===================================== Delete Duplicates for Outlook Express and Windows Mail Version: 5.6 ------------------------------------- Copyright © 2006 by Brana Bujenovic All Rights Reserved ===================================== ======== Contents ======== * Intro * Installation Notes * System Requirements * What's New in This Release * Version History Legend * Version History * Feedback * Price & Registration * Disclaimer of Warranty * Release Date ===== Intro ===== Delete Duplicates for Outlook Express and Windows Mail is powerful tool for deleting duplicate mails for Microsoft Outlook Express/Windows Mail. Delete Duplicates for Outlook Express and Windows Mail maintains an ordered mailbox and message system by eliminating duplicate messages under a variety of conditions and according to a variety of user-selectable and configurable options. This will enable you to keep your mail in the kind of order that makes the most sense for the way you prefer to conduct your life, your profession, or your business. ================== Installation Notes ================== To install the program: 1. Download the installation program. 2. Exit running applications. 3. Click Win+E to open Windows Explorer. 4. Browse to the folder where you saved the installation program. 5. Select installation program file, InstallDDOE32.exe (for 32-bit Windows edition) or InstallDDOE64.exe (for 64-bit Windows edition). 6. Right-click and select "Run as administrator". 7. Follow installation wizard steps, and read the description for every step. (Click the Next button to go on to the next step, or click the Back button to return to the previous step.) 8. Specify a folder in which to install the program, then click "Next". 9. Installer will offer to place program shortcut on your desktop and Quick Launch bar. To uninstall the program: 1. Open the Control Panel and double-click "Add or Remove Programs" (XP) or "Programs and Features" (Vista/7/8). 2. Find and select "Delete Duplicates for Outlook Express and Windows Mail" entry on the list. 3. Hit "Remove" (XP), or "Uninstall" (Vista/7/8). =================== System Requirements =================== To use Delete Duplicate Outlook Express and Windows Mail you must have the following: • IBM PC or compatible. • Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 or Server 2003/2008/2012. • Microsoft Outlook Express 5/6 or Windows Mail. • Administrator privileges for installation and registration. Note: This program does not support Office Outlook or Windows Live Mail. ========================== What's New in This Release ========================== # This is a maintenance release. ====================== Version History Legend ====================== + --> New feature - --> Removed/obsolete feature * --> Bugfix # --> Improvement $ --> Tip =============== Version History =============== Version 5.5 ----------- # Collapsed Log pane is now re-sized dynamically with the main window. # Settings Overview pane now displays Exclusion options. + Expand/Size Down Filters pane [Ctrl+F]. + Results sorting keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+1/7. Version 5.4 ----------- Graphical Interface + Vertical Main Menu style. Main Menu button. + Balloon messages. #+ Larger menus. Some menu items now contain images. + High contrast on selected menu items. + Selected enabled menu-item hover effect. # Different check-marks on menus. # More DPI-related scaling. Filters + Toggle Highlight. # Multiple selection is supported now. + Selected Filters popup menu. + Keyboard shortcuts: Enter -> Edit first selected filter. Delete -> Remove selected filters. Alt+Up -> Move selected filters up the list. Alt+Down -> Move selected filters down the list. General Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl+Shift+I -> Display session info. Ctrl+T -> Open user settings. Version 5.3 ----------- Prioritized Mailboxes List # Multiple selection. + Mailboxes/Prioritize Checked. Auto-Stop/Next Mailbox # Auto-stop options can be used in conjunction with Display Results now. + Auto-move to next mailbox, when number of scanned messages, per mailbox, reaches _X_. + Auto-move to next mailbox, when number of duplicates, per mailbox, reaches _X_. Version 5.2 ----------- General # Graphical interface DPI-related scaling. $ Program usage on systems with custom DPI ratios (125%, 150%, 175% etc) should be as ergonomically pleasant now as on default 96 DPI (100%). + Main window "Always on Top" switch. + Check for updates on startup option. Results + Toolbar can be customized now. $ Tweaks/Results -> Toolbar tab. + Additional 15+ toolbar buttons. Version 5.1 ----------- # Unicode support. Version 4.9 ----------- General # Help menu item/button + Shift key will open corresponding Help topic in Internet Explorer. # Increased overall scanning speed. Overall memory consumption lowered for 12% on average. # External applications are launched from independent threads now. # Misc logging improvements. # Simple folder-selection dialog replaced with advanced f-s dialog. Results # Simple auto-highlight criteria upgraded to standard filters. + Match All auto-highlight filters switch. $ When off, at least one filter have to match. + Auto-Highlight Filters Preview Pane. Version 4.8 ----------- # Added workaround for Windows XP 64-bit Outlook Express, so it's supported now. # Added support for Outlook Express Identities. $ To scan mailfolders for particular identity start Outlook Express, log on to particular identity, then start the program. $ The above applies for all flavors of Outlook Express/Windows Mail except for Windows XP 64-bit Outlook Express. $ For the later case (Outlook Express that comes with XP x64), you have to declare particular identity as a default one, then close Outlook Express, start the program. Version 4.7 ----------- Graphical Interface ## Results-toolbar now contains text. Buttons scaled up to 40x40-125 pixels. Color palette is now 'True Color'. + Use system default background color switch. # Progress bar color now changes depending of current scanning method. # Generic message-dialogs replaced with customized Info-Box. #* Misc bugfixes and enhancements. Version 4.6 ----------- General # All text fields now display international/accented characters. # International/accented characters are now stored to/restored from text files, where applicable. # Log viewer is no longer limited to 29 248 characters. # Use Pre-Vista style file-selection dialog switch (Tweaks/Misc). Graphical Interface + Main background color is now painted internally. + Custom background color (Tweaks/Misc). # Toolbar buttons now contain text; scaled up to 92x92 pixels. + Toolbar can receive the focus now. View/Set Focus on Toolbar [F2]. Version 4.5 ----------- + Reset settings per category. * Addad missing "no action on stop" switches. # Active modal dialogs are now systematically closed on exit. + Results/Message preview pane. Version 4.4 ----------- Super Settings (Tweaks/Misc) + Now it's possible to use common settings (same for all users), when settings are stored in Windows Registry. + Configuration files are now stored in user folder, or common user folder. General + Resizable main window. + Additional toolbar buttons. + All pop-up menus can be triggered with "app" key now. + Filters pop-up menu. + Status-bar menu-item hints. + Show Extra Warnings switch (Tweaks/Misc). Version 4.3 ----------- Scanning & Comparison + "Compare only messages from the same thread" can be used now (in conjunction) with Standard and Light methods. + Full RFC headers can be compared in conjunction with Special and Light methods. + Attachments can compared in conjunction with Light method. + Originals Detection Rules can be compared with Special method. + Index values: Date - Sent/Received can be compared with Standard and Special methods. ## More efficient major comparison operations. * Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when attachments are compared by content. Misc + Action/Log/Edit. + Mailbox menu & mailbox properties dialog. + Mailbox Scanning History (available via mailbox properties). Settings + Settings can be stored in Windows Registry now. + Some interface elements re-arranged and simplified. + Configuration files can optionally be deleted during the uninstallation. Version 4.2 ----------- General + New scanning method: Spatula. + Tweaks/Action/Stop: Do not delete or move detected duplicates. + Tweaks/Action/Stop: Do not show Results window. * Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when dbx file with incomplete headers is scanned. # [64-bit edition] Updated Windows common controls specs. Graphical Interface + Action/Set Scanning Method menus. + Mailbox tree is now automatically updated after the scan. # [64-bit edition] Windows XP/Vista/7 themes are supported now. Version 4.1 ----------- General +++ 64-bit edition of the program! + Sequential Mailbox Access. * Fixed a bug that would cause a crash during the scan, due the invalid message RFC format. * Fixed a bug where original detection rule would be broken in some cases when the cross-mailbox comparison is used. # Updated Windows common controls (to the latest version as of this release). + Action/Close All Messages. Results * Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when the list cell contains more then 260 characters. Graphical Interface # Windows XP/Vista/7 themes are supported now. # Filters: Match All/Suspend menus. # Start-button becomes the Stop button during the scan. / Removed Stop-button. + Background button. Version 3.9 ----------- Auto-Stop Scanning + Apply Auto-Stop settings for scheduled scans only. + Auto-stop at [time]. # Auto-stop after [hours]. + Auto-stop when the total size of duplicates reaches [MB] switch. + Auto-stop if system memory utilization exceeds [%]. General + Resources Consumption/Commit Memory Regions settings. # Miscellaneous tweaks and improvements. Graphical Interface + Scanning method-additional settings description labels. + Action/On Duplicates menu items. + Action/Start the Scan menu item. + Mailboxes/Cross-Mailbox Scan menu item. + Action on Duplicates indicator. + Main toolbar images scaled up to 32x32 pixels. + Results: "View/Sort by" menus. Version 3.8 ----------- Filters + Text conjunction options: is/is not/starts with/ends with. * Fixed a bug where Ignore Case switch is ignored for RegExp matches. General + Auto-stop scanning when total size of duplicates reaches __ MB. + Check/clear mailboxes conjunction options: starts with/ends with/matches RegExp. * Fixed a bug where day is not considered for scanning schedules. Version 3.7 ----------- General + Main toolbar. + Check Mailboxes: Clear previous check-marks. + Check/Clear Mailboxes: Save settings. + Splash screen. + Tweaks/Log-size label. + Session/Information. Filters + Custom default folder for Filters-configuration files. * 'Save Filters across sessions' can be turned off now. + Append Filters-set. + Load/Append Filters dialog. + Load specific Filters-set for scheduled scans. Results + Toggle highlight. + Invert selection. Version 3.6 ----------- +++ Special Scanning Method. + Tweaks/Corrections: Compare messages with missing line-feed characters. * Fixed a bug where some originals are not displayed on the Results-list, when the Cross-Mailbox Scan is on. # Misc interface updates. # Misc installer tweaks. Version 3.5 ----------- + Highlight filters if total number of matches exceeds __. + Windows tooltips. + User Manual. + Help/Send Feedback. + View/Set Focus on Pane hot-keys: F2, F3 & F4. Version 3.4 ----------- General + Exclude from comparison: Status/Flag/Priority. + Scanning speeds: Very slow/Very fast. + Tip of the Day. Menus + Session/End. + View/Expand[-Size Down] Log Pane. + View/Set Focus on Pane: Mailboxes/Filters/Log. Version 3.3 ----------- * Fixed Highlight results/Match mailbox name bug. + Action to perform on originals: Mark Unread. + Action to perform on originals: Set Flag. + Additional action to perform on duplicates: Clear Flag. + Tweaks/Action panel. + Results/Mark as Read/Unread. + Filters menu. + Filters/Clear. Version 3.2 ----------- Results + Resizable Results-window. + Results window menu items. + Results window status-bar. + Remove selected summaries. + Tweaks/Results panel. ++ Display cumulative results (Results from consecutive scans) ++ Clear Results when closing Results window. ++ Display originals. # Updated toolbar images. + View grid-lines. Version 3.1 ----------- General # Faster scanning - all methods. # More efficient memory consumption - all scanning methods. + Compare attachments by name and by content. + Highlight Results Tweaks. * Fixed a bug where Include/Exclude Headers tweak would be omitted for top-MIME headers. ++ Exclude from Comparison options, for multipart/alternative messages/message parts. (See Tweaks: Nip/Tuck) ++ Trim leading/trailing space-characters and empty lines for text parts. # Attachments formatted as MIME messages are now compared with the same criteria as "parent" messages. # Incorrectly formatted messages, if detected, are excluded from comparison. + Corrections Tweaks. + Compare headers by name only. + Compare headers by content (value) only. ++ Check/Clear custom mailboxes. * Fixed mailbox priorities bug. + Additional hash implementations: CRC32 + MD5 & SHA2 + MD5. + Reset Tweaks to default values. Graphical Interface + Mailboxes, Tweaks, Tools and Help menus. + Help/Release Notes. + [Mailboxes Tree] Messages count is displayed next to the mailbox name. + Mailbox/Mailfolder Info Panel. # Misc interface updates. Filters + Filter/Edit as New. + Save filters to files. + Load filters from files. Stats + Results/Add to Stats Criteria: From/Subject/To. + Tools/Generate Stats Report. Version 2.9 ----------- +++ Originals Detection Rules Results + Messages status, priority & flagged-state is now displayed at the Results-window. + Size column. + Skip mailbox option. New Filters + Status: Unread/Read. + Priority: Low/Normal/High. + Flag: Present/Not Present. Version 2.8 ----------- Headers Comparison + Exclude headers from comparison. + Include particular headers only. Attachments Comparison + Exclude attachments from comparison. + Include particular attachments only. Comparison Criteria + [Standard] Compare messages by the raw content. ++ [Light] Alternative comparison criteria. Version 2.7 ----------- Filters + Now it's possible to specify any number of filters per single scan. + Two filters of the same type can be used for the single scan. + Sender's Name: does not contain/matches RegExp. + Subject: does not contain/matches RegExp. + Recipient's Name: does not contain/matches RegExp. + Date Sent: is not/is before/is after. + [New filter] Date Received: is/is not/is before/is after. - Removed obsolete Date-range filter. + Size: is not/is less than/is greater than. - Removed now obsolete Tweaks/Saved filter sets. + Tweaks/Filters: Save filters across sessions. # Faster message filtering. + Move selected filter up/down. + Background Scan $ To have the background scan just close the main window while the scan is in progress. + Tweaks/Scan on Schedule: Scan in the background. + Tweaks/Misc: Always scan in the background. Version 2.6 ----------- ++ Now it's possible to transfer duplicates to the custom mailbox. + Save/load checked mailboxes set. (Tweaks/Checked Mailboxes) $ Use this feature in conjunction with following... (drrrrrrrrrrumroll) +++ Scan on Schedule service. $ Use Scan on Schedule feature for longer, overnight scans. + Command line switch: /Scan $ Use this command-line switch in combination with Windows Task Scheduler, (or similar bat-utility) for overnight scans, if you are using earlier version of Windows (which does not contain Windows Services, i.e. 98/ME). + Results/Copy Summaries (Ctrl+C). + Results popup menu (Shift+F10/Right mouse-button click). + Total scanning time limit. (Tweaks/Resources Consumption) $ Use this feature in conjunction with Scan on Schedule service: If, for example your scheduled scan starts at 4AM, and your work starts at 9AM, set the time limit to 5h and the scan will stop at 9AM. All identified duplicates to that point will be deleted/moved, and the next scan will pick-up from there. + Filters: Pre-defined date range. (Tweaks/Misc) Version 2.5 ----------- + Tweaks/Apply (changes per category). + Tweaks/Resources Consumption: Set Process Priority. + Tweaks/Resources Consumption: Set Scanning Speed. + Now it's possible to compare attachments by name (Scanning Method/ Standard/Compare Attachments by Name). + Now it's possible to save/load filter sets (Tweaks/Filters). + Tweaks/Logging: Clear the log when the scan starts. + Tweaks/Logging: Maximum log file size. + Tweaks/Logging: Custom log file. ++ New Action on Duplicates: Display Results / Manual Action. + Create filter set based on a duplicate message. $ Use this feature to create duplicates-matching patterns. + Results window hot-keys: Ctrl+D -> Delete (selected duplicates) Ctrl+T -> Transfer (selected duplicates) to mailbox 'Duplicates' Ctrl+A -> Select all (duplicates) Ctrl+F -> Create a filter set based on selected duplicate F1 -> Help Ctrl+W -> Close window Version 2.4 ----------- ++ Stats! $ Track keyword occurrences inside duplicates. Please see Help for details. ++ Mailbox Priorities (Cross-Mailbox Scan option). + Tweaks dialog. * [Light] Fixed a bug where the messages with very long message-id strings would be excluded from comparison. * Fixed a bug that would cause a crash on auto-stop. + [Tweaks/etc] When the scan ends: Display Scan Summary dialog. + [Tweaks/etc] When the scan ends: Log off current user. + [Tweaks/etc] When the scan ends: Turn off Windows. Version 2.3 ----------- + Auto-check mailboxes. + Number of checked mailboxes indicator. + New status bar. + Mailboxes-tree pop-up menu. + Check/Clear All mailboxes. + Check All hot-key: Ctrl+[+]. + Clear All hot-key: Ctrl+[-]. + Action: Move duplicates to "Duplicates" mailbox. + Action Mark Read is not exclusive any more. + Additional action: Compact scanned mailboxes. Version 2.2 ----------- Light Method - Beside message-id's compare: + Date & Time - Sent. + Date & Time - Received. + Size. + Basic Headers (From/Subject/To) Filters + Match date-range. + Match size. + Cross-mailbox scan. $ Full program name is now Delete Duplicates for Outlook Express and Windows Mail. Could I come up with the shorter name? Don't ask. Version 2.1 ----------- # Faster message processing. # Considerable less working memory is occupied when the scanned messages contain attachments. + Classic & Hash: Exclude headers from comparison. + Classic & Hash: Exclude attachments from comparison. Version 1.5 ----------- + Additional hash implementations: CRC32 and SHA-2. Version 1.4 ----------- + New hot-keys: Start the Scan - F5 Stop the Scan - Shift+F5 Expand/Size Down the Log Panel - Ctrl+L Exit - Ctrl+W $ For the complete list of hot-keys please see the Help file. * Expand and Size Down buttons are now disabled during the scan. Version 1.3 ----------- + Light Method $ This new scanning method compares Message-Ids. Message Ids are unique message headers, generated by sender's e-mail client. $ This scanning method is very convenient for the cases when the same messages are downloaded two or more times (from the server). In those cases, downloaded message bodies are identical but there are differences in headers, hence not caught by Classic/Hash methods. $ If message does not contain "Message-Id" header, it's simply not compared. Version 1.2 ----------- + Clear Log: To clear current log hit Clear button. Clear button is located at the bottom of the Log Panel. + Expand/Size Down the Log Panel. + Detailed error logging. Version 1.1 ----------- + Installation package. + Help file. + This Release Notes. Version 1.0 ----------- Initial public release. ======== Feedback ======== Please send your inquires, suggestions and comments to support.egadgets@gmail.com. ==================== Price & Registration ==================== This program is shareware. The registration price for this program is US$ 19 only. If you do register this program, this is what you will get for your money: 1. A registration code and instructions on how to input this code to register your copy of Delete Duplicates for Outlook Express and Windows Mail. This process will get rid of the demo-mode restrictions. 2. Free upgrades to all future versions of the same series. 3. Technical assistance, via e-mail. Supporting shareware development will result in better programs. ====================== Disclaimer of Warranty ====================== This software is provided on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis without warranties of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, noninfringement merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. I do not warrant that the software will be - uninterrupted, timely, reliable, secure or error-free and expressly disclaim any warranties as to the program contained herewith. ============ Release Date ============ February 12th 2014