Download SpamSieve 2.6.2

SpamSieve is an application for the Mac OS X platform that allows you to filter the spam from your email messages. It uses Bayesian filtering techniques and integrates smoothly with various email programs such as Apple Mail, Emailer, Entourage, Eudora, GyazMail, Mailsmith, PowerMail and Mozilla Thunderbird. The developers have released version 2.6.2 with the following changes:

Version 2.6.2:

• Made changes to prevent a crash on Mac OS X 10.4.9 when quitting in response to a mail program quitting.
• Slight changes for better accuracy.
• Fixed regression where the Import Addresses… command didn’t always work for text files in the default encoding.
• Blocklist and whitelist rules that use Body (any text part) can now match text from the headers of bounced messages (which e-mail clients often display as part of the message body).
• The Software Update feature now checks whether the updated version can run on your installed version of Mac OS X.
• Better logging of messages that don’t have a sender.
• Fixed a threading bug.
• Made an optimization to the Apple Mail plug-in.
• Adjusted the setup instructions for Apple Mail to avoid problem with the Previous Recipients list.
• Modernized the crash reporter code.
• Updated the French and German localizations.

Version 2.6.1:

• Fixed regression where SpamSieve wouldn’t launch if you had a large number of Mac OS 9 sound files.
• Fixed bug where Thunderbird messages that were manually marked as junk weren’t moved to the junk folder. If you are using Thunderbird, first update to SpamSieve 2.6.1, then choose Install Thunderbird Plug-In from the SpamSieve menu to update the plug-in.
• Made change prevent crash on Mac OS X 10.4.9 when quitting in response to a mail program quitting.

Version 2.6:

• SpamSieve now works with Mozilla Thunderbird.
• Improved detection of image spams and phishing messages.
• Made various message analysis improvements to increase the accuracy of the Bayesian filter.
• AppleScripting the whitelist and blocklist is much more efficient for scripts that access a lot of rules.
• Improved compatibility with pre-release versions of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
• When installing a plug-in for a mail program, SpamSieve now opens the relevant page of the Apple Help to help you complete the installation.
• The alert when SpamSieve has auto-updated its Apple Mail plug-in is now non-modal, so it doesn’t interfere with spam filtering.
• The Software Update checker now works behind an HTTP proxy, and the auto-updater is now compatible with FileVault.
• Can now import addresses from the incorrectly encoded .vcf files that are generated by recent versions of Address Book.
• Growl notifications are now enabled by default.
• The Apple Mail plug-in is more robust.
• Fixed some small memory leaks.
• Made some performance optimizations to the message tokenizer.
• SpamSieve is more robust when processing incomplete messages.
• The Entourage “Train Good” command now moves messages out of the Uncertain Spam folder.
• The Apple Mail “Train as Good” command now moves messages out of zSpam mailboxes.
• Updated to PCRE 7.0.