-26th January 2007 Claws Mail 2.7.2
+18th April 2008 Claws Mail 3.4.0
CLAWS MAIL RELEASE NOTES
http://www.claws-mail.org
Claws Mail is a GTK+ based, user-friendly, lightweight, and fast
email client.
-Claws Mail was previously known as Sylpheed-Claws.
-
New in this release:
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-* Added command line equivalent options:
- -h for --help
- -q and --quit for --exit
- -v for --version
- "Unknown option" is now printed when unknown command line options
- are used.
+* Added support for /dev/mem_notify. This Linux kernel feature
+ will allow applications to be notified that memory has to be
+ freed before getting OOM-killed.
+ For more information: http://lwn.net/Articles/267013/
+
+* Enabled moving/copying folders to root folders when using the
+ folder selection dialogue.
+
+* Global and per-folder templates can now override the From name.
+
+* Added a tooltip with extended folder stats. (Hover the cursor over
+ the short stats on the right, below the message list.)
+
+* Implemented 2-line items in the message list when in three column
+ mode.
+
+* Added support for png themes.
+
+* Added an icon for attached patches (text/x-patch and text/x-diff).
+
+* When viewing a message that has a large amount of text, show a
+ maximum of 1MB of text and add a noticeview to show optionally show
+ the whole message.
+
+* Added a button to the templates preferences to restore defaults for
+ current language.
+
+* Added search in filtering rules list.
+
+* Bogofilter Plugin:
+ Added a "learn from whitelist" preference.
+
+* MAEMO:
+ Added information when fetching large messages.
-* The wizard for configuration migration, (Sylpheed-Claws to Claws
- Mail), now has the option to save or not save a backup of the old
- configuration folder.
+* tools/csv2addressbook.pl
+ Added support for Kmail/Kaddressbook.
-* The configuration wizard is now re-run if it was previously
- cancelled.
+* Updated translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish, French,
+ German, and Italian.
* Bug fixes:
- o bug 1100, 'Highlighted e-mail data not visible when color
- label applied.'
- o bug 1101, '"Load plugin" button is accidentally hidden'
- o bug 1102, 'claws-mail-2.7.1 makes use of deprecated ldap
- functions'
- o IMAP: fixed crash when connect command doesn't exist.
- o IMAP: better folder checking when an IMAP directory is set.
- o IMAP: Never remove INBOX when scanning for new folders.
- It's a special folder that must exist.
- o fix vertical scrollbar jumping back to the top when 'Check
- for new folders' is used.
- o fix sensitivity issues of Mark as Spam/Ham context menus.
- o fix potential crashes in the address book's embedded 'Edit
- person' dialogue, and fix conflicting copy/paste menu
- entry.
- o Reflect change of Font configuration in the Header view
- clickable links.
- o fix handling of empty values in attach_load_directory and
- attach_save_directory clawsrc options.
- o fix 2nd-run loss and new configuration loss of filtering
- rules on configuration migration.
- o Bogofilter plugin: fix sensitivity of "Insert X-Bogosity
- header" option
+ o bug 1494, 'Trayicon plugin breaks UI...' (MAEMO)
+ o bug 1515, 'large messages crash claws when syncing for
+ offline mode'
+ o bug 1532, '"login refused" message insufficiently
+ detailed'
+ o bug 1533, 'Claws is unable to mark messages as "read" in
+ IMAP shared folders'
+ o bug 1534, 'Segmentation fault when doing some draft saving
+ and then throwing away'
+ o bug 1539, 'Program crashes':
+ Setup Gcrypt's thread functions when built with
+ GnuTLS
+ o bug 1541, 'Deleting message from within read window
+ displays next message then closes.' (MAEMO)
+ o bug 1553, 'File lock not respected'
+ o bug 1555, 'Bug with the feature "save a copy of outgoing
+ messages in this folder"'
+ o bug 1559, 'Claws Mail crashed deleting all common contacts'
+ o bug 1561, 'Crashes leaving unsubscribed folder after
+ ticking "Show only subscribed"'
+ o bug 1562, 'Claws-Mail does not completely respect settings
+ in GTK2_RC_FILES environment'
+ o Fix blinking of the taskbar entry.
+ o Fix folder view's scrollbar at startup if starting hidden.
+ o If no MH mailbox and no account exists, when creating a
+ POP/Local account, just create it and use the default one
+ instead of bailing with a "Mailbox doesn't exist" error.
+ o Clean up session disconnection. Possibly fix Ubuntu bug
+ #204290
+ o Fix RedHat bug 431735, 'segfault if /home is full'
+ o Fix compose template formats (in global preferences)
+ getting translated under specific conditions.
+ o Fix updating of tags menu.
+ o Fix log size getting out of control (claws-mail getting
+ SIGXFSZ): rotate if every 10MB.
+ o Fix debian bug 474712, 'claws seg faults when IMAP
+ connection breaks after an IMAP protocol error (BAD UID
+ SEARCH Invalid parameter: $Forwarded)]'
For further details of the numbered bugs listed above consult
http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi