SpamAware ===================== Version 4.4.1 Everyone owning an email address knows these annoying mails you receive. The number of spam mails running around is continuously increasing so everyone has to spend more time on sorting out good mails from spam. Don't waste time on this let SpamAware do it for you! SpamAware is a Plugin for Ms-Outlook and Outlook Express. It uses SpamAssassin to score new incoming mails and decides based on the settings made in options what to do with the mail. It contacts through SpamAssassin several spam-server to be more efficient. The application is completely functional after installation and gets automatically active on new mails. It supports Black- and Whitelist filtering and is able to automatically add all your Outlook contacts and add recipients of mails you write to the Whitelist. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For using SpamAware with MS-Outlook you need at least Outlook 2000 on a Windows 98 system. For using SpamAware with MS-Outlook Express you need at least Windows XP. INSTALLATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Double-click on SpamAware-Setup.exe and follow the instructions on screen. It is possible to uninstall SpamAware via Control Panel/Software. After installing you will find a new button on the MS-Outlook button bar. COPYRIGHT & LICENSE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamAware is mailware, which means you can use SpamAware without charge and distribute the complete archive. If you decide to use it, you must send me an e-mail or a postcard. Please include the version number of your copy, where you found it and problems or errors if you had some. Copyright ©1996-2006 by Joachim Marder KNOWN PROBLEMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are currently no known problems. Please have a look at the FAQ which is part of the help file. CONTACT ~~~~~~~ JAM Software Joachim Marder Bruchhausenstr. 1 54290 Trier Germany E-Mail : SpamAware@jam-software.com WWW-Page: http://www.jam-software.com CHANGES ~~~~~~~ Changes to version 4.4.1: 25 Oct 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Outlook] - The toolbar position is now saved automatically - Moved "Save mail as EML file" to context menu - Added a context menu for Black/Whitelist and force scan. [Both] - The new SpamAssassin 3.1.7 was integrated - Added French and Norsk translation - BugFix: Character sets of some mails got corrupted - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. Changes to version 4.3: 10 Apr 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Outlook] - Multiple profiles are now supported - Does also work when Active-Sync is used [Outlook Express] - Multiple identities are now sopported - Mails moved to spam folder are no longer always marked as read - Bugfix: On uninstalling the complete startup registry key was deleted [Both] - The new SpamAssassin 3.1.0 was integrated - Improved speed of saving options - Improved speed of folder scanning - Added an new option to move mails to spamfolder instead of deleted item when adding them to blacklist Changes to version 4.2.2: 23 Dec 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Outlook] - BugFix: SpamAware caused an error when other programs accessed Outlook without creating it completely. - BugFix: "Read Receipt" popups raised during scanning these mails. [Outlook Express] - An error sometimes appeared during scan will no longer occur. [Both] - Now the mouse cursor changes to hourglass when SpamAware is busy. - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. [Knows Bugs] - When switching between identities of Outlook Express it exits on the second switch. Changes to version 4.2.1: 12 Dec 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Outlook] - BugFix: The error on Outlook start when some modules failed to load is now handled. - BugFix: That the SpamAware toolbar is empty, when sertain other plugins are installed will no longer occur. [Outlook Express] - BugFix: A error on some mails when training bayes will no longer appear. - The three scan modi are available again. [Both] - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. Changes to version 4.2: 27 Nov 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Outlook] - BugFix: Outlook 2000 stays no longer in memory after closing. - SpamAware does now a scan off all infolders when starting. This is useful when using an Exchange Server [Outlook Express] - BugFix: A endless scan on some systems will no longer occur. - BugFix: No longer errors when virus scan software interacts with SpamAware temporary files. [Both] - New: Option to add the spam score to subject - New: Option to use an installed virus scanner with SpamAware - Now SpamAware will not scan mails bigger than 256KB - Increased speed of scanning folders. - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. Changes to version 4.1: 10 Nov 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Outlook] - BugFix: Attachments of mails were not scanned - BugFix: The toolbar of SpamAware was not deinstalled - You can now save the position of the toolbar, it will be on the exact same position when you restart Outlook. - A button "Save mail(s) as EML file(s)" was added to the SpamAware menu which allows you to save the selected mails as TXT-file in MIME format. [Outlook Express] - BugFix: All processed mails were marked as read [Both] - BugFix: The selected custom spam-folder was not stored - You can now train the Bayes filter with spam and ham mails. (Options --> SpamAssassin --> Learn Spam/Ham) - From now on all mails you add the black/whitelist are also trained by the Bayes filter. - You can select which character sets and languages you accept in mails. (Options --> SpamAssassin --> Allowed character sets and languages) - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. Changes to version 4.0: 30 Aug 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - SpamAware now also works in Outlook Express. - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. Changes to version 3.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - SpamAware now is based on the new SpamAssassin 3.0.3. - Added: Option to use Bayes function of SpamAssassin. - Added: Option to use autolearn function of Bayes filter. - Added: Option to use only local tests. - Each user on PC uses his own preferences file with black and whitelists and options. - SpamAware Toolbar now remembers position in Outlook. - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. Changes to version 2.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Added: Buttons to add selection to black- or whitelist - Added: Support for words in good mails - Some minor bug fixes and improvements Changes to version 2.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Added: Import contacts from outlook to the whitelist. - Added: Automatically add recipients of outgoing mails to whitelist. - Added: Support for black- and whitelist - Added: Several scanmodi - Added: Option to scan the currently display folder. - Added: New option: Mark spam as read. - Some minor bug fixes and improvements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 1.0 beta1: Released on 01 Feb 2005