Thanks Kurt, the explanation makes good sense. I will give SpamPal a go.
"Kurt" <not@email.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Tony M" <tony@barbluxxx.co.uk> wrote in
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>
> [...]
> > Thanks both
> >
> > Not having any joy with the archive or Googles cached sites
> > either.
> >
> > Can anyone shed any light as to why Spamihilator wont examine mail
> > on my new machine. I am using Norton Anti-Virus...could that
> > interfere with Spamihilator? Original message below:
> >
> >> I have been using Spamihilator for about 6 months or so at home
> >> and at work and it has been doing a pretty good job. The pc at
> >> work started to show signs of failure (problems booting,
> >> corrupted files, etc) so I speedily did a fresh back up and
> >> exported my Spamihilator settings. I reinstalled Spamihilator and
> >> imported the settings on to the new pc and now it doesn't even
> >> attempt to examine my mail.
> >
> >
>
> Hi again, Tony. After re-reading the above and stopping to think a bit,
> you may need to examine the settings on the new pc. While Spami does
> have the autoconfiguration for some email clients, the importing into
> the new machine may have bollixed that. Push comes to shove, if you
> still have the orginal set-up file, re-install and re-configure Spami.
> Having said that, I will admint that I don't currently use it because
> it is not compatible with the email client that I use (it defies manual
> configuration even). If I may, SpamPal has similar capabilites and has
> a fairly easy set up procedure.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Kurt
>