1 Changes of the Sylpheed-Claws GTK2 branch
6 * S/MIME signature verification has been removed from the PGP/MIME
7 plugin as it is now provided by the S/MIME plugin.
9 * IMAP users will see significant speed improvements.
11 * ANONYMOUS auth has been added for IMAP
13 * In the Compose window all spell-checker options are now available
14 from the /Spelling/Options menu.
16 * Syntax errors in the extended Quick Search are now indicated by
17 a pink/red background.
19 * An encrypt-to-self option has been added to the Account Privacy
22 * Sysadmins can now provide their users with pre-filled values in
23 the Setup Wizard. See the manual, '6.6. Deploying Sylpheed-Claws',
26 * Various GUI improvements have been added.
28 * A new command line option has been added: --select 'folder[/msg]'
29 This can be used at startup and causes the specified folder/message
30 to be selected. 'folder' is a folder id like '#mh/Mailbox/inbox'
32 * Optional background colouring of quotes has been added. It can be
33 configured from the Colour Preferences dialogue.
34 GTK+-2.8.x or newer is required for this feature.
36 * In the Compose window, multiple quote levels are now coloured in
37 the same way as the Message View.
39 * A warning is now displayed on expired SSL certificates and the
40 expiration date is shown.
42 * A hidden option has been added, 'compose_no_markup', this prohibits
43 the use of bold and italic text in Compose dialogue's account
46 * LDAPS support has been added.
48 * The user manual has been updated, and French and Polish
49 translations are now also included.
56 * The Preferences config file, ~/.sylpheed-claws/sylpheedrc, is now
57 stored with UTF-8 encoding
62 * libetpan version 0.45 or newer is now required for IMAP support,
63 this allows checking for IMAP/SSL certificates.
65 * Support for the Face header has been added,
66 see http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/
68 * In the Templates dialog TAB address completion has been added for
69 Cc and Bcc fields, in addition to To.
71 * An account's signature file, (Account Preferences, Compose tab),
72 can now been edited in place using the configured text editor.
74 * An advanced search is now possible in the '/Edit/Search folder'
77 * '/Edit/Find' has been added to the Compose window for text
80 * A progress bar is now shown in the status bar whilst doing a Quick
83 * A long search can now be cancelled.
85 * In a Sent mail folder the From column in the message list is now
86 automatically changed to the To column.
88 * '/Message/Colour Label' has been added to the main menu, enabling
89 (unmodifiable) shortcut keys, Ctrl+[0-7].
91 * The colour labels are now customisable from the 'Display/Colours'
92 page of the Preferences. It is now possible to choose any colours
93 and to give them each a label.
95 * A Spell Checking option to 'Recheck message when changing
96 dictionary' has been added.
98 * An option to 'Render HTML-only mail with plugin if possible' has
99 been added to the 'Message View/Text Options' preferences page.
101 * Headers in the message view and the Custom headers dialog are now
102 translated if the option 'Translate header names' is activated.
104 * It is now possible to sort the columns in the Addressbook.
106 * More drag-n-drop capabilities have been added, from the message
107 list to other apps, from the mimeview to other apps, from other
108 apps to message list, from other apps to folder list, from the
109 mimeview to the message and folder lists and the Compose window's
112 * "Ignore thread" has beed added as a filtering action.
114 * The Compose window is now hidden when sending mails via filtering.
116 * An alphabetical resort is done immediately when a folder's name
119 * Unsubscribing a newsgroup now removes the related folder and
120 articles from newscache/
122 * A "Get more..." link has been added to the Plugins window. This
123 loads http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php in your browser.
125 * The SpamAssassin plugin is now equipped with a spam learning
126 interface, usable by right-clicking a message and choosing
127 'Mark as Spam' or 'Mark as Ham' in the Mark submenu. It is now also
128 possible to disable SpamAssasin filtering when receiving mail, so
129 that the plugin can be used for learning only.
131 * Remote learning in the SpamAssassin plugin has been added. This
132 requires SpamAssassin 3.1.x.
134 * A new script has been added that integrates a Thunderbird folder
135 tree into Sylpheed-Claws, tools/tbird2syl.py
140 * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
142 * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added.
144 * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu
146 * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using
147 the optional libgnomeprintui support.
149 * '--exit' command-line option has been added.
151 * '--subscribe' command-line option has been added.
152 Calling sylpheed-claws --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins
153 if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if
154 using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be
155 able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser.
157 * sylpheed-claws email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose
159 * sylpheed-claws proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe
161 * HIG compliant button order has been implemented.
163 * Several dialogues throughout have been improved.
165 * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons in the main
168 * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the
169 account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button.
171 * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added
172 to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it.
174 * The Subject in the compose window title now updates instantaneously.
176 * The mimetypes list in the compose window attachment pane is now
177 alphabetically ordered.
179 * The message view email and URI parsers have been enhanced.
181 * In Quick Search Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this
182 provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of
185 * When Quick Search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow
186 background for greater visibility.
188 * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching
191 * The configuration option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has
192 been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'.
194 * The 'Wrap at send' configuration option has been removed.
196 * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to
199 * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI
200 as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages.
202 * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into
203 one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the
204 requirements are matched.
206 * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single
209 * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available
211 * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'.
213 * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible
214 licence has been added.
216 * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed.
218 * Added tools/filter_conv_new.pl.
219 Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99)
220 to Claws filtering rules.
225 * etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
226 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
228 * Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/ Mutt/Pine file'
229 functions were fixed.
232 Signature checking is now non-blocking
234 * The URLs in the About window are now clickable
236 * the man page has been updated and renamed 'sylpheed-claws'
241 * The binary is now 'sylpheed-claws' and not 'sylpheed'
243 * The default config dir is now '~/.sylpheed-claws'. The user will
244 be prompted to perform an automatic migration of configuration
245 options to this new directory.
247 * A new default internal icon theme has been added, based on the
250 * Messages are now sorted by Date by default
253 The noticeview is now shown on the message/rfc822 part in addition
254 to the text/plain part.
255 The privacy icon in the noticeview is now clickable and also uses
256 key C to perform the signature check.
257 The Trust field has been moved into Full info display.
258 When trust is less than full, don't display a warning icon.
259 Visual feedback is provided in the statusbar when checking
261 The PGP/MIME signature file is now named 'signature.asc'.
262 The dialog for entering a passphrase has been improved.
264 * Local deletion of news posts has been added.
266 * A file selector has been added for selecting an account's Signature
269 * Many window sizes are now remembered.
271 * The presense of marked msgs in unexpanded subfolders is now indicated
272 by the icon of the parent folder.
275 The message list is reset when the dialog is hidden.
276 The 'Sticky' option, for keeping the search activated across folders.
278 * The Subject is now set when forwarding multiple mails.
280 * When a default Cc or Bcc is used, a check is performed to make sure
281 the To header has also been set.
283 * In the filtering dialog a warning dialog is shown if the rule was
286 * The file and directory Browse buttons, ("...") have been improved.
288 * When double-clicking an attachment the "Open with" dialog is
289 presented if no command was found for the file type.
291 * The X-Face has been added to the message view and can be toggled by
292 '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Text options/Display
293 X-Face in messageview'.
295 * The message list context menu has been reworked.
297 * When replying to a mail sent by yourself, Reply excludes your own
298 address from the list of recipients. 'Reply All' and 'Reply to
299 sender' still work like before.
301 * When the Folder Preference 'Default To for replies' the entry in
302 the Compose window is presented in bold text.
304 * The About window has been reworked.
309 * etpan >= 0.39 is now required for IMAP support
311 * LDAP and JPilot support is now built by default if the dependencies
314 * ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap is now used to open attachments
316 * middle-click pasting that respects the 'Wrap pasted text' option
319 * during composition the user is alerted if the message can't be
322 * the description windows are now non-modal
324 * a 'Clear Log' button has been added to the log window popup menu
326 * Sender, List-Post and To have been added to the headers that are
327 checked during automatic Filtering and Processing rules creation
329 * the current locale's charset is used for display of broken mails
330 and a hidden option, 'utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail', has
331 been added allowing the user to use UTF-8 for broken mails
333 * GNU/aspell support: if black is chosen as the misspelled word
334 colour, misspelled words will be underlined.
336 * the Message View and Compose windows now display the message
337 subject as the window title.
339 * libgnomeprint support: currently selected text attachments can be
342 * drag'n'drop of messages from the Message List to a Compose window's
343 Attachment pane is now possible
345 * PGP/MIME plugin: it is now possible to verify S/MIME signatures
347 * PGP/Core plugin: A "Don't encrypt" button has been added to the key
348 selection dialog, and the buttons have been reordered.
350 * the user is warned if the requested Privacy system is not available
351 when composing a message
356 * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
357 been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...'.
358 Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
359 controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
361 * Filtering and Processing rules can now be named.
363 * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
365 * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
366 now derived from the normal font.
368 * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
369 has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option.
371 * Many improvements to the Address book.
373 * A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with sub-items 'as
374 quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
376 * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
379 * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
381 * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable.
383 * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
384 the removal of the toolbar handles.
386 * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
387 enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
389 * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
391 * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
394 * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
397 * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
399 * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
401 * tools/asus_mailled.sh
402 A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
405 * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
406 Use Sylpheed-Claws icon and the text 'Sylpheed-Claws' in the menu,
407 use kdialog during installation
412 * add GPGME 1.x support.
414 * A new PGP/Core plugin has been added
416 * IMAP now uses libEtPan!
418 * Printing support using libgnomeprint2 and libgnomeprintui2
420 * The cache/mark files are now platform-independent.
422 * A plugin dependency system has been added.
424 * The PGP/Inline plugin has been added to the main package.
426 * Folders which contain Marked messages are now indicated by a
427 Folder icon overlaid with a tick
429 * '/Edit/Quick search' menu item has been added to the main window
431 * An option to 'Confirm before sending queued messages' has been
434 * The "Copy ..." menu items now copy to both the X and the gtk
435 clipboards in the Compose window
437 * The Template and Plugin lists are now sorted alphabetically
439 * Plugins preferences are now grouped under their own 'Plugins'
442 * A 'Go to Prev' button has been added to the toolbar
444 * Keyboard accelerators have been added to many buttons
446 * The folder selection dialogue now displays folder names with
449 * The 'Display cursor in message view' option is now a hidden option,
450 'textview_cursor_visible'
452 * Reordering of accounts by drag 'n' drop has been enabled in the
453 'Edit accounts' dialogue
455 * New Sylpheed-Claws icons have been added, and the default
456 application icon is now set.
458 * The SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins have been optimised.
464 * improved IMAP support
466 * Performance increases
468 * /Message/Delete and /Message/Move to trash
469 '/Message/Delete' has been renamed '/Message/Move to trash'
470 and '/Message/Delete' has been added. '/Message/Delete' will
471 now directly destroy the message, after asking for a
472 confirmation, instead of moving it to the Trash folder.
474 * new style configuration options interface.
477 The 'PGP/MIME' plugin has been renamed 'PGP MIME'.
479 * LDAP bind password is no longer visible onscreen.
481 * An option to encrypt replies to encrypted messages by default
483 * Filtering rules can be reordered by drag n drop
485 * '/Options/Character encoding/...' has been added to the Compose
488 * Hebrew encodings have been added
490 * The 'Show all headers' option is now sticky.
492 * Return Receipts can now be sent from any account.
494 * A clip/signed icon has been added.
500 * bug-fix release which fixes the ASpell Spell Checker
506 * Inline image display
508 * An option to render HTML as text has been added to
509 /Configuration/Preferences/Common/Message
511 * An option for a default Queue folder has been added to the
512 'Advanced' tab of Account Preferences
514 * Filtering Preferences window size is saved
516 * Batch sending of mails (per account)
518 * Support for GBK encoding
520 * New logo in About window
522 * tools/acroread2sylpheed.pl
523 script to send pdfs as attachments from Adobe Reader 7
524 see tools/README for details
532 * default config dir is ~/.sylpheed-gtk2