MAILWASHER® PRO CHANGELOG

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Version 7.12.188

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Released November 2023

• Fix: Bug that stopped it working for everyone..
• Fix: Other small errors
• Add: New Outlook UI support

Version 7.12.173:

Released on August 27, 2023

• Fix: Account importer updated.
• Fix: Mail for Windows not in email program list
• Fix: Fixed error "CoreWebView2 members cannot be accessed..."
• Fix: Fixed error "IComparer has failed...."
• Fix: SSL libraries updated, so there is no problem with port 995.
• Fix: OAuth process updated for all providers.
• Fix: For Outlook/Hotmail accounts authentication method from MSAL to the new one. It should not require re-authentication, but for new accounts will work new method.
• Fix: Added separate log for OAuth process. It is stored with path like this: %appdata%\Firetrust\MailWasher\logs\logs_%date%\MWPapp_OAuth.log
• Fix: Currently if user already signed in but pressed sign in button in account settings/incoming tab, MWP will remove old token and will start new OAuth process, so no need to re-create accounts.
• Fix: Fixed problem with remote images
• Fix: Fixed problem with blank subject emails
• Fix: Fixed problem with crash via filters
• Fix: Updated Thunderbird icon for main toolbar.

Older releases

VERSION 7.12.125

Released March 2023

• Fix: WebView processes never close
• Fix: WebView control is no longer valid
• Fix: Crash realized item re-indexed at wrong location
• Fix: Crash index was out of range
• Fix: Delay on mail check upon first start
• Fix: Outlok mail icon updated
• Fix: Some translations updated

VERSION 7.12.119

Released February 2023

• Fix: Non english language installation fails
• Fix: Some emails show wrong body
• Fix: Select/Copy not working
• Fix: Lond domain prefixes unable to be added to white/blacklist
• Fix: Filter rule 'Send is not on my friendslist' not working
• Fix: Regular Expression filters not working with a line break
• Fix: CTRL + C not working for copy on preview text
• Fix: Some email accounts missing last letter off username

VERSION 7.12.97

Released November 2022

• Added suport for Hotmail, Outlook.com, Office 365, MSN etc OAUTH
• Replaced IE6 support for MS Edge
• Fix for accounts filter not working
• Fix for HTML preview not working
• Many other small updates

Changes in 7.12.67:

Fix for some messages not loading via IMAP
Fix for custom filters by account not always working
Fix for SSL not connecting in some situations
Fix for some messages displaying blank Subject/From
Updated account/contact importer

VERSION 7.12.54

Released February 17, 2021

Fix for crash on email with many nested URLs
Fix for some messages showing black Subject and From fields
Fix for regex filter crashing MailWasher when checking mail
Fix for crash on email with badly formatted From

VERSION 7.12.49

Released December 8, 2020

Fix for crash on some custom filters

VERSION 7.12.48

Released December 8, 2020

Added logging for Custom Filter runtime
Fix for custom filter logging to not enable automatically
Fix for some messages showing blank Subject/From
Fix for special characters in Blacklist/Friends List wildcards causing incorrect match
Fix for program hang when adding certain addresses to Blacklist/Friends List
Fix for possible crash on startup
Fix for possible crash when bad data is written to Display.xml
Fix for crash on badly formatted email
Fix for crash on grid load after hibernate
Fix for SHIFT + mouse click not always selecting a group of messages
Fix for GMail accounts attempting OAUTH logon
Fix for Yahoo account sometimes failing when checking via POP
Fix for Classify column not always working correctly

VERSION 7.12.38

Released June 2, 2020

Fix for crash when toggling HTML/Plain Text
Fix for filters creating errors on Check Mail
Fix for arrow key selecting wrong message after classifying an email
Fix for single mouse click not always selecting a message
Fix for installing on network drives
Fix for MailWasher reclassifying already retrieved emails
Fix for Custom Filters not handling line breaks in email headers
Fix for crash on Wash Mail
Fix for restore not working on Internode
Fix for crash on loading many emails
Fix for long headers not displaying Subject/From in message list.

VERSION 7.12.29

Released April 1, 2020

Fix for irregular display of Thumbs Up/Down on emails
Fix for filter re-evaluation freezing MailWasher
Fix for crash during Wash Mail
Fix for crash on HTML toggle
Fix for Friends List and Blacklist column checkbox behaviour
Fix for HTML not displaying when button clickeds
Fix for being unable to install with networked user data folder

VERSION 7.12.25

Released March 2020

Feature Updated Xceed datagrid to latest version
Fix for deleting many emails in Outlook.com account
Fix for install problems when # is in username
Fix for malformed FROM crashing MailWasher
Fix for crash when pressing DEL on certain emails
Fix for crash when right clicking certain emails
Fix for auto-delete display showing negative value
Fix for MailWasher unable to retrieve malformed message
Fix for certain emails crashing MailWasher on evaluation
Fix for 'Invocation of the Instructor' errors
Optimized REGEX filters for email headers
Added account import from MS Exchange
Increased timeout for IMAP commands
Language file updates

VERSION 7.12.6

Released May, 2019

Updates recommended action in Error tab for Gmail accounts

VERSION 7.12.5

Released May, 2019

Fixes Recycle Bin crash we introduced in last beta
Importer no longer imports Google Contacts.
POP accounts no longer display incorrect date range when fetching messages.
Added 2 day option for IMAP fetching.
GMail POP accounts no longer use OAUTH.

VERSION 7.12.1

Released February 2019

Add IMAP emails to be downloaded by last xx days, 7, 14 and 30 days, all time. Default is On = 7 days
Add Account to custom filters, including IMAP subfolders.
Filter by TLD (Top level domain).
Add in preset filter - Hide and Delete
Button to view/hide email password
Sort by domains in mail grid
Add new font InterUI
Using emailsettings.email for adding users email settings
Import blacklist lists
Fix - Yahoo OAUTH where it didn't work for adding some email accounts
Fix - Yahoo not being able to restore emails
Fix - Contacts Importer for Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo.
Fix - adding Gmail email accounts. (token error)
Fix - Remove caching for IMAP
Fix - installer showing incorrect translation
Fix - Added Mail for Windows 10 as a mail program option
Fix - Sync to MailWasher Mobile fix
Fix - Yahoo OAUTH where it didn't work for adding some email accounts
Fix - importing passwords from Thunderbird 60.5 and later

VERSION 7.11.10

Released 2 October 2018

Fix for Contacts Importer for Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo.

VERSION 7.11.8

Released 28 September 2018

Fix for intro video not working. Not worth upgrading otherwise.
Fix for adding Gmail email accounts.

VERSION 7.11.5

Released 3 January 2018

Fix for adding new Yahoo accounts after Yahoo made some changes

VERSION 7.11.0

Released 24 May 2017

Added OAUTH support for Yahoo accounts (IMAP only)
Added OAUTH support for GMail custom domains
Fix for accessing IMAP folders containing non alphanumeric characters
Fix for IMAP logout
Fix for Hotmail accounts failing to check all messages
Fix for Yahoo and POP PIPELINING failing
Fix for moving IMAP emails when folders contain spaces
Fix for IMAP FETCH command not being properly formed
Fix for MailWasher not storing Read/Unread between restarts
Fix for new mail notification increasing in count
Fix for retrieving IMAP folders when passwords contain special characters
Updated SSL libraries
Updated Account and Contact Importers

VERSION 7.9.0

Released 1 February 2017

Fix for retrieving IMAP folders when passwords contain special characters
Fix for IMAP account testing reporting success on a failure
Fix for crash when closing Search during a mail check
Fix for MailWasher de-registering itself
Fix for Recycle Bin not displaying all emails logged
Fix for Tell A Friend incorrectly formatting email
Fix for importing accounts from Outlook 2016
Fix for MailWasher getting hung when STOP is pressed
Fix for grouping sort being altered by clearing the message list
Fix for Profanity Filter crash
Fix for database VACUUM failing
Fix for crash when registering with Japanese characters
Fix for 'Browser not supported' message when trying to authenticate an OAUTH account.
Fix for Friends List and Blacklist not importing
Fix for case sensibility when grouping by subject
Fix for Restore triggering IMAP command
Fix for MailWasher launching as Admin after a Standard User install
Fix for manual clearing of Recycle Bin not clearing All Logged Emails
Fix for invalid EHLO characters during SMTP sessions
Fix for crash when Preview Window is out of screen bounds
Fix for crash when loading certain emails in Recycle Bin
Updated SQLite

VERSION 7.8.10

Released 12 August 2016

Fix for possible crash on check and wash mail

VERSION 7.8.8

Released 8 August 2016

This release is necessitated because of this change for Gmail. Fix for 'Browser not supported' message when trying to authenticate an OAUTH account.
Updated SQLite
Fix for Group sorting changing on grid clear
Fix for Friends not importing
Fix for Blacklist not importing
Fix for case sensibility when grouping by subject
Fix for Restore triggering IMAP command
Fix for MailWasher launching as Admin after a Standard User install
Fix for manual clearing of Recycle Bin not clearing All Logged Emails
Fix for importing accounts from Outlook 2016
Fix for MailWasher getting hung when STOP is pressed
Fix for grouping sort being altered by clearing the message list
Fix for Profanity Filter crash
Fix for database VACUUM failing
Fix for crash when registering with Japanese characters

Version 7.8

Released 19 April 2016

You can now group by Arrived or Sent. The groups are layered as Today, Yesterday, Last Week, Last Month, All Time
Added Profanity filter
Added 20, 30 and 60 second intervals to the balloon notification
Reply-To added to Custom Filters
Added Delivered-To to Custom Filters
Added Helvetica as a selectable font
MailWasher minimum height reduced
Added ability to Move deleted messages to specified IMAP folder
Import contacts from iCloud, Yahoo, Outlook.com and Gmail in to the Friends List
Fix for 'Show email header' and 'Show action buttons' not saving correctly
Fix for crash when quickly moving between emails
Fix for extra whitespace being present when Preview Pane is positioned to the right
Fix for MailWasher sending large IMAP commands
Fix for MailWasher not handling incorrect IMAP logons correctly
Fix for special characters in IMAP passwords
Fix for Hebrew not displaying properly
Fix for YahooGroup emails not always getting triggered by Custom Filters
Fix for Tutorial video
Fix for Updater.exe crashing on Windows 8
Fix for crash when switching user accounts
Fix for MailWasher closing windows of other applications
Fix for crash when viewing certain email content
Fix for crash when selecting Report Bug
Fix for text being cut off in Help & Information
Fix for bouncing via OAUTH

Version 7.7

Released 4 November 2015

Custom Filters 'Message Body' now applies after Base64 messages are decoded
OAUTH option now properly adjusts for SMTP
Option to disable OAUTH added
Fix for OAUTH and Recent Mode
Fix for certain SSL accounts failing to logon
Fix for obscure crash when setting scroll wheel behaviour

Version 7.6

Released 28 September 2015

Added support for Google OAUTH
Added SIZE to Custom Filters
Custom Filters now support IS operator
Added READ column checkbox to mark/unmark all emails as Read
MailWasher now periodically runs a database VACUUM
Quick Reply now properly uses Reply-To
Fix for MW not matching UTF8 encoded email addresses
Fix for Blacklist and Friends List editing
Fix for Recycle Bin not updating on date rollover
Fix for blank/mismatched IMAP email
Fix for Download Read Email resetting on install
Fix for Cyrillic characters in database path causing database failing to open
Fix for UTF8 encoded Sender not matching Friends List/Blacklist
Fix for MailWasher not unfolding Long Header Fields (SpamAssassin fix)
Fix for non ASCII characters in data path
Fix for apostrophes in URLs
Fix for Scroll Wheel not scrolling message when switching to HTML view
Fix for URL warnings not showing in HTML emails
Fix for 'Always show event log' not saving between sessions
SQLite version updated
Updated Account Importer - Outlook 2016, Thunderbird
Updated Contact Importer
Misc small tweaks and fixes

Version 7.5

Released 16 February 2015

IMAP accounts now by default do not load Read emails.
Installer now adds/removes Taskbar icon
Added TLS for POP and IMAP
Added Chinese Languages
Fix: Database upgrade for compatilibity
Fix: IMAP accounts with spaces within the password
Fix: International characters in Quick Reply and Quick Forward
Fix: IP address parser detecting software version number as IP address
Fix: Startup shortcut not being properly added on install
Fix: Wrong default language file loading on startup
Fix: IMAP folders containing special characters
Fix: Preview screen jump when right clicking on a URL
Fix: Log files not cleaning up properly on new year rollover
Fix: No HTML loading in emails when HTML is present
Fix: Some emails showing blank in message preview
Fix: Mobile Synch with IMAP accounts
Fix: Account Importer fixed for latest Thunderbird version
Misc: Splash screen text added to Language files
Misc: Removed option to Synch with Desktop until fully working
Misc: Improved Installer language support
Misc: Contact Importer tweaks
Misc: Misc small tweaks and fixes

Version 7.4

Released 13 November 2014

Recycle Bin can now optionally display all logged emails, not just deleted.
Sync support for MailWasher Mobile 2.0 (to be released soon)
Added more information into Email Info screen
Improved Contact Importer
Improved Account Importer
Improved Sync for MailWasher Mobile
Fix for MW not downloading enough data on message preview
Improved Account Setup steps for account creation
Updated Language files
Updated DNSBL files
Updated Account Server files
Misc small tweaks and fixes

Version 7.3

Released 31 October 2013

Feature: Envelope toggle for showing/hiding emails is now sticky on restart
Feature: Added DELETE button into message preview icons
Improved Contact Importer
Improved Account Importer
Fix for erroneous crash reports being triggered on Windows 8
Fix for Startup shortcut not being added properly during a full install
Fix for duplicate entries in Friends and Blacklist synchronisation
Fix for MailWasher automatically scrolling past the VIEW HTML button in message preview
Fix for MailWasher not automatically resizing message preview icons when space is too small
Updated language files
Misc small tweaks and fixes

Version 7.2

Released 11 June 2013

Synch checks to now run daily if MailWasher is left running
Added checkbox into Delete column header to mark all emails for delete
Added Performance option Enable for screenreaders, defaults to Off
Added slider to Performance settings to control how much text is sent through Quick Reply/Forward
Improved Contact Importer
Improved Account Importer
Fix for Recursive Call to UI Automation crash
Fix for Blacklisted domains autodeleting when sender address is on Friends List
Fix for crash when removing entry from blacklist
Fix for crash on suspend
Added extra logging for crash when opening certain URLs
Database upgrade to prevent duplicate entries in Blacklist and FriendsList
Updated Language files
Misc small tweaks and fixes

Version 7.0

Released 20 March 2013

Added ability to Synch MailWasher Pro settings and accounts between PCs
Added ability to Synch MailWasher Pro settings and accounts with MailWasher Mobile for iOS and Android
Added ability to view emails in HTML
Added slider to Performance settings to control how much text is sent through Quick Reply/Forward
Improved Contact Importer
Improved Account Importer
Improved encoding for Quick Reply/Quick Forward for web based email clients
Improved Sent and Received columns not updating on date rollover
Fix for oldest message being selected automatically when using IMAP account
Fix for Reset Learning not deleting Spam Corpus
Fix for navigation keys not responding when opening Preview Window
Fix for PopUp Notification not clearing when no emails present
Fix for MailWasher remembering bad passwords
Fix for crash when copying to clipboard throws an exception
Fix for crash on account alteration
Fix for crash on Tell A Friend
Updated Language files
Misc small tweaks and fixes

Version 2012 1.20

Released 12 June 2012

Italian and Portuguese (Brazil) languages
Added Sender column
FirstAlert performance improvements
Increase Filter Rule limit to 500 filters
Preview Window can now be opened when Preview Pane is enabled
Added message to WhoIs screen when domain is unrecognised
Fix for contact importing on 64bit systems
Fix for contact importer not importing all entries
Fix for crash on certain emails in FirstAlert
Fix for crash on startup when Window Size gets massive
Fix for Preview Pane jumping after opening a URL
Fix for Import not properly overwriting files
Addition of Uninstall Questionnaire
Misc small tweaks

Version 2012 1.11

Released 16 March 2012

Added ability to Import and Export settings, found under File menu
Allow AutoDelete to be set to lower values
Added basic AntiVirus disabling recommendation on certain errors
Updated Language Files
Fix for Contact Import on Outlook 64bit
Fix for High Contrast displays
Minor UI tweaks not even worth mentioning

Version 2012 1.8

Released 30 January 2012

Removed dependency of Microsoft 2010 C++ Libraries as some users were having issues
Polish and Croatian Languages updated

Version 2012 1.7

Released 26 January 2012

FirstAlert accuracy improved
Next/Previous now positioned at top of Preview
Email preview now shown by default on new install
Restore logic changed so that if the account no longer exists the fallback account is used
Auto mark as read delay no longer restricted to single digit
Delete column checkbox is cleared after washing mail
Delete column checkbox is cleared after search is cleared
Fix for accent characters not appearing correctly in the source view
Fix for blank emails when message is digitally signed
Fix for delete popup constantly appearing
Fix for filters with language rules triggering when they shouldn't
Fix for some memory leaks
Fix for full email not always downloading on scroll
Fix for URLs with exclamation points
Mail preview options "Show email header" and "Show action buttons" now work with the windowed preview
Fix for crash when testing accounts with spaces in the password
Fix for crash on account timeout
Small UI tweaks
Updated language files

Version 2012 1.5

Released 8 December 2011

Theme alterations
Added Email Info section, including summary of links, attachments and more
Added WhoIs lookups from Email Info screen
Added checkbox to Delete column to select all emails for delete
Addition of Delete column choice in Settings >> Display >> Inbox
Custom Filters now get added after the selected filter
Spam Throttle can now select 9999 lines per email
Increased the delay of automatic checking on Resume to 30 seconds
Added autodelete options for Spam Tools
Fix for crash when detecting ThunderBird install
Fix for closing parenthesis in URLs
Fix for Always Show Event Log not saving
Fix for blank message in Preview Pane when Content-Location: is set
Fix for new mail popup title bar not restoring MailWasher on click
Updated language files
Misc small tweaks and fixes

Version 2011 1.4

Released 25th October 2011

MailWasher now stores and recalculates time since last check after Sleep
Fix for Icomparer and Index Out of Bounds crashes
Fix for crash on new mail notification
Fix for crash when blacklisting multiple entries
Reporting column added to Inbox >> Display settings
Fix for new mail notifications incorrectly triggering on spam emails
Fix for new mail popup stating double amount of emails arrived
Fix for hang on filter re-evaluation
Fix for crash on marking email as read
Fix for crash on selection of empty rows in mail grid
Fix for crash on Registration check
Fix for Friends/Blacklists not matching when Learning disabled
Fix for GMail emails disappearing in grid when checking multiple folders
Fix for text/enriched; emails showing no content
Fix for new mail notification always stating 4 new emails
Inserting filter rules now insert below the currently selected rule

Version 2011 1.1.3

Released 5th October 2011

Added ability to hide emails
Added Search to custom filters
DNSBL service added to tooltip
New mail popup balloon added
New mail popup can now be called up via mouse over the tray icon
New mail popup duration option in Settings >> General >> Notifications
Added ability to cycle through deleted emails
New languages, Norwegian, Armenian, Spanish
Improved account importer
Cleanup routines now run more often and not just on exit
Fix for characters displaying incorrectly in Preview Pane
Fix for asterisks breaking URLs
Fix for corrupt updater.ini file causing updates to always fail
Fix for crash when loading corrupt Friends/Blacklist entry
Fix for blurry text in Filter Edit screen
MailWasher now follows selected Filter when reordering
Minor display tweaks when using bright green/yellow colours
Send Support Logs window can now be resized
Fix for McAfee AV header that was being displayed in the plain text preview
Fix for Reporting options not saving properly if exiting MW from Settings screen
Fix for Email Program translation text not updating
Tweaks to Spam Reporting screen
Removed Status Bar icons (Delete/Hidden emails) when in Recycle Bin
Status Bar icons now zoom in relation to Font zoom
Ctrl+A nows selects all email even if it doesn?t have focus
Fix for empty preview on certain messages
Improved IMAP logon errors in Event Log
Added (albeit useless) error when database is corrupted
Error Dialogue boxes should now identify MailWasher as the crashing program

Version 2011 1.1.2

Released 25th June 2011

Added Spam Reporting
MailWasher now runs as a single MailWasherPro.exe process
Speed improvements
Added some new mail notification icons
Added new Tray icon in Display Settings
Added Pirate Language and Icons
New version of Xceed Data Grid
Double clicking over Delete column no longer triggers Preview Window
Added some language encodings to Custom Filters
Registration now checks on port 80 not 4088
New HTML parser for URLs
Disabled Automation Peer for DataGrid
Recycle Bin clean up routine only called once a day on exit
Fix to stop MailWasher freezing when email program launches
Fix for DNSBL changes not saving if MailWasher is closed still in Settings screen
Fix for slow loading of emails in Preview screen for some users
Fix for empty UID messages when moving emails to Recycle Bin
Fix for Support Logs sending wrong information
Fix for automatic updates not being detected
Fix for crash when IMAP account fails an account test
Fix for crash when launching mail program
Misc small fixes and tweaks
Help file improvements
Language file updates

Version 2011 1.0.67

Released 11th March 2011

Fix for crash when loading Recycle Bin
Fix for crash on startup when Custom Data path is selected
Fix for crash in new mail notification
Fix for installer failing on some machines
Fix for evaluation spinner not resetting on FA timeout

Version 2011 1.0.63

Released 20th January 2011

Added option to choose a custom data folder
ClearType option added into Settings >> Display >> to disable
Added Select All into right click menu in Filter fields
Event Log to show most recent entries automatically
Installer changed to start .NET 4 version of font cache
Help >> Registration >> now reloads the License from the server upon entry
Removed Recycle Bin purge on startup
Fix for MailWasher preventing hidden TaskBar from showing
Fix for Display Layout not setting to Custom when Preview Pane closed through View menu
Fix for borders on Preview Window
Fix for bounce button showing in Recycle Bin
Fix for Friends/Blacklist not matching when @ is in display name
Fix for some emails not showing attachments
Fix for emails missing From/Subject/To in Recycle Bin
Fix for empty FirstAlert errors
Fix for column widths increasing
Fix for MailWasher stalling when resuming from Sleep
Fix for automatic updates not being detected on some machines
Fix for old QuickStart shortcut not being removed
Fix for hang caused by 'An item with the same key has already been added'
Fix for crash that can occur on StartUp after a clean install
Fix for crash that can occur when Classifying emails
Fix for crash on Exit
Fix for crash in TellAFriend
Fix for crash at startup
Fix for crash on corrupt Registration File
Updated Language files

Version 2011 1.0.50

Released 20th December 2010

New Tab and Frame theme
New colour choosers for Frame added into Settings >> Display
Added optional pre-loader to load files into memory before MailWasher starts
Added stock Layouts in Display Options : Default, Laptop, Widescreen, Custom. Note, in Custom you also have the option to switch off the buttons and other header data in the Preview screen
Improved Startup time
Spam tool information about how an email has been evaluated optionally shown in preview pane
Email grid now takes focus immediately so Hotkeys work without clicking in grid first
Evaluation Timeout logic improved
Fix for keyboard shortcuts not working in Preview screen
FirstAlert re-enabled
FirstAlert now processes in batches of 100
FirstAlert Timeouts now 10 seconds applied to each action, SEND, RECV etc..
Updated Xceed DataGrid
Updated Language files
Fix for large email headers causing fetching to stall
Fix for evaluation hang when duplicate WASH STARTs detected
Fix for crash when AutoSave of display settings fails
Fix for crash when when date rolls over
Fix for crash when sorting
Fix for crash Collection was modified; enumeration operation might not execute
Fix for crash on Filter creation
Fix for hanging when ABORT is called during login
Fix for the selected message to follow emails when sorted by Classification and the Classification is altered
Fix for not restarting properly when coming out of Sleep/Hibernate
Fix for Blacklist and Friends List purging most recent entries
Fix for Custom Filters not matching on some email subjects
Fix for MailWasher showing as active program when minimised
Fix for problem matching Friends and Blacklist against some addresses
Fix for grid not updating date columns properly after midnight
Fix for grid overlapping emails
Fix for evaluations not being completed
Fix for new mail notification firing on AutoDeleted emails
Fix for Quick Reply and Quick Forward not working with apostrophes in email addresses

Version 2010 1.0.35

Released 16th October 2010

FirstAlert temporarily disabled by default
Added Swedish Language
MailWasher Aero display altered to be more respectful of standard Windows
Email List now updates display time after midnight
Added Source Program to Account Import Wizard to show where account came from
Added minimum resize limit for grid
Added back debug columns for Word Counts
Added ScrollBar when required to SideBar
Improved Wash Mail behaviour when deleting large numbers of emails
Opacity of the Display Options dropdown removed
AutoUpdater now deletes the old update file if it is ReadOnly
Fix for crash Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Fix for crash Specified argument was out of the range of valid values
Fix for crash on corrupt BayesianSettings.xml
Fix for crash when Windows returns failure to open HTTP link
Fix for crash when Accounts file in use
Fix for close down time when machine is shutting down/logging off
Fix for AutoDelete not firing when a Language only filter is triggered
Fix for MW failing when UIDL is blank
Fix for New Lines encoded into message subjects
Fix for emails not being trained properly
Fix for lag when marking many emails as Read
Fix for ampersand symbol in a Friends or Blacklist entry failing to match
Fix for startup crash when columns don't exist
Fix for Bayesian rebuild occurring when not required
Fix for Recycle Bin automatically purging at 21 days
Update configuration files are now included with the crash/support logs
Setup files stored in [Common folder]/Firetrust/MWInstall in preparation for patching system
Misc small tweaks and other improvements

Version 2010 1.0.27

Released 28th September 2010

Added Friends list and Blacklist expiry options by date age and/or total number
Various speed improvements
Quick Display is now Display Options
Right click menu to add to Friends/Blacklist now just take one click
Added option to disable the Aero display under Settings >> Display >> General (Vista/7 only)
Filter Edit screen can now be resized
Filter Edit screen improved on larger font scale
Preview Pane now loads selected email automatically when enabled
Scrolling in Preview area should download the full email even when there's no scrollbar
Email client now uses Registry path when opening to cater for programs with altered path
Email client now launched 1 second after Wash Mail completes
Fonts now embedded into application
Some Submenus now disable when appropriate
Added Hotkey DEL to delete items in Friends/Blacklists/DNSBLs
Added Hotkey / and * to mark as Spam or Good respectively
Added Hotkey ESC to cancel Custom Filter edit screen
Added basic Title bar menu for non Aero display
Added Version # to Automatic Crash Report email subject
Updated Language Files
Fix for adding sender to Blacklist removing Delete
Fix for hidden TaskBar not showing with MailWasher maximised
Fix for adding sender to Friends list marking all emails with Friend Status as Good
Fix for Friends/Blacklist not properly matching on some emails
Fix for Thai (and perhaps other) locales unable to be properly registered
Fix for errors on malformed emails being checked against FirstAlert
Fix for suspended automatic checks not always working
Fix for some emails missing Sent Date
Fix for Startup Animation freezing
Fix for large memory use marking many emails as Read
Fix for Custom Filter on Blacklist not triggering on Filter re-evaluation
Fix for crash in DownloadFullEmail
Fix for crash when access to Updater denied
Fix for crash Collection was modified; enumeration operation might not execute
Fix for crash when Performance Counters fail
Fix for crash 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object' when adding to Blacklist
Fix for crash when Wash Mail triggered twice
Fix for crash when Automatic Update set to check over every 30 days
Fix for crash when Quick Reply is triggered with no From address
Fix for crash when Registration check fails due to security policies
Fix for crash Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection
Fix for crash when Registering
Fix for crash Desktop composition is disabled
Fix for crash when default FavIcon missing
Fix for crash when loading certain emails in Recycle Bin
Fix for Recycle Bin not sorting properly on certain columns
Hardened STAT command/replies in MailWasherPro.exe
Hardened threads able to be terminated when they get hung
Other miscellaneous small fixes and improvements

Version 2010 1.0.19

Released 27th August 2010

Added Delete All option into message list right click menu
Font zoom upper limit increased to 200%
Delete column now updates when a Custom Filter is disabled
MailWasher now does an automatic check on Resume (5 seconds after it comes back from sleep/switching)
Added troubleshooting option to use RETR instead of TOP into Settings >> Accounts >> Incoming >> Advanced
Speed improvement to AutoDelete
Speed improvement when selecting emails in list
Improved Language files
Fix for MailWasher opening under/over Task Bar
Fix for MailWasher not being able to check O2.co.uk and some other mail servers
Fix for crash/hang when MailWasher restores from System Tray
Fix for Blacklist not matching
Fix for Preview Window opening off screen
Fix for TellAFriend
Fix for Registration button not resizing
Fix for crash when sorting by Delete/Classification/Status or sender added to Friends/Blacklist when Custom Filters re-evaluate
Fix for incorrect characters displaying in Event Log
Fix for crash when DownloadFullEmail is triggered twice
Fix for selected message deselecting when MailWasher checks empty account
Fix for crash on error that I don't understand at all and cannot put into words
Miscellaneous minor tweaks and fixes

Version 2010 1.0.15

Released 18th August 2010

Improved Startup time when loading large Friends and Blacklists
Added Yellow colour option into Quick Display
Improved URL link parsing
Filter email re-evaluation will no longer trigger when already running
Preview Pane now has minimum height/width of 20 pixels
Opacity and Zoom sliders apply settings on mouse off
Adding a sender to Friends List now de-selects Delete, unless user has explicitly clicked to delete that email
Webbrowser component replaced with Rich Text viewer in Event Log
Added Hungarian and Czech languages, updated some others
Fix for Log subfolders not pruning after 3 days
Fix for Log files being created in C:\
Fix for Preview Window not retaining position
Fix for Wash Mail not becoming active after Registering when Trial expires
Fix for Registration reminder showing incorrect days remaining
Fix for Registration screen not showing
Fix for some emails addresses not being caught in Friends or Blacklists
Fix for AutoDeleted emails not always retaining status in Recycle Bin
Fix for Automatic Updater files not being written on upgrade
Fix for email de-selecting in Preview on account checks
Fix for Preview Pane scrolling back to top on account checks
Fix for MailWasher staying in non Aero when Aero is enabled
Fix for Automatic Mail Check Timer not resetting when a Wash Mail starts at the same time
Fix for crash during Download Full Email
Fix for crash Value cannot be null
Fix for crash when default language file not found
Fix for crash at the end of the AllFiltersDoneUpdateUI
Fix for crash Cannot call Arrange on a UIElement with infinite size or NaN
Miscellaneous minor tweaks and fixes

Version 2010 1.0.6

Released 30th July 2010

High Priority Errors now play the Windows exclamation sound
Updates folder now defaults to the User Application Data folder
LIST command no longer sent if email account has 0 messages
Double clicking over Classification and Delete columns no longer open the Preview Window
Added Play button to test sounds
Header Preview state now saves between sessions
Fix for DNSBLs not showing matched emails
Fix for IncrediMail not opening
Fix for non ASCII characters in Custom Filters
Fix for emails with large 'salad' crashing regular expression engine
Fix for ATT accounts not checking properly
Fix for messages not restoring via GMail (may impact other email providers also)
Fix for TLS not saving in Outgoing Mail settings
Fix for MailWasher not taking negative screen position into account
Fix for not being able to resize MailWasher on multiple monitors
Fix for crash when row selection changes while row is in invalid state
Fix for crash when marking email as read when row has already been deleted
Fix for high CPU use when Event Log is flashing
Fix for Group Headers not expanding
Fix for stall on evaluation with FirstAlert
Fix for Quick Reply/Forward not functioning when Preview Pane disabled

Version 2010 1.0.1

Released 5th July 2010

New version of MailWasher Pro; initial release
Completely re-written from the ground up.
New user interface and new spam and mail engine
Many new features and enhancements
Fully compatible with Windows 7

Version 6.54

Released 30th May 2010

The final release of the old series of MailWasher Pro. Still available for Download

TLS support added
Adds support for importing contacts and accounts from Outlook 2010, Thunderbird 3 and Incredimail 2
The account name is correctly imported
Imports SMTP settings to correctly setup up bouncing and recycle bin
Fix: Proxy settings are remembered
Fix: Piracy checks are not performed for valid keys
13th June, 2010, bug fixes release

Version 6.53

Released 15th September 2009

Imports passwords from users email client to enable easy setup
Attempts to turn off automatic checking in mail client which is a requirement anyway to use MailWasher properly
Minor bug fixes

Version 6.51

Released 26 June 2009

Bug fixes

mapi32 error is handled
VCL scale by error fixed for large fonts users
More list index out of bounds problems fixed
Assertions fixed
Uninstall asks if you want to keep your user data
Improvement: MW doesn't switch learning on until learning files are 30kb in size (meaning at least 30 emails have been trained). Will help with MW to not give false positives when used first time.

Released 26 June 2009

Improvements

MW doesn't switch learning on until learning files are 30kb in size (meaning at least 30 emails have been trained). Will help with MW to not give false positives when used first time.

Version 6.5

Released 20 May 2009

New Features

New setup wizard imports email accounts from Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Incredimail, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail
New contacts importer imports contacts from Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Incredimail, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail
Setup Wizard now prompts for users' email program as not everyone has a default email program setup
Account setup now automatically adds in email settings for some ISP's
Uninstall asks if you want to keep your user data
Filter side bar preview slider implemented

Bug Fixes

Screens with resolution of 800 x 600 are now supported
List index out of bounds error is caught and fixed
'MailWasher is already running' message is fixed
Accounts selector drop down on Check mail button is fixed
'Out of Memory' error now fixed with regards to proxy servers

Version 6.4

Released 8 April 2009

New setup wizard to make it easier for importing and manually entering email accounts
New icon for Vista and Windows 7

Version 6.3 Re-released

Released 21 October 2008

Version 6.3

Released 8 October 2008

Fix for column sort problem
Fix for List Index Out of Bounds
Fix for Restore Email problem
Fix for links opening in non-default browser
Fix for non English character set display
Fix for Out of Memory error
Added Digital Certificate
Minor tweaks and other alterations

Version 6.2.3

Released 25 September 2008

Changes:

Fix for column sort problem
Fix for List Index Out of Bounds
Fix for Restore Email problem
Fix for links opening in non-default browser
Fix for non English character set display
Fix for Out of Memory error
Added Digital Certificate
Minor tweaks and other alterations

Version 6.2

Released 12 August 2008

Upgraded development environment
VCL ScaleBy Error fixed
Slight improvements to Check Mail Button presentation.
Fix for Action Column Position.
Fix Mail Grid blanking.
Fix for Sort By column
Windows Shut Down of MailWasher fix
Filters not retained fix
Fix for Register reminder
Fix Space Bar opens preview window
Fix Mail Grid Hint Text
Cryptic Error - AD3875-D
Recycle Bin not saving date changes fix
New Debug Implementation
Fix for multiple icons on desktop after upgrade
Fix for Systray Popup menu being blocked by Session Error dialog
Minor UI tweaks and improvements
Minor FA anonymisor changes
Help File Updated
Other minor bug fixes.

Version 6.1

Released 11 December 2007

Changes:

Fixes for large font displays
Fix for quick reply (Vista)
Fix for list 'index out of bounds' error
Help file updated
Minor UI tweaks
Other miscellaneous fixes

Version 6.0

Released 26 September 2007

Changes:

New Action column added
New FirstAlert algorithm
New Recycle Bin screen added
New Settings screen added
New animated introduction added
New web based Help file added
Improvements made to spam reporting behaviour
Improvements made to IMAP parsing
Fixes for Vista compatibility
Fixes for mail grid selection and display
Fixes for Statistics display and calculation
Fix for Windows Mail compatibility
Fix for servers sending blank UIDL
Fix for RBLs overriding Friends and Legitimate Filters
Fix for dual monitor start-up position
Fix for index out of bounds problem
Fix for restored email looping
Misc other tweaks and fixes

Version 5.3

Released 23rd May 2006

Changes:

Removed Blue Frog reporting system

Version 5.2

Released 31st March 2006

Changes:

Added BlueFrog reporting system
Fix for incorrect font display
Added support for message retrieval via RETR
Changes to statistics chart sorting
Fix for dual monitor setup
Allows from address setup in outgoing mail without enabling bouncing
Improved error reporting
New help file packaged
Fix for date sorting for non English email
Secondary sorting added to Message Log
Improvements to 20 digit registration system
Fix for freeze when clearing statistics
Improved sorting for mail grid
Improved Learning for new users
Numerous other miscellaneous fixes

Version 5.0

Released 6th May 2005

Important Changes:

New bayesian filtering engine
Added new autotuning option for bayesian filtering
New Statistics and sorting system
Unicode Support for forms and emails
RBL checking on by default for new users
Changed data directory for training files. Training files are now stored in ...Application DataMailWasherProTraining
Added support for FirstAlert accounts expiring
Add SMTP error handling for the Unified SMTP Server
Add 24hr time format to date columns if locale time is in 24hr.
Added GMail-login error support
Date columns sort in locales that use numbers instead of month names
Internal regex now unicode
Added virius count to the Summary email.
End & Home keys now scroll the grid to the correct location.
Message log now records filter description, rather than filter name.
SpamCop Old notification changed from 3 days to 2
New help file packaged
New default filters
MailWasher now advises user when their Hotmail account requires upgrading
Fix for bug in auto account importing that occured on first check
Fix status column sort.
Eliminate trash processing dialog.
Fixed bug in Windows Address Book handling
Fix for IMAP disconnect issues on delete
Fixed importing of SSL settings
Many other misc changes and fixes

Version 4.1.9

Released 29th September 2004

Important Changes:

J877.2 errors fixed
Added a new Automated Setup system
Added new icons
Esc now exits About screen
Fix for race condition in Hotmail threads
Added 123 Hint Screen on startup
Windows Shutdown should no longer cause errors if MailWasher has a session running
Caption changes to Origin of Spam Tools context help
References to Bayesian replaced with Learning in the statistics
Session errorlog is now cleared _after_ SessionEnd event. Should restore better handling of some session errors
POP retrieval changed so if TOP fails but has worked before, RETR is only tried for the email TOP failed on
Made a fix for incorrect status shown when toggling the display of hidden messages

Version 4.1.7.6

Released 3rd August 2004

Important Changes:

Fix for blue screen errors experienced by some Win 98 and ME users.
Fix for column order reset problem.
Caption fix for write only blacklist files.

Version 4.1.7.5

Released 30th July 2004

Important Changes:

Added new help file.
Switch icon in preview pane now looks like a switch.
Mailgrid sped up (The first batch of many improvements to the mail grid).
Tooltips on small-size and caption-less buttons.
Recycle-bin 'prep'ing has been threaded to speed up boot time and to use the CPU more efficiently.
Button bar overhauled to be large-font friendly, and have more accurate layout.
Users can once again use ringin.wav as a MailWasher Pro new mail sound.
The New mail icon now blinks even when MailWasher Pro is not in the system tray if user has specified Blink icon when new mail arrives.
Windows theming changes.

Miscellaneous:

Problems caused by the Cubic Circle POP3 server have been worked-around.
Font size bug in filters fixed.
Sorting by the delete column is now possible.
D627 errors fixed.
Wildcard email address format checking didn't allow wildcards with % in them. Now fixed.
MailWasher Pro had stopped maximising itself when the user tries to run it again when it's already in the system tray. Problem corrected.
Hotmail issues resolved and fix for connection being dropped on hotmail newsletters is now enabled.
Cryptic Error P183 fixed.
Deleted 0 of 1 bug fixed.
Lots of minor bugfixes

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