Are it not possible to use the GUI interface, when the spamfilter running as a service. if i trying to start the exe fil, i get a error message "the ports it already in use"

but if i stop the service before i start the exe files they is no problems

Jakob,

SpamFilter ISP can be run in two different ways. The first is as a Windows service (the most common - SpamFilterSvc.exe), the second is as a standalone application using SpamFilter.exe. The latter is mostly used for troubleshooting, even though several users have asked to be able to run SpamFilter in non-service mode.

If you are already running SpamFilter as a service, subsequently running the standalone application (SpamFilter.exe) will open a new instance of SpamFilter, it will not be the GUI for your service. Since it's using the same settings as your service, it is trying to listen on the same IPs used by the service, and since it can't it will display the "could not bind socket error".

Please note that the service does show display a GUI (launched from an icon in the tray bar), but if accessing a Windows 2000 server remotely using Terminal Services will not be able to display the GUI. This is because Terminal Services in Win2K is not able to display the server's physical console. Looking at the physical server's screen, or using a product like PCAnywhere, DameWare, VNC etc that display the actual screen will reveal the console. Windows 2003 server's terminal services does not have this limitation.

I am running SpamFilter as a service on Windows 2003 using remote desktop to connect and it does not display an Icon in the system tray. The service is also set to "allow service to interact with desktop", but I still get the same error message when trying to open the GUI. How can I check stats when the program is run as a service?

That worked perfectly! Thanks!

P.S... I have been very impressed with capabilities of SpamFilter. Keep up the excellent work!!