MAILWASHER ® PRO CHANGELOG

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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

Completely re-written from the ground up.
New user interface and new spam and mail engine
Many new features and enhancements

Version 6.54

Released 30th May 2010

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, 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
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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