1 5th September 2005 Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.14
3 SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES
4 http://claws.sylpheed.org
6 Sylpheed-Claws is an extended version of Sylpheed, a GTK+ based,
7 lightweight, and fast e-mail client
9 This is the GTK 2 version of Sylpheed-Claws.
11 Notes for this release:
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14 * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
15 been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...', allowing the
16 user to 'Do Nothing','Select first new (or unread) message',
17 (falling back to first unread message if there are no new
18 messages), or 'Select first unread (or new) message', (falling back
19 to first new message if there are no unread messages).
21 Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
22 controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
24 * Filtering and Processing rules can now be given a name. The
25 configuration file is converted to the new format automatically and
26 the old file is backed up to ~/.sylpheed-gtk2/matcherrc.pre_names.
28 * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
30 * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
31 now derived from the normal font.
33 * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
34 has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option,
35 available in ~/.sylpheed-gtk2/sylpheedrc as 'enable_swap_from'.
40 * Many improvements to the Address book including a generally more
41 consistent and intuitive GUI, better labels and reworked and more
42 logical menu items, context sensitive buttons depending on how
43 the address book is called and allowing only relevant actions.
44 Icons have been added to the buttons, fixes to LDAP support, and
45 fixes to drag 'n' drop.
47 * It is now possible to paste wrapped or unwrapped text into the
48 Compose window. A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with
49 sub-items 'as quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
51 * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
54 * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
56 * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable,
57 '/View/Set displayed columns/Folder list'
59 * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
60 the removal of the toolbar handles.
62 * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
63 enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
65 * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
67 * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
70 * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
73 * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
75 * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
77 * tools/asus_mailled.sh
78 A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
81 * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
82 Use Sylpheed-Claws icon and the text 'Sylpheed-Claws' in the menu,
83 use kdialog during installation
85 * updated translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish, French, German,
86 Serbian, Slovak, and Spanish
88 * Bug fixes, including the following:
89 o bug 32, 'Search Doesn't display results if "Hide Read
91 o bug 517, 'messages removed from summaryview when moving
93 o bug 686, 'Message view on Drafts/Sent should be the same on
95 o bug 769, 'Typo in manpage'
96 o bug 771, 'Dragged contacts not saved'
97 o bug 776, 'S.C. crashes on close'
98 o bug 777, 'Sylpheed crash in account configuration'
99 o bug 780, 'MSexchange IMAP - using IMAP "Sent Items" and
100 "Deleted Items" folders'
101 o bug 787, 'multilevel delete causes SIGSEGV'
102 o bug 788, 'Bogus "From" address displayed'
103 o bug 789, 'SC crashes with imap (CVS ver)'
104 o bug 791, 'IMAP Automatic auth mode always defaults to
106 o bug 795, 'Connection lost IMAP'
107 o bug 797, 'Summary view reloads when new mail is downloaded
109 o bug 800, 'Locked messages no longer show up when hide read
111 o fix building on NetBSD and FreeBSD
112 o fix building on Solaris
113 o fix instant-apply of summary and folderview-related prefs
114 o fix emphasis color on rechecking 'Colorize messages'
115 o fix offline mode for NNTP
116 o IMAP: Fix bug with LIST where we'd try to get
118 o fix bug where msgview_visible option was overwritten as
120 o fix replying to an attached message
121 o fix privacy settings on re-editing a sent message
122 o fix invisibility of SMTP SSL prefs in NNTP accounts
123 o workaround for broken MUAs: encode Content-type: name: as
124 ASCII and Content-Disposition: filename: as per rfc2231
125 o fix colour labelling
126 o fix pgp plugin loading adn signature verification
127 o fix flickering in folder list
128 o fix crash in 'line length exceeded' dialogue
131 For further details of the numbered bugs listed above consult
132 www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi
134 * and other code reorganisation, cleanups, and more.
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137 See ChangeLog-gtk2.claws and README.claws for full information
138 regarding changes in this release.