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| - | Please not that POPFile 1.0.1 has not yet been released. | ||
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| - | Prepared for Release Candidate RC0 (just testing the build process!) | ||
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| Welcome to POPFile v1.0.1 | Welcome to POPFile v1.0.1 | ||
| - | POPFile is an email classification tool with a Naive Bayes classifier, | + | POPFile is an email classification tool with a Naive Bayes classifier, POP3, SMTP, NNTP proxies and IMAP filter and a web interface. It runs on most platforms and with most email clients. |
| - | POP3, SMTP, NNTP proxies and IMAP filter and a web interface. It runs | + | |
| - | on most platforms and with most email clients. | + | |
| - | This version is a bug fix and minor feature release. | + | This version is a bug fix and minor feature release. |
| - | first release to have been built by Brian Smith :-) | + | |
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| 1. Bug fixes | 1. Bug fixes | ||
| - | When POPFile starts up it no longer complains about a missing IMAP | + | When POPFile starts up it no longer complains about a missing IMAP file if IMAP has not been installed. |
| - | file if IMAP has not been installed. | + | |
| - | Fixed some bugs in the IMAP module. | + | Fixed a bug in the IMAP module |
| - | Fixed a bug that causes segmentation faults when displaying messages | + | Fixed a bug that causes segmentation faults when displaying messages which have very long To, Cc or From headers in the POPFile UI. |
| - | which have very long To, Cc or From headers in the POPFile UI. | + | |
| Fixed a bug that causes a few warnings during the corpus upgrade process. | Fixed a bug that causes a few warnings during the corpus upgrade process. | ||
| - | Add code to check for unexpected NULL characters in email messages | + | Add code to check for unexpected NULL characters in email messages (to avoid SQLite problems). |
| - | (to avoid SQLite problems). | + | |
| 2. POPFile improvements | 2. POPFile improvements | ||
| - | POPFile' | + | POPFile' |
| - | name does not include any spaces. | + | |
| - | The simplified and traditional Chinese language translations have been | + | The simplified and traditional Chinese language translations have been updated. |
| - | updated. | + | |
| - | POPFile' | + | POPFile' |
| - | and shuts down. This makes it easier to read the log file. | + | |
| - | The startup messages in the log file have been made easier to read | + | The startup messages in the log file have been made easier to read by splitting the long entries into shorter lines. |
| - | by splitting the long entries into shorter lines. | + | |
| + | The IMAP module now issues a log message when it fails to connect to the server. | ||
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| + | Deletion of messages from the message history has been made faster. | ||
| 3. Installer improvements | 3. Installer improvements | ||
| - | When upgrading an existing installation the installer now recommends | + | When upgrading an existing installation the installer now recommends upgrading the existing SSL support files. |
| - | upgrading the existing SSL support files. | + | |
| + | The installer and all of the NSIS-based programs have been built using the latest NSIS compiler and newer versions of the plugins used to download files from the internet. These NSIS-related improvements should reduce the number of false alarms from various anti-virus packages. | ||
| - | The installer and all of the NSIS-based programs have been built | + | The latest |
| - | using the latest | + | |
| - | downloading module. This should reduce the number of false alarms | + | |
| - | from various anti-virus packages. | + | |
| 4. UI improvements | 4. UI improvements | ||
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| - | 5. Other improvements | + | 5. Other changes |
| - | ??? | + | The (outdated) manual is no longer included in the download. All documentation for POPFile is online and can be found at http:// |
| WHERE TO DOWNLOAD | WHERE TO DOWNLOAD | ||
| - | http:// | + | http:// |
| GETTING STARTED WITH POPFILE | GETTING STARTED WITH POPFILE | ||
| - | An introduction to installing and using POPFile can be found in the | + | An introduction to installing and using POPFile can be found in the QuickStart guide: |
| - | QuickStart guide: | + | |
| - | http:// | + | http:// |
| SSL SUPPORT IN WINDOWS | SSL SUPPORT IN WINDOWS | ||
| - | SSL Support is offered as one of the optional components by the | + | SSL Support is offered as one of the optional components by the installer. If the SSL Support option is selected the installer will download the necessary files during installation. |
| - | installer. If the SSL Support option is selected the installer will | + | |
| - | download the necessary files during installation. | + | |
| - | If SSL support is not selected when installing (or upgrading) POPFile | + | If SSL support is not selected when installing (or upgrading) POPFile or if the installer was unable to download all of the SSL files then POPFile' |
| - | or if the installer was unable to download all of the SSL files then | + | |
| - | POPFile' | + | |
| - | to an existing installation. | + | |
| I AM USING THE CROSS PLATFORM VERSION | I AM USING THE CROSS PLATFORM VERSION | ||
| - | POPFile requires a number of Perl modules that are available from | + | POPFile requires a number of Perl modules that are available from CPAN. You will need: |
| - | CPAN. You will need: | + | |
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| - | You can install all the required POPFile modules by getting the | + | You can install all the required POPFile modules by getting the Bundle:: |
| - | Bundle:: | + | |
| Please refer to the installation instructions on the POPFile wiki: | Please refer to the installation instructions on the POPFile wiki: | ||
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| - | Japanese users may need to install some extra programs and Perl | + | Japanese users may need to install some extra programs and Perl modules, depending upon which Nihongo parser (wakachi-gaki program) they wish to use. For more information about how to install them, see the POPFile wiki: |
| - | modules, depending upon which Nihongo parser (wakachi-gaki program) | + | |
| - | they wish to use. For more information about how to install them, see | + | |
| - | the POPFile wiki: | + | |
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| CROSS PLATFORM VERSION KNOWN ISSUES | CROSS PLATFORM VERSION KNOWN ISSUES | ||
| - | The current version of SQLite (v3.x) is not compatible with POPFile. | + | The current version of SQLite (v3.x) is not compatible with POPFile. You must use DBD:SQLite2 to access the database. |
| - | You must use DBD:SQLite2 to access the database. | + | |
| - | Users of SSL on non-Windows platforms should NOT use IO:: | + | Users of SSL on non-Windows platforms should NOT use IO:: |
| - | v0.97 or v0.99. | + | |
| - | is the most recent release of IO:: | + | |
| WINDOWS KNOWN ISSUES | WINDOWS KNOWN ISSUES | ||
| - | 1. THE TRAYICON ON WINDOWS CAN CAUSE POPFILE TO FREEZE. | + | 1. THE TRAYICON ON WINDOWS CAN CAUSE POPFILE TO FREEZE. |
| - | setups, if you attempt to view the trayicon' | + | With certain setups, if you attempt to view the trayicon' |
| - | cursor over it while checking or downloading mail POPFile may freeze. | + | |
| - | The exact cause is still unknown but it may be related to some video | + | |
| - | drivers. If this problem affects you turn off the trayicon. | + | |
| - | Due to this issue, we suggest users of the IMAP module disable the | + | Due to this issue, we suggest users of the IMAP module disable the trayicon since a freeze may go unnoticed more easily than when using a mail client to make POP3 connections. |
| - | trayicon since a freeze may go unnoticed more easily than when using | + | |
| - | a mail client to make POP3 connections. | + | |
| 2. ON WINDOWS I WANT TO CHECK MULTIPLE EMAIL ACCOUNTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. | 2. ON WINDOWS I WANT TO CHECK MULTIPLE EMAIL ACCOUNTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. | ||
| - | Because the time taken to start a new process on Windows is long under | + | Because the time taken to start a new process on Windows is long under Perl there is an optimization for Windows that is present by default: when a new connection is made between your email program and POPFile, POPFile handles it in the ' |
| - | Perl there is an optimization for Windows that is present by default: | + | |
| - | when a new connection is made between your email program and POPFile, | + | |
| - | POPFile handles it in the ' | + | |
| - | happens fast and mail starts downloading very quickly, but is means | + | |
| - | that you can only downloaded | + | |
| - | to 6 other connections will be queued up and dealt with in the order | + | |
| - | they arrive) and the UI is unavailable while downloading email. | + | |
| - | You can turn this behavior off (and get simultaneous UI/email access | + | You can turn this behavior off (and get simultaneous UI/email access and as many email connections as you like) on the Configuration panel in the UI by making sure that "Allow concurrent POP3 connections:" |
| - | and as many email connections as you like) on the Configuration panel | + | |
| - | in the UI and making sure that "Allow concurrent POP3 connections:" | + | |
| - | Yes, or by specifying --set pop3_force_fork=1 on the command line. | + | |
| - | The default behaviour (no concurrent POP3 connections) can cause email | + | The default behaviour (no concurrent POP3 connections) can cause email clients to time out if several accounts are being checked (because POPFile only handles one account at a time it can take a while to process all of the accounts). |
| - | clients to time out if several accounts are being checked (because | + | |
| - | POPFile only handles one account at a time it can take a while to | + | |
| - | process all of the accounts). | + | |
| - | If SSL support is being used then the default setting (no concurrent | + | If SSL support is being used then the default setting (no concurrent POP3 connections) _MUST_ be used otherwise POPFile crashes. |
| - | POP3 connections) _MUST_ be used otherwise POPFile crashes. | + | |
| - | v0.22.0 RELEASE NOTES | + | v1.0.0 RELEASE NOTES |
| - | If you are upgrading from pre-v0.22.0 please read the v0.22.0 release | + | If you are upgrading from pre-v1.0.0 please read the v1.0.0 release notes for much more information: |
| - | notes for much more information: | + | |
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| DONATIONS | DONATIONS | ||
| - | Thank you to everyone who has clicked the Donate! button and donated | + | Thank you to everyone who has clicked the Donate! button and donated their hard earned cash to me in support of POPFile. Thank you also to the people who have contributed their time through patches, feature requests, bug reports, user support and translations. |
| - | their hard earned cash to me in support of POPFile. Thank you also to | + | |
| - | the people who have contributed their time through patches, feature | + | |
| - | requests, bug reports, user support and translations. | + | |
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