descriptive and up to date picture, making
it hard to pinpoint where I was going wrong versus what exactly should
be happening. Especially regarding the most suitable Active Perl
version, perl module names, and using PPM or PPM3 or PPM4 to find and
install perl modules.
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/InstallingOnWindows
If any of you have the time and will to look at that Windows page and
confirm it is fully up to date and clear, then I may again look into
installing SA 3.2.5.
I appreciate however those instructions may be aimed at a mindset and
application at server level rather than desktop, but I assume there are
others like me who would love SA's excellent spam filtering in a Windows
desktop email client. The initial reason I looked into all this, is that
I couldn't find a free email client for XP that included SA filtering.
Did I miss one?
I would strongly suggest the Windows instructions should include a
section on XP/Vista desktop use, stating clearly how to build the latest
SA and what can and cannot be achieved, explicitly with a section on
using a suitable pop3proxy script/program through to a desktop client,
so you're not left with SA and nowhere to go with it. :)
Lee
