[Spambayes-checkins] spambayes WHAT_IS_NEW.txt,1.19,1.19.2.1
Tony Meyer
anadelonbrin at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Oct 29 23:25:39 EST 2003
Update of /cvsroot/spambayes/spambayes
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Tag: release_1_0
WHAT_IS_NEW.txt
Log Message:
Update for the new release.
Index: WHAT_IS_NEW.txt
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*** WHAT_IS_NEW.txt 19 Sep 2003 03:45:10 -0000 1.19
--- WHAT_IS_NEW.txt 30 Oct 2003 04:25:36 -0000 1.19.2.1
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*** 10,14 ****
noted in the "Transition" section.
! New in Alpha Release 6
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--- 10,14 ----
noted in the "Transition" section.
! New in Alpha Release 7
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! There are two major changes in this release, which *will* effect you if you
! are upgrading from an older version:
!
! o The scripts have all moved (in the archive), and their names have been
! changed. If you run "setup.py install", it will offer to remove the old
! ones for you, which we recommend. In the archive, the scripts are all
! in a 'scripts' directory, and all the scripts start with the "sb_"
! prefix, to avoid clashing with similiarly named scripts from other
! packages. Some name changes go further - "pop3proxy" is now named
! "sb_server", "hammiefilter" is now named "sb_filter", "hammiecli" is now
! named "sb_client", "hammiesrv" is now named "sb_xmlrpcserver", "proxytee"
! is now named "sb_upload", and the experimental "overkill" script is now
! named "sb_pop3dnd".
!
! If you were previously using the "hammie.py" script, you will notice that
! it is no longer available. We recommend that you use either "sb_filter"
! (probably with "sb_mboxtrain"), or use "sb_server" and "sb_upload". If you
! wish to continue as you were, you can use the "hammie.py" module, which
! will be installed in the "spambayes" package directory, in the same way you
! used the old "hammie.py" script.
!
! o All the backwards compatibility code for options which changed names has
! been removed, which means that you *must* use the correct (new) names.
! A script (sb_chkopts) is provided which, if you run it, will inform you
! if you have any invalid names (if will not output anything if there are
! no problems).
!
! In addition, the values taken by some options have changed, so if you're
! upgrading from a previous version, you may need to update your configuration
! file (.spambayesrc or bayescustomize.ini)
!
! o The options to put the classification in the subject or recipient list
! (notate_to and notate_subject) have moved from the "pop3proxy" section
! to the "Headers" section.
! o All the "pop3proxy" storage options (where the cache is stored, the
! number of days before messages expire, and so on) have moved to the
! "Storage" section.
! o The "hammie" debug header options have been removed, and you should use
! the "Headers" evidence header options instead.
! Note that pop3proxy (sb_server) and imapfilter users can simply use the web
! interface to check their options and correct any that are wrong. All
! incorrectlly named options in the configuration file will be removed.
- Outlook Plugin
- --------------
- o Change the default for the ham/spam imbalance adjustment option to
- False - this should make misclassifications for those with large
- imbalances easier to understand. Note that we recommend roughly equal
- numbers of ham and spam are trained.
- o Add a warning for those with highly imbalanced ham and spam.
- o Improved the 'Show Clues' results page.
- o When we fail to add the 'Spam' field to a read-only store (eg, hotmail),
- complain less loudly.
POP3 Proxy / SMTP Proxy
-----------------------
! o If running Windows, and have the win32 extensions installed, and a
! configuration file cannot be found, then default to placing it in the
! "Application Data" directory (as defined by Windows). Also default to
! storing the caches and databases in this directory.
! o Correctly save and close the database when changing options. This
! fixes a bug for those using gdbm databases.
Web Interface
-------------
! o Place a threshold on the number of items displayed per section in the
! review page.
! o Correctly display the proxy data when it is specified on the command
! line.
POP3 Proxy Service / POP3 Proxy Tray Application
------------------------------------------------
! o The POP3 proxy tray application (for Windows users), which quietly
! appeared in the 1.0a5 release, should be ready for use. If you have
! the service installed, it will attempt to use that; if you do not,
! it will start up sb_server for you.
! ** Note that the tray application currently only works with Windows
! NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, not Windows 95, 98, or ME. This
! will be remedied in a future version, and in the binary release of
! the tray application. **
! o As the service starts, it reports the username and configuration file
! that it is using.
! o Added a version check option to the tray application.
! o Improved logged for both the service and the tray application.
IMAP Filter
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! o Correctly handle IMAP servers that (wrongly) fail to put folder names
! in quotation marks
! o Count all messages being classified instead of just the ones from the
! last folder.
! o Handle a folder name as a literal when presenting a list to choose from.
! o Handle imap servers that do not pass a blank result line for an empty
! search.
! o Fix IMAP over SSL.
General
-------
! o Add a new file: NEWTRICKS.TXT to record ideas that have and haven't
! been tried. If you would like to add to this, please submit a patch
! via the Sourceforge system.
! o Change the default to tokenizer the "To", "CC", "Reply-To", "Sender",
! and "From" address headers, rather than just "From".
! o Fix the database opening code so that hammie* again works with both
! dbm and pickles.
! o Minor performance boosts to hammiebulk and mboxtrain.
!
! Developer
! ---------
! o Add a close method to the various storage classes.
! o Removed the gary_combining option and code.
Transition
==========
! If you are transitioning from a version older than 1.0a5, please also
read the notes in the previous release notes (accessible from
<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61702>).
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! o If you are using a pickle for storage, your 'message info' database
! would previously still have been a dbm (where available). This is
! no longer the case - if you are using a pickle for the statistics
! database, you have a pickle for everything. Your old 'message info'
! database is not converted (and there is no utility provided to do so),
! but you should not suffer any ill effects from this, *unless* you are
! using sb_imapfilter.py. In that case, you will find that the filter
! trains and classifies all messages in the folders it examines, even
! if it has seen them before - this will only occur once, however.
! There should be no other incompatible changes (from 1.0a6) in this release.
POP3 Proxy / SMTP Proxy
-----------------------
! o An error where a failure message would be printed by
! the SMTP proxy, even on success, was fixed.
Web Interface
-------------
! o The bug which caused the "TypeError" when trying to access
! the database after setting a configuration option via the
! interface has been fixed.
POP3 Proxy Service / POP3 Proxy Tray Application
------------------------------------------------
! o Both the pop3proxy_service.py and pop3proxy_tray.py
! scripts are now installed (with "setup.py install") if
! the user is using Windows.
IMAP Filter
-----------
! o Better handle displaying the available folders when server and login
! information is not available.
! o Better handle problems parsing the date.
! o If IMAP over SSL is available, offer it via the web interface.
General
-------
! o Various improvements have been made to the management of the
! 'message info' database. As outlined above, it will now be
! stored as a pickle, if your statistics database uses a pickle.
! In addition, we attempt to close the database when we should,
! and make sure that we explicitly update it. This should hopefully
! go some way to solving the "DB_RUN_RECOVERY" errors that have
! been regularly reported - we would be interested to hear from
! you if upgrading to 1.0a7 does appear to solve this problem
! for you (email spambayes at python.org).
! o We now try to determine the type of dbm storage used from the
! file, if one already exists. This should make the transistion
! between formats a little easier.
! o Fix sb_xmlrpcserver to work with the renamed (since 1.0a5)
! scripts.
! o Fix the sense of include_trained in sb_mboxtrain.
!
Transition
==========
! If you are transitioning from a version older than 1.0a6, please also
read the notes in the previous release notes (accessible from
<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61702>).
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*** 144,149 ****
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The following bugs tracked via the Sourceforge system were fixed:
! 803501, 802545, 802347, 801952, 798362, 800555, 806632, 795145, 806238,
! 805351
A url containing the details of these bugs can be made by appending the
--- 87,91 ----
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The following bugs tracked via the Sourceforge system were fixed:
! 809769, 814322, 816400, 810342, 818552
A url containing the details of these bugs can be made by appending the
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