1 25th September 2006 Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.0
3 SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES
4 http://www.sylpheed-claws.net
6 Sylpheed-Claws is a GTK+ based, user-friendly, lightweight, and fast
9 Notes for this release:
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12 * Minimum required versions of GTK+ and GLIB is now 2.6.0
14 * Minimum required version of libetpan (for IMAP support) is now 0.46
16 * metamail support has been dropped, this is now handled internally
21 * New plugin: Bogofilter, providing Spam filtering and learning
23 * Account-based filtering rules. Each filtering rule can now be
24 assigned to a specific account, by default it's "All".
26 * Filtering against Address Book. It is now possible add matched
27 conditions to determine if any email address in a message matches
28 or doesn't match any or all books or folders in the Address Book.
30 * Quote folding. Quotes in the message view can now be folded, via
31 the "/View/Quotes/..." menu. The folding can also be toggled by
32 double clicking on the quotes in the Message View
34 * Re-enabled user-defined Headers in Displayed Headers configuration
36 * "/View/Go to/Parent message" and "/View/Go to/Last read message"
39 * Made the list views look more modern by add alternating coloured
40 lines, replacing the box-type expanders with arrows, removing the
42 Hidden prefs have been added to enable users to maintain the old
44 'enable_dotted_lines' for the dotted lines and box-type expanders.
45 'use stripes_in_summary' to enable alternating coloured lines in
46 the Message and Folder lists.
47 'use stripes_everywhere' to also enable alternating coloured lines
49 Note: 'use_stripes_everywhere' replaces the previous hidden option
52 * New hidden pref, 'stripes_color_offset', to change the value added/
53 subtracted to normal bgcolor to create the stripes in the summaries
55 * The Send button on the main toolbar is now inactive when the Queue
58 * IMAP: Added a View Log button on auth error
60 * PGP/Core plugin: it is now possible to create a new key pair from
63 * PGP/Core plugin: When encrypting, if only one key matches, and it
64 matches exactly, it is automatically used
66 * TrayIcon plugin: the icon now has transparency
68 * Enabled text selection for replying from MimeViewer plugins
70 * The attachments list in the MimeView column can now be scrolled
73 * In the MimeView column a middle-click will now just open the Mime
74 part without showing it in the Message View, likewise, a right-
75 click will display the context menu without displaying the part
77 * The "When entering a folder..." selection option is now used for
78 '/View/Go to/Next unread folder'
80 * A special Return-Receipt message is shown if the message is from
83 * An icon has been added to the statusbar to notify of errors
85 * Added missing icons to the Icon Legend dialog
87 * Enabled closing of SSL certificates and Folder Sort dialogs with Esc
90 * Displaying of huge mails can now be cancelled, so the GUI doesn't
93 * Sylpheed-Claws' internal queue headers are now hidden when showing
94 all headers. They'll be present only in Source window.
96 * Several GUI improvements.
98 * Faster loading of folders and other optimisations and speed-ups
100 * Logging has been improved.
102 * improved sizing of some widgets
104 * Made the desktop file XDG compliant
106 * The manuals have been updated
108 * A Spanish translation of the manual has been added
110 * Added an action tool, tools/uuooffice, to open uuencoded *.doc files
113 * Added an action tool, tools/fix_date.sh, to fix a missing Date field
116 * updated Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German,
117 Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak and Spanish translations.
120 o bug 456 'current message is hidden when the view is
121 refreshed and extended search is "unread
123 o bug 956 'DnD text with accents in compose text entry'
124 o bug 973 'Unicode punctation characters are not recognized'
125 o bug 979 'Plugin crashes when exiting sylpheed-claws'
126 o bug 988 'Very specific filesystem issue on temp files'
127 o bug 995 '"Mark cross-posted as read" doesn't work'
128 o bug 998 'last attachment is not accessible'
129 o bug 999 'Timing out on TSL cert validation dialog makes
131 o bug 1007 'Wrong folder highlighted'
132 o bug 1011 'wrong (negative) count on unread messages'
133 o bug 1012 'crashed upon sending mail from compose window'
134 o bug 1013 'expand selected thread tree'
135 o problem with Actions of the format "> stuff >"
136 o strict ISO C90 compliance
137 o crash setting the priority on re-edit
138 o default font size setting after wizard run
139 o missing last line in some mail cases (Fixes debian bug
141 o Send button sensitivity at startup
142 o encrypt bug on IMAP
143 o occasional IMAP bug where large msgs were left in the queue
145 o encrypted mail marked as new when saved in normal folders
146 o switching to offline, asking if it should be overriden for
148 o body quicksearch in non-encoded bodies containing '='
149 o replied flag not being set after drafting
150 o data loss when copy fails during a move
151 o automatic sizing of some dialogs
152 o compilation on FreeBSD
153 o fix free-after-use in some cases
154 (when procmime_encode_content() frees mimeinfo->data.mem
155 and turns it to a temp file)
156 o fix "real-time" sorting in folder list by freezing/thawing
157 o fix can't click forward/backward buttons in the summary
159 o miscellaneous printing issues:
160 - Bad font for linkified headers
161 - Different font if the mail was displayed or not
162 o select the mimepart icon when displaying as text
163 o fix blocking check of an SSL certificate
164 o update folder name label on folder rename
165 o workaround possible GTK crash: remove selection clipboard
166 before destroying widget, or GTK+-2.10
167 o workaround GTK+ Bug 351600 - 'Can't re-click on button after
170 For further details of the numbered bugs listed above consult
171 http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi
173 * and other code reorganisation, cleanups, and more.
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176 See ChangeLog and README for full information regarding changes in