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Note that if you use Microsoft Outlook, you should probably be using the Outlook Addin, which was presented as an option at installation time.
This SpamBayes application sits between your mail server (generally at your ISP) and your mail program. Your mail program still believes it is talking to a real mail server, but instead it is talking to SpamBayes, which acts as a proxy between the two.
All your mail arrives as normal in your mail program, but, as it arrives, SpamBayes adds a classification to the messages - either ham (good mail), spam (bad mail), or unsure (messages that SpamBayes isn't certain about). You can set your mail program up to automatically filter messages into folders based on this classification - for example you might move all spam messages to a folder called "Junk Mail", and all unsure messages to a folder called "Mail to review".
In order to classify messages, you have to train SpamBayes. The easiest method of doing this is via an interface that SpamBayes presents to you via your web browser. SpamBayes will list all the messages that have been received, and let you train them as ham or spam. You can also configure SpamBayes via this interface in your web browser.
You should start the SpamBayes Tray Icon program, which was installed into your Start menu. This is the recommended method of operating SpamBayes. If you right-click on this icon you will be presented with a number of options to control SpamBayes, including an option to configure SpamBayes for your system.
There is a windows service program installed, but it is not configured by the installation program. If you configure this manually, you can continue to use the Tray Icon program, as it will control the service instead of running the server internally as it normally does.
To install the service, perform the following steps: