I’ve just uploaded Cactus Spam Filter 3.00 after two months of beta testing. Most issues during beta has been fixed in this version, however some rare - unreproducible are still in there. But overall this version is much more stable than 2.xx versions.

Some of the new stuff in 3.00:

• Windows Vista compatible
• Much less resource intense (in terms of memory and cpu)
• Stability - I’ve tried to fix all e-mail client hangups
• Ability to export training data for backup
• Better error information
• The training arena shows the latest messages
• Lots of bugfixes

I’ve had reports that Cactus Spam Filter didn’t work properly with ThreatFire or Avira (Anti Virus programs). I have found the bug and corrected it. Many thanks to Mary, Peter and Jim for reporting this bug and helping me find it.

The new version can be downloaded here: Download Cactus Spam Filter 3.00 beta 3

Quickly after releasing the initial version of beta 1 I got feedback from users (thanks to Mike, John and Ligia) revealing problems on Windows platforms other than Vista. I was able to reproduce the problem and fix it.

Download Cactus Spam Filter 3.00 beta 2

I’ve been working hard on fixing bugs and problems with Cactus Spam Filter and here is the almost finished result. I need your help and feedback to perfect it!!

Some of the new stuff in 3.00:

• Windows Vista compatible
• Much less resource intense (in terms of memory and cpu)
• Stability - I’ve tried to fix all e-mail client hangups
• Ability to export training data for backup
• Better error information
• The training arena shows the latest messages
• Lots of bugfixes

Download Cactus Spam Filter 3.00 beta 1 and let me know how it works!

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