1 Changes of the Claws Mail GTK2 branch
7 o bug 1308, 'Claws deletes folderlist.xml after fetching mail
9 o bug 1311, 'Wrong arrow position while moving message into
10 folder when column headers hidden'
11 o fix build without USE_LDAP_TLS
12 o Accounts list: fix "Local" protocol not shown when
14 o Tags: fixed issues with tags with spaces, and renaming tags
15 o Accounts list: Show protocol "SMTP" and the appropriate
16 server for send-only accounts
17 o Accounts list: show "-" instead of "" when no value is
19 o do not allow locked msgs to be deleted, even by filtering
21 o Show error message in the GUI if image can't be loaded
22 o Remove Generate Message-ID option. We need this on some
24 o Maemo: distinguish various statusbar messages,
25 in order to display only the most important.
26 o Maemo: fix statusbar/window mismatch
27 o Maemo: fix scrolling to cursor
33 * Claws Mail is now licensed under GPLv3 or later.
36 Tags are arbitrary labels that can be applied to messages. It is
37 possible to create, edit, remove Tags; apply them to mails;
38 filter on Tags or Tag presence; apply or unset Tags via Filtering
39 actions; reference Tags in reply Templates.
41 * Threads can now be sorted by most recent message
42 /View/Sort/By thread date
44 * Added "/View/Show or Hide/Column headers"
46 * Added 'watch thread' feature
48 * Enabled the running of folder Processing rules on demand
50 * Added options to stop/enable writing logs to disc, see Logging
53 * IMAP and News: Implement age-based caching: allow the specifying
54 of a threshold for the offline synchronisation feature, and whether
55 old cached bodies should be removed. Accessible from the Folder
58 * IMAP: Made multiple copy, (in the same IMAP account), faster by
59 matching source/destination message UIDs.
61 * LDAP: Ability to edit all Person attributes
63 * Nicer layout of the message part icons
65 * Speed up and clean up rendering of larger msgs
67 * Use progress bar when sending messages
69 * Made mainwindow's /Help/Manual point to the remote copy if the
70 local copy doesn't exist
72 * Replaced some deprecated widgets
74 * Enabled changing the emphasis color used to highlight the
75 newsreader/x-mailer header value when it matches our preferred
76 mail agent, (hidden pref 'emphasis_color' added to clawsrc).
78 * tools/mew2claws-mail.pl
79 Added new script that imports a Mew address book
81 * tools/popfile-link.sh
82 Added a new script that will open selected messages in
83 POPFile control center, in order to change the message
88 * Check that Dillo's installed when loading the Dillo Browser
92 o Automatically choose the correct application
94 o Better way to notify of new mails
95 o Destroy messageview after trashing mail
97 o Better toolbars, removal of CTree headers
98 o Add a specific icon to go back to folder list
99 o Improvements to the Wizard, About and icon legend dialogues
100 o add an easy way to store data (mails and IMAP/NNTP caches)
101 on one of the SD cards, and protect against unmounts if
103 o plug the online/offline system into maemo's interfaces to
104 have Claws automatically switch according to the system
105 status (on IT OS 2007)
106 o use HildonBanners to display status messages
107 o force layout to be Small screen
108 o put the progress bar in the toolbar
114 * libetpan 0.49 is now required for IMAP support
116 * Added "From, To or Subject" to the QuickSearch types.
118 * Added handling of the 'a' key to loop through a mail's MIME parts.
120 * In the Compose window "Add to address book" has been added to the
121 context menu of the sender and recipient fields.
123 * Implemented a proper References filtering condition.
125 * Added the possibility to cancel receiving in IMAP accounts.
127 * Made offline synchronisation faster.
129 * Added an alternate way to fetch flags on IMAP, which improves
130 performance with some servers, (like Exchange).
131 See "Bandwidth-efficient mode" in IMAP accounts' Receive
134 * Allow manual sorting of Templates.
136 * Templates improvements: easier syntax, add some useful variables.
138 * Implemented per-account and per-folder compose/reply/forward
141 * Added a QuickSearch option to automatically run a search selected
144 * Made the Summaries Preferemces page "when entering a folder..."
145 options fully customisable.
147 * Added an "Open last opened folder at startup" option to the
148 Summaries page in the Prerferences.
150 * Changed the Preference "Only mark as read when opened in new
151 window" on the Summaries page to "Only mark as read when opened
152 in new window, or replied to".
154 * Allow disabling mail filtering plugins on a per-account
157 * Added an option to the Bogofilter and SpamAssassin plugins to
158 enable marking saved spam as Read.
160 * Added a warning about encryption limits, which can be disabled.
162 * Removed the "Download all" preference from POP3 accounts; it
163 was useless and confusing.
165 * Re-organized some Preferences page.
167 * Replaced the tabbed layout in Account Preferences with pages.
169 * Renamed 'Protocol Log' to 'Network Log'
171 * Added a few cursor improvments while Claws is busy.
173 * Added support for CRLF in headers of messages.
175 * Added support for a few more date formats (RFC3339 subsets).
177 * The keypad's Enter key now does the same as the Return key.
179 * Improved LDIF import, better error handling, UI cleanup.
181 * LDAP write support has been added.
183 * Use Hildon's file chooser on Maemo.
189 * Added a printer icon.
192 o bug 1187, 'Reply-to addressee disappears when reply-to text
193 box is clicked...' (Maemo)
194 o bug 1190, 'dir_open' button doesn't work' (Maemo)
195 o bug 1193, 'Need a way to multi-select items'
196 o bug 1194, 'Hardware keys move from email list to account/
197 directory list, but not back to email list...'
199 o bug 1196, 'Edit>Select All doesn't work' (Maemo)
200 o bug 1198, 'Reply-all "disappearing" address bug
202 o bug 1200, 'Add option to always retrieve full messages'
203 o bug 1209, 'Clicking on address in header (mailto uri)
204 selects default account'
205 o bug 1211, 'Offline dialog message bugs/annoyances...'
206 o Don't reflect accounts changes to the mainwindow when it's
208 o Fix double fetching of mails if first try failed
209 o Fix a crash in textview
210 o Fix changing quicksearch type (after Esc, after changing
212 o tools/uudec Fix missing dash to `display` command-line
218 o Fix for CVE-2007-1558 (APOP)
219 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1558
222 o Fix bug 1185, 'Pluginwindow's [X] button doesn't save'
223 o Fix encoding woes wrt saving of mails and parts
229 The Maemo port touches several areas: using the correct APIs for
230 a good integration, adding of a new layout suited for small
231 screens, Maemo-specific default preferences changes, Maemo-specific
232 GUI improvements, etc.
234 * Added more customisable colour labels
236 * Added 'Mark as spam', 'Mark as ham', and 'Add to address book'
239 * Added a new Quote Format symbol, %A, to insert the sender's email
242 * Changed the option to display unread message counts next to folder
243 names: it is now possible to display the total count of messages
244 too. Configurable from Display/Summaries
246 * If Claws Mail is already running on another display, attempting to
247 start it will mention that instead of popping up the window on the
250 * Added debugging of filtering/processing rules. Configurable from
251 Other/Logging options page
253 * Added handling of the contextual menu key in compose windows and
256 * Added a "pulsing" progressbar in the label window used when
257 rebuilding folder tree, etc, in order to show activity
259 * Improved "Offline mode override" dialogue to avoid asking
260 repeatedly, but still ask on explicit user actions
262 * Improved the creation of POP/Local accounts when no MH mailbox
263 exist: create the default one
265 * Write folderlist directly after adding/deleting accounts that have
268 * Added logging IMAP ALERTs as errors in the log
270 * Added a way for MimeViewer plugins to implement search in a part's
273 * Updated, added and replaced some icons
275 * Added display of any LDAP specified Search attributes
277 * Added 'telephoneNumber' in the default LDAP list of attributes
279 * Updated the Face header in the welcome message
281 * Added the option to minimize to tray in the Trayicon plugin
283 * Added a wrapper to mairix in the tools folder, tools/mailrix.sh
285 * Added a script which enables inserting files into the message body
286 of a new Compose window from the command line,
287 tools/claws-mail-compose-insert-files.pl
289 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, French, German,
290 Hungarian, Polish,Serbian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
297 o bug 1129, '"local mbox file" account isn't retrieving
299 o bug 1135, 'cm-segfault on decrypting with PGP/inline'
300 o bug 1136, 'Crash in group address completion'
301 * Fix "After receiving new mail, go to inbox" on IMAP, and
302 restrict it to manual fetching only
303 * Fix alertpanel.h only included in #ifdef HAVE_LIBETPAN
304 * Fix return value without libetpan
305 * Use gtk_window_set_role instead of gtk_window_set_wmclass
306 * Fix mime/globs path on NetBSD
311 * Removed 'Separate Folder tree' and 'Separate Message View' and put
312 new layouts in place of it, 'Standard', 'Three columns', 'Wide
313 message' and 'Wide message list'. Accessible from /View/Layout.
315 * Added IMAP subscriptions
316 Creating a new folder subscribes it. Deleting a folder unsubscribes
317 it. "Creating" an existing but unsubscribed folder will subscribe
318 it. By default, for new accounts, only subscribed folders are shown.
319 A contextual menu item has been added, /Subscriptions, which allows
320 switching the display between All folders and Subscribed folders
321 only. It also enables the subscribing and unsubscribing of folders.
323 * Added the option 'Enable customisable menu shortcuts' to the
324 'Other' preferences page. Turning this off locks the current hot
325 keys, preventing accidental changes.
327 * Added icons for application/pdf, application/pgp-signature,
328 application/postscript and text/calendar.
330 * Added /Tools/List URIs
331 Enables opening any or all of the URIs contained in the currently
334 * Added 'spam flag' to the Filtering and Processing Match Types.
336 * Removed the 'Composing messages exist' dialogue on exit. Instead
337 opened messages are automatically saved to drafts, and re-opened at
340 * Added handling of local URIs, (file:///...), from the --attach
343 * Added Account options for spellcheck default dictionaries.
345 * Added 'Edit/Delete thread'.
347 * Added an option 'Ask about account specific filtering rules...' to
348 the 'Other' page, which was previously a hidden option.
350 * Some preferences have been re-arranged:
351 Moved the 'Ask before emptying trash' option on the 'Other' page
352 outside of the 'On exit' frame as it's not only an 'On exit' option.
353 Moved 'Never send Return Receipts' from 'Other' to 'Sending' page.
354 Moved keybinding preferences to the 'Other' page.
355 Added 'mousepad' to the list of text editors on the 'External
358 * Bogofilter and SpamAssassin plugins: Enabled moving spam mail to the
359 Account's Trash folder instead of default Trash folder.
361 * ClamAV plugin: updated for the upstream changes in libclamav, whilst
362 maintaining compatibility with older version of libclamav.
364 * GPG Plugins: Added an option 'Use gpg-agent to manage passwords' to
365 GPG page of the common preferences. Fixes annoyances with distro-
366 installed gpg-agent, when no pinentry program is installed, and the
367 user is at a loss on why "decryption failed". It can be turned off
368 to bypass gpg-agent. The option is disabled if gpg-agent is not
371 * TrayIcon plugin: Added 'Hide at startup' and 'Close to tray'
373 When the 'Close to tray' option is used the Window Manager's hotkey
374 and [X] button will hide the window instead of closing it - closing
375 CM can be done using the tray icon menu or the /File menu.
376 Clicking the trayicon now raises the window to current desktop when
377 it was either minimized or shaded, or when it was on another desktop.
379 * Added support for non ISO-8859-1 compatible locales to the Actions
380 scripts freshmeat_search.pl, google_search.pl and multiwebsearch.pl.
382 * Renamed the maildir2claws-mail.pl script to kmail-mailbox2claws-mail.pl
383 and updated it to work with newer versions of Kmail.
385 * Added thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl script, which converts
386 thunderbird filter rules to Claws filter rules.
388 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Czech, Finnish,
389 French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian, Simplified Chinese,
390 Slovak and Spanish translations.
395 * Added command line equivalent options:
397 -q and --quit for --exit
399 "Unknown option" is now printed when unknown command line options
402 * The wizard for configuration migration, (Sylpheed-Claws to Claws
403 Mail), now has the option to save or not save a backup of the old
404 configuration folder.
406 * The configuration wizard is now re-run if it was previously
410 o bug 1100, 'Highlighted e-mail data not visible when color
412 o bug 1101, '"Load plugin" button is accidentally hidden'
413 o bug 1102, 'claws-mail-2.7.1 makes use of deprecated ldap
415 o IMAP: fixed crash when connect command doesn't exist.
416 o IMAP: better folder checking when an IMAP directory is set.
417 o IMAP: Never remove INBOX when scanning for new folders.
418 It's a special folder that must exist.
419 o fix vertical scrollbar jumping back to the top when 'Check
420 for new folders' is used.
421 o fix sensitivity issues of Mark as Spam/Ham context menus.
422 o fix potential crashes in the address book's embedded 'Edit
423 person' dialogue, and fix conflicting copy/paste menu
425 o Reflect change of Font configuration in the Header view
427 o fix handling of empty values in attach_load_directory and
428 attach_save_directory clawsrc options.
429 o fix 2nd-run loss and new configuration loss of filtering
430 rules on configuration migration.
431 o Bogofilter plugin: fix sensitivity of "Insert X-Bogosity
438 o bug 1095, 'Crash while changing folder columns during
440 o bug 1098, 'bogus last row display after expanding a thread'
441 o fix a few annoyances when choosing keys for the CMS (S/MIME)
443 o fix updating of the mime parts
444 o fix Forwarding msgs with attachments that have dos line
446 o strip S/MIME signatures when re-editing S/MIME signed
448 o fix body search starting at the end of the mail (and asking
450 o fix Enter in search windows
451 o fix dbus-related crash in the the GTK+ file selector.
452 o IMAP: fix recursion when server lists the current subfolder
454 o IMAP: get rid of the previous mailimap when connecting, just
455 in case disconnect was unclean
456 o IMAP: make sure we don't use an old socket when reconnecting
462 * The --select option can now also select emails by Message-ID
464 * Attaching files from 'mailto:' URIs (&attach=...) is now possible.
465 A dialog is displayed to make sure that the user is aware that the
466 mail will contain attachments
468 * 'New Message format' has been added to the Compose/Writing options,
469 this works like the Quote format and the same symbols are supported
471 * Reworked the About dialog, including the addition of a new page,
472 'Features', which indicates which of the optional features are
473 compiled in and which are not. A 'Release Notes' page was also
476 * Added history combo for all search fields (message and text)
478 * The 'mark_as_read_delay' option is not hidden anymore and can be
479 found in Configuration/Preferences/Summaries
481 * Added global and per-folder preferences to set the default
484 * Allow spell-checking to use both current and alternate dictionaries
486 * Added an hidden option 'addressbook_use_editaddress_dialog' to
487 embed the contact editor in the addressbook window in contrast to
490 * Added a hidden option 'unsafe_ssl_certs', to allow storing
491 multiple SSL certificates for a given server/port. You will be
492 asked to accept unknown certificates. Unchecking this option will
493 require you to re-accept previously known certificates
495 * Allow copying of folders between mailboxes
497 * Better automatic account selection for mailing lists (searches for
498 the email address in the Delivered-To header also)
500 * Made the "Synchronise" menu item inactive when there's nothing to
503 * Use Message font in Writing and Quoting preferences, as well as in
506 * Added more HTML symbols to the html to text converter
508 * Save the addressbook's window size on closing
510 * Better checks for syntax errors are applied to Templates and Quote
513 * Added a check to avoid trying to use a non-existent folder as
516 * Enable setting SSL via STARTTLS from the set-up wizard
518 * Added handling of ":port" in server addresses in the set-up wizard
519 to specify a port to connect to
521 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to print the X-Claws-Bogosity
522 header in emails handled by the Bogofilter plugin (in MH folders
525 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to whitelist senders found in
528 * Bogofilter plugin: Allow storing of Unsure mails in a specific
529 folder to make better teaching easier
531 * Bogofilter plugin: Improved GUI interaction while Bogofilter is
534 * TrayIcon plugin: added an "Email from account/..." submenu
536 * updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Catalan, Finnish,
537 French, Italian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, and Spanish
543 * First release as Claws Mail
546 o bug 1053, 'SC fails to reestablish a secure connection'
547 o bug 1054, 'Slowness logging big data chunks'
548 o bug 1057, 'crash on sending s signed message to a
550 o bug 1060, 'compilation error with Irix's cc'
551 o bug 1061, 'crash on opening signed email'
552 o bug 1066, 'Incorrect mailbox size displayed'
553 o bug 1069, 'Sent mails disappear, BCC or locking problem?'
554 o fix Reply To/Mailing list from the menu
555 o forbid drag and drop from/to different folders of type
557 o src/ssl_manager.c: fix possible infinite loop
558 o fix Options/Reply mode after draft save
559 o obey always_show_msg option when marking as spam
560 o fix spelling menu when replying
561 o don't change the From column title to To if the To column
563 o fix the wrong recipient being selected when replying to a
564 msg which is From one of our accounts To another of our
566 o fix crash on combining mark_as_read_delay with Hide Read
568 o create ~/.mailcap if it doesn't exist
574 * Final release as Sylpheed-Claws
576 * libetpan 0.48 or greater is now required for IMAP support.
578 * The Compose window now has an /Options/Reply mode/ menu. This
579 enables changing the recipients of a reply on the fly.
581 * QuickSearch now has a type-ahead option for fast searches.
583 * Extra symbols are now available for the Quote parser, your name,
584 your email address, the account name, and the organization.
586 * In the Folder Properties, it is now possible to test the regular
587 expression used in the Simplify Subject RegExp option.
589 * GSSAPI support has been added for IMAP.
591 * UIDPLUS support has been added for IMAP.
593 * A Stop button has been added for Message Body searches, enabling
594 cancelling of a running search. This is available in '/Edit/Search
595 Folder...' and '/Edit/Find in current message...'.
597 * libSM support has been added. This enables communication with the
598 session manager, so that it is known when the session ends, in
599 order to save the caches, and draft any messages currently being
602 * Support for Address Book Groups has been added to the Compose
603 window's automatic address completion.
605 * a new hidden option has been added, 'respect_flowed_format'. This
606 follows RFC3676 with regard to a message part with a Content-Type
607 that includes 'format=flowed' and 'delsp=yes'. This will cause some
608 mails to have long lines, but will fix some URLs that would
609 otherwise be wrapped. By default it is turned off.
611 * Basic key import/export has been added to the PGP plugins. When
612 generating a new key pair you can export the public key to a key
613 server. When selecting the signature part of a message, if the key
614 is not on your keyring, you will be asked if you want to attempt
615 to import it from a keyserver.
617 * The TrayIcon now displays 'offline' status.
619 * More window sizes and placements are remembered across sessions.
621 * tools/fix_date.sh: Switches to replace non RFC-compliant Date:
622 value, and to use strict RFC matching patterns for dates have been
625 * Several optimisations have been made.
632 o Fix redirecting of sent mails
633 o Fix Go to Next * after applying Preferences
634 o Fix quote-folding when emails don't convert cleanly to
641 o bug 1034, 'Incorrect display of size field in message view'
647 o bug 1032, 'Segmentation fault when showing message'
648 o fix crash with quote folding on HTML
649 o fix building with --disable-nls
650 o remove tabs in Subject string
655 * Make node expanding in the Folder List non-recursive
658 o bug 1024, 'Array index out of range in
660 o Fix "Check for new folders" on folders with accented
662 o Fix filtering "copy" rules
663 o Fix "goto next unread" after collapsing/expanding a node
669 o bug #1023 (Sylpheed deletes too much messages)
670 o Crash in partial downloading
675 * It is now possible to stop searches in message bodies
677 * IMAP: Use UID SEARCH ALL instead of UID SEARCH UID 1:* in order
678 to fix speed issues with badly implemented servers
681 o Fix multiple registering of SpamAssassin and Bogofilter
682 plugin after having changed their preferences, leading to
683 slowness or duplicated messages.
688 * Minimum required versions of GTK+ and GLIB is now 2.6.0
690 * Minimum required version of libetpan (for IMAP support) is now 0.46
692 * metamail support has been dropped, this is now handled internally
694 * New plugin: Bogofilter, providing Spam filtering and learning
696 * Account-based filtering rules. Each filtering rule can now be
697 assigned to a specific account, by default it's "All".
699 * Filtering against Address Book. It is now possible add matched
700 conditions to determine if any email address in a message matches
701 or doesn't match any or all books or folders in the Address Book.
703 * Quote folding. Quotes in the message view can now be folded, via
704 the "/View/Quotes/..." menu. The folding can also be toggled by
705 double clicking on the quotes in the Message View
707 * Re-enabled user-defined Headers in Displayed Headers configuration
709 * "/View/Go to/Parent message" and "/View/Go to/Last read message"
712 * Made the list views look more modern by add alternating coloured
713 lines, replacing the box-type expanders with arrows, removing the
715 Hidden prefs have been added to enable users to maintain the old
717 'enable_dotted_lines' for the dotted lines and box-type expanders.
718 'use stripes_in_summary' to enable alternating coloured lines in
719 the Message and Folder lists.
720 'use stripes_everywhere' to also enable alternating coloured lines
722 Note: 'use_stripes_everywhere' replaces the previous hidden option
725 * New hidden pref, 'stripes_color_offset', to change the value added/
726 subtracted to normal bgcolor to create the stripes in the summaries
728 * The Send button on the main toolbar is now inactive when the Queue
731 * IMAP: Added a View Log button on auth error
733 * PGP/Core plugin: it is now possible to create a new key pair from
736 * PGP/Core plugin: When encrypting, if only one key matches, and it
737 matches exactly, it is automatically used
739 * TrayIcon plugin: the icon now has transparency
741 * Enabled text selection for replying from MimeViewer plugins
743 * The attachments list in the MimeView column can now be scrolled
746 * In the MimeView column a middle-click will now just open the Mime
747 part without showing it in the Message View, likewise, a right-
748 click will display the context menu without displaying the part
750 * The "When entering a folder..." selection option is now used for
751 '/View/Go to/Next unread folder'
753 * A special Return-Receipt message is shown if the message is from
756 * An icon has been added to the statusbar to notify of errors
758 * Added missing icons to the Icon Legend dialog
760 * Enabled closing of SSL certificates and Folder Sort dialogs with Esc
763 * Displaying of huge mails can now be cancelled, so the GUI doesn't
766 * Claws Mail' internal queue headers are now hidden when showing
767 all headers. They'll be present only in Source window.
769 * Several GUI improvements.
771 * Faster loading of folders and other optimisations and speed-ups
773 * Logging has been improved.
775 * improved sizing of some widgets
777 * Made the desktop file XDG compliant
779 * The manuals have been updated
781 * A Spanish translation of the manual has been added
783 * Added an action tool, tools/uuooffice, to open uuencoded *.doc files
786 * Added an action tool, tools/fix_date.sh, to fix a missing Date field
792 * A ./configure option has been added, --with-mandir=DIR allowing the
793 setting of the man directory location
795 * 'Send queue' has been added to the folder contextual menu, which
796 allows sending the contents of a single queue, as opposed to the
797 toolbar's Send Queue, which sends all queues
799 * '/View/Go to/Next unread folder' has been added
801 * 'View/Go to/Next marked messages' now traverses folders
803 * sftp:// links are now recognised in mails
805 * A dialogue is presented to the user when dropping files into the
806 Compose window, asking whether to insert or attach the file(s). The
807 default behaviour can be controlled via a new option in
810 * Allow attached message parts to be selected, opened, or saved via
811 their text label in the message body
813 * Save named inlined attachments with "Save all"
815 * An option to change the Folder Type has been added to the Folder
818 * Add |i{sub_expr} to Templates, which allows inserting user-entered
821 * A new option has been added to '/Preferences/External programs' to
822 allow "Display as text" on attachments to be done via a script
824 * An option to 'Never send Return Receipts' has been added to the
825 'Other' page of the preferences.
827 * The Custom Header dialogue in Account Preferences now has a 'From
828 file...' button, which enables a Face or X-Face header to be set by
831 * libgnomeprint support : A font for printing can be specified in
834 * Add Help buttons to some dialogues, clicking on them will open the
835 manual at a suitable section in the configured browser
837 * The option 'Add date header' has been removed, a date header is
840 * The '/Message/Re-edit' menu item has been removed from the separate
841 Message View, where it was useless
843 * Display an Account's Protocol as a label instead of the unusable
844 combo when editing accounts
846 * It is now possible to move and copy mails from and to the Drafts
849 * More non-English Subject prefixes have been added
851 * The Attachment flag is now set for some inlined attachments
853 * Faster recursive quicksearch (show current folder's results before
854 searching sub-folders)
856 * Faster send on IMAP
858 * Alert in case of authentication error on imap
860 * Better error reporting in GPG plugins
862 * Faster and better MBOX import/export
864 * Save caches on SIGPIPE (like on Xorg exit)
866 * Unified Info/Help/Symbols buttons
868 * Honor display-header-pane setting in separate window too
870 * Use the user-defined From: in the Return-Path: header when sending
872 * Grab Save button by default in Save dialog, which allows saving
875 * The online status is checked before resetting mailcheck timer
877 * Show POP3 connection earlier in statusbar
879 * Re-read /etc/resolv.conf before connecting to IMAP servers, and
880 when switching to Online mode
882 * tools/textviewer.pl has been added, which can be used with the new
883 option 'Command for Display as Text' in '/Preferences/External
886 * The Claws Mail logo has been updated
893 * Improved error catching in GnuPG plugins
895 * Always replace \n, \r and \t with spaces in headers
897 * Fix 'make clean' removing of provided manuals
899 * Fix setting of PACKAGE_DATA_DIR with newer versions of autoconf,
902 * Fix double-ask of "Do you want to mark all as read"
904 * Fix bug #968 (Rockliffe IMAP server doesn't like SC (server isn't
905 RFC-compliant)) - Workaround Rockliffe IMAP server bug
907 * Fix bug #969 (crash on rebuilding imap folder)
909 * Fix bug #971 (2.2.3 cannot read mail from local mbox)
914 * Mailing-list support (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, View Archive, etc)
915 has been added in the main window's 'Message/Mailing list' menu
917 * Filtering and processing rules can be disabled with just one click
919 * The From address is editable in the Compose window
921 * A menu has been added to the Compose toolbar button to enable
922 choosing the account to use
924 * Write-only support of .mh_sequences' Unseen property has been added
925 for MH mailboxes, allowing synchronised flags when reading your MH
926 mailbox with Mutt or other MH-based mail clients
928 * More feedback is provided to the user when importing MBOX files
930 * 'k' added as a shortcut for 'colorlabel' in the Extended Quick
933 * The option to go to the first Marked message when entering a
934 folder has been added.
936 * The 'ignore thread' flag is now correctly set on mails threaded by
937 subject, in addition to standard headers.
939 * Hidden prefs have been added that allow customization of the
940 colours used in the Log window (useful for dark GTK+ themes)
942 * Optimised large folder reading
944 * Optimised copy/move/deletion/selection
946 * Optimised 'mark all read' in the current folder
948 * 'test' filtering rules are processed in the background
950 * A progressbar for cache updates has been added
952 * A progressbar for copy/move functions has been added
954 * More dialogues have been made HIG compliant
956 * Allow recursive setting of properties for whole mailboxes
958 * A Face header has been added to the Welcome mail
960 * The user manual has been updated
962 * tools/filter_conv_new.pl has been updated for rule
970 * Fix crash on a very common code path, introduced by a merge error in
978 * Fix URI check, which failed to identify fake, phishing URIs if they
981 * Reply-To and Sender addresses in the message view are now fully
984 * Remove extraneous tab at start of addresses.
991 * Always obey the "confirm before marking all mails read" option
993 * Fixed MBOX import/export's behaviour on failure
995 * Fixed automatic rule creation with List-Post
997 * Fixed some GTK+ warnings and errors at runtime
999 * Fixed some compiler warnings
1001 * Fixed double init of the g_thread subsystem
1003 * Fixed saving of parts with names that can't be converted to UTF-8
1005 * Fixed a possible infinite loop when filtering moved and copied some
1008 * Fixed a buffer overflow in Russian locale
1010 * Fixed a memory leak in expired SSL certificate check
1012 * Fixed bolding of folder names in the folder selector window with
1015 * Added an hidden preference, 'ssl_skip_cert_check', to avoid
1016 duplicates of bug #959 - if libetpan is linked against gnutls, there
1017 can be bugs on 64 bits systems. Gnutls fixed them in their 1.2.4
1020 * The SSL "expired certificate" warning is now presented only once per
1023 * Fixed races when reusing the SMTP sessions
1025 * Added the missing timeout on SMTP sessions
1029 * Fixed a crash in PGP plugins, which could happen when signing fails
1032 * Fixed SpamAssassin plugin, which stayed disabled as long as the
1033 transport wasn't reselected
1035 * Fixed bug #830 (Some unread messages get marked read in IMAP inbox)
1037 * Fixed bug #955 (copying messages between imap folders is extremely
1040 * Fixed bug #961 (return receipt dialog complains incorrectly about
1041 return-path email adress being different)
1043 * Fixed bug #962 (Manual and/or UI should warn about incompatible
1044 locking causing dataloss)
1049 * S/MIME signature verification has been removed from the PGP/MIME
1050 plugin as it is now provided by the S/MIME plugin.
1052 * IMAP users will see significant speed improvements.
1054 * ANONYMOUS auth has been added for IMAP
1056 * In the Compose window all spell-checker options are now available
1057 from the /Spelling/Options menu.
1059 * Syntax errors in the extended Quick Search are now indicated by
1060 a pink/red background.
1062 * An encrypt-to-self option has been added to the Account Privacy
1065 * Sysadmins can now provide their users with pre-filled values in
1066 the Setup Wizard. See the manual, '6.6. Deploying Claws Mail',
1069 * Various GUI improvements have been added.
1071 * A new command line option has been added: --select 'folder[/msg]'
1072 This can be used at startup and causes the specified folder/message
1073 to be selected. 'folder' is a folder id like '#mh/Mailbox/inbox'
1075 * Optional background colouring of quotes has been added. It can be
1076 configured from the Colour Preferences dialogue.
1077 GTK+-2.8.x or newer is required for this feature.
1079 * In the Compose window, multiple quote levels are now coloured in
1080 the same way as the Message View.
1082 * A warning is now displayed on expired SSL certificates and the
1083 expiration date is shown.
1085 * A hidden option has been added, 'compose_no_markup', this prohibits
1086 the use of bold and italic text in Compose dialogue's account
1089 * LDAPS support has been added.
1091 * The user manual has been updated, and French and Polish
1092 translations are now also included.
1099 * The Preferences config file, ~/.claws-mail/sylpheedrc, is now
1100 stored with UTF-8 encoding
1105 * libetpan version 0.45 or newer is now required for IMAP support,
1106 this allows checking for IMAP/SSL certificates.
1108 * Support for the Face header has been added,
1109 see http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/
1111 * In the Templates dialog TAB address completion has been added for
1112 Cc and Bcc fields, in addition to To.
1114 * An account's signature file, (Account Preferences, Compose tab),
1115 can now been edited in place using the configured text editor.
1117 * An advanced search is now possible in the '/Edit/Search folder'
1120 * '/Edit/Find' has been added to the Compose window for text
1123 * A progress bar is now shown in the status bar whilst doing a Quick
1126 * A long search can now be cancelled.
1128 * In a Sent mail folder the From column in the message list is now
1129 automatically changed to the To column.
1131 * '/Message/Colour Label' has been added to the main menu, enabling
1132 (unmodifiable) shortcut keys, Ctrl+[0-7].
1134 * The colour labels are now customisable from the 'Display/Colours'
1135 page of the Preferences. It is now possible to choose any colours
1136 and to give them each a label.
1138 * A Spell Checking option to 'Recheck message when changing
1139 dictionary' has been added.
1141 * An option to 'Render HTML-only mail with plugin if possible' has
1142 been added to the 'Message View/Text Options' preferences page.
1144 * Headers in the message view and the Custom headers dialog are now
1145 translated if the option 'Translate header names' is activated.
1147 * It is now possible to sort the columns in the Addressbook.
1149 * More drag-n-drop capabilities have been added, from the message
1150 list to other apps, from the mimeview to other apps, from other
1151 apps to message list, from other apps to folder list, from the
1152 mimeview to the message and folder lists and the Compose window's
1155 * "Ignore thread" has beed added as a filtering action.
1157 * The Compose window is now hidden when sending mails via filtering.
1159 * An alphabetical resort is done immediately when a folder's name
1162 * Unsubscribing a newsgroup now removes the related folder and
1163 articles from newscache/
1165 * A "Get more..." link has been added to the Plugins window. This
1166 loads http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php in your browser.
1168 * The SpamAssassin plugin is now equipped with a spam learning
1169 interface, usable by right-clicking a message and choosing
1170 'Mark as Spam' or 'Mark as Ham' in the Mark submenu. It is now also
1171 possible to disable SpamAssasin filtering when receiving mail, so
1172 that the plugin can be used for learning only.
1174 * Remote learning in the SpamAssassin plugin has been added. This
1175 requires SpamAssassin 3.1.x.
1177 * A new script has been added that integrates a Thunderbird folder
1178 tree into Claws Mail, tools/tbird2syl.py
1183 * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
1185 * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added.
1187 * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu
1189 * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using
1190 the optional libgnomeprintui support.
1192 * '--exit' command-line option has been added.
1194 * '--subscribe' command-line option has been added.
1195 Calling claws-mail --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins
1196 if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if
1197 using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be
1198 able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser.
1200 * claws-mail email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose
1202 * claws-mail proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe
1204 * HIG compliant button order has been implemented.
1206 * Several dialogues throughout have been improved.
1208 * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons in the main
1211 * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the
1212 account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button.
1214 * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added
1215 to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it.
1217 * The Subject in the compose window title now updates instantaneously.
1219 * The mimetypes list in the compose window attachment pane is now
1220 alphabetically ordered.
1222 * The message view email and URI parsers have been enhanced.
1224 * In Quick Search Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this
1225 provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of
1228 * When Quick Search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow
1229 background for greater visibility.
1231 * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching
1234 * The configuration option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has
1235 been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'.
1237 * The 'Wrap at send' configuration option has been removed.
1239 * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to
1242 * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI
1243 as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages.
1245 * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into
1246 one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the
1247 requirements are matched.
1249 * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single
1252 * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available
1254 * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'.
1256 * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible
1257 licence has been added.
1259 * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed.
1261 * Added tools/filter_conv_new.pl.
1262 Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99)
1263 to Claws filtering rules.
1268 * etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
1269 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
1271 * Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/ Mutt/Pine file'
1272 functions were fixed.
1275 Signature checking is now non-blocking
1277 * The URLs in the About window are now clickable
1279 * the man page has been updated and renamed 'claws-mail'
1284 * The binary is now 'claws-mail' and not 'sylpheed'
1286 * The default config dir is now '~/.claws-mail'. The user will
1287 be prompted to perform an automatic migration of configuration
1288 options to this new directory.
1290 * A new default internal icon theme has been added, based on the
1293 * Messages are now sorted by Date by default
1296 The noticeview is now shown on the message/rfc822 part in addition
1297 to the text/plain part.
1298 The privacy icon in the noticeview is now clickable and also uses
1299 key C to perform the signature check.
1300 The Trust field has been moved into Full info display.
1301 When trust is less than full, don't display a warning icon.
1302 Visual feedback is provided in the statusbar when checking
1304 The PGP/MIME signature file is now named 'signature.asc'.
1305 The dialog for entering a passphrase has been improved.
1307 * Local deletion of news posts has been added.
1309 * A file selector has been added for selecting an account's Signature
1312 * Many window sizes are now remembered.
1314 * The presense of marked msgs in unexpanded subfolders is now indicated
1315 by the icon of the parent folder.
1318 The message list is reset when the dialog is hidden.
1319 The 'Sticky' option, for keeping the search activated across folders.
1321 * The Subject is now set when forwarding multiple mails.
1323 * When a default Cc or Bcc is used, a check is performed to make sure
1324 the To header has also been set.
1326 * In the filtering dialog a warning dialog is shown if the rule was
1329 * The file and directory Browse buttons, ("...") have been improved.
1331 * When double-clicking an attachment the "Open with" dialog is
1332 presented if no command was found for the file type.
1334 * The X-Face has been added to the message view and can be toggled by
1335 '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Text options/Display
1336 X-Face in messageview'.
1338 * The message list context menu has been reworked.
1340 * When replying to a mail sent by yourself, Reply excludes your own
1341 address from the list of recipients. 'Reply All' and 'Reply to
1342 sender' still work like before.
1344 * When the Folder Preference 'Default To for replies' the entry in
1345 the Compose window is presented in bold text.
1347 * The About window has been reworked.
1352 * etpan >= 0.39 is now required for IMAP support
1354 * LDAP and JPilot support is now built by default if the dependencies
1357 * ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap is now used to open attachments
1359 * middle-click pasting that respects the 'Wrap pasted text' option
1362 * during composition the user is alerted if the message can't be
1365 * the description windows are now non-modal
1367 * a 'Clear Log' button has been added to the log window popup menu
1369 * Sender, List-Post and To have been added to the headers that are
1370 checked during automatic Filtering and Processing rules creation
1372 * the current locale's charset is used for display of broken mails
1373 and a hidden option, 'utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail', has
1374 been added allowing the user to use UTF-8 for broken mails
1376 * GNU/aspell support: if black is chosen as the misspelled word
1377 colour, misspelled words will be underlined.
1379 * the Message View and Compose windows now display the message
1380 subject as the window title.
1382 * libgnomeprint support: currently selected text attachments can be
1385 * drag'n'drop of messages from the Message List to a Compose window's
1386 Attachment pane is now possible
1388 * PGP/MIME plugin: it is now possible to verify S/MIME signatures
1390 * PGP/Core plugin: A "Don't encrypt" button has been added to the key
1391 selection dialog, and the buttons have been reordered.
1393 * the user is warned if the requested Privacy system is not available
1394 when composing a message
1399 * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
1400 been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...'.
1401 Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
1402 controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
1404 * Filtering and Processing rules can now be named.
1406 * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
1408 * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
1409 now derived from the normal font.
1411 * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
1412 has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option.
1414 * Many improvements to the Address book.
1416 * A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with sub-items 'as
1417 quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
1419 * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
1422 * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
1424 * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable.
1426 * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
1427 the removal of the toolbar handles.
1429 * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
1430 enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
1432 * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
1434 * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
1437 * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
1440 * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
1442 * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
1444 * tools/asus_mailled.sh
1445 A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
1448 * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
1449 Use Claws Mail icon and the text 'Claws Mail' in the menu,
1450 use kdialog during installation
1455 * add GPGME 1.x support.
1457 * A new PGP/Core plugin has been added
1459 * IMAP now uses libEtPan!
1461 * Printing support using libgnomeprint2 and libgnomeprintui2
1463 * The cache/mark files are now platform-independent.
1465 * A plugin dependency system has been added.
1467 * The PGP/Inline plugin has been added to the main package.
1469 * Folders which contain Marked messages are now indicated by a
1470 Folder icon overlaid with a tick
1472 * '/Edit/Quick search' menu item has been added to the main window
1474 * An option to 'Confirm before sending queued messages' has been
1477 * The "Copy ..." menu items now copy to both the X and the gtk
1478 clipboards in the Compose window
1480 * The Template and Plugin lists are now sorted alphabetically
1482 * Plugins preferences are now grouped under their own 'Plugins'
1485 * A 'Go to Prev' button has been added to the toolbar
1487 * Keyboard accelerators have been added to many buttons
1489 * The folder selection dialogue now displays folder names with
1492 * The 'Display cursor in message view' option is now a hidden option,
1493 'textview_cursor_visible'
1495 * Reordering of accounts by drag 'n' drop has been enabled in the
1496 'Edit accounts' dialogue
1498 * New Claws Mail icons have been added, and the default
1499 application icon is now set.
1501 * The SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins have been optimised.
1507 * improved IMAP support
1509 * Performance increases
1511 * /Message/Delete and /Message/Move to trash
1512 '/Message/Delete' has been renamed '/Message/Move to trash'
1513 and '/Message/Delete' has been added. '/Message/Delete' will
1514 now directly destroy the message, after asking for a
1515 confirmation, instead of moving it to the Trash folder.
1517 * new style configuration options interface.
1520 The 'PGP/MIME' plugin has been renamed 'PGP MIME'.
1522 * LDAP bind password is no longer visible onscreen.
1524 * An option to encrypt replies to encrypted messages by default
1526 * Filtering rules can be reordered by drag n drop
1528 * '/Options/Character encoding/...' has been added to the Compose
1531 * Hebrew encodings have been added
1533 * The 'Show all headers' option is now sticky.
1535 * Return Receipts can now be sent from any account.
1537 * A clip/signed icon has been added.
1543 * bug-fix release which fixes the ASpell Spell Checker
1549 * Inline image display
1551 * An option to render HTML as text has been added to
1552 /Configuration/Preferences/Common/Message
1554 * An option for a default Queue folder has been added to the
1555 'Advanced' tab of Account Preferences
1557 * Filtering Preferences window size is saved
1559 * Batch sending of mails (per account)
1561 * Support for GBK encoding
1563 * New logo in About window
1565 * tools/acroread2sylpheed.pl
1566 script to send pdfs as attachments from Adobe Reader 7
1567 see tools/README for details
1573 Initial GTK2 release
1575 * default config dir is ~/.sylpheed-gtk2