What do I need to install SpamBayes?
Unless you want to run from the source code, all you need is the SpamBayes installer. At present, any Windows users using Outlook or using any other mail client and retrieving mail via POP3 can use the installer. At present, all other users must run from source. If you want to run from source, you must have a recent version of Python installed on your computer, version 2.2 or later. (Don’t ask about backporting it to earlier versions of Python. It’s almost a certainty this won’t happen.) If you need to install Python on your system, check the Python download page for the version appropriate to your computer. You also need version 2.4.3 or above of the Python “email” package. If you’re running Python 2.2.2 or above, then you already have this. If not, you can download it from the email-SIG and install it. Unpack the archive, cd to the email-2.4.3 directory and type “python setup.py install” (YMMV on different platforms). This will install it into your Python site-packages directory. You
