-16th April 2007 Claws Mail 2.9.0
+16th December 2011 Claws Mail 3.8.0
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
+* GnuTLS 2.2 is now a minimum requirement if encrypted connections to
+ servers are required.
+
+* The list displays have been updated to use newer GTK+ functions,
+ this means that the expanders look different and the optional dotted
+ lines have been dropped.
+
+* A hidden option, 'summary_from_show', which controls the display in
+ the From column of the Message List: 0 (default): show name,
+ 1: show address, 2: show name + address
+
+* The image viewer now uses the EXIF Orientation.
+
+* 'Generate X-Mailer header' has been added as an Account option.
+
+* /View/Message scroll has been added, allowing keyboard shortcuts to
+ be added and used for message scrolling.
+
+* Home and End keys now function in the Message View.
+
+* /Message/Print has been added to the Compose window.
+
+* Updated manuals
+
+* Update man page
+
+* Updated translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, French,
+ Hungarian, Indonesian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian.
+
+* Bug fixes:
+ o bug 1489, 'Filter action mark_as_read inoperative
+ following move action
+ o bug 1563, 'Folder view: show complete threads if they
+ contain unread messages'
+ o bug 1870, 'arrow scrolling in filters'
+ o bug 2116, 'Rip spaces off server names in account
+ configuration'
+ o bug 2127, 'SSL cert check uses canonical name instead of
+ specified name'
+ o bug 2177, 'addrbook/addrbook-00000?.xml is not deleted
+ after removing the address book in the GUI'
+ o bug 2303, 'Next unread message enables message view'
+ o bug 2310, 'Crash when hitting Ctrl+R to reply to a
+ particular mail'
+ o bug 2377, 'Show All Headers - make change persistent
+ between sessions'
+ o bug 2402, 'GnuTLS change breaks socket communication'
+ o bug 2404, 'matcherrc updates upon account renaming'
+ o bug 2406, 'some part of accountrc not updated upon account
+ rename'
+ o bug 2408, 'Some UI elements are not persistent between
+ sessions'
+ o bug 2422, 'Toggle Message View w/ V crashes Claws'
+ o bug 2479, 'LDIF address book import matches tags case
+ sensitive'
+ o bug 2481, 'do not scroll "from" dropdown list and sender
+ address'
+ o bug 2493, 'Subscription pull down should be alphabetized'
+ o bug 2502, 'gnutls_transport_set_lowat removed in gnutls
+ 3.0.3'
+ o bug 2505, 'tagsdb becomes polluted with old folder entries'
+ o bug 2509, 'manually added headers are lost unless mail is
+ sent inmediately'
+ o bug 2520, 'Please remove verbose "No further processing
+ after rule %s" message.'
+ o bug 2525, 'Address completion window does not get keyboard
+ focus'
+ o bug 2526, 'When reading message in separate window, n and p
+ keys do not work'
+ o bug 2529, 'crash in mimeview_start_drag after deleting
+ message'
+ o bug 2543, 'filter actions in actionsrc not updated upon
+ account renaming'
+ o bug 2560, 'crash when unsubscribing newsgroup and having
+ active search field'
+ o Fix focus problem on Gnome shell
+ o Fix flicker on recursive quicksearch
+ o Fix huge slowness induced by spellcheck "while typing"
+ during initial quote rewraps.
+ o Fix build with GLib 2.31.
+ o Fix crasher when spellchecking is not enabled
+ o Fix compose window size saving/restoring
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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