2.4   Uninstalling SpamSieve

To temporarily disable SpamSieve, uncheck the SpamSieve rule(s) that you created in your mail program.

To completely uninstall SpamSieve, delete:

• The SpamSieve application file.
• Any rules that you created for it in your e-mail program.
• Any AppleScripts and/or plug-in that you installed.

You can optionally delete SpamSieve’s data files, which are stored at:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/SpamSieve
/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.c-command.SpamSieve.plist
/Users/<username>/Library/Logs/SpamSieve/

To open the Library folder under Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later, click to the Go menu in the Finder, hold down the Option key, and choose Library.

If you delete these files, you will have to re-train SpamSieve if you reinstall it.

Additionally, delete any files that are specific to your mail program:

Apple Mail

The Apple Mail files are:

/Users/<username>/Library/Mail/Bundles/SpamSieve.mailbundle
/Users/<username>/Library/Mail/SpamSieve/
/Users/<username>/Library/LaunchAgents/com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist

You can also re-enable Apple Mail’s built-in junk mail filter from the Junk Mail tab of its Preferences window.

Emailer

The scripts are located in Emailer’s AppleScripts folder (next to the Emailer application).

Entourage

The scripts are located in the Entourage Script Menu Items folder inside Microsoft User Data (which is probably in your Documents folder). Go to Entourage’s Tools menu and select Junk E-mail Protection… (or Junk Mail Filter in Entourage v.X) and re-enable Entourage’s junk mail filter.

Eudora 6

The plug-in is located at:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Eudora/PlugIns/SpamSieve Eudora Plug-In

After uninstalling the SpamSieve plug-in, you can re-enable Eudora’s own junk mail support by selecting the Eudora icon in the Finder and choosing Get Info from the File menu. In the Plug-Ins tab of the info window, you can check or uncheck the various plug-ins to enable or disable them. Check all the plug-ins containing the words “Junk” or “Spam.” (Mac OS X 10.6 removed this feature of the Get Info window. You will instead need to Control-click on Eudora, choose Show Package Contents, and move the files between the PlugIns and PlugIns Disabled folders.)

Eudora 5

Delete the SpamSieve Eudora Helper file and also run the Uninstall Eudora Helper program that came with SpamSieve. (To access the uninstaller, choose Show Other Scripts from the SpamSieve menu.)

Outlook

The scripts are located in the Outlook Script Menu Items folder inside Microsoft User Data (which is probably in your Documents folder).

Additional scripts are located in the folder:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Outlook Script Menu Items/

Outlook Express

The scripts are located in the Script Menu Items folder inside Microsoft User Data (which is probably in your Documents folder).

Thunderbird

Choose Add-ons (Extensions if you have Thunderbird 1.5) from Thunderbird’s Tools menu. Select SpamSieve Thunderbird Plug-in in the list. Click the Uninstall button.