Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-24 Thread Lee
Thanks for the below, René, I think you mentioned SpamAware earlier but I either forgot or I couldn't find it; I'll certainly look into what you've suggested. By the way, you've inspired me to add something I thought about earlier but didn't write: it seems a viable idea for an individual or g

Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-24 Thread René Berber
Lee wrote: [snip] > 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. [snip] The best choice for this (d

Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-24 Thread Lee
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-i

Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-23 Thread rich...@buzzhost.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 22:50 +0200, Yet Another Ninja wrote: > On 6/23/2009 10:37 PM, Lee wrote: > > > > Hello SpamAssassin fans, > > > > Having read and tried various things on the SA site and elsewhere, even > > including some technically dead stuff in the Web Archive, I'm wondering > > if any

Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-23 Thread René Berber
Lee wrote: [snip] > But of course, if getting a newer version of SA than 3.2.3 to work with > it on Windows is a nightmare, [snip] Just to add my experience: using SA under Windows is not difficult but you have to use Cygwin which allows you to use all the functionality (spamd and spamc work just

Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-23 Thread John Hardin
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Lee wrote: Suggest you look around for some VMware "appliance" image which will run a SA/pop3 proxy for you and you'll get "instant happiness" :-) What do you mean in your second paragraph? I didn't really follow you there. http://search-www.vmware.com/socialsearch/que

Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-23 Thread Lee
Yet Another Ninja wrote: Lee I'd advise you not to try this path much longer. The effort to get the full functionality is not worth it. You will never get it all, unless you're prepared to port a lot of the stuff to W32 (been there - done (part) of it - never again) Suggest you look arou

Re: SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-23 Thread Yet Another Ninja
On 6/23/2009 10:37 PM, Lee wrote: Hello SpamAssassin fans, Having read and tried various things on the SA site and elsewhere, even including some technically dead stuff in the Web Archive, I'm wondering if anyone knows how to achieve the following set up (for free) and is willing to share it

SA on Windows XP + POP to desktop client?

2009-06-23 Thread Lee
Hello SpamAssassin fans, Having read and tried various things on the SA site and elsewhere, even including some technically dead stuff in the Web Archive, I'm wondering if anyone knows how to achieve the following set up (for free) and is willing to share it :- Install the latest SpamAssass