From mhammond at skippinet.com.au Wed Jul 2 09:54:34 2003 From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond) Date: Tue Jul 1 18:59:39 2003 Subject: [Spambayes-announce] ANNOUNCE: New SpamBayes binary for Outlook available Message-ID: <086901c34023$be4e4760$530f8490@eden> Version 0.3 of the Outlook addin for SpamBayes is available from: http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/spambayes This version should fix most installation problems experienced by would-be users of the 0.2 release. It also has a large number of bug fixes, and a number of new minor features. For information on the new features, see the new 'Configuration Guide', included in the release. This version is significantly more cautious about when it saves configuration and training data, so should be far more stable - all users of previous versions are encouraged to upgrade. If you have any problems, please see the "troubleshooting guide" included with the product. This, and all other information can be found via the "about.html" file, also included. An online version of this document can be found at: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/spambayes/spambaye s/Outlook2000/about.html For more information or other queries, please mail the spambayes mailing list - spambayes@python.org. Regards, Mark From T.A.Meyer at massey.ac.nz Mon Jul 7 13:45:40 2003 From: T.A.Meyer at massey.ac.nz (Meyer, Tony) Date: Sun Jul 6 23:16:11 2003 Subject: [Spambayes-announce] SpamBayes-1.0a4 Released Message-ID: <1ED4ECF91CDED24C8D012BCF2B034F130237D2EF@its-xchg4.massey.ac.nz> Hot on the heels of the 1.0a3 release comes Spambayes 1.0a4. This release fixes a couple of potentially serious bugs that were introduced in a3, as well as including various other improvements. Upgrading is recommended for all users. SpamBayes ========= The SpamBayes project (http://spambayes.org) is working on developing a Bayesian anti-spam filter, initially based on the work of Paul Graham. The major difference between this and other, similar projects is the emphasis on testing newer approaches to scoring messages. While most anti-spam projects are still working with the original graham algorithm, we found that a number of alternate methods yielded a more useful response. SpamBayes is implemented purely in Python. New in Alpha Release 4 ====================== Outlook Plug-in --------------- o Display a message for "Delete as Spam" or "Recover from Spam" when SpamBayes is not enabled. o The toolbar is now initialized when "Outlook Today" is the default view. POP3 Proxy ---------- o Fix a bug where long attachments would be broken. o If an exception occurs parsing a message, recover and append a new 'exception' header. (This will be added to other SpamBayes applications by the next release). o Stop including the trailing dot in messages. IMAP Filter ----------- o In imapfilter, try to append without flags if appending fails. o Fix the -i switch in imapfilter and an import error. o Don't try and get password from options if -p is specified in imapfilter. Developer --------- o Various changes/improvements to storage.py. Note that this includes a fix for a potentially serious bug introduced in a3 which could result in incorrect token counts. General ------- o The web interface (used by pop3proxy and imapfilter) now shows the correct date and time in the footer. o A new stripper to squash yet another way of hiding content in HTML spam, like Erections to hide Erections. Transition ========== Transition between release a3 and a4 should be seamless. Refer to the a3 release for information about transitioning between a2 and a4. Reported Bugs Fixed =================== The following bugs tracked via the Sourceforge system were fixed: 761677, 761670 A url containing the details of these bugs can be made by appending the bug number to this url: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&group_id=61702&atid =498103&aid= Feature Requests Added ====================== The following feature request tracked via the Sourceforge system was added: 755098 A url containing the details of these feature requests can be made by appending the request number to this url: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&group_id=61702&atid =498104&aid= From T.A.Meyer at massey.ac.nz Mon Jul 7 17:55:18 2003 From: T.A.Meyer at massey.ac.nz (Meyer, Tony) Date: Mon Jul 7 06:14:14 2003 Subject: [Spambayes-announce] Release 1.0a4 clarification Message-ID: <1ED4ECF91CDED24C8D012BCF2B034F13024E91E9@its-xchg4.massey.ac.nz> Two clarifying notes regarding the recent message about 1.0a4: 1. This is *not* a binary installer for the Outlook plug-in. This is the fourth pre-release of the SpamBayes source code. (It does, however, include the Outlook plug-in source, and the plug-in can be run from source). 2. I hadn't managed to update the spambayes website until an hour or so ago, so references to alpha3 were still visible. These should all be gone now. The file[1] is still listed on the sourceforge download site (although it may not have propagated to all the sourceforge mirrors yet). My apologies if the original message was unclear. =Tony Meyer [1] The zipped version is there now; the tar/gzipped version will arrive shortly. From mhammond at skippinet.com.au Mon Jul 21 17:37:45 2003 From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond) Date: Mon Jul 21 02:37:53 2003 Subject: [Spambayes-announce] Outlook binary 004 available Message-ID: <009901c34f52$98f23ab0$f502a8c0@eden> Hi all, I have just released a new Outlook binary from my starship page (http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/spambayes). This new version has fixed some of the simpler bugs discovered in the 003 release. In particular, I am hoping that a number of registration errors will be fixed, and there are a couple of hidden options I can use to help track down the bugs that still confuse me. The significant changes: * Once a Spam or Possible Spam folder had been nominated, it was impossible to change. * IMAP should filter correctly. * Few installation errors fixed. * data_directory can now be a directory with non-ascii characters, and with spaces in the filename. * Non-mail items (such as non-delivery reports, meeting requests) should not be filtered. * Toolbar should be initialized even when Outlook Today is the default view. * Attempting to use Delete as Spam or Recover from Ham before SpamBayes is configured will display a message rather than silently do nothing. * We check that Outlook is actually installed before installing. Please let me know if there are any problems... Mark. From mhammond at skippinet.com.au Tue Jul 22 17:33:46 2003 From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond) Date: Tue Jul 22 02:33:56 2003 Subject: [Spambayes-announce] Binary version 005 released Message-ID: <000e01c3501b$34c15390$f502a8c0@eden> I just released binary version 005. This is identical in functionality to version 004, except some of the packaging issues have been fixed. If version 004 did not work for you, please try 005. Regards, Mark. From mhammond at skippinet.com.au Tue Jul 29 13:11:46 2003 From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond) Date: Mon Jul 28 22:12:02 2003 Subject: [Spambayes-announce] Outlook binary 006 available. Message-ID: <001c01c35576$c3979920$f502a8c0@eden> Hi all, I have just released a new version of the Outlook addin. We have worked hard to fix all of the commonly reported bugs in previous versions. Changes over the last version include: * Bugs for non-English users fixed. * Most installation/registration errors finally fixed. * Some "message read/unread flag" bugs fixed. We change the way we save the Spam score, which has solved at least some such bugs. There is also a new save_spam_info configuration option which allows you to disable all saving of the spam score, should these bugs persist for you. * New experimental option allows you to use a timer to process the spam. This is designed for people who find that SpamBayes misses messages, or conflicts with the builtin Outlook mail rules. * New option to automatically check if you are running the latest copy of SpamBayes. * Installer makes sure Outlook is not running before installation. If there are any problems, please follow the troubleshooting guide. Regards, Mark. From mhammond at skippinet.com.au Tue Jul 29 13:49:02 2003 From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond) Date: Mon Jul 28 22:49:09 2003 Subject: [Spambayes-announce] RE: Outlook binary 006 available. In-Reply-To: <001c01c35576$c3979920$f502a8c0@eden> Message-ID: <002c01c3557b$f8e1ecc0$f502a8c0@eden> Oops - the URL may help! http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/spambayes (and http://www.spambayes.org should be updated any second now) Mark. > Hi all, > I have just released a new version of the Outlook addin. > We have worked > hard to fix all of the commonly reported bugs in previous > versions. Changes > over the last version include: > > * Bugs for non-English users fixed. > * Most installation/registration errors finally fixed. > * Some "message read/unread flag" bugs fixed. We change > the way we save > the Spam score, which has solved at least some such bugs. > There is also a > new save_spam_info configuration option which allows you to > disable all > saving of the spam score, should these bugs persist for you. > * New experimental option allows you to use a timer to > process the spam. > This is designed for people who find that SpamBayes misses > messages, or > conflicts with the builtin Outlook mail rules. > * New option to automatically check if you are running > the latest copy > of SpamBayes. > * Installer makes sure Outlook is not running before installation. > > If there are any problems, please follow the troubleshooting guide. > > Regards, > > Mark. > > > _______________________________________________ > Spambayes-announce mailing list > Spambayes-announce@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes-announce