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AntispamSniper for Outlook Express Changelog

What's new in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.6.8

Aug 18, 2012
  • Fixed errors on startup with the latest versions of Outlook.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.6.5 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • The plug-in filters IMAP accounts faster.
  • It is possible to restore a message classified by full content from filtering log, by dragging it from log window to a folder in email client or to any other application. The button 'Undelete' allows saving a stored message to a file. The undeleted messages with status "Classified as Spam by header" are downloaded to email client during checking new mail.
  • Fixed issues with mail servers having multi-domain SSL certificates.
  • URIBL service black.uribl.com is removed due to it's bad performance.
  • Internal bugfixes and optimization.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.3.7 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • The plug-in assigns display name #untrusted# to the whitelist entries, used in From field of the messages marked as spam. The subsequent messages from such addresses are classified with a full set of antispam method.
  • Improved the stability of filtering IMAP accounts and message headers via POP3.
  • Minor changes in UI.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.2.7 (Jan 13, 2010)

  • Several fixes for compatibility with some models of processors.
  • Auto-training on outgoing mail works for unprotected SMTP connections using any port.
  • The minimum message size in settings is incremented automatically if necessary, during training on spam.
  • The IMAP folder names in Unicode are decoded properly during checking the list of IMAP exceptions.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.2.1 (Nov 1, 2009)

  • The trainable classifier extracts more information from the text of mail messages.
  • Fixed a deadlock on sending the messages during downloading new mail, when auto-training on outgoing mail is turned on.
  • Anti-phishing rules are updated.
  • The parameters of URIBL and SpamNet filters are updated for better spam classification.
  • Fixed a problem with the recognition of forged sender addresses.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.1.5 (Sep 25, 2009)

  • The extensions of attachments from messages marked as spam are deleted from the list of exceptions automatically.
  • Fixed a character set in the window for editing sender address.
  • Fixed an issue in the algorithm for detecting forged sender addresses.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.1.1 (Jul 6, 2009)

  • It is possible to re-filter the unread messages in current folder, by clicking Classify button on the toolbar when Ctrl key is pressed.
  • Minor UI updates and internal optimization.
  • Fixed the delays occurred when the plug-in was trained during downloading new mail.
  • Added German translation.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.0.6 (Apr 29, 2009)

  • It is possible to use wildcards ('*' masking any number of other symbols) in the list of IMAP exceptions.
  • The new version can filter IMAP accounts with CRAM-MD5 authentication.
  • The plug-in classifies large text messages faster.
  • In some cases the installer was unable to detect OS version correctly (32-bit or 64-bit).
  • Minor bugfixes.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.2.0.1 (Feb 19, 2009)

  • The additional internal whitelist of senders is added for preventing false positives. The plug-in updates this list automatically. It adds to new whitelist the senders of several messages, classified with low spam ratio. The senders of messages marked as spam are removed from the list permanently. The Reason field for the messages classified as non-spam by internal whitelist has a prefix [auto] in Filtering log.
  • The automatic internal lists of exceptions for DNSBL and URIBL contain network subnets and domains from the messages marked as non-spam. The plug-in ignores them during classifying new mail.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 3.1.0.3 (Dec 4, 2008)

  • Versions for x86 and x64 platforms are merged in one installer
  • The plugin exports the filtering log to text files using UTF8 encoding
  • Minor internal bugfixes and optimization

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.8.1.1 (Apr 11, 2008)

  • Fixed the incompatibility with AdMuncher and the latest versions of antiviruses: NOD32, McAfee, Panda.
  • The following methods are improved: filtering spam by the presence of linked images, antiphishing filter.
  • In certain cases the odd messages are leaved in Deleted Items folder.
  • Internal bugfixes and optimization.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.7.1.8 (Dec 3, 2007)

  • Fixed the incompatibility with Windows XP x64 sp2
  • Fixed hang-ups during marking a message as spam or ham.
  • Minor internal bugfixes.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.7.1.5 (Nov 7, 2007)

  • The speed of classifying messages is improved.
  • The Status column values in Filtering Log are sorted by the numerical value of spam ratio.
  • The plug-in assigns the name "#untrusted#" for the mailing list identifier (List-Id) in Friends list after marking as spam a message with the same List-Id. The messages from untrusted mailing lists are classified using the full set of antispam methods.
  • The plug-in didn't check the rule names for duplicates during importing rules from xml.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.7.1.1 (Oct 20, 2007)

  • The plug-in uses List-Id header value instead of From during classifying the mailing list messages. The email addresses are not extracted from the body of mailing list messages, and List-Id field value is used for updating white and black lists of email addresses.
  • The switching to testing mode works faster.
  • The white rules were not used if a message was recognized as spam by anti-phishing filter or by attachment rules.
  • Some messages with attachments became corrupted after filtering.
  • The file size limit was not used during filtering the attachments.
  • The email client crashed on closing it from menu.
  • A button for emptying Junk folder is added on General tab of the plug-in settings.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.6.1.5 (Oct 8, 2007)

  • Removed: The errors occurred on automatic creation of a spam folder for some restricted IMAP accounts.
  • Removed: The delays during classifying small messages via IMAP are eliminated.
  • Removed: The odd spaces were added sometimes to large message subjects during classifying the messages.
  • The plug-in prevents creating new accounts after changing IP address of the listed domain.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.6.0.9 (Aug 28, 2007)

  • Periodical auto-save is added for the Filtering Log.
  • The compatibility issues with Panda, DrWeb and other programs filtering mail connections are eliminated.
  • The filtering by headers worked improperly with disabled flag "Store the copies of messages deleted by headers on the server, for allowing undeleting the false positives".
  • The plug-in adds "Received: for " to the message headers automatically for non-SSL POP3 accounts, where mailbox@domain - is the mailbox address from POP3 account settings in plug-in.
  • Minor internal optimization and bugfixes.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.6.0.7 (Aug 13, 2007)

  • 64-bit version is available.
  • The messages containing large HTML body with many hyperlinks are filtered faster.
  • False positives are eliminated for the rules containing conditions with negation flag.
  • Unexpected breaks of connections during filtering headers are handled more correctly.
  • "Send and receive messages on startup" flag is disabled automatically to prevent downloading mail before the plug-in's initialization.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.6.0.5 (Aug 10, 2007)

  • The filtering worked slowly when the whitelist contains items with several subsequent symbols '*'. The new version removes the odd symbols '*' automatically.
  • The option "Execute DNSBL checks for headers only" is removed from DNSBL dialog. The new version allows blocking spam by IP address during checking headers only.
  • Aborting checking headers may lead to loosing the stored spam, previously marked as deleted by headers.
  • The plug-in classifies the downloaded messages in background with low priority to avoid freezing the email client during this process.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.6.0.1 (Jul 28, 2007)

  • The rule conditions for message headers are now applied to attachment headers too.
  • The subsystem for blocking spam by the checksum of attachments now works for the message text/html body too.
  • The messages, which contain recipient email address in sender email address, are not recognized as non-spam by the whitelist and classified using full message contents.
  • The updated classification algorithm is less sensitive to training mistakes.
  • The better protection from unexpected shutdowns is implemented for the configuration files.
  • Minor UI bugs fixed.
  • The name of attachment is displayed in filtering log for the messages blocked by attachment checksum.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.5.0.3 (Jun 26, 2007)

  • The email client displayed the error message "ERR" during checking POP3 accounts on some servers.
  • The manual is updated.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.5.0.2 (May 28, 2007)

  • The trainable classification algorithm is improved. New filter learns faster and able to separate spam from good messages with better confidence.
  • The plug-in was unable to filter IMAP for some email servers.

New in AntispamSniper for Outlook Express 2.0.1.2 (May 16, 2007)

  • [*] The plug-in shows �Checking headers� window only for long operations when checking accounts automatically.
  • [*] DNSBL checking works faster when downloading many messages.
  • [-] The letter case was changed in conditions on importing rules from XML.
  • [ ] It is possible to change the size of many configuration windows. The plug-in saves the position of these windows and the widths of columns in lists.
  • [-] Several minor bugs are fixed in classifier.