Software Update: MailWasher Pro 6.5

The developers at Firetrust released version 6.5 of MailWasher Pro a few days ago. This is an anti-spam program that allows you to filter spam from pop3, imap or web mailboxes such as AOL, Gmail and Hotmail. It uses white- and blacklists, heuristic virus scanning and de FirstAlert! spam database. The list of changes for the current 6.x branch looks like this:

Version 6.5:

New Features

• New setup wizard imports email accounts from Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Incredimail, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail
• New contacts importer imports contacts from Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Incredimail, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail
• Setup Wizard now prompts for users’ email program as not everyone has a default email program setup
• Account setup now automatically adds in email settings for some ISP’s
• Uninstall asks if you want to keep your user data
• Filter side bar preview slider implemented

Bug fixes

• Screens with resolution of 800 x 600 are now supported
• List index out of bounds error is caught and fixed
• ‘MailWasher is already running’ message is fixed.
• Accounts selector drop down on Check mail button is fixed
• ‘Out of Memory’ error now fixed with regards to proxy servers

Version 6.4:

• New setup wizard to make it easier for importing and manually entering email accounts
• New icon for Vista and Windows 7

Version 6.3 Re-released:

• Fix for foreign character sets not displaying properly

Version 6.3:

• Fix for column sort problem
• Fix for List Index Out of Bounds
• Fix for Restore Email problem
• Fix for links opening in non-default browser
• Fix for non English character set display
• Fix for Out of Memory error
• Added Digital Certificate
• Minor tweaks and other alterations

Version 6.2:

• Upgraded development environment
• VCL ScaleBy Error fixed
• Slight improvements to Check Mail Button presentation.
• Fix for Action Column Position.
• Fix Mail Grid blanking.
• Fix for Sort By column
• Windows Shut Down or MailWasher fix
• Filters not retained fix
• Fix for Register reminder
• Fix Space Bar opens preview window
• Fix Mail Grid Hint Text
• Cryptic Error – AD3875-D
• Recycle Bin not saving date changes fix
• New Debug Implementation
• Fix for multiple icons on desktop after upgrade
• Fix for Systray Popup menu being blocked by Session Error dialog
• Minor UI tweaks and improvements
• Minor FA anonymizer changes
• Help File Updated
• Other minor bug fixes.

Version 6.1:

• Fixes for large font displays
• Fix for quick reply (Vista)
• Fix for list ‘index out of bounds’ error
• Help file updated
• Minor UI tweaks
• Other miscellaneous fixes

Version 6.0:

• New Action column added
• New FirstAlert algorithm
• New Recycle Bin screen added
• New Settings screen added
• New animated introduction added
• New web based Help file added
• Improvements made to spam reporting behaviour
• Improvements made to IMAP parsing
• Fixes for Vista compatibility
• Fixes for mail grid selection and display
• Fixes for Statistics display and calculation
• Fix for Windows Mail compatibility
• Fix for servers sending blank UIDL
• Fix for RBLs overriding Friends and Legitimate Filters
• Fix for dual monitor start-up position
• Fix for index out of bounds problem
• Fix for restored email looping
• Misc other tweaks and fixes