1 Changes of the Sylpheed-Claws GTK2 branch
8 * Improved error catching in GnuPG plugins
10 * Always replace \n, \r and \t with spaces in headers
12 * Fix 'make clean' removing of provided manuals
14 * Fix setting of PACKAGE_DATA_DIR with newer versions of autoconf,
17 * Fix double-ask of "Do you want to mark all as read"
19 * Fix bug #968 (Rockliffe IMAP server doesn't like SC (server isn't
20 RFC-compliant)) - Workaround Rockliffe IMAP server bug
22 * Fix bug #969 (crash on rebuilding imap folder)
24 * Fix bug #971 (2.2.3 cannot read mail from local mbox)
29 * Mailing-list support (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, View Archive, etc)
30 has been added in the main window's 'Message/Mailing list' menu
32 * Filtering and processing rules can be disabled with just one click
34 * The From address is editable in the Compose window
36 * A menu has been added to the Compose toolbar button to enable
37 choosing the account to use
39 * Write-only support of .mh_sequences' Unseen property has been added
40 for MH mailboxes, allowing synchronised flags when reading your MH
41 mailbox with Mutt or other MH-based mail clients
43 * More feedback is provided to the user when importing MBOX files
45 * 'k' added as a shortcut for 'colorlabel' in the Extended Quick
48 * The option to go to the first Marked message when entering a
49 folder has been added.
51 * The 'ignore thread' flag is now correctly set on mails threaded by
52 subject, in addition to standard headers.
54 * Hidden prefs have been added that allow customization of the
55 colours used in the Log window (useful for dark GTK+ themes)
57 * Optimised large folder reading
59 * Optimised copy/move/deletion/selection
61 * Optimised 'mark all read' in the current folder
63 * 'test' filtering rules are processed in the background
65 * A progressbar for cache updates has been added
67 * A progressbar for copy/move functions has been added
69 * More dialogues have been made HIG compliant
71 * Allow recursive setting of properties for whole mailboxes
73 * A Face header has been added to the Welcome mail
75 * The user manual has been updated
77 * tools/filter_conv_new.pl has been updated for rule
85 * Fix crash on a very common code path, introduced by a merge error in
93 * Fix URI check, which failed to identify fake, phishing URIs if they
96 * Reply-To and Sender addresses in the message view are now fully
99 * Remove extraneous tab at start of addresses.
106 * Always obey the "confirm before marking all mails read" option
108 * Fixed MBOX import/export's behaviour on failure
110 * Fixed automatic rule creation with List-Post
112 * Fixed some GTK+ warnings and errors at runtime
114 * Fixed some compiler warnings
116 * Fixed double init of the g_thread subsystem
118 * Fixed saving of parts with names that can't be converted to UTF-8
120 * Fixed a possible infinite loop when filtering moved and copied some
123 * Fixed a buffer overflow in Russian locale
125 * Fixed a memory leak in expired SSL certificate check
127 * Fixed bolding of folder names in the folder selector window with
130 * Added an hidden preference, 'ssl_skip_cert_check', to avoid
131 duplicates of bug #959 - if libetpan is linked against gnutls, there
132 can be bugs on 64 bits systems. Gnutls fixed them in their 1.2.4
135 * The SSL "expired certificate" warning is now presented only once per
138 * Fixed races when reusing the SMTP sessions
140 * Added the missing timeout on SMTP sessions
144 * Fixed a crash in PGP plugins, which could happen when signing fails
147 * Fixed SpamAssassin plugin, which stayed disabled as long as the
148 transport wasn't reselected
150 * Fixed bug #830 (Some unread messages get marked read in IMAP inbox)
152 * Fixed bug #955 (copying messages between imap folders is extremely
155 * Fixed bug #961 (return receipt dialog complains incorrectly about
156 return-path email adress being different)
158 * Fixed bug #962 (Manual and/or UI should warn about incompatible
159 locking causing dataloss)
164 * S/MIME signature verification has been removed from the PGP/MIME
165 plugin as it is now provided by the S/MIME plugin.
167 * IMAP users will see significant speed improvements.
169 * ANONYMOUS auth has been added for IMAP
171 * In the Compose window all spell-checker options are now available
172 from the /Spelling/Options menu.
174 * Syntax errors in the extended Quick Search are now indicated by
175 a pink/red background.
177 * An encrypt-to-self option has been added to the Account Privacy
180 * Sysadmins can now provide their users with pre-filled values in
181 the Setup Wizard. See the manual, '6.6. Deploying Sylpheed-Claws',
184 * Various GUI improvements have been added.
186 * A new command line option has been added: --select 'folder[/msg]'
187 This can be used at startup and causes the specified folder/message
188 to be selected. 'folder' is a folder id like '#mh/Mailbox/inbox'
190 * Optional background colouring of quotes has been added. It can be
191 configured from the Colour Preferences dialogue.
192 GTK+-2.8.x or newer is required for this feature.
194 * In the Compose window, multiple quote levels are now coloured in
195 the same way as the Message View.
197 * A warning is now displayed on expired SSL certificates and the
198 expiration date is shown.
200 * A hidden option has been added, 'compose_no_markup', this prohibits
201 the use of bold and italic text in Compose dialogue's account
204 * LDAPS support has been added.
206 * The user manual has been updated, and French and Polish
207 translations are now also included.
214 * The Preferences config file, ~/.sylpheed-claws/sylpheedrc, is now
215 stored with UTF-8 encoding
220 * libetpan version 0.45 or newer is now required for IMAP support,
221 this allows checking for IMAP/SSL certificates.
223 * Support for the Face header has been added,
224 see http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/
226 * In the Templates dialog TAB address completion has been added for
227 Cc and Bcc fields, in addition to To.
229 * An account's signature file, (Account Preferences, Compose tab),
230 can now been edited in place using the configured text editor.
232 * An advanced search is now possible in the '/Edit/Search folder'
235 * '/Edit/Find' has been added to the Compose window for text
238 * A progress bar is now shown in the status bar whilst doing a Quick
241 * A long search can now be cancelled.
243 * In a Sent mail folder the From column in the message list is now
244 automatically changed to the To column.
246 * '/Message/Colour Label' has been added to the main menu, enabling
247 (unmodifiable) shortcut keys, Ctrl+[0-7].
249 * The colour labels are now customisable from the 'Display/Colours'
250 page of the Preferences. It is now possible to choose any colours
251 and to give them each a label.
253 * A Spell Checking option to 'Recheck message when changing
254 dictionary' has been added.
256 * An option to 'Render HTML-only mail with plugin if possible' has
257 been added to the 'Message View/Text Options' preferences page.
259 * Headers in the message view and the Custom headers dialog are now
260 translated if the option 'Translate header names' is activated.
262 * It is now possible to sort the columns in the Addressbook.
264 * More drag-n-drop capabilities have been added, from the message
265 list to other apps, from the mimeview to other apps, from other
266 apps to message list, from other apps to folder list, from the
267 mimeview to the message and folder lists and the Compose window's
270 * "Ignore thread" has beed added as a filtering action.
272 * The Compose window is now hidden when sending mails via filtering.
274 * An alphabetical resort is done immediately when a folder's name
277 * Unsubscribing a newsgroup now removes the related folder and
278 articles from newscache/
280 * A "Get more..." link has been added to the Plugins window. This
281 loads http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php in your browser.
283 * The SpamAssassin plugin is now equipped with a spam learning
284 interface, usable by right-clicking a message and choosing
285 'Mark as Spam' or 'Mark as Ham' in the Mark submenu. It is now also
286 possible to disable SpamAssasin filtering when receiving mail, so
287 that the plugin can be used for learning only.
289 * Remote learning in the SpamAssassin plugin has been added. This
290 requires SpamAssassin 3.1.x.
292 * A new script has been added that integrates a Thunderbird folder
293 tree into Sylpheed-Claws, tools/tbird2syl.py
298 * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
300 * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added.
302 * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu
304 * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using
305 the optional libgnomeprintui support.
307 * '--exit' command-line option has been added.
309 * '--subscribe' command-line option has been added.
310 Calling sylpheed-claws --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins
311 if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if
312 using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be
313 able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser.
315 * sylpheed-claws email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose
317 * sylpheed-claws proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe
319 * HIG compliant button order has been implemented.
321 * Several dialogues throughout have been improved.
323 * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons in the main
326 * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the
327 account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button.
329 * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added
330 to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it.
332 * The Subject in the compose window title now updates instantaneously.
334 * The mimetypes list in the compose window attachment pane is now
335 alphabetically ordered.
337 * The message view email and URI parsers have been enhanced.
339 * In Quick Search Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this
340 provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of
343 * When Quick Search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow
344 background for greater visibility.
346 * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching
349 * The configuration option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has
350 been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'.
352 * The 'Wrap at send' configuration option has been removed.
354 * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to
357 * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI
358 as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages.
360 * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into
361 one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the
362 requirements are matched.
364 * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single
367 * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available
369 * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'.
371 * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible
372 licence has been added.
374 * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed.
376 * Added tools/filter_conv_new.pl.
377 Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99)
378 to Claws filtering rules.
383 * etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
384 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
386 * Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/ Mutt/Pine file'
387 functions were fixed.
390 Signature checking is now non-blocking
392 * The URLs in the About window are now clickable
394 * the man page has been updated and renamed 'sylpheed-claws'
399 * The binary is now 'sylpheed-claws' and not 'sylpheed'
401 * The default config dir is now '~/.sylpheed-claws'. The user will
402 be prompted to perform an automatic migration of configuration
403 options to this new directory.
405 * A new default internal icon theme has been added, based on the
408 * Messages are now sorted by Date by default
411 The noticeview is now shown on the message/rfc822 part in addition
412 to the text/plain part.
413 The privacy icon in the noticeview is now clickable and also uses
414 key C to perform the signature check.
415 The Trust field has been moved into Full info display.
416 When trust is less than full, don't display a warning icon.
417 Visual feedback is provided in the statusbar when checking
419 The PGP/MIME signature file is now named 'signature.asc'.
420 The dialog for entering a passphrase has been improved.
422 * Local deletion of news posts has been added.
424 * A file selector has been added for selecting an account's Signature
427 * Many window sizes are now remembered.
429 * The presense of marked msgs in unexpanded subfolders is now indicated
430 by the icon of the parent folder.
433 The message list is reset when the dialog is hidden.
434 The 'Sticky' option, for keeping the search activated across folders.
436 * The Subject is now set when forwarding multiple mails.
438 * When a default Cc or Bcc is used, a check is performed to make sure
439 the To header has also been set.
441 * In the filtering dialog a warning dialog is shown if the rule was
444 * The file and directory Browse buttons, ("...") have been improved.
446 * When double-clicking an attachment the "Open with" dialog is
447 presented if no command was found for the file type.
449 * The X-Face has been added to the message view and can be toggled by
450 '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Text options/Display
451 X-Face in messageview'.
453 * The message list context menu has been reworked.
455 * When replying to a mail sent by yourself, Reply excludes your own
456 address from the list of recipients. 'Reply All' and 'Reply to
457 sender' still work like before.
459 * When the Folder Preference 'Default To for replies' the entry in
460 the Compose window is presented in bold text.
462 * The About window has been reworked.
467 * etpan >= 0.39 is now required for IMAP support
469 * LDAP and JPilot support is now built by default if the dependencies
472 * ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap is now used to open attachments
474 * middle-click pasting that respects the 'Wrap pasted text' option
477 * during composition the user is alerted if the message can't be
480 * the description windows are now non-modal
482 * a 'Clear Log' button has been added to the log window popup menu
484 * Sender, List-Post and To have been added to the headers that are
485 checked during automatic Filtering and Processing rules creation
487 * the current locale's charset is used for display of broken mails
488 and a hidden option, 'utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail', has
489 been added allowing the user to use UTF-8 for broken mails
491 * GNU/aspell support: if black is chosen as the misspelled word
492 colour, misspelled words will be underlined.
494 * the Message View and Compose windows now display the message
495 subject as the window title.
497 * libgnomeprint support: currently selected text attachments can be
500 * drag'n'drop of messages from the Message List to a Compose window's
501 Attachment pane is now possible
503 * PGP/MIME plugin: it is now possible to verify S/MIME signatures
505 * PGP/Core plugin: A "Don't encrypt" button has been added to the key
506 selection dialog, and the buttons have been reordered.
508 * the user is warned if the requested Privacy system is not available
509 when composing a message
514 * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
515 been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...'.
516 Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
517 controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
519 * Filtering and Processing rules can now be named.
521 * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
523 * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
524 now derived from the normal font.
526 * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
527 has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option.
529 * Many improvements to the Address book.
531 * A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with sub-items 'as
532 quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
534 * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
537 * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
539 * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable.
541 * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
542 the removal of the toolbar handles.
544 * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
545 enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
547 * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
549 * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
552 * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
555 * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
557 * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
559 * tools/asus_mailled.sh
560 A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
563 * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
564 Use Sylpheed-Claws icon and the text 'Sylpheed-Claws' in the menu,
565 use kdialog during installation
570 * add GPGME 1.x support.
572 * A new PGP/Core plugin has been added
574 * IMAP now uses libEtPan!
576 * Printing support using libgnomeprint2 and libgnomeprintui2
578 * The cache/mark files are now platform-independent.
580 * A plugin dependency system has been added.
582 * The PGP/Inline plugin has been added to the main package.
584 * Folders which contain Marked messages are now indicated by a
585 Folder icon overlaid with a tick
587 * '/Edit/Quick search' menu item has been added to the main window
589 * An option to 'Confirm before sending queued messages' has been
592 * The "Copy ..." menu items now copy to both the X and the gtk
593 clipboards in the Compose window
595 * The Template and Plugin lists are now sorted alphabetically
597 * Plugins preferences are now grouped under their own 'Plugins'
600 * A 'Go to Prev' button has been added to the toolbar
602 * Keyboard accelerators have been added to many buttons
604 * The folder selection dialogue now displays folder names with
607 * The 'Display cursor in message view' option is now a hidden option,
608 'textview_cursor_visible'
610 * Reordering of accounts by drag 'n' drop has been enabled in the
611 'Edit accounts' dialogue
613 * New Sylpheed-Claws icons have been added, and the default
614 application icon is now set.
616 * The SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins have been optimised.
622 * improved IMAP support
624 * Performance increases
626 * /Message/Delete and /Message/Move to trash
627 '/Message/Delete' has been renamed '/Message/Move to trash'
628 and '/Message/Delete' has been added. '/Message/Delete' will
629 now directly destroy the message, after asking for a
630 confirmation, instead of moving it to the Trash folder.
632 * new style configuration options interface.
635 The 'PGP/MIME' plugin has been renamed 'PGP MIME'.
637 * LDAP bind password is no longer visible onscreen.
639 * An option to encrypt replies to encrypted messages by default
641 * Filtering rules can be reordered by drag n drop
643 * '/Options/Character encoding/...' has been added to the Compose
646 * Hebrew encodings have been added
648 * The 'Show all headers' option is now sticky.
650 * Return Receipts can now be sent from any account.
652 * A clip/signed icon has been added.
658 * bug-fix release which fixes the ASpell Spell Checker
664 * Inline image display
666 * An option to render HTML as text has been added to
667 /Configuration/Preferences/Common/Message
669 * An option for a default Queue folder has been added to the
670 'Advanced' tab of Account Preferences
672 * Filtering Preferences window size is saved
674 * Batch sending of mails (per account)
676 * Support for GBK encoding
678 * New logo in About window
680 * tools/acroread2sylpheed.pl
681 script to send pdfs as attachments from Adobe Reader 7
682 see tools/README for details
690 * default config dir is ~/.sylpheed-gtk2