1 8th January 2007 Claws Mail 2.7.0
3 CLAWS MAIL RELEASE NOTES
4 http://www.claws-mail.org
6 Claws Mail is a GTK+ based, user-friendly, lightweight, and fast
9 Claws Mail was previously known as Sylpheed-Claws.
14 * The --select option can now also select emails by Message-ID
16 * Attaching files from 'mailto:' URIs (&attach=...) is now possible.
17 A dialog is displayed to make sure that the user is aware that the
18 mail will contain attachments
20 * 'New Message format' has been added to the Compose/Writing options,
21 this works like the Quote format and the same symbols are supported
23 * Reworked the About dialog, including the addition of a new page,
24 'Features', which indicates which of the optional features are
25 compiled in and which are not. A 'Release Notes' page was also
28 * Added history combo for all search fields (message and text)
30 * The 'mark_as_read_delay' option is not hidden anymore and can be
31 found in Configuration/Preferences/Summaries
33 * Added global and per-folder preferences to set the default
36 * Allow spell-checking to use both current and alternate dictionaries
38 * Added an hidden option 'addressbook_use_editaddress_dialog' to
39 embed the contact editor in the addressbook window in contrast to
42 * Added a hidden option 'unsafe_ssl_certs', to allow storing
43 multiple SSL certificates for a given server/port. You will be
44 asked to accept unknown certificates. Unchecking this option will
45 require you to re-accept previously known certificates
47 * Allow copying of folders between mailboxes
49 * Better automatic account selection for mailing lists (searches for
50 the email address in the Delivered-To header also)
52 * Made the "Synchronise" menu item inactive when there's nothing to
55 * Use Message font in Writing and Quoting preferences, as well as in
58 * Added more HTML symbols to the html to text converter
60 * Save the addressbook's window size on closing
62 * Better checks for syntax errors are applied to Templates and Quote
65 * Added a check to avoid trying to use a non-existent folder as
68 * Enable setting SSL via STARTTLS from the set-up wizard
70 * Added handling of ":port" in server addresses in the set-up wizard
71 to specify a port to connect to
73 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to print the X-Claws-Bogosity
74 header in emails handled by the Bogofilter plugin (in MH folders
77 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to whitelist senders found in
80 * Bogofilter plugin: Allow storing of Unsure mails in a specific
81 folder to make better teaching easier
83 * Bogofilter plugin: Improved GUI interaction while Bogofilter is
86 * TrayIcon plugin: added an "Email from account/..." submenu
88 * updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Catalan, Finnish,
89 French, Italian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, and Spanish
93 o bug 934, 'sylpheed claws 2.1 doesn't show Exchanges Public
95 o bug 1052, 'templates %d and %D{fmt} broken but %af works
97 o bug 1055, 'Add the 'cancel receive' in the available events
98 for the toolbar buttons'
99 o bug 1059, 'Better jpilot charset handling'
100 o bug 1064, 'crash @ etpan_certificate_check() when opening
102 o bug 1067, 'Claws-Mail uses 100% CPU on an IMAP folder and is
103 blocked on main thread'
104 o bug 1072, 'Claws stops fetching newsgroups from server when
105 newsgroup got deleted'
106 o bug 1076, 'privacy options are displayed even when pgp
107 plugin not loaded / available'
108 o bug 1077, 'sylpheed-claws does not start when IMAP server
110 o bug 1080, 'Using SSL option in wizard for incoming server
111 does not activate SSL with STARTTLS'
112 o bug 1081, 'claws-mail segfaults when going offline while it
113 transfers mails via imap'
114 o bug 1082, 'incorrect / imprecise error message when imap
115 server provides ssl only through STARTTLS but
117 o bug 1085, 'Apply to subfolder doesn't work'
118 o bug 1088, 'ctrl-h produces repeatable crash'.
119 o bug 1089, 'NUL characters in Subject line are
121 o fixed encoding of headers in the welcome message
122 o fixed some sensitivity issues in preferences
123 o fixed crash when using Hide read messages with Mark as read
125 o fixed parsing of mailcap files with tabs
126 o fixed address comparison when replying to all (it was
127 possible to reply to ourselves if the case was
129 o fixed folder's cache update after running an Action
130 o fixed hiding of Quicksearch with Esc
131 o fixed printing of selection, message part, and images
132 o fixed page count in printing
133 o IMAP: Fix failure to get separator on LIST "" ""
134 o change manual's target dir to be LFH-compliant
135 o some compilation warning fixes
136 o don't warn about empty subject when redirecting emails
137 o fix scrolling of log window
138 o partial download: Fix Mark for download/deletion when
139 the relevant header is not the first one
140 o fixed slowness when appending on IMAP
141 o fixed wrong state of test regexp in folder preferences
142 o made desktop and icon files not dependant on GNOME 2
143 o fixed a little memory leak in the addressbook
144 o don't display errors when synchronising IMAP mailboxes that
145 have non selectable folders
146 o When possible, move messages from Queue to Sent instead of
148 o don't use any MimeViewer plugin when showing all headers
149 o tools/maildir2claws-mail.pl: Only substitute 'sent-mail'
150 if it's the full directory name
151 o disable Control-Space (handle it as Space).
153 For further details of the numbered bugs listed above consult
154 http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
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157 See ChangeLog for full information regarding changes in this release.