1 Changes of the Sylpheed-Claws GTK2 branch
6 * Make node expanding in the Folder List non-recursive
9 o bug 1024, 'Array index out of range in
11 o Fix "Check for new folders" on folders with accented
13 o Fix filtering "copy" rules
14 o Fix "goto next unread" after collapsing/expanding a node
20 o bug #1023 (Sylpheed deletes too much messages)
21 o Crash in partial downloading
26 * It is now possible to stop searches in message bodies
28 * IMAP: Use UID SEARCH ALL instead of UID SEARCH UID 1:* in order
29 to fix speed issues with badly implemented servers
32 o Fix multiple registering of SpamAssassin and Bogofilter
33 plugin after having changed their preferences, leading to
34 slowness or duplicated messages.
39 * Minimum required versions of GTK+ and GLIB is now 2.6.0
41 * Minimum required version of libetpan (for IMAP support) is now 0.46
43 * metamail support has been dropped, this is now handled internally
45 * New plugin: Bogofilter, providing Spam filtering and learning
47 * Account-based filtering rules. Each filtering rule can now be
48 assigned to a specific account, by default it's "All".
50 * Filtering against Address Book. It is now possible add matched
51 conditions to determine if any email address in a message matches
52 or doesn't match any or all books or folders in the Address Book.
54 * Quote folding. Quotes in the message view can now be folded, via
55 the "/View/Quotes/..." menu. The folding can also be toggled by
56 double clicking on the quotes in the Message View
58 * Re-enabled user-defined Headers in Displayed Headers configuration
60 * "/View/Go to/Parent message" and "/View/Go to/Last read message"
63 * Made the list views look more modern by add alternating coloured
64 lines, replacing the box-type expanders with arrows, removing the
66 Hidden prefs have been added to enable users to maintain the old
68 'enable_dotted_lines' for the dotted lines and box-type expanders.
69 'use stripes_in_summary' to enable alternating coloured lines in
70 the Message and Folder lists.
71 'use stripes_everywhere' to also enable alternating coloured lines
73 Note: 'use_stripes_everywhere' replaces the previous hidden option
76 * New hidden pref, 'stripes_color_offset', to change the value added/
77 subtracted to normal bgcolor to create the stripes in the summaries
79 * The Send button on the main toolbar is now inactive when the Queue
82 * IMAP: Added a View Log button on auth error
84 * PGP/Core plugin: it is now possible to create a new key pair from
87 * PGP/Core plugin: When encrypting, if only one key matches, and it
88 matches exactly, it is automatically used
90 * TrayIcon plugin: the icon now has transparency
92 * Enabled text selection for replying from MimeViewer plugins
94 * The attachments list in the MimeView column can now be scrolled
97 * In the MimeView column a middle-click will now just open the Mime
98 part without showing it in the Message View, likewise, a right-
99 click will display the context menu without displaying the part
101 * The "When entering a folder..." selection option is now used for
102 '/View/Go to/Next unread folder'
104 * A special Return-Receipt message is shown if the message is from
107 * An icon has been added to the statusbar to notify of errors
109 * Added missing icons to the Icon Legend dialog
111 * Enabled closing of SSL certificates and Folder Sort dialogs with Esc
114 * Displaying of huge mails can now be cancelled, so the GUI doesn't
117 * Sylpheed-Claws' internal queue headers are now hidden when showing
118 all headers. They'll be present only in Source window.
120 * Several GUI improvements.
122 * Faster loading of folders and other optimisations and speed-ups
124 * Logging has been improved.
126 * improved sizing of some widgets
128 * Made the desktop file XDG compliant
130 * The manuals have been updated
132 * A Spanish translation of the manual has been added
134 * Added an action tool, tools/uuooffice, to open uuencoded *.doc files
137 * Added an action tool, tools/fix_date.sh, to fix a missing Date field
143 * A ./configure option has been added, --with-mandir=DIR allowing the
144 setting of the man directory location
146 * 'Send queue' has been added to the folder contextual menu, which
147 allows sending the contents of a single queue, as opposed to the
148 toolbar's Send Queue, which sends all queues
150 * '/View/Go to/Next unread folder' has been added
152 * 'View/Go to/Next marked messages' now traverses folders
154 * sftp:// links are now recognised in mails
156 * A dialogue is presented to the user when dropping files into the
157 Compose window, asking whether to insert or attach the file(s). The
158 default behaviour can be controlled via a new option in
161 * Allow attached message parts to be selected, opened, or saved via
162 their text label in the message body
164 * Save named inlined attachments with "Save all"
166 * An option to change the Folder Type has been added to the Folder
169 * Add |i{sub_expr} to Templates, which allows inserting user-entered
172 * A new option has been added to '/Preferences/External programs' to
173 allow "Display as text" on attachments to be done via a script
175 * An option to 'Never send Return Receipts' has been added to the
176 'Other' page of the preferences.
178 * The Custom Header dialogue in Account Preferences now has a 'From
179 file...' button, which enables a Face or X-Face header to be set by
182 * libgnomeprint support : A font for printing can be specified in
185 * Add Help buttons to some dialogues, clicking on them will open the
186 manual at a suitable section in the configured browser
188 * The option 'Add date header' has been removed, a date header is
191 * The '/Message/Re-edit' menu item has been removed from the separate
192 Message View, where it was useless
194 * Display an Account's Protocol as a label instead of the unusable
195 combo when editing accounts
197 * It is now possible to move and copy mails from and to the Drafts
200 * More non-English Subject prefixes have been added
202 * The Attachment flag is now set for some inlined attachments
204 * Faster recursive quicksearch (show current folder's results before
205 searching sub-folders)
207 * Faster send on IMAP
209 * Alert in case of authentication error on imap
211 * Better error reporting in GPG plugins
213 * Faster and better MBOX import/export
215 * Save caches on SIGPIPE (like on Xorg exit)
217 * Unified Info/Help/Symbols buttons
219 * Honor display-header-pane setting in separate window too
221 * Use the user-defined From: in the Return-Path: header when sending
223 * Grab Save button by default in Save dialog, which allows saving
226 * The online status is checked before resetting mailcheck timer
228 * Show POP3 connection earlier in statusbar
230 * Re-read /etc/resolv.conf before connecting to IMAP servers, and
231 when switching to Online mode
233 * tools/textviewer.pl has been added, which can be used with the new
234 option 'Command for Display as Text' in '/Preferences/External
237 * The Sylpheed-Claws logo has been updated
244 * Improved error catching in GnuPG plugins
246 * Always replace \n, \r and \t with spaces in headers
248 * Fix 'make clean' removing of provided manuals
250 * Fix setting of PACKAGE_DATA_DIR with newer versions of autoconf,
253 * Fix double-ask of "Do you want to mark all as read"
255 * Fix bug #968 (Rockliffe IMAP server doesn't like SC (server isn't
256 RFC-compliant)) - Workaround Rockliffe IMAP server bug
258 * Fix bug #969 (crash on rebuilding imap folder)
260 * Fix bug #971 (2.2.3 cannot read mail from local mbox)
265 * Mailing-list support (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, View Archive, etc)
266 has been added in the main window's 'Message/Mailing list' menu
268 * Filtering and processing rules can be disabled with just one click
270 * The From address is editable in the Compose window
272 * A menu has been added to the Compose toolbar button to enable
273 choosing the account to use
275 * Write-only support of .mh_sequences' Unseen property has been added
276 for MH mailboxes, allowing synchronised flags when reading your MH
277 mailbox with Mutt or other MH-based mail clients
279 * More feedback is provided to the user when importing MBOX files
281 * 'k' added as a shortcut for 'colorlabel' in the Extended Quick
284 * The option to go to the first Marked message when entering a
285 folder has been added.
287 * The 'ignore thread' flag is now correctly set on mails threaded by
288 subject, in addition to standard headers.
290 * Hidden prefs have been added that allow customization of the
291 colours used in the Log window (useful for dark GTK+ themes)
293 * Optimised large folder reading
295 * Optimised copy/move/deletion/selection
297 * Optimised 'mark all read' in the current folder
299 * 'test' filtering rules are processed in the background
301 * A progressbar for cache updates has been added
303 * A progressbar for copy/move functions has been added
305 * More dialogues have been made HIG compliant
307 * Allow recursive setting of properties for whole mailboxes
309 * A Face header has been added to the Welcome mail
311 * The user manual has been updated
313 * tools/filter_conv_new.pl has been updated for rule
321 * Fix crash on a very common code path, introduced by a merge error in
329 * Fix URI check, which failed to identify fake, phishing URIs if they
332 * Reply-To and Sender addresses in the message view are now fully
335 * Remove extraneous tab at start of addresses.
342 * Always obey the "confirm before marking all mails read" option
344 * Fixed MBOX import/export's behaviour on failure
346 * Fixed automatic rule creation with List-Post
348 * Fixed some GTK+ warnings and errors at runtime
350 * Fixed some compiler warnings
352 * Fixed double init of the g_thread subsystem
354 * Fixed saving of parts with names that can't be converted to UTF-8
356 * Fixed a possible infinite loop when filtering moved and copied some
359 * Fixed a buffer overflow in Russian locale
361 * Fixed a memory leak in expired SSL certificate check
363 * Fixed bolding of folder names in the folder selector window with
366 * Added an hidden preference, 'ssl_skip_cert_check', to avoid
367 duplicates of bug #959 - if libetpan is linked against gnutls, there
368 can be bugs on 64 bits systems. Gnutls fixed them in their 1.2.4
371 * The SSL "expired certificate" warning is now presented only once per
374 * Fixed races when reusing the SMTP sessions
376 * Added the missing timeout on SMTP sessions
380 * Fixed a crash in PGP plugins, which could happen when signing fails
383 * Fixed SpamAssassin plugin, which stayed disabled as long as the
384 transport wasn't reselected
386 * Fixed bug #830 (Some unread messages get marked read in IMAP inbox)
388 * Fixed bug #955 (copying messages between imap folders is extremely
391 * Fixed bug #961 (return receipt dialog complains incorrectly about
392 return-path email adress being different)
394 * Fixed bug #962 (Manual and/or UI should warn about incompatible
395 locking causing dataloss)
400 * S/MIME signature verification has been removed from the PGP/MIME
401 plugin as it is now provided by the S/MIME plugin.
403 * IMAP users will see significant speed improvements.
405 * ANONYMOUS auth has been added for IMAP
407 * In the Compose window all spell-checker options are now available
408 from the /Spelling/Options menu.
410 * Syntax errors in the extended Quick Search are now indicated by
411 a pink/red background.
413 * An encrypt-to-self option has been added to the Account Privacy
416 * Sysadmins can now provide their users with pre-filled values in
417 the Setup Wizard. See the manual, '6.6. Deploying Sylpheed-Claws',
420 * Various GUI improvements have been added.
422 * A new command line option has been added: --select 'folder[/msg]'
423 This can be used at startup and causes the specified folder/message
424 to be selected. 'folder' is a folder id like '#mh/Mailbox/inbox'
426 * Optional background colouring of quotes has been added. It can be
427 configured from the Colour Preferences dialogue.
428 GTK+-2.8.x or newer is required for this feature.
430 * In the Compose window, multiple quote levels are now coloured in
431 the same way as the Message View.
433 * A warning is now displayed on expired SSL certificates and the
434 expiration date is shown.
436 * A hidden option has been added, 'compose_no_markup', this prohibits
437 the use of bold and italic text in Compose dialogue's account
440 * LDAPS support has been added.
442 * The user manual has been updated, and French and Polish
443 translations are now also included.
450 * The Preferences config file, ~/.sylpheed-claws/sylpheedrc, is now
451 stored with UTF-8 encoding
456 * libetpan version 0.45 or newer is now required for IMAP support,
457 this allows checking for IMAP/SSL certificates.
459 * Support for the Face header has been added,
460 see http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/
462 * In the Templates dialog TAB address completion has been added for
463 Cc and Bcc fields, in addition to To.
465 * An account's signature file, (Account Preferences, Compose tab),
466 can now been edited in place using the configured text editor.
468 * An advanced search is now possible in the '/Edit/Search folder'
471 * '/Edit/Find' has been added to the Compose window for text
474 * A progress bar is now shown in the status bar whilst doing a Quick
477 * A long search can now be cancelled.
479 * In a Sent mail folder the From column in the message list is now
480 automatically changed to the To column.
482 * '/Message/Colour Label' has been added to the main menu, enabling
483 (unmodifiable) shortcut keys, Ctrl+[0-7].
485 * The colour labels are now customisable from the 'Display/Colours'
486 page of the Preferences. It is now possible to choose any colours
487 and to give them each a label.
489 * A Spell Checking option to 'Recheck message when changing
490 dictionary' has been added.
492 * An option to 'Render HTML-only mail with plugin if possible' has
493 been added to the 'Message View/Text Options' preferences page.
495 * Headers in the message view and the Custom headers dialog are now
496 translated if the option 'Translate header names' is activated.
498 * It is now possible to sort the columns in the Addressbook.
500 * More drag-n-drop capabilities have been added, from the message
501 list to other apps, from the mimeview to other apps, from other
502 apps to message list, from other apps to folder list, from the
503 mimeview to the message and folder lists and the Compose window's
506 * "Ignore thread" has beed added as a filtering action.
508 * The Compose window is now hidden when sending mails via filtering.
510 * An alphabetical resort is done immediately when a folder's name
513 * Unsubscribing a newsgroup now removes the related folder and
514 articles from newscache/
516 * A "Get more..." link has been added to the Plugins window. This
517 loads http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php in your browser.
519 * The SpamAssassin plugin is now equipped with a spam learning
520 interface, usable by right-clicking a message and choosing
521 'Mark as Spam' or 'Mark as Ham' in the Mark submenu. It is now also
522 possible to disable SpamAssasin filtering when receiving mail, so
523 that the plugin can be used for learning only.
525 * Remote learning in the SpamAssassin plugin has been added. This
526 requires SpamAssassin 3.1.x.
528 * A new script has been added that integrates a Thunderbird folder
529 tree into Sylpheed-Claws, tools/tbird2syl.py
534 * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
536 * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added.
538 * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu
540 * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using
541 the optional libgnomeprintui support.
543 * '--exit' command-line option has been added.
545 * '--subscribe' command-line option has been added.
546 Calling sylpheed-claws --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins
547 if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if
548 using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be
549 able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser.
551 * sylpheed-claws email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose
553 * sylpheed-claws proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe
555 * HIG compliant button order has been implemented.
557 * Several dialogues throughout have been improved.
559 * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons in the main
562 * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the
563 account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button.
565 * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added
566 to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it.
568 * The Subject in the compose window title now updates instantaneously.
570 * The mimetypes list in the compose window attachment pane is now
571 alphabetically ordered.
573 * The message view email and URI parsers have been enhanced.
575 * In Quick Search Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this
576 provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of
579 * When Quick Search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow
580 background for greater visibility.
582 * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching
585 * The configuration option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has
586 been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'.
588 * The 'Wrap at send' configuration option has been removed.
590 * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to
593 * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI
594 as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages.
596 * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into
597 one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the
598 requirements are matched.
600 * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single
603 * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available
605 * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'.
607 * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible
608 licence has been added.
610 * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed.
612 * Added tools/filter_conv_new.pl.
613 Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99)
614 to Claws filtering rules.
619 * etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
620 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
622 * Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/ Mutt/Pine file'
623 functions were fixed.
626 Signature checking is now non-blocking
628 * The URLs in the About window are now clickable
630 * the man page has been updated and renamed 'sylpheed-claws'
635 * The binary is now 'sylpheed-claws' and not 'sylpheed'
637 * The default config dir is now '~/.sylpheed-claws'. The user will
638 be prompted to perform an automatic migration of configuration
639 options to this new directory.
641 * A new default internal icon theme has been added, based on the
644 * Messages are now sorted by Date by default
647 The noticeview is now shown on the message/rfc822 part in addition
648 to the text/plain part.
649 The privacy icon in the noticeview is now clickable and also uses
650 key C to perform the signature check.
651 The Trust field has been moved into Full info display.
652 When trust is less than full, don't display a warning icon.
653 Visual feedback is provided in the statusbar when checking
655 The PGP/MIME signature file is now named 'signature.asc'.
656 The dialog for entering a passphrase has been improved.
658 * Local deletion of news posts has been added.
660 * A file selector has been added for selecting an account's Signature
663 * Many window sizes are now remembered.
665 * The presense of marked msgs in unexpanded subfolders is now indicated
666 by the icon of the parent folder.
669 The message list is reset when the dialog is hidden.
670 The 'Sticky' option, for keeping the search activated across folders.
672 * The Subject is now set when forwarding multiple mails.
674 * When a default Cc or Bcc is used, a check is performed to make sure
675 the To header has also been set.
677 * In the filtering dialog a warning dialog is shown if the rule was
680 * The file and directory Browse buttons, ("...") have been improved.
682 * When double-clicking an attachment the "Open with" dialog is
683 presented if no command was found for the file type.
685 * The X-Face has been added to the message view and can be toggled by
686 '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Text options/Display
687 X-Face in messageview'.
689 * The message list context menu has been reworked.
691 * When replying to a mail sent by yourself, Reply excludes your own
692 address from the list of recipients. 'Reply All' and 'Reply to
693 sender' still work like before.
695 * When the Folder Preference 'Default To for replies' the entry in
696 the Compose window is presented in bold text.
698 * The About window has been reworked.
703 * etpan >= 0.39 is now required for IMAP support
705 * LDAP and JPilot support is now built by default if the dependencies
708 * ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap is now used to open attachments
710 * middle-click pasting that respects the 'Wrap pasted text' option
713 * during composition the user is alerted if the message can't be
716 * the description windows are now non-modal
718 * a 'Clear Log' button has been added to the log window popup menu
720 * Sender, List-Post and To have been added to the headers that are
721 checked during automatic Filtering and Processing rules creation
723 * the current locale's charset is used for display of broken mails
724 and a hidden option, 'utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail', has
725 been added allowing the user to use UTF-8 for broken mails
727 * GNU/aspell support: if black is chosen as the misspelled word
728 colour, misspelled words will be underlined.
730 * the Message View and Compose windows now display the message
731 subject as the window title.
733 * libgnomeprint support: currently selected text attachments can be
736 * drag'n'drop of messages from the Message List to a Compose window's
737 Attachment pane is now possible
739 * PGP/MIME plugin: it is now possible to verify S/MIME signatures
741 * PGP/Core plugin: A "Don't encrypt" button has been added to the key
742 selection dialog, and the buttons have been reordered.
744 * the user is warned if the requested Privacy system is not available
745 when composing a message
750 * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
751 been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...'.
752 Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
753 controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
755 * Filtering and Processing rules can now be named.
757 * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
759 * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
760 now derived from the normal font.
762 * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
763 has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option.
765 * Many improvements to the Address book.
767 * A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with sub-items 'as
768 quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
770 * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
773 * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
775 * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable.
777 * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
778 the removal of the toolbar handles.
780 * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
781 enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
783 * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
785 * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
788 * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
791 * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
793 * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
795 * tools/asus_mailled.sh
796 A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
799 * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
800 Use Sylpheed-Claws icon and the text 'Sylpheed-Claws' in the menu,
801 use kdialog during installation
806 * add GPGME 1.x support.
808 * A new PGP/Core plugin has been added
810 * IMAP now uses libEtPan!
812 * Printing support using libgnomeprint2 and libgnomeprintui2
814 * The cache/mark files are now platform-independent.
816 * A plugin dependency system has been added.
818 * The PGP/Inline plugin has been added to the main package.
820 * Folders which contain Marked messages are now indicated by a
821 Folder icon overlaid with a tick
823 * '/Edit/Quick search' menu item has been added to the main window
825 * An option to 'Confirm before sending queued messages' has been
828 * The "Copy ..." menu items now copy to both the X and the gtk
829 clipboards in the Compose window
831 * The Template and Plugin lists are now sorted alphabetically
833 * Plugins preferences are now grouped under their own 'Plugins'
836 * A 'Go to Prev' button has been added to the toolbar
838 * Keyboard accelerators have been added to many buttons
840 * The folder selection dialogue now displays folder names with
843 * The 'Display cursor in message view' option is now a hidden option,
844 'textview_cursor_visible'
846 * Reordering of accounts by drag 'n' drop has been enabled in the
847 'Edit accounts' dialogue
849 * New Sylpheed-Claws icons have been added, and the default
850 application icon is now set.
852 * The SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins have been optimised.
858 * improved IMAP support
860 * Performance increases
862 * /Message/Delete and /Message/Move to trash
863 '/Message/Delete' has been renamed '/Message/Move to trash'
864 and '/Message/Delete' has been added. '/Message/Delete' will
865 now directly destroy the message, after asking for a
866 confirmation, instead of moving it to the Trash folder.
868 * new style configuration options interface.
871 The 'PGP/MIME' plugin has been renamed 'PGP MIME'.
873 * LDAP bind password is no longer visible onscreen.
875 * An option to encrypt replies to encrypted messages by default
877 * Filtering rules can be reordered by drag n drop
879 * '/Options/Character encoding/...' has been added to the Compose
882 * Hebrew encodings have been added
884 * The 'Show all headers' option is now sticky.
886 * Return Receipts can now be sent from any account.
888 * A clip/signed icon has been added.
894 * bug-fix release which fixes the ASpell Spell Checker
900 * Inline image display
902 * An option to render HTML as text has been added to
903 /Configuration/Preferences/Common/Message
905 * An option for a default Queue folder has been added to the
906 'Advanced' tab of Account Preferences
908 * Filtering Preferences window size is saved
910 * Batch sending of mails (per account)
912 * Support for GBK encoding
914 * New logo in About window
916 * tools/acroread2sylpheed.pl
917 script to send pdfs as attachments from Adobe Reader 7
918 see tools/README for details
926 * default config dir is ~/.sylpheed-gtk2