New plugin: Misnamed Filter

[AlexV]

The current version of Misnamed Filter has some compatibility issues with the new native 64 bit version of Spamihilator.

If you find that spamihilator_32bit_bridge.exe crashes when you start Spamihilator, then try the following:

First, kill spamihilator.exe process using the task manager. Then, delete the two files in "\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Spamihilator\shared".

To workaround the problem in Misnamed Filter and prevent it happening again, add the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Spamihilator", with a DWORD value of "ConfigDir" = 0. (This lets the 32bit plugin see the Spamihilator\ConfigDir registry value that it is expecting, as the real registry value is now only visible to 64 bit code.)

For convenience, here's a .reg file that will do it for you: Spamihilator32RegKey.reg

Eventually I'll release an updated version of this plugin with native x64 support, but I'm waiting to see the new plugin interface before I do.

[michel]

Eventually I'll release an updated version of this plugin with native x64 support, but I'm waiting to see the new plugin interface before I do.

This would be nice. The new plugin interface makes heavy use of C++ stuff. I know you're using managed C++, but I do not have very much experience with that. Is it possible to derive a "normal" C++ class in managed C++? Can pointers to managed C++ objects be used by "normal" C++?

Regards,
Michel

[AlexV]

I don't have much experience with it either! The only managed C++ I write is for Spamihilator plugins I'm a C# programmer, by preference.

From what I can tell, Managed C++ is 100% compatible with C++, so I should be able to produce whatever classes and implement whatever interfaces or base classes are required. I'll just have to try it and see, though.

Of course, it would be nice if Spamihilator could load .net plugins directly! Then I'd only have to provide one plugin dll which would work natively in both 64 and 32 bit modes...

Once I have a look at the new SDK I might revisit the idea of having a generic .net wrapper plugin that would be loaded by Spamihilator and in would in turn load a .net plugin. It wasn't practical with the old SDK, but might be with the new one.

Alex

[michel]

Once I have a look at the new SDK I might revisit the idea of having a generic .net wrapper plugin that would be loaded by Spamihilator and in would in turn load a .net plugin. It wasn't practical with the old SDK, but might be with the new one.

That would be great! I will start writing the SDK documentation very soon. After this is done I can provide you with all information you need.

Regards,
Michel

[AlexV]

Here's a version of Misnamed Filter using the existing plugin interface, but with 64 bit compatibility:

MisnamedFilter-0.5.exe
MisnamedFilter-Source-0.5.zip

It uses my new plugin installer which should auto-detect whether you have 64 bit or 32 bit Spamihilator installed, and install the appropriate version of Misnamed Filter.

Alex

[anbuva]

Hallo AlexV!

thank you

Regards
anbuva

[Chactory]

Hi AlexV!

That's great!

Regards, Chactory

[AlexV]

Misnamed Filter has been updated to resolve a bug where learning may stop working after a spam message has been learnt from:

MisnamedFilter-0.6.exe
MisnamedFilter-Source-0.6.zip

The plugin installer which should auto-detect whether you have 64 bit or 32 bit Spamihilator installed, and install the appropriate version of Misnamed Filter.

Alex

[anbuva]

Hallo AlexV!

wonderful. I try out the new version. I thank you for your work.

Regards
anbuva

[Chactory]

Hallo AlexV!

Thanks a lot!

Gruß, Chactory

[Andreas_Z]

Hi AlexV!

Thank you for your work. I tried to install the new plugin. But unfortunately, the installation routine contains an error.

Misnamed-Error.jpg (47.08 KiB) 1557-mal betrachtet

Therefore, the installation fails.

Gruß
Andreas_Z

[AlexV]

I think that's an error with how its shown in the log by NSIS, rather than where it's actually written to. I've checked the installer here and it shows the same \\ in the log even though it's correctly installing.

The most likely reason for the error you are seeing is that Spamihilator was running and using the Misnamed Filter dll, so it couldn't be replaced. Please try closing Spamihilator first, or even uninstalling the previous version before installing the new one (in case there is some other reason it can't overwrite the .dll file)

Regards,

Alex

[anbuva]

Hallo AlexV!

short message: the new version now works.

Regards
anbuva

[Andreas_Z]

Hello AlexV!

OK. This was a very good indication. The installation is now done correctly. Thank you for your efforts.

Gruß
Andreas_Z

[AlexV]

Here is a new version of Misnamed Filter which has been recompiled to work with Spamihilator 0.9.9.58. Unfortunately, as I don't have the older version of Visual Studio any more, this means that it now requires .NET Framework 4 (instead of 2) and Visual C++ Runtime 2010 (instead of 2008). The installer will detect if you are missing these and offer links to download them.

MisnamedFilter-0.7.exe
MisnamedFilter-Source-0.7.zip

Alex