-16th April 2007 Claws Mail 2.9.0
+6th May 2013 Claws Mail 3.9.1
CLAWS MAIL RELEASE NOTES
http://www.claws-mail.org
New in this release:
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-* Added a Maemo port
- The Maemo port touches several areas: using the correct APIs for
- a good integration, adding of a new layout suited for small
- screens, Maemo-specific default preferences changes, Maemo-specific
- GUI improvements, etc.
-
-* Added more customisable colour labels
-
-* Added 'Mark as spam', 'Mark as ham', and 'Add to address book'
- filtering actions
-
-* Added a new Quote Format symbol, %A, to insert the sender's email
- address
-
-* Changed the option to display unread message counts next to folder
- names: it is now possible to display the total count of messages
- too. Configurable from Display/Summaries
-
-* If Claws Mail is already running on another display, attempting to
- start it will mention that instead of popping up the window on the
- other display
-
-* Added debugging of filtering/processing rules. Configurable from
- Other/Logging options page
-
-* Added handling of the contextual menu key in compose windows and
- MIME parts list
-
-* Added a "pulsing" progressbar in the label window used when
- rebuilding folder tree, etc, in order to show activity
-
-* Improved "Offline mode override" dialogue to avoid asking
- repeatedly, but still ask on explicit user actions
-
-* Improved the creation of POP/Local accounts when no MH mailbox
- exist: create the default one
-
-* Write folderlist directly after adding/deleting accounts that have
- folders
-
-* Added logging IMAP ALERTs as errors in the log
-
-* Added a way for MimeViewer plugins to implement search in a part's
- body
-
-* Updated, added and replaced some icons
-
-* Added display of any LDAP specified Search attributes
-
-* Added 'telephoneNumber' in the default LDAP list of attributes
-
-* Updated the Face header in the welcome message
-
-* Added the option to minimize to tray in the Trayicon plugin
-
-* Added a wrapper to mairix in the tools folder, tools/mailrix.sh
-
-* Added a script which enables inserting files into the message body
- of a new Compose window from the command line,
- tools/claws-mail-compose-insert-files.pl
-
-* Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, French, German,
- Hungarian, Polish,Serbian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
- translations
-
-* Bug fixes
- o Fix bug 1111, 'PGP/inline plugin hides text
- around encrypted text block'
- o Fix bug 1134, 'Valgrind macros unhandled
- by Irix's cc'
- o Fix bug 1140, 'wrong return value without libetpan'
- o Fix bug 1143, 'Add number of messages to be
- deleted to confirmation dialog'
- o Fix bug 1145, 'Setting a different name
- for the Mailbox name isn't reflected in
- default account settings'
- o Fix bug 1149, 'crash on logwindow close'
- o Fix bug 1153, 'CM segfaults if IMAP folder is
- selected while scanning prior to update'
- o Fix bug 1157, 'some broken messages confuse
- mime parser'
- o Fix bug 1167, 'Allow not displaying zeros
- in folder list'
- o Fix '+' in mailto URIs for List-* headers
- o Fix decoding of some quoted-printable parts
- o Fix English usage
- o Fix logics issues around the action IO dialog:
- o Fix default inbox weirdnesses
- o Fix unconditional "error happened" when sending via
- command line
- o Fix some race conditions when changing the folder list
- o Fix escaping account names in filtering prefs
- o Fix unsubscription/resubscription after renaming IMAP
- folders
- o Fix wrong action performed when closing the "ask about
- account specific filtering rules when filtering manually"
- dialog by pressing Escape.
- o Fix getting a false error when sending queued message
- whereas the sending was fine (if there are subfolders in
- the queue folder)
- o Fix possible trashing of history and uidl files on disk full
- problems
- o Fix transparent images
- o Fix image sizes in new Message windows
- o IMAP: Fix crash with Citadel
- o Don't scan for new mail on startup if --select is specified
- o Fix possibles crashes when getting text from gtk combos
- o Workaround a bug with GTK+ 2.6.x where
- gtk_combo_box_get_active_text() returns NULL
+All plugins previously packaged as 'Extra Plugins' are now contained
+within the Claws Mail package. In addition to that, the following
+plugins have been dropped: TrayIcon, Dillo Viewer, and Gtkhtml2
+Viewer.
+
+This release contains the following plugins: ACPI Notifier, Address
+Keeper, Attachment Remover, Attachment Warner, Bogofilter, BS Filter,
+Clam AntiVirus, Fancy HTML Viewer, FetchInfo, gData, GeoLocation,
+Mail Archiver, MailMBOX, New Mail, Notification, PDF Viewer, Perl,
+PGP/Core, PGP/Inline, PGP/MIME, Python, RSSyl, SMime, Spam Report,
+SpamAssassin, TNEF Parse, and vCalendar.
+
+* 3 command-line switches have been added:
+ --cancel-receiving which cancels the currently running message
+ retrieval operation
+ --cancel-sending which cancels the currently running message
+ sending operation
+ --debug which toggles debug output.
+
+* '/Message/Cancel sending' has been added to the main menu.
+
+* In the filtering and processing condition configuration for Age,
+ it is now possible to match based on number of hours.
+
+* The GnuPG signature timestamp is now displayed in the full
+ signature information
+
+* Support for GnuTLS priority string has been added. This is achieved
+ via 2 hidden account preferences, gnutls_set_priority and
+ gnutls_priority. The former turning the option on or off, the
+ latter containing the required priority string.
+
+* Keep-alive pings are now performed on IMAP and NNTP connections.
+
+* In the Compose window, the focus is now moved to the message body
+ when focus is in the Subject entry and the Enter key is pressed.
+
+* The Delete key can now be used to remove Colour Label hotkeys.
+
+* PDF Viewer: The printed PDF quality has been improved.
+
+* Fancy HTML viewer: The options dialogue has been completely
+ reworked, and disabling remote content is now totally strict.
+
+* Python plugin: Added Cc field to messageinfo objects.
+
+* Python plugin: Added examples.
+
+* Python plugin: Added a function to get an arbitrary header from a
+ MessageInfo object
+
+* Perl plugin: The documentation for insert_perl.pl has been
+ improved.
+
+* Basic handling of vcard 3.0 has been added to vcard2xml.py.
+
+* A Swedish translation has been added to claws-mail.desktop.
+
+* The man page has been updated.
+
+* Updated translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, French,
+ German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish
+
+* Bug fixes:
+ o bug 1137, 'loading plugins with same profile on different
+ archs'
+ o bug 1684, 'view news messages with large attachements
+ segfaults'
+ o bug 1963, 'Preferences Templates Information Window Focus
+ loss'
+ o bug 2340, 'Create block list'
+ o bug 2617, 'code cleanup'
+ o bug 2624, 'dialog "Action Configuration" cannot be closed'
+ o bug 2702, 'Support splitting subject line for small screen
+ layout'
+ o bug 2774, 'Select folder/New Folder dialog - modal problem'
+ o bug 2785, 'Marking mails for deletion reopens internal
+ message view'
+ o bug 2801, 'Filtering Header:Name list is blank/corrupt'
+ o bug 2826, 'replace deprecated gnutls function'
+ o bug 2828, 'Use MD5 digest for socket name'
+ o bug 2832, 'mail to from adress-book splitt names'
+ o bug 2835, 'add_address() in addr_compl.c should allow a
+ NULL name'
+ o bug 2859, 'Newmail plugin doesn't work if Mail folder not
+ present when it is loaded.'
+ o bug 2862, 'Segmentation fault when replying to a message
+ where the "code conversion" fails'
+ o bug 2863, 'Applying has_attachment quicksearch on IMAP
+ segfaults'
+ o bug 2878 'bsfilter / folder.c:1435 Condition identifier
+ != NULL failed'
+ o bug 2879, 'Plain text mails treated as encrypted'
+ o bug 2882, 'Reverse preference for external content'
+ o bug 2885, 'SIGSEGV in hooks_marshal at hooks.c:108'
+ o bug 2890, 'html2ps required...'
+ o bug 2893, 'ical_yy_scan_bytes has wrong type'
+ o bug 2903, 'key 'C' mention harcoded in string'
+ o bug 2909, 'Changing folder quickly can cause wrong email to
+ be deleted'
+ o IMAP: Don't set charset on simple searches. Fixes Exchange
+ 2007.
+ o Disconnect NNTP accounts too when switching offline.
+ o Fix sensitivity of next-unread toolbar button.
+ o tools/gif2xface.pl, tools/outlook2claws-mail.pl: Fix
+ address.
+ o Add missing \n at end of the return receipt last part's
+ headers.
+ o Make LDAP over SSL work on Win32.
+ o Fix crash on action error.
+ o Fix trimming of leading spaces in actions.
+ o tools/vcard2xml.py: Fix missing file encoding info.
+ o fix sensitivity of 'Use both dictionaries' in compose
+ window.
+ o Fix actions with spaces (and quotes).
+ o tools/vcard2xml.py: Lines split over more than one line
+ breaks parser; Get email addres correct. Not only
+ email;internet.
+ o Escape filename/description text of MIME parts, prevents
+ error if, e.g., the filename contains an ampersand.
+ o Fix 'edit accounts' windows going behind when leaving an
+ 'account preferences' window, by re-focusing this window.
+ o Fix crash closing PDF information alert panel.
+ o Fix default fonts on Windows.
+ o Fix ugly icon in XFCE's alt-tab window.
+ o Fix untranslated description in archiver plugin
+ o fix crasher when using /Edit/Search folder on start-up with
+ nothing selected.
For further details of the numbered bugs listed above consult
-http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
+http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/
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See ChangeLog for full information regarding changes in this release.