30th January 2006 Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES http://claws.sylpheed.org Sylpheed-Claws is the extended version of Sylpheed, a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client Notes for this release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support New in this release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Manual ------ * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added. It is accessible using your browser by clicking '/Help/Manual' on the main toolbar. Icon legend ----------- * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu, accessible by clicking '/Help/Icon legend' on the main toolbar. Priting ------- * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using the optional libgnomeprintui support. Command line usage ------------------ * '--exit' has been added. * '--subscribe' has been added. Calling sylpheed-claws --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser. * sylpheed-claws email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose * sylpheed-claws proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe GUI improvements ---------------- * HIG compliant button order has been implemented. * Several dialogues throughout have been improved. Main Toolbar ------------ * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons. * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button. Compose window -------------- * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it. * The Subject in the window title now updates instantaneously. * The mimetypes list in the attachment pane is now alphabetically ordered. Message View ------------ * The email and URI parsers have been enhanced. Quick Search ------------ * In Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of search criteria. * Do not refocus quick search after executing (Esc or Enter). This enables using the '/' shortcut key, search for something, then move up/down in the message list, and then Esc a search and be back in the folder list. * When quick search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow background for greater visibility. Address book ------------ * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching using '*'. Preferences ----------- * The option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'. * The 'Wrap at send' option has been removed. * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to '/Display/Colors'. * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages. Plugins ------- * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the requirements are matched. * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single plugin. * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'. * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible licence has been added. * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed. Tools ----- * Add filter_conv_new.pl. Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99) to Claws filtering rules. Translations ------------ * new Greek and Swedish translations. * updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese translations. * Bugfixes: o bug 843, 'Inbox cannot be changed for local mailboxes' o bug 845, 'sylpheed-claws 1.9.99+ start in minimised state' o bug 856, 'reediting messages forgets Request Return Receipt' o bug 862, 'undo of wrapped, pasted text deletes part of message' o bug 863, 'windows-1252 encoding option missing from message view window' o bug 866, 'Show key id when missing' o bug 867, 'Report also key trust' o bug 875, 'Freeze On Inline Forward of Large Message' o bug 882, 'quick scroll in folder list displays wrong folder contents' o bug 883, 'default inbox does not track folder move' o bug 884, ''Send receipt' button visible in queue' o bug 888, '2.0.0rc3 not displaying image in message view' o bug 896, 'PT_BR locale broken' o bug 897, 'message header is resetted if one is copied to Drafts' o crash when closing description windows using the WM's [X] button o crash when copying/moving message(s) from and to the same folder o missing listing of text/* attachments in the message view o Filtering ~message, ~headers_part, ~body_part rules o possible crash on connection failure when sending o crashes in prefs after unloading Spamassassin or Clamav plugins o spurious displaying on message when "Always open messages" isn't set o last-used directory for loading attachments wasn't cached o assertion failure in msgcache_add_msg o cursor positioning not obeying %X o don't deselect stuff in compose window before right- clicking, with aspell. o autosave on IMAP o copying/moving between normal and draft/queue in IMAP o occasional failure in fetching a mail over IMAP o don't remove a draft when sending it, if it is locked o wrapping issues o prevent mail from being lost without notice when an SMTP error happens on trying to send an unmodified drafted mail o forget SMTP password if wrong o recursive prefs apply o attach_load_dir set to PLUGINDIR on plugin load o possible crashes on exit and in addressbook o allow templates without text o deselection of text when right-clicking in Compose windows o automatic encoding in some corner-cases o 'Get Mail' sensitivity in the Trayicon Plugin o 'Trash' sensitivity when receiving o don't start the wizard when folders exist, even if they are unloaded o update the default keybinds For further details of the numbered bugs listed above consult www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi * and other code reorganisation, cleanups, and more. --------------------------------------------------------------------- See ChangeLog and README for full information regarding changes in this release.