Welcome to Spamcaster 1.0.4 For more information, updates, and technical support, visit our web site at http://www.outspring.com. - - - - - - This file contains: * Spamcaster * IMPORTANT WARNING * Backwards compatibility with previous versions of Spamcaster * Installation and Upgrading Instructions * What's New in 1.0.4 * Revisions * Support - - - - - - Spamcaster Spamcaster is a unique new spam-fighting utility that works in tandem with QuickMail Server. Spamcaster is a server-side spam stopper, which means all the spam caught by Spamcaster is halted at the server and does not reach the user's account. The administrator can manually create any number of IP addresses, domains, URLs or generic string filters to stop spam. The real benefit of Spamcaster comes with a subscription to the Outspring Spamcaster Subscription Service where administrators receive automatic updates of our powerful and reliable filter list. To purchase a subscription to this service, please visit our online store at http://www.outspring.com/catalog/ For more about Spamcaster, see http://www.outspring.com/spamcaster.html - - - - - - IMPORTANT WARNING Use caution when writing your own Blacklist.txt file. As with any customizable filter software, it is always possible to write rules that lead to false positives. - - - - - - Backwards compatibility with previous versions of Spamcaster Spamcaster 1.0.4 is backwards compatible with Spamcaster 1.0.1 but there have been improvements to Spamcaster 1.0.4 that will change how rule files are parsed. Please see the "What's New" section to see how these changes will affect you. - - - - - - Installation and Upgrading Instructions Note: Outspring strongly recommends upgrading QuickMail Server to version 3.5.3. However, it is possible to use Spamcaster 1.0.4 with older versions of QuickMail Server 3.5.x To install Spamcaster 1.0.4 with QuickMail Server 3.5.2 (and higher): 1) Quit QuickMail Server and Spamcaster 2) Locate the Spamcaster application and replace it with the new version. The Spamcaster application will be in the same folder as the QuickMail Server application. To install Spamcaster 1.0.4 with QuickMail Server 3.5.1: 1) Quit QuickMail Server and Spamcaster 2) Locate the QuickMail Server application and do a control+click on the application icon and select "Show Package Contents" 3) Navigate to the folder Contents:AuxiliaryExecutable 4) Replace the Spamcaster application with the new version. - - - - - - What's New in 1.0.4 * Fixed a crasher when processing domain rules * Improved performance when scanning messages with Outspring rules * Improved handling of messages that contain control characters * Fix an issue where emails with many URLs could crash Spamcaster * Improved handling of invalid rule actions * Improved detection of URLs in messages * Support for escaped characters in rule text * Support for incremental rule updates - - - - - - Revisions 1.0.3 * Fixed a false positive issue with [Parts] rules * URL rules are now properly unescaped when loaded from the user rule files * Improved handling of the Content-Type header * Improved handling of URLs with spaces * Improved handling of URLs that contained escaped separator characters 1.0.2 * Improved stability. * Fixed an issue where Spamcaster would quit on start on Mac OS X 10.2.8. * Fixed the issue where the "Outspring Rule List" email was not getting automatically parsed. * Improved detection of text strings and combo strings in message headers. * Fixed an issue where a whitelist rule was not overriding a blacklist rule. * Attachment names for [Parts] rules are now case insensitive. * Fixed an issue when an [IPs] rule might generate a false positive. * Better detection of URLs that contain the @ character. * Fixed an issue where a token (string or URL) are not correctly detected at the end a message. * Fixed a parsing issue with user defined [Part] rules. * String rules now apply to the subject (and other headers) of email messages. * Added a scrollbar to the log window. * Added keyboard navigation to the log window. * Fixed a Spamcaster.log corruption issue. * Improved error messages. * Improved Spamcaster.log messages. * Improved handling of tag ('<...>') rules. * Leading and trailing whitespace is now ignored on rules. * Improved memory usage. * Spamcaster is now installed as a stand-alone application. * The log file (Spamcaster.log) is now rolled into the "per date" Spam folder. 1.0.1 * Initial release as part of QuickMail Server 3.5.1 - - - - - - Support Outspring has provided a centralized place for you to get help if you have questions or problems with Spamphibian Gateway or Spamphibian Admin. 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