On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 07:58:16PM -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote: > On Apr 16, 2016 2:08 PM, "Steve Gledhill" > <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > > > Why has it been dropped? > > > > Is there a recomended replacement? > > As free software, the notion of support is somewhat different than if > you bought commercial software. The actual code is available for you or > anyone else to modify. > > As for why it's no longer actively developed, there are a couple > reasons. One, those of us who were working on SpamBayes have moved on > to other things (not necessarily in the spam filter space, just moved > on). Two, other tools have gotten better. A lot more spam is caught and > rejected before it reaches the end user, and spam filters associated > with some email services (such as Gmail) have gotten quite good. There > is less need for standalone spam filters like SpamBayes. > > If you download and install it, you might well find that SpamBayes > works as well as it ever did. If you have problems, you can still send > email here. There are still users who answer the occasional question > which arrives. > > Skip
I agree with everything Skip said! :) The word I've read here on this list is that, as Skip said, it can still be made to work on Winodws 7, but there are a couple of gotchas you need to be careful of: 1. if you're on a 64-bit version of Windows, you must be using a 32-bit version of Office in order for SpamBayes to work. 2. You must install it outside the normal Windows or Program files folders. in your home/user directory would be a good place. I haven't tried either of those, since I use it on Linux, but that is what I've read here. good luck! Fred > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html -- ---- Fred Smith -- [email protected] ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
