> I'm using Outlook express 6 for Windows XP. > I've downloaded spambayes, but it gives me a host of > selection options that I can't seem to figure out. > Is there some simple way (for a person with two doctorates) > to install and use Spambayes with Outlook Express > without a great deal of computer jargon that makes > absolutely no sense to me?
If there's something you don't understand, it would greatly help us help others if you could be specific about what doesn't make sense, and help us rephrase it. After you have run the installer, it will show you a document that explains how to proceed. Basically you need to: 1. Right-click on the little envelope icon that appears in the tray (collection of icons by the clock) and choose "Configure...". 2. In the top box, enter the address of your mail server (e.g. "pop.example.com"). 3. In the second box, put "110". 4. About halfway down the page, tick the "unsure" and "spam" boxes in the "Notate To" option. 5. Click "Save" at the end of the page. 6. In Outlook Express, go to Accounts from the Tools menu. 7. Select the mail account (clicking the Mail tab might help find it). 8. Click Properties. 9. Click the Servers tab. 10. In the "incoming" box, write "localhost" (without the quotes). 11. Click Ok & close your way back out again, and you're done. Now incoming mail will have "unsure," or "spam," in the recipient list (if SpamBayes thinks it's unsure or spam). You can setup rules to move those to other folders, colour them, or whatever. =Tony.Meyer -- Please always include the list (spambayes at python.org) in your replies (reply-all), and please don't send me personal mail about SpamBayes. http://www.massey.ac.nz/~tameyer/writing/reply_all.html explains this. _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
