SpamWeed 3

Note: this version of SpamWeed supports Outlook, Outlook Express and Windows Mail (Vista) only.

rev.79 (version 3.3) 20081105

• Added multi-level category support (deatils)
• Added support for per-account inbox (details)
• Many small bug fixes

rev.67 (version 3.2) 20080928

• Fixed problems with Outlook 2000 and 2002(XP)
• Improved bayesian filter algorithms
• Added "sort selected mails only" option for "Sort Folder"
• Fixed a bug in language training (preview caused OE lock up)
• Fixed a bug in language training (Language Detector DB not trained properly)
• Balloon notification on add sender to allow/block list
• Many small bug fixes

rev.53 (version 3.1) 20080829

• Microsoft Office Outlook integration (support Outlook 2000 or later)
• Selective (category based) notification (visual/audio notification of new mail).
• Improved bayesian filter in case of "unsure"
• Fixed a few bugs in email structure (mime) analysis
• Many small bug fixes

rev.34 (3.0 official release) 20080812

Version 3 is developed from scratch and contains significant new features and stability improvements.

• Multi-category email classifier
• Bayesian based language detector
• Full Outlook Express integration
• Improved SpamDB collaborative filtering
• Improved SpamWeed Filter Extension

SpamWeed 2.9

rev.1037 (2.9 SR-7) 20080704

• Fixed a bug which causes unnecessary UAC prompt under VISTA.

rev.1019 (2.9 SR-6) 20080610

• Fixed a bug due to day light saving time, which caused training problem for Outlook Express users.
• Fixed a bug in Outlook Express bar which possibly caused lost of allow/block lists.
• Fixed 2 small bugs causing incorrect mail header for the SpamWeed Activity Report.

rev.1006 (2.9 SR-5) 20080602

• Improved Outlook Express add-in bar to reduce the chance of training problem^*.
• Automatically add "SSL Tunnel" to auto-start on the first retrieval of POP3S account
• Fixed a small problem that the engine will not be restarted while it is killed by the registration program (on successful registration).
• Added "Skip" button in the first time user tutorial

rev.1003 (2.9 SR-4) 20080528

• Fixed a bug (introduced in rev. 982) that causes email corruption if a non standard compliant email is encountered
• Fixed a bug that may cause login failure for case-sensitive username
• Fixed a bug that cause spam contains blocked keywords to pass through
• Added "Revision History" in the Help menu
• Removed initial blocked keywords list (due to false positives)

rev.982 (2.9 SR-3) 20080519

• New support wizard
• Fixed registration hardware identity problem under Windows Vista
• A crash bug in training module is fixed
• Improved retriever and filter to avoid mail filtering delays and possible duplicate of mail problem
• Uses STunnel for POP3S (POP3 over SSL), such as GMail
• Usability improvements in install/uninstall/preference modules

rev.893 (2.9 SR-2) 20080225

• fixed a bug in registration under Windows VISTA

rev.882 (2.9 SR-1) 20080130

• improved training speed by omitting huge emails
• fixed some minor logic errors in handling spam identity and spamdb connectivity.
• removed unnecessary logging

rev.871 (2.9 official release) 20080118

• Minor language update

rev.869 (2.9 beta 5) 20080109

• Fixed a problem that the spam report received by email client has a wrong timestamp
• Fixed SWEngine tray icon status problem introduced in rev.842 (beta 4)

rev.842 (2.9 beta 4) 20071224

• When setup finishes, old Logs data are cleared to make support analysis easier
• Added SpamWeed service to make SpamWeed registration fully compatible with Vista UAC
• Fixed the "List Index Out Of Bound" problem in earlier 2.9 BETAs

rev.829 (2.9 beta 3) 20071214

• fixed language and translation issues in beta 2
• fixed a bug in Thunderbird address book importing
• implemented "Only receive mail in allow list only" in 2.9 filter engine

rev.815 (2.9 beta 2) 20071206

• Added support for RAID and SCSI hard disks
• Fixed a bug in 2.9 beta 1 (EFileCreateError) which happens with some mal-formed emails
• Updated registration server, fixed an error that causes registration failure (user has to register several times to succeed)
• Updated error messages in registration program so that while a license is over-used, it is clearly stated as-is. The old "code is invalid" error message is misleading.

rev.793 (2.9 beta 1) 20071123

• Spam filter engine completely rewritten to avoid known bugs and increase performance
• Rewritten SpamWeed Filter Extension (SFX, dynamically upgradable filter algorithm module)
• Added POP3S (POP3 over SSL) support (e.g. gmail)
• Improved filtering report
• Configurable auto-retrieving (i.e. receive mail in background) to increase mail receiving speed
• Deleting of old messages is now configurable
• Allow users to specifiy keywords even they choose to "receive mail from senders on allowlist only
• Miscellaneous clean-up and bug fixes.

rev.777 (2.8 official release) 20071114

• added a new routine as a backup to the current method of getting user's harddisk ID. This may affect user's registration (if in previous versions their hardware ID is NULL). If users are affected, simply re-register.
• Added LOG in SWREG program
• Added LOG in SWENGINE program

Revision history prior to rev. 777

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