SpamWatch - Outlook Addin 0.1

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~zf/spamwatch/

SpamWatch Outlook Addin is a client to SpamWatch decentralized spam filtering 
service.  It works with Outlook 2000 and Outlook XP.

~~ Usage ~~

o Basic usage

After installation, SpamWatch Outlook Addin will protect you from spam by 
automatically filter your incoming emails and put possible junk emails into the 
`Junk' folder (See `limitations' below if it's not working for you).

SpamWatch Outlook Addin will also show up as a custom toolbar in Outlook 
2000/XP.  There are three buttons,

 `Block'     Press this button to mark the current selected email as spam.  It 
 will be moved to the `junk' folder and your marking operation will be send to 
 the SpamWatch service to help others identify this email.
 
 `Unblock'   Press this button if the email has been wrongly classified as spam. 
 It will be moved back to your inbox.
 
 `Check'     Check all selected against SpamWatch to see if any of them is spam.


o Turning off SpamWatch Outlook Addin

To turn it off temporarily, select Tools->Other->Advanced Options->Com Add-ins, 
then uncheck `SpamWatch Outlook Addin'.  This is for Outlook XP.  The menu names 
may be slightly different in Outlook 2000.

Later you can re-enable it similarly.


o Uninstallation

Select Start->Programs->SpamWatch 0.1->Uninstall SpamWatch


o Changing server address

If you install your own SpamWatch server, you can point SpamWatch Outlook Addin 
to your server by editing the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UC-Berkeley\SpamWatch\ServerAddress
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UC-Berkeley\SpamWatch\ServerPort


~~ Limitations ~~

1. The default server set at installation time is only for testing purpose.  It 
is probably not available when you install the addin.  Visit the website for 
possible updates about long-running services.

2. Automatic checking when new emails arrive only works for POP3 accounts, not 
IMAP accounts.

3. When wrongly classified emails are `Unblocked', they are all put into 
`Inbox', not their original folder.

4. There is currently no UI to change server address/port.  You have to edit the 
registry.


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