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 ======  0.18.1 (Febuary 27, 2003) ====== ======  0.18.1 (Febuary 27, 2003) ======
- +<code> 
-<code>INTRODUCTION</code>+ INTRODUCTION
    
-<code>v0.18.0 was a major update and inevitably some bugs crept in that we didn't + v0.18.0 was a major update and inevitably some bugs crept in that we didn't 
-detect prior to shipping.  Happily they have been fixed, and even more  + detect prior to shipping.  Happily they have been fixed, and even more  
-happily the regression test suite now has tests for many of them so that  + happily the regression test suite now has tests for many of them so that  
-they will never reoccur.  v0.18.1 fixes these bugs (see THE GORY DETAILS  + they will never reoccur.  v0.18.1 fixes these bugs (see THE GORY DETAILS  
-below for the gory details) and also has two significant changes: the  + below for the gory details) and also has two significant changes: the  
-caching code associated with the History page has been totally rewritten + caching code associated with the History page has been totally rewritten 
-by me so that the History barely slows down as the number of messages in + by me so that the History barely slows down as the number of messages in 
-the History increases; the Windows installer can now configure Outlook + the History increases; the Windows installer can now configure Outlook 
-and Outlook Express Internet email accounts for you (and undo the changes + and Outlook Express Internet email accounts for you (and undo the changes 
-if you uninstall POPFile).</code>+ if you uninstall POPFile).
    
-<code>POPFile v0.18.1 is also the first version where the UI meets the Bobby AA + POPFile v0.18.1 is also the first version where the UI meets the Bobby AA 
-rating for accessibility.  This means that not only does POPFile not  + rating for accessibility.  This means that not only does POPFile not  
-discriminate against particular operating system, or natural languages, + discriminate against particular operating system, or natural languages, 
-or ways you want to sort your mail, but it is also accessible by everyone + or ways you want to sort your mail, but it is also accessible by everyone 
-regardless of the specific challenges they face.  (FOr more details on + regardless of the specific challenges they face.  (FOr more details on 
-this drop by http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/about.jsp)</code>+ this drop by http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/about.jsp)
    
-<code>Aside: If you are young, fit, and computer literate you might wonder why I  + Aside: If you are young, fit, and computer literate you might wonder why I  
-bothered to make Bobby-level accessibility a requirement. Early on in  + bothered to make Bobby-level accessibility a requirement. Early on in  
-POPFile's development a user told me that POPFile was a life changer. For  + POPFile's development a user told me that POPFile was a life changer. For  
-him, sorting mail had been an arduous, frustrating task.</code>+ him, sorting mail had been an arduous, frustrating task.
    
    
-<code>ESSENTIAL READING IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM v0.17.x</code>+ ESSENTIAL READING IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM v0.17.x
    
-<code>1. BACK UP YOUR OLD INSTALLATION: POPFile makes this really easy, just copy + 1. BACK UP YOUR OLD INSTALLATION: POPFile makes this really easy, just copy 
-   the entire POPFile directory somewhere.  You can then safely install +    the entire POPFile directory somewhere.  You can then safely install 
-   POPFile v0.18.1 on top of your current installation; I just think a back up +    POPFile v0.18.1 on top of your current installation; I just think a back up 
-   is a sensible precaution.</code>+    is a sensible precaution.
    
-<code>2. YOUR HISTORY WILL CLEAR: I have changed the format of the History files + 2. YOUR HISTORY WILL CLEAR: I have changed the format of the History files 
-   used in this version which means that the old History files will not be +    used in this version which means that the old History files will not be 
-   read by POPFile and will in fact be deleted to save disk space.  If you +    read by POPFile and will in fact be deleted to save disk space.  If you 
-   need to do any reclassifications prior to installing v0.18.1 do them! +    need to do any reclassifications prior to installing v0.18.1 do them! 
-   POPFile does NOT clear buckets, statistics or anything else on install of +    POPFile does NOT clear buckets, statistics or anything else on install of 
-   this version, just the History files.  To refresh the History view click +    this version, just the History files.  To refresh the History view click 
-   the History tab at any time; POPFile will check disk for new messages.</code>+    the History tab at any time; POPFile will check disk for new messages.
    
-<code>3. IF YOU HAD BROKEN MAGNETS: I have added automatic update of broken magnets. + 3. IF YOU HAD BROKEN MAGNETS: I have added automatic update of broken magnets. 
-   If you had a magnet like [foo] which POPFile mistakenly changed to \[foo\] +    If you had a magnet like [foo] which POPFile mistakenly changed to \[foo\] 
-   it should get magically fixed and start working.</code>+    it should get magically fixed and start working.
    
-<code>4. ACCURACY MIGHT DROP FOR A SHORT WHILE: because of some changes made in the + 4. ACCURACY MIGHT DROP FOR A SHORT WHILE: because of some changes made in the 
-   mail parser it is possible that you might see accuracy drop initially and +    mail parser it is possible that you might see accuracy drop initially and 
-   you may find yourself reclassifying a few messages that used to work.  This +    you may find yourself reclassifying a few messages that used to work.  This 
-   is unfortunate but necessary to make POPFile even more accurate than before +    is unfortunate but necessary to make POPFile even more accurate than before 
-   and v0.18.1 incorporates changes that make POPFile's classification +    and v0.18.1 incorporates changes that make POPFile's classification 
-   accuracy better; however old corpuses might need a little retraining.</code>+    accuracy better; however old corpuses might need a little retraining.
    
    
-<code>DOWNLOADING</code>+ DOWNLOADING
    
-<code>You can obtain the latest release of POPFile by visiting</code>+ You can obtain the latest release of POPFile by visiting
    
-<code>    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63137</code>+     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63137
    
    
-<code>UPGRADING</code>+ UPGRADING
    
-<code>Just install POPFile on top of the currently installed version.  But did you + Just install POPFile on top of the currently installed version.  But did you 
-read the ESSENTIAL READING above first if you are upgrading from a pre v0.18.0 + read the ESSENTIAL READING above first if you are upgrading from a pre v0.18.0 
-version?</code>+ version?
    
    
-<code>FAQ</code>+ FAQ
    
-<code>zonk3r has spent a great deal of time on a POPFile FAQ.  Please check it out + zonk3r has spent a great deal of time on a POPFile FAQ.  Please check it out 
-as it covers many questions that you might have:</code>+ as it covers many questions that you might have:
    
-<code>    http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=14421&group_id=63137</code>+     http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=14421&group_id=63137
    
    
-<code>THE GORY DETAILS</code>+ THE GORY DETAILS
    
-<code> 1. Fixed a serious bug that could cause POPFile to stop responding to POP3 +  1. Fixed a serious bug that could cause POPFile to stop responding to POP3 
-    and HTTP requests in the middle of downloading mail when the mail message +     and HTTP requests in the middle of downloading mail when the mail message 
-    containing a MIME encoding that used certain characters that were special +     containing a MIME encoding that used certain characters that were special 
-    in a Perl regular expression. (Reported by ecarlseen, gilesjuk, panther757, +     in a Perl regular expression. (Reported by ecarlseen, gilesjuk, panther757, 
-    szkaroly and fixed by sschinke) +     szkaroly and fixed by sschinke) 
-     +      
- 2. The skinning system continues to evole with kraelen, stanley_krute and +  2. The skinning system continues to evole with kraelen, stanley_krute and 
-    kinematics working madly to make everything skinnable, make everything +     kinematics working madly to make everything skinnable, make everything 
-    comply with HTML 4.01, CSS1 and Bobby AA guidelines. +     comply with HTML 4.01, CSS1 and Bobby AA guidelines. 
-     +      
- 3. The code that handled the History cache that was meant to speed the loading +  3. The code that handled the History cache that was meant to speed the loading 
-    of the History pages and that I originally wrote was pretty lame and  +     of the History pages and that I originally wrote was pretty lame and  
-    some people (including me!) were ending up with 1000 message in the history +     some people (including me!) were ending up with 1000 message in the history 
-    and the load time sucked.  So I fixed it.  The new cache will load ONCE and +     and the load time sucked.  So I fixed it.  The new cache will load ONCE and 
-    ONLY ONCE per file and caches everything in memory.  When new messages are +     ONLY ONCE per file and caches everything in memory.  When new messages are 
-    received they get loaded once per new message as well.  When a History  +     received they get loaded once per new message as well.  When a History  
-    page needs to be generated everything can be loaded from the cache without +     page needs to be generated everything can be loaded from the cache without 
-    doing any disk access which means that you should see little difference  +     doing any disk access which means that you should see little difference  
-    between 10 messages and 1000.</code>+     between 10 messages and 1000.
    
-<code> 4. To magnets would not work correctly if the To line in the email header +  4. To magnets would not work correctly if the To line in the email header 
-    contained multiple lines.  (Reported by drunin and fixed by kinematics)</code>+     contained multiple lines.  (Reported by drunin and fixed by kinematics)
    
-<code> 5. There was a nasty problem where sometimes the statistics would not update +  5. There was a nasty problem where sometimes the statistics would not update 
-    correctly which typically happened when you downloaded a large number of +     correctly which typically happened when you downloaded a large number of 
-    emails in one batch.  This was caused by the fact that we weren't flushing +     emails in one batch.  This was caused by the fact that we weren't flushing 
-    the pipe between the child POP3 process and the parent regularly, this has +     the pipe between the child POP3 process and the parent regularly, this has 
-    been modified so that this can never happen and statistics update in real  +     been modified so that this can never happen and statistics update in real  
-    time even as mail is downloading. (Reported by burale,  ct85711)</code>+     time even as mail is downloading. (Reported by burale,  ct85711)
    
-<code> 6. The Windows installer has been much improved with the assistance of  +  6. The Windows installer has been much improved with the assistance of  
-    xuesheng to make it reconfigure Outlook and Outlook Express for you and  +     xuesheng to make it reconfigure Outlook and Outlook Express for you and  
-    include a number of new screens. +     include a number of new screens. 
-     +      
- 7. Quarantine had a couple of bugs where it would show the incorrect date +  7. Quarantine had a couple of bugs where it would show the incorrect date 
-    (reported by thejcab) and the wrong to address (reported by dyoungmciwcom) +     (reported by thejcab) and the wrong to address (reported by dyoungmciwcom) 
-    under some circumtances. +     under some circumtances. 
-     +      
- 8. When the From or Subject was encoded using base64 or quoted printable  +  8. When the From or Subject was encoded using base64 or quoted printable  
-    weird things would show up in the History. (Reported by goulduck and fixed +     weird things would show up in the History. (Reported by goulduck and fixed 
-    by williamxp) +     by williamxp) 
-     +      
- 9. spf and I went back and forth discussing line endings in the files saved to +  9. spf and I went back and forth discussing line endings in the files saved to 
-    disk so that all the MSG and CLS files could be loaded into an editor on +     disk so that all the MSG and CLS files could be loaded into an editor on 
-    any platform without extraneous characters. +     any platform without extraneous characters. 
-     +      
-10. People who live on the Bleeding Edge were getting update warnings from  + 10. People who live on the Bleeding Edge were getting update warnings from  
-    POPFile even though they were on the latest version.  This has been fixed +     POPFile even though they were on the latest version.  This has been fixed 
-    on the update server. +     on the update server. 
-     +      
-11. Magnets containing the & character could not be deleted. (Reported by the + 11. Magnets containing the & character could not be deleted. (Reported by the 
-    infamous stanley_krute and fixed by helphand) +     infamous stanley_krute and fixed by helphand) 
-     +      
-12. There was a bug associateds with invisible ink detection that could cause + 12. There was a bug associateds with invisible ink detection that could cause 
-    POPFile's HTML engine to think invisible ink was in use when a font tag +     POPFile's HTML engine to think invisible ink was in use when a font tag 
-    spanned a table. (Reported by mfichtner) +     spanned a table. (Reported by mfichtner) 
-     +      
-13. If POPFile didn't exit gracefully then statistics were not being saved to + 13. If POPFile didn't exit gracefully then statistics were not being saved to 
-    disk and would not be up to date. (Reported by daemon72) +     disk and would not be up to date. (Reported by daemon72) 
-     +      
-14. The Shutdown page had no CSS because POPFile was shutdown, we now have a  + 14. The Shutdown page had no CSS because POPFile was shutdown, we now have a  
-    simple SSI solution just for the shutdown page. (Fix and report by  +     simple SSI solution just for the shutdown page. (Fix and report by  
-    helphand) +     helphand) 
-     +      
-15. There was a problem with Subject Line Modification where if it was turned + 15. There was a problem with Subject Line Modification where if it was turned 
-    off every subject line got an extra space in it. (Reported by and +     off every subject line got an extra space in it. (Reported by and 
-    fixed by helphand) +     fixed by helphand) 
-     +      
-16. There was a bug where you couldn't look up words that had # in them.  + 16. There was a bug where you couldn't look up words that had # in them.  
-    (Reported by adammc and fixed by helphand) +     (Reported by adammc and fixed by helphand) 
-     +      
-17. Viewing base64 encoded messages in the History resulted in little useful + 17. Viewing base64 encoded messages in the History resulted in little useful 
-    output. (Reported by biljir and fixed by pkarlin) +     output. (Reported by biljir and fixed by pkarlin) 
-     +      
-18. sschinke whipped up a new -archive option that causes message removed from + 18. sschinke whipped up a new -archive option that causes message removed from 
-    the History to get saved away on disk. +     the History to get saved away on disk. 
-     +      
-19. sschinke made POPFile behave better when a POP3 server suddenly stops  + 19. sschinke made POPFile behave better when a POP3 server suddenly stops  
-    responding in the middle of a conversation. +     responding in the middle of a conversation. 
-    </code>+     
    
-<code>DONATIONS</code>+ DONATIONS
    
-<code>Thank you to everyone who has clicked the Donate! button and donated their + 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 + hard earned cash to me in support of POPFile.  Thank you also to the people 
-who have contributed patches, feature requests and bug reports and big thanks + who have contributed patches, feature requests and bug reports and big thanks 
-to the two POPFile team members Stan and Sam for their continued efforts.</code>+ to the two POPFile team members Stan and Sam for their continued efforts.
    
-<code>Keep the ideas and bug reports coming.</code>+ Keep the ideas and bug reports coming.
    
-<code>John.</code> + John. 
 +</code>
 
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