1 Changes of the Claws Mail GTK2 branch
6 * Added a printer icon.
9 o bug 1187, 'Reply-to addressee disappears when reply-to text
10 box is clicked...' (Maemo)
11 o bug 1190, 'dir_open' button doesn't work' (Maemo)
12 o bug 1193, 'Need a way to multi-select items'
13 o bug 1194, 'Hardware keys move from email list to account/
14 directory list, but not back to email list...'
16 o bug 1196, 'Edit>Select All doesn't work' (Maemo)
17 o bug 1198, 'Reply-all "disappearing" address bug
19 o bug 1200, 'Add option to always retrieve full messages'
20 o bug 1209, 'Clicking on address in header (mailto uri)
21 selects default account'
22 o bug 1211, 'Offline dialog message bugs/annoyances...'
23 o Don't reflect accounts changes to the mainwindow when it's
25 o Fix double fetching of mails if first try failed
26 o Fix a crash in textview
27 o Fix changing quicksearch type (after Esc, after changing
29 o tools/uudec Fix missing dash to `display` command-line
35 o Fix for CVE-2007-1558 (APOP)
36 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1558
39 o Fix bug 1185, 'Pluginwindow's [X] button doesn't save'
40 o Fix encoding woes wrt saving of mails and parts
46 The Maemo port touches several areas: using the correct APIs for
47 a good integration, adding of a new layout suited for small
48 screens, Maemo-specific default preferences changes, Maemo-specific
49 GUI improvements, etc.
51 * Added more customisable colour labels
53 * Added 'Mark as spam', 'Mark as ham', and 'Add to address book'
56 * Added a new Quote Format symbol, %A, to insert the sender's email
59 * Changed the option to display unread message counts next to folder
60 names: it is now possible to display the total count of messages
61 too. Configurable from Display/Summaries
63 * If Claws Mail is already running on another display, attempting to
64 start it will mention that instead of popping up the window on the
67 * Added debugging of filtering/processing rules. Configurable from
68 Other/Logging options page
70 * Added handling of the contextual menu key in compose windows and
73 * Added a "pulsing" progressbar in the label window used when
74 rebuilding folder tree, etc, in order to show activity
76 * Improved "Offline mode override" dialogue to avoid asking
77 repeatedly, but still ask on explicit user actions
79 * Improved the creation of POP/Local accounts when no MH mailbox
80 exist: create the default one
82 * Write folderlist directly after adding/deleting accounts that have
85 * Added logging IMAP ALERTs as errors in the log
87 * Added a way for MimeViewer plugins to implement search in a part's
90 * Updated, added and replaced some icons
92 * Added display of any LDAP specified Search attributes
94 * Added 'telephoneNumber' in the default LDAP list of attributes
96 * Updated the Face header in the welcome message
98 * Added the option to minimize to tray in the Trayicon plugin
100 * Added a wrapper to mairix in the tools folder, tools/mailrix.sh
102 * Added a script which enables inserting files into the message body
103 of a new Compose window from the command line,
104 tools/claws-mail-compose-insert-files.pl
106 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, French, German,
107 Hungarian, Polish,Serbian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
114 o bug 1129, '"local mbox file" account isn't retrieving
116 o bug 1135, 'cm-segfault on decrypting with PGP/inline'
117 o bug 1136, 'Crash in group address completion'
118 * Fix "After receiving new mail, go to inbox" on IMAP, and
119 restrict it to manual fetching only
120 * Fix alertpanel.h only included in #ifdef HAVE_LIBETPAN
121 * Fix return value without libetpan
122 * Use gtk_window_set_role instead of gtk_window_set_wmclass
123 * Fix mime/globs path on NetBSD
128 * Removed 'Separate Folder tree' and 'Separate Message View' and put
129 new layouts in place of it, 'Standard', 'Three columns', 'Wide
130 message' and 'Wide message list'. Accessible from /View/Layout.
132 * Added IMAP subscriptions
133 Creating a new folder subscribes it. Deleting a folder unsubscribes
134 it. "Creating" an existing but unsubscribed folder will subscribe
135 it. By default, for new accounts, only subscribed folders are shown.
136 A contextual menu item has been added, /Subscriptions, which allows
137 switching the display between All folders and Subscribed folders
138 only. It also enables the subscribing and unsubscribing of folders.
140 * Added the option 'Enable customisable menu shortcuts' to the
141 'Other' preferences page. Turning this off locks the current hot
142 keys, preventing accidental changes.
144 * Added icons for application/pdf, application/pgp-signature,
145 application/postscript and text/calendar.
147 * Added /Tools/List URIs
148 Enables opening any or all of the URIs contained in the currently
151 * Added 'spam flag' to the Filtering and Processing Match Types.
153 * Removed the 'Composing messages exist' dialogue on exit. Instead
154 opened messages are automatically saved to drafts, and re-opened at
157 * Added handling of local URIs, (file:///...), from the --attach
160 * Added Account options for spellcheck default dictionaries.
162 * Added 'Edit/Delete thread'.
164 * Added an option 'Ask about account specific filtering rules...' to
165 the 'Other' page, which was previously a hidden option.
167 * Some preferences have been re-arranged:
168 Moved the 'Ask before emptying trash' option on the 'Other' page
169 outside of the 'On exit' frame as it's not only an 'On exit' option.
170 Moved 'Never send Return Receipts' from 'Other' to 'Sending' page.
171 Moved keybinding preferences to the 'Other' page.
172 Added 'mousepad' to the list of text editors on the 'External
175 * Bogofilter and SpamAssassin plugins: Enabled moving spam mail to the
176 Account's Trash folder instead of default Trash folder.
178 * ClamAV plugin: updated for the upstream changes in libclamav, whilst
179 maintaining compatibility with older version of libclamav.
181 * GPG Plugins: Added an option 'Use gpg-agent to manage passwords' to
182 GPG page of the common preferences. Fixes annoyances with distro-
183 installed gpg-agent, when no pinentry program is installed, and the
184 user is at a loss on why "decryption failed". It can be turned off
185 to bypass gpg-agent. The option is disabled if gpg-agent is not
188 * TrayIcon plugin: Added 'Hide at startup' and 'Close to tray'
190 When the 'Close to tray' option is used the Window Manager's hotkey
191 and [X] button will hide the window instead of closing it - closing
192 CM can be done using the tray icon menu or the /File menu.
193 Clicking the trayicon now raises the window to current desktop when
194 it was either minimized or shaded, or when it was on another desktop.
196 * Added support for non ISO-8859-1 compatible locales to the Actions
197 scripts freshmeat_search.pl, google_search.pl and multiwebsearch.pl.
199 * Renamed the maildir2claws-mail.pl script to kmail-mailbox2claws-mail.pl
200 and updated it to work with newer versions of Kmail.
202 * Added thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl script, which converts
203 thunderbird filter rules to Claws filter rules.
205 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Czech, Finnish,
206 French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian, Simplified Chinese,
207 Slovak and Spanish translations.
212 * Added command line equivalent options:
214 -q and --quit for --exit
216 "Unknown option" is now printed when unknown command line options
219 * The wizard for configuration migration, (Sylpheed-Claws to Claws
220 Mail), now has the option to save or not save a backup of the old
221 configuration folder.
223 * The configuration wizard is now re-run if it was previously
227 o bug 1100, 'Highlighted e-mail data not visible when color
229 o bug 1101, '"Load plugin" button is accidentally hidden'
230 o bug 1102, 'claws-mail-2.7.1 makes use of deprecated ldap
232 o IMAP: fixed crash when connect command doesn't exist.
233 o IMAP: better folder checking when an IMAP directory is set.
234 o IMAP: Never remove INBOX when scanning for new folders.
235 It's a special folder that must exist.
236 o fix vertical scrollbar jumping back to the top when 'Check
237 for new folders' is used.
238 o fix sensitivity issues of Mark as Spam/Ham context menus.
239 o fix potential crashes in the address book's embedded 'Edit
240 person' dialogue, and fix conflicting copy/paste menu
242 o Reflect change of Font configuration in the Header view
244 o fix handling of empty values in attach_load_directory and
245 attach_save_directory clawsrc options.
246 o fix 2nd-run loss and new configuration loss of filtering
247 rules on configuration migration.
248 o Bogofilter plugin: fix sensitivity of "Insert X-Bogosity
255 o bug 1095, 'Crash while changing folder columns during
257 o bug 1098, 'bogus last row display after expanding a thread'
258 o fix a few annoyances when choosing keys for the CMS (S/MIME)
260 o fix updating of the mime parts
261 o fix Forwarding msgs with attachments that have dos line
263 o strip S/MIME signatures when re-editing S/MIME signed
265 o fix body search starting at the end of the mail (and asking
267 o fix Enter in search windows
268 o fix dbus-related crash in the the GTK+ file selector.
269 o IMAP: fix recursion when server lists the current subfolder
271 o IMAP: get rid of the previous mailimap when connecting, just
272 in case disconnect was unclean
273 o IMAP: make sure we don't use an old socket when reconnecting
279 * The --select option can now also select emails by Message-ID
281 * Attaching files from 'mailto:' URIs (&attach=...) is now possible.
282 A dialog is displayed to make sure that the user is aware that the
283 mail will contain attachments
285 * 'New Message format' has been added to the Compose/Writing options,
286 this works like the Quote format and the same symbols are supported
288 * Reworked the About dialog, including the addition of a new page,
289 'Features', which indicates which of the optional features are
290 compiled in and which are not. A 'Release Notes' page was also
293 * Added history combo for all search fields (message and text)
295 * The 'mark_as_read_delay' option is not hidden anymore and can be
296 found in Configuration/Preferences/Summaries
298 * Added global and per-folder preferences to set the default
301 * Allow spell-checking to use both current and alternate dictionaries
303 * Added an hidden option 'addressbook_use_editaddress_dialog' to
304 embed the contact editor in the addressbook window in contrast to
307 * Added a hidden option 'unsafe_ssl_certs', to allow storing
308 multiple SSL certificates for a given server/port. You will be
309 asked to accept unknown certificates. Unchecking this option will
310 require you to re-accept previously known certificates
312 * Allow copying of folders between mailboxes
314 * Better automatic account selection for mailing lists (searches for
315 the email address in the Delivered-To header also)
317 * Made the "Synchronise" menu item inactive when there's nothing to
320 * Use Message font in Writing and Quoting preferences, as well as in
323 * Added more HTML symbols to the html to text converter
325 * Save the addressbook's window size on closing
327 * Better checks for syntax errors are applied to Templates and Quote
330 * Added a check to avoid trying to use a non-existent folder as
333 * Enable setting SSL via STARTTLS from the set-up wizard
335 * Added handling of ":port" in server addresses in the set-up wizard
336 to specify a port to connect to
338 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to print the X-Claws-Bogosity
339 header in emails handled by the Bogofilter plugin (in MH folders
342 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to whitelist senders found in
345 * Bogofilter plugin: Allow storing of Unsure mails in a specific
346 folder to make better teaching easier
348 * Bogofilter plugin: Improved GUI interaction while Bogofilter is
351 * TrayIcon plugin: added an "Email from account/..." submenu
353 * updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Catalan, Finnish,
354 French, Italian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, and Spanish
360 * First release as Claws Mail
363 o bug 1053, 'SC fails to reestablish a secure connection'
364 o bug 1054, 'Slowness logging big data chunks'
365 o bug 1057, 'crash on sending s signed message to a
367 o bug 1060, 'compilation error with Irix's cc'
368 o bug 1061, 'crash on opening signed email'
369 o bug 1066, 'Incorrect mailbox size displayed'
370 o bug 1069, 'Sent mails disappear, BCC or locking problem?'
371 o fix Reply To/Mailing list from the menu
372 o forbid drag and drop from/to different folders of type
374 o src/ssl_manager.c: fix possible infinite loop
375 o fix Options/Reply mode after draft save
376 o obey always_show_msg option when marking as spam
377 o fix spelling menu when replying
378 o don't change the From column title to To if the To column
380 o fix the wrong recipient being selected when replying to a
381 msg which is From one of our accounts To another of our
383 o fix crash on combining mark_as_read_delay with Hide Read
385 o create ~/.mailcap if it doesn't exist
391 * Final release as Sylpheed-Claws
393 * libetpan 0.48 or greater is now required for IMAP support.
395 * The Compose window now has an /Options/Reply mode/ menu. This
396 enables changing the recipients of a reply on the fly.
398 * QuickSearch now has a type-ahead option for fast searches.
400 * Extra symbols are now available for the Quote parser, your name,
401 your email address, the account name, and the organization.
403 * In the Folder Properties, it is now possible to test the regular
404 expression used in the Simplify Subject RegExp option.
406 * GSSAPI support has been added for IMAP.
408 * UIDPLUS support has been added for IMAP.
410 * A Stop button has been added for Message Body searches, enabling
411 cancelling of a running search. This is available in '/Edit/Search
412 Folder...' and '/Edit/Find in current message...'.
414 * libSM support has been added. This enables communication with the
415 session manager, so that it is known when the session ends, in
416 order to save the caches, and draft any messages currently being
419 * Support for Address Book Groups has been added to the Compose
420 window's automatic address completion.
422 * a new hidden option has been added, 'respect_flowed_format'. This
423 follows RFC3676 with regard to a message part with a Content-Type
424 that includes 'format=flowed' and 'delsp=yes'. This will cause some
425 mails to have long lines, but will fix some URLs that would
426 otherwise be wrapped. By default it is turned off.
428 * Basic key import/export has been added to the PGP plugins. When
429 generating a new key pair you can export the public key to a key
430 server. When selecting the signature part of a message, if the key
431 is not on your keyring, you will be asked if you want to attempt
432 to import it from a keyserver.
434 * The TrayIcon now displays 'offline' status.
436 * More window sizes and placements are remembered across sessions.
438 * tools/fix_date.sh: Switches to replace non RFC-compliant Date:
439 value, and to use strict RFC matching patterns for dates have been
442 * Several optimisations have been made.
449 o Fix redirecting of sent mails
450 o Fix Go to Next * after applying Preferences
451 o Fix quote-folding when emails don't convert cleanly to
458 o bug 1034, 'Incorrect display of size field in message view'
464 o bug 1032, 'Segmentation fault when showing message'
465 o fix crash with quote folding on HTML
466 o fix building with --disable-nls
467 o remove tabs in Subject string
472 * Make node expanding in the Folder List non-recursive
475 o bug 1024, 'Array index out of range in
477 o Fix "Check for new folders" on folders with accented
479 o Fix filtering "copy" rules
480 o Fix "goto next unread" after collapsing/expanding a node
486 o bug #1023 (Sylpheed deletes too much messages)
487 o Crash in partial downloading
492 * It is now possible to stop searches in message bodies
494 * IMAP: Use UID SEARCH ALL instead of UID SEARCH UID 1:* in order
495 to fix speed issues with badly implemented servers
498 o Fix multiple registering of SpamAssassin and Bogofilter
499 plugin after having changed their preferences, leading to
500 slowness or duplicated messages.
505 * Minimum required versions of GTK+ and GLIB is now 2.6.0
507 * Minimum required version of libetpan (for IMAP support) is now 0.46
509 * metamail support has been dropped, this is now handled internally
511 * New plugin: Bogofilter, providing Spam filtering and learning
513 * Account-based filtering rules. Each filtering rule can now be
514 assigned to a specific account, by default it's "All".
516 * Filtering against Address Book. It is now possible add matched
517 conditions to determine if any email address in a message matches
518 or doesn't match any or all books or folders in the Address Book.
520 * Quote folding. Quotes in the message view can now be folded, via
521 the "/View/Quotes/..." menu. The folding can also be toggled by
522 double clicking on the quotes in the Message View
524 * Re-enabled user-defined Headers in Displayed Headers configuration
526 * "/View/Go to/Parent message" and "/View/Go to/Last read message"
529 * Made the list views look more modern by add alternating coloured
530 lines, replacing the box-type expanders with arrows, removing the
532 Hidden prefs have been added to enable users to maintain the old
534 'enable_dotted_lines' for the dotted lines and box-type expanders.
535 'use stripes_in_summary' to enable alternating coloured lines in
536 the Message and Folder lists.
537 'use stripes_everywhere' to also enable alternating coloured lines
539 Note: 'use_stripes_everywhere' replaces the previous hidden option
542 * New hidden pref, 'stripes_color_offset', to change the value added/
543 subtracted to normal bgcolor to create the stripes in the summaries
545 * The Send button on the main toolbar is now inactive when the Queue
548 * IMAP: Added a View Log button on auth error
550 * PGP/Core plugin: it is now possible to create a new key pair from
553 * PGP/Core plugin: When encrypting, if only one key matches, and it
554 matches exactly, it is automatically used
556 * TrayIcon plugin: the icon now has transparency
558 * Enabled text selection for replying from MimeViewer plugins
560 * The attachments list in the MimeView column can now be scrolled
563 * In the MimeView column a middle-click will now just open the Mime
564 part without showing it in the Message View, likewise, a right-
565 click will display the context menu without displaying the part
567 * The "When entering a folder..." selection option is now used for
568 '/View/Go to/Next unread folder'
570 * A special Return-Receipt message is shown if the message is from
573 * An icon has been added to the statusbar to notify of errors
575 * Added missing icons to the Icon Legend dialog
577 * Enabled closing of SSL certificates and Folder Sort dialogs with Esc
580 * Displaying of huge mails can now be cancelled, so the GUI doesn't
583 * Claws Mail' internal queue headers are now hidden when showing
584 all headers. They'll be present only in Source window.
586 * Several GUI improvements.
588 * Faster loading of folders and other optimisations and speed-ups
590 * Logging has been improved.
592 * improved sizing of some widgets
594 * Made the desktop file XDG compliant
596 * The manuals have been updated
598 * A Spanish translation of the manual has been added
600 * Added an action tool, tools/uuooffice, to open uuencoded *.doc files
603 * Added an action tool, tools/fix_date.sh, to fix a missing Date field
609 * A ./configure option has been added, --with-mandir=DIR allowing the
610 setting of the man directory location
612 * 'Send queue' has been added to the folder contextual menu, which
613 allows sending the contents of a single queue, as opposed to the
614 toolbar's Send Queue, which sends all queues
616 * '/View/Go to/Next unread folder' has been added
618 * 'View/Go to/Next marked messages' now traverses folders
620 * sftp:// links are now recognised in mails
622 * A dialogue is presented to the user when dropping files into the
623 Compose window, asking whether to insert or attach the file(s). The
624 default behaviour can be controlled via a new option in
627 * Allow attached message parts to be selected, opened, or saved via
628 their text label in the message body
630 * Save named inlined attachments with "Save all"
632 * An option to change the Folder Type has been added to the Folder
635 * Add |i{sub_expr} to Templates, which allows inserting user-entered
638 * A new option has been added to '/Preferences/External programs' to
639 allow "Display as text" on attachments to be done via a script
641 * An option to 'Never send Return Receipts' has been added to the
642 'Other' page of the preferences.
644 * The Custom Header dialogue in Account Preferences now has a 'From
645 file...' button, which enables a Face or X-Face header to be set by
648 * libgnomeprint support : A font for printing can be specified in
651 * Add Help buttons to some dialogues, clicking on them will open the
652 manual at a suitable section in the configured browser
654 * The option 'Add date header' has been removed, a date header is
657 * The '/Message/Re-edit' menu item has been removed from the separate
658 Message View, where it was useless
660 * Display an Account's Protocol as a label instead of the unusable
661 combo when editing accounts
663 * It is now possible to move and copy mails from and to the Drafts
666 * More non-English Subject prefixes have been added
668 * The Attachment flag is now set for some inlined attachments
670 * Faster recursive quicksearch (show current folder's results before
671 searching sub-folders)
673 * Faster send on IMAP
675 * Alert in case of authentication error on imap
677 * Better error reporting in GPG plugins
679 * Faster and better MBOX import/export
681 * Save caches on SIGPIPE (like on Xorg exit)
683 * Unified Info/Help/Symbols buttons
685 * Honor display-header-pane setting in separate window too
687 * Use the user-defined From: in the Return-Path: header when sending
689 * Grab Save button by default in Save dialog, which allows saving
692 * The online status is checked before resetting mailcheck timer
694 * Show POP3 connection earlier in statusbar
696 * Re-read /etc/resolv.conf before connecting to IMAP servers, and
697 when switching to Online mode
699 * tools/textviewer.pl has been added, which can be used with the new
700 option 'Command for Display as Text' in '/Preferences/External
703 * The Claws Mail logo has been updated
710 * Improved error catching in GnuPG plugins
712 * Always replace \n, \r and \t with spaces in headers
714 * Fix 'make clean' removing of provided manuals
716 * Fix setting of PACKAGE_DATA_DIR with newer versions of autoconf,
719 * Fix double-ask of "Do you want to mark all as read"
721 * Fix bug #968 (Rockliffe IMAP server doesn't like SC (server isn't
722 RFC-compliant)) - Workaround Rockliffe IMAP server bug
724 * Fix bug #969 (crash on rebuilding imap folder)
726 * Fix bug #971 (2.2.3 cannot read mail from local mbox)
731 * Mailing-list support (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, View Archive, etc)
732 has been added in the main window's 'Message/Mailing list' menu
734 * Filtering and processing rules can be disabled with just one click
736 * The From address is editable in the Compose window
738 * A menu has been added to the Compose toolbar button to enable
739 choosing the account to use
741 * Write-only support of .mh_sequences' Unseen property has been added
742 for MH mailboxes, allowing synchronised flags when reading your MH
743 mailbox with Mutt or other MH-based mail clients
745 * More feedback is provided to the user when importing MBOX files
747 * 'k' added as a shortcut for 'colorlabel' in the Extended Quick
750 * The option to go to the first Marked message when entering a
751 folder has been added.
753 * The 'ignore thread' flag is now correctly set on mails threaded by
754 subject, in addition to standard headers.
756 * Hidden prefs have been added that allow customization of the
757 colours used in the Log window (useful for dark GTK+ themes)
759 * Optimised large folder reading
761 * Optimised copy/move/deletion/selection
763 * Optimised 'mark all read' in the current folder
765 * 'test' filtering rules are processed in the background
767 * A progressbar for cache updates has been added
769 * A progressbar for copy/move functions has been added
771 * More dialogues have been made HIG compliant
773 * Allow recursive setting of properties for whole mailboxes
775 * A Face header has been added to the Welcome mail
777 * The user manual has been updated
779 * tools/filter_conv_new.pl has been updated for rule
787 * Fix crash on a very common code path, introduced by a merge error in
795 * Fix URI check, which failed to identify fake, phishing URIs if they
798 * Reply-To and Sender addresses in the message view are now fully
801 * Remove extraneous tab at start of addresses.
808 * Always obey the "confirm before marking all mails read" option
810 * Fixed MBOX import/export's behaviour on failure
812 * Fixed automatic rule creation with List-Post
814 * Fixed some GTK+ warnings and errors at runtime
816 * Fixed some compiler warnings
818 * Fixed double init of the g_thread subsystem
820 * Fixed saving of parts with names that can't be converted to UTF-8
822 * Fixed a possible infinite loop when filtering moved and copied some
825 * Fixed a buffer overflow in Russian locale
827 * Fixed a memory leak in expired SSL certificate check
829 * Fixed bolding of folder names in the folder selector window with
832 * Added an hidden preference, 'ssl_skip_cert_check', to avoid
833 duplicates of bug #959 - if libetpan is linked against gnutls, there
834 can be bugs on 64 bits systems. Gnutls fixed them in their 1.2.4
837 * The SSL "expired certificate" warning is now presented only once per
840 * Fixed races when reusing the SMTP sessions
842 * Added the missing timeout on SMTP sessions
846 * Fixed a crash in PGP plugins, which could happen when signing fails
849 * Fixed SpamAssassin plugin, which stayed disabled as long as the
850 transport wasn't reselected
852 * Fixed bug #830 (Some unread messages get marked read in IMAP inbox)
854 * Fixed bug #955 (copying messages between imap folders is extremely
857 * Fixed bug #961 (return receipt dialog complains incorrectly about
858 return-path email adress being different)
860 * Fixed bug #962 (Manual and/or UI should warn about incompatible
861 locking causing dataloss)
866 * S/MIME signature verification has been removed from the PGP/MIME
867 plugin as it is now provided by the S/MIME plugin.
869 * IMAP users will see significant speed improvements.
871 * ANONYMOUS auth has been added for IMAP
873 * In the Compose window all spell-checker options are now available
874 from the /Spelling/Options menu.
876 * Syntax errors in the extended Quick Search are now indicated by
877 a pink/red background.
879 * An encrypt-to-self option has been added to the Account Privacy
882 * Sysadmins can now provide their users with pre-filled values in
883 the Setup Wizard. See the manual, '6.6. Deploying Claws Mail',
886 * Various GUI improvements have been added.
888 * A new command line option has been added: --select 'folder[/msg]'
889 This can be used at startup and causes the specified folder/message
890 to be selected. 'folder' is a folder id like '#mh/Mailbox/inbox'
892 * Optional background colouring of quotes has been added. It can be
893 configured from the Colour Preferences dialogue.
894 GTK+-2.8.x or newer is required for this feature.
896 * In the Compose window, multiple quote levels are now coloured in
897 the same way as the Message View.
899 * A warning is now displayed on expired SSL certificates and the
900 expiration date is shown.
902 * A hidden option has been added, 'compose_no_markup', this prohibits
903 the use of bold and italic text in Compose dialogue's account
906 * LDAPS support has been added.
908 * The user manual has been updated, and French and Polish
909 translations are now also included.
916 * The Preferences config file, ~/.claws-mail/sylpheedrc, is now
917 stored with UTF-8 encoding
922 * libetpan version 0.45 or newer is now required for IMAP support,
923 this allows checking for IMAP/SSL certificates.
925 * Support for the Face header has been added,
926 see http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/
928 * In the Templates dialog TAB address completion has been added for
929 Cc and Bcc fields, in addition to To.
931 * An account's signature file, (Account Preferences, Compose tab),
932 can now been edited in place using the configured text editor.
934 * An advanced search is now possible in the '/Edit/Search folder'
937 * '/Edit/Find' has been added to the Compose window for text
940 * A progress bar is now shown in the status bar whilst doing a Quick
943 * A long search can now be cancelled.
945 * In a Sent mail folder the From column in the message list is now
946 automatically changed to the To column.
948 * '/Message/Colour Label' has been added to the main menu, enabling
949 (unmodifiable) shortcut keys, Ctrl+[0-7].
951 * The colour labels are now customisable from the 'Display/Colours'
952 page of the Preferences. It is now possible to choose any colours
953 and to give them each a label.
955 * A Spell Checking option to 'Recheck message when changing
956 dictionary' has been added.
958 * An option to 'Render HTML-only mail with plugin if possible' has
959 been added to the 'Message View/Text Options' preferences page.
961 * Headers in the message view and the Custom headers dialog are now
962 translated if the option 'Translate header names' is activated.
964 * It is now possible to sort the columns in the Addressbook.
966 * More drag-n-drop capabilities have been added, from the message
967 list to other apps, from the mimeview to other apps, from other
968 apps to message list, from other apps to folder list, from the
969 mimeview to the message and folder lists and the Compose window's
972 * "Ignore thread" has beed added as a filtering action.
974 * The Compose window is now hidden when sending mails via filtering.
976 * An alphabetical resort is done immediately when a folder's name
979 * Unsubscribing a newsgroup now removes the related folder and
980 articles from newscache/
982 * A "Get more..." link has been added to the Plugins window. This
983 loads http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php in your browser.
985 * The SpamAssassin plugin is now equipped with a spam learning
986 interface, usable by right-clicking a message and choosing
987 'Mark as Spam' or 'Mark as Ham' in the Mark submenu. It is now also
988 possible to disable SpamAssasin filtering when receiving mail, so
989 that the plugin can be used for learning only.
991 * Remote learning in the SpamAssassin plugin has been added. This
992 requires SpamAssassin 3.1.x.
994 * A new script has been added that integrates a Thunderbird folder
995 tree into Claws Mail, tools/tbird2syl.py
1000 * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
1002 * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added.
1004 * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu
1006 * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using
1007 the optional libgnomeprintui support.
1009 * '--exit' command-line option has been added.
1011 * '--subscribe' command-line option has been added.
1012 Calling claws-mail --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins
1013 if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if
1014 using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be
1015 able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser.
1017 * claws-mail email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose
1019 * claws-mail proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe
1021 * HIG compliant button order has been implemented.
1023 * Several dialogues throughout have been improved.
1025 * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons in the main
1028 * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the
1029 account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button.
1031 * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added
1032 to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it.
1034 * The Subject in the compose window title now updates instantaneously.
1036 * The mimetypes list in the compose window attachment pane is now
1037 alphabetically ordered.
1039 * The message view email and URI parsers have been enhanced.
1041 * In Quick Search Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this
1042 provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of
1045 * When Quick Search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow
1046 background for greater visibility.
1048 * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching
1051 * The configuration option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has
1052 been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'.
1054 * The 'Wrap at send' configuration option has been removed.
1056 * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to
1059 * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI
1060 as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages.
1062 * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into
1063 one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the
1064 requirements are matched.
1066 * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single
1069 * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available
1071 * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'.
1073 * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible
1074 licence has been added.
1076 * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed.
1078 * Added tools/filter_conv_new.pl.
1079 Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99)
1080 to Claws filtering rules.
1085 * etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
1086 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
1088 * Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/ Mutt/Pine file'
1089 functions were fixed.
1092 Signature checking is now non-blocking
1094 * The URLs in the About window are now clickable
1096 * the man page has been updated and renamed 'claws-mail'
1101 * The binary is now 'claws-mail' and not 'sylpheed'
1103 * The default config dir is now '~/.claws-mail'. The user will
1104 be prompted to perform an automatic migration of configuration
1105 options to this new directory.
1107 * A new default internal icon theme has been added, based on the
1110 * Messages are now sorted by Date by default
1113 The noticeview is now shown on the message/rfc822 part in addition
1114 to the text/plain part.
1115 The privacy icon in the noticeview is now clickable and also uses
1116 key C to perform the signature check.
1117 The Trust field has been moved into Full info display.
1118 When trust is less than full, don't display a warning icon.
1119 Visual feedback is provided in the statusbar when checking
1121 The PGP/MIME signature file is now named 'signature.asc'.
1122 The dialog for entering a passphrase has been improved.
1124 * Local deletion of news posts has been added.
1126 * A file selector has been added for selecting an account's Signature
1129 * Many window sizes are now remembered.
1131 * The presense of marked msgs in unexpanded subfolders is now indicated
1132 by the icon of the parent folder.
1135 The message list is reset when the dialog is hidden.
1136 The 'Sticky' option, for keeping the search activated across folders.
1138 * The Subject is now set when forwarding multiple mails.
1140 * When a default Cc or Bcc is used, a check is performed to make sure
1141 the To header has also been set.
1143 * In the filtering dialog a warning dialog is shown if the rule was
1146 * The file and directory Browse buttons, ("...") have been improved.
1148 * When double-clicking an attachment the "Open with" dialog is
1149 presented if no command was found for the file type.
1151 * The X-Face has been added to the message view and can be toggled by
1152 '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Text options/Display
1153 X-Face in messageview'.
1155 * The message list context menu has been reworked.
1157 * When replying to a mail sent by yourself, Reply excludes your own
1158 address from the list of recipients. 'Reply All' and 'Reply to
1159 sender' still work like before.
1161 * When the Folder Preference 'Default To for replies' the entry in
1162 the Compose window is presented in bold text.
1164 * The About window has been reworked.
1169 * etpan >= 0.39 is now required for IMAP support
1171 * LDAP and JPilot support is now built by default if the dependencies
1174 * ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap is now used to open attachments
1176 * middle-click pasting that respects the 'Wrap pasted text' option
1179 * during composition the user is alerted if the message can't be
1182 * the description windows are now non-modal
1184 * a 'Clear Log' button has been added to the log window popup menu
1186 * Sender, List-Post and To have been added to the headers that are
1187 checked during automatic Filtering and Processing rules creation
1189 * the current locale's charset is used for display of broken mails
1190 and a hidden option, 'utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail', has
1191 been added allowing the user to use UTF-8 for broken mails
1193 * GNU/aspell support: if black is chosen as the misspelled word
1194 colour, misspelled words will be underlined.
1196 * the Message View and Compose windows now display the message
1197 subject as the window title.
1199 * libgnomeprint support: currently selected text attachments can be
1202 * drag'n'drop of messages from the Message List to a Compose window's
1203 Attachment pane is now possible
1205 * PGP/MIME plugin: it is now possible to verify S/MIME signatures
1207 * PGP/Core plugin: A "Don't encrypt" button has been added to the key
1208 selection dialog, and the buttons have been reordered.
1210 * the user is warned if the requested Privacy system is not available
1211 when composing a message
1216 * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
1217 been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...'.
1218 Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
1219 controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
1221 * Filtering and Processing rules can now be named.
1223 * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
1225 * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
1226 now derived from the normal font.
1228 * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
1229 has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option.
1231 * Many improvements to the Address book.
1233 * A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with sub-items 'as
1234 quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
1236 * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
1239 * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
1241 * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable.
1243 * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
1244 the removal of the toolbar handles.
1246 * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
1247 enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
1249 * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
1251 * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
1254 * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
1257 * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
1259 * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
1261 * tools/asus_mailled.sh
1262 A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
1265 * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
1266 Use Claws Mail icon and the text 'Claws Mail' in the menu,
1267 use kdialog during installation
1272 * add GPGME 1.x support.
1274 * A new PGP/Core plugin has been added
1276 * IMAP now uses libEtPan!
1278 * Printing support using libgnomeprint2 and libgnomeprintui2
1280 * The cache/mark files are now platform-independent.
1282 * A plugin dependency system has been added.
1284 * The PGP/Inline plugin has been added to the main package.
1286 * Folders which contain Marked messages are now indicated by a
1287 Folder icon overlaid with a tick
1289 * '/Edit/Quick search' menu item has been added to the main window
1291 * An option to 'Confirm before sending queued messages' has been
1294 * The "Copy ..." menu items now copy to both the X and the gtk
1295 clipboards in the Compose window
1297 * The Template and Plugin lists are now sorted alphabetically
1299 * Plugins preferences are now grouped under their own 'Plugins'
1302 * A 'Go to Prev' button has been added to the toolbar
1304 * Keyboard accelerators have been added to many buttons
1306 * The folder selection dialogue now displays folder names with
1309 * The 'Display cursor in message view' option is now a hidden option,
1310 'textview_cursor_visible'
1312 * Reordering of accounts by drag 'n' drop has been enabled in the
1313 'Edit accounts' dialogue
1315 * New Claws Mail icons have been added, and the default
1316 application icon is now set.
1318 * The SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins have been optimised.
1324 * improved IMAP support
1326 * Performance increases
1328 * /Message/Delete and /Message/Move to trash
1329 '/Message/Delete' has been renamed '/Message/Move to trash'
1330 and '/Message/Delete' has been added. '/Message/Delete' will
1331 now directly destroy the message, after asking for a
1332 confirmation, instead of moving it to the Trash folder.
1334 * new style configuration options interface.
1337 The 'PGP/MIME' plugin has been renamed 'PGP MIME'.
1339 * LDAP bind password is no longer visible onscreen.
1341 * An option to encrypt replies to encrypted messages by default
1343 * Filtering rules can be reordered by drag n drop
1345 * '/Options/Character encoding/...' has been added to the Compose
1348 * Hebrew encodings have been added
1350 * The 'Show all headers' option is now sticky.
1352 * Return Receipts can now be sent from any account.
1354 * A clip/signed icon has been added.
1360 * bug-fix release which fixes the ASpell Spell Checker
1366 * Inline image display
1368 * An option to render HTML as text has been added to
1369 /Configuration/Preferences/Common/Message
1371 * An option for a default Queue folder has been added to the
1372 'Advanced' tab of Account Preferences
1374 * Filtering Preferences window size is saved
1376 * Batch sending of mails (per account)
1378 * Support for GBK encoding
1380 * New logo in About window
1382 * tools/acroread2sylpheed.pl
1383 script to send pdfs as attachments from Adobe Reader 7
1384 see tools/README for details
1390 Initial GTK2 release
1392 * default config dir is ~/.sylpheed-gtk2