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  • SpamSieve Updated to 2.8.2

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    Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.8.2. The new version, a 5.9 megabyte download, makes the following fixes and improvements:

    Improved compatibility with pre-release versions of Mac OS X.
    – Added Dutch, Italian, and Swedish localizations.
    – Made various code improvements and modernizations.
    – SpamSieve is better able to recover from certain types of damaged corpus files.
    – Updated the Setting up Eudora section of the manual.
    – Improved the layout of the Software Update window.
    – Adjusted the packaging of the disk image and the installation instructions.
    – Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when parsing messages with an invalid Date header.
    – Fixed a regression where SpamSieve would sometimes bring up an alert sheet to report that you already had the latest version.
    – Fixed a crash in the software updater.

    SpamSieve is available for a US$30 registration fee and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to run. The new version can either be downloaded directly from the web site or brought up to the current version via the program’s built-in update feature.

  • SpamSieve Updated to 2.7.7

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    Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.7.7. The new version, a 5.9 megabyte download, makes the following fixes and improvements:

    – Improved compatibility with pre-release versions of Mac OS X.
    – Made some changes to improve SpamSieve’s filtering accuracy.
    – Fixed a bug where the “Train as Good” command in Apple Mail didn’t move Exchange messages back to the inbox.
    – Encoded HTML mail is spam is now off by default, to reduce the number of false positives.
    – Modernized the code.
    – Updated the Vietnamese localization.
    – Updated the Apple Mail script for discarding spam.

    SpamSieve is available for a US$30 registration fee and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to run. The new version can either be downloaded directly from the web site or brought up to the current version via the program’s built-in update feature.

  • SpamSieve Updated to 2.7.6

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    Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.7.6. The new version, a 5.9 megabyte download, makes the following fixes and improvements:

    * Improved compatibility with pre-release versions of Mac OS X.
    * Expanded the Can I delete spam messages after training SpamSieve with them? section of the manual.
    * Fixed a bug in the Setting up a Spam Filtering Drone instructions.
    * Improved number entry in the corpus window.
    * Improved the reporting of unexpected errors.
    * Updated links to indicate that Mailsmith is now available from Stickshift Software.
    * Added a Console warning if the Apple Mail plug-in detects that CTLoader is installed.
    * The crash reporter works better with Mac OS X 10.6.
    * Fixed a mistake in the French localization.

    SpamSieve is available for a US$30 registration fee and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to run. The new version can either be downloaded directly from the web site or brought up to the current version via the program’s built-in update feature.

  • SpamSieve Updated to 2.7.5

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    Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.7.5. The new version, a 5.9 megabyte download, makes the following fixes and improvements:

    * Made various accuracy improvements.
    * Fixed a problem where Apple Mail (running on pre-release versions of Mac OS X 10.6) could freeze at launch if you had a rule involving address book groups.
    * Rewrote the Setting up a Spam Filtering Drone instructions.
    * Added Why does the Spam mailbox appear empty when there’s a number beside it? to the frequently asked questions.
    * Updated the Automatically Deleting Old Spam Messages instructions to include Entourage.
    * The search fields are now scrollable.
    * The Apple Mail plug-in is better at detecting when SpamSieve’s Dock icon is hidden.
    * Worked around a problem where Mail could crash if you had installed two copies of the SpamSieve plug-in at the same time.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause SpamSieve to freeze when applying a whitelist/blocklist rule involving certain regular expressions.
    * The crash reporter works better with pre-release versions of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
    * Fixed a bug that could prevent SpamSieve from launching.
    * Updated the Dutch, Japanese, and Korean localizations.

    SpamSieve is available for a US$30 registration fee and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to run. The new version can either be downloaded directly from the web site or brought up to the current version via the program’s built-in update feature.

  • SpamSieve Updated to 2.7.4

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    Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.7.4. The new version, a 5.8 megabyte download, makes the following fixes and improvements:

  • Improved compatibility with pre-release versions of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
  • SpamSieve is better able to recover from corpus files that were damaged due to disk errors.
  • Improved the Entourage installer’s error handling.
  • Improved the error reporting when saving the corpus.
  • Improved the troubleshooting instructions.
  • Fixed a problem where messages trained as good in Apple Mail could be moved into the inbox of a disabled account.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause harmless error messages to be logged to the Console when playing System 7 sound files.
  • The crash reporter now warns before sending a report without an e-mail address.
  • You can now press Enter to click the Send Report button in the crash reporter.

    • SpamSieve is available for a US$30 registration fee and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to run. The new version can either be downloaded directly from the web site or brought up to the current version via the program’s built-in update feature.

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