SAproxy Status

Currently:

• Pop3Proxy is not being actively developed at this time:
  Dan McDonald, the primary author, reports that he is not currently able to work on it due to time constraints.
  

• [SaProxy] is in an indeterminate state at this time: \\ \[http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2200 bug 2200 states\] that "We were unable to bring SAproxy/pop3proxy into the Apache Software Foundation therefore we are unfortunately unable to continue supporting it as part of the [SpamAssassin] project". \\ _(JustinMason: Dan [McDonald] preferred to keep his code licensed using 2.x's dual PAL/GPL licenses. Since we were moving [SpamAssassin] to the ASF, and since the Apache license was required for that, this meant we could not distribute or host Dan's code at Apache.)_ \\

• SAproxy Phoenix may be on its way. (Dan Wing has been able to install it with SA 3.0)
  2004-Oct-22
  Have a look to http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=5812011&forum_id=27500
  

• SAproxy Pro is commercial software and may not be moving forward. \\ As reported on www.statalabs.com on Oct 20 2004: \\ "\[...\] Stata Labs has been acquired by Yahoo! \[...\]" \\ "\[...\] Will Yahoo! sell Bloomba or SAproxy Pro? At this time there are no plans for Yahoo! to sell Bloomba or SAproxy Pro \[...\]" \\

• CVS for an earlier SAproxy (predating "Pro") remain available at SourceForge: (under "pop3") in http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/spamassassin/pop3/
  
• SAproxy and SpamAssassin at sourceforge are not active. The SAproxy list at SourceForge is essentially inactive as well.
  

• SAproxy is not covered under the new apache site, but some help/advice can be sought in their lists \[http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/MailingLists Lists\] \\

• SAproxy old bugs/problems and current situation can be reviewed at \[http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=saproxy&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&changedin=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Bugs\] \\

History

Dan McDonald is the father of Pop3proxy (Perl artistic license) that evolved (fullfilling license requirements) to SaProxy. Original Pop3Proxy in http://mcd.perlmonk.org/pop3proxy/

Dan, Johan Lindstrom and DanielQuinlan (Daniel under commission of Stata Labs) evolved Pop3Proxy into the much-improved SAproxy (as per http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general/13810/match=pop3proxy)

SAproxy was under SpamAssassin SourceForge project as an open source project for a time (How can be an open source project be open only for a time?!).

    (JustinMason: SAproxy is still there -- \[http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/spamassassin/pop3/ sourceforge.net CVS\].)

SAproxy Pro is (was) a commercial derivative of SAproxy. According to some people point of view (please respect freedom of speach) the company must release the source code and has not done it (interested in details, see http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SaProxyStatus?action=diff&date=1098436420)

(JustinMason: that would be the case if it was released under GPL. It is not. The Perl Artistic License != GPL.)

SAproxy major and minor versions and realeases (based on http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/spamassassin/pop3/ )

• pop3proxy.pl at SourceForge

1.0 19 Nov 2002

1.2 23 Nov 2002 (included GUI by Johan)

1.15 26 May 2003

• SAproxy at SourceForge

1.0, including SA 2.44, date unknown

1.1, including SA 2.52, and pop3proxy.pl 1.15, 26 May 2003

1.2, including SA 2.55, and pop3proxy.pl 1.15?, 6 June 2003

SAproxy wraps SpamAssassin and pop3proxy.pl in a Win32 installation and GUI, no Perl installation needed!

Some bits of history: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general/23054/match=pop3proxy http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general/13810/match=pop3proxy http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general/14020/match=pop3proxy