-8th November 2005 Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.100
+31st July 2006 Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0
SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES
- http://claws.sylpheed.org
+ http://www.sylpheed-claws.net
-Sylpheed-Claws is an extended version of Sylpheed, a GTK+ based,
-lightweight, and fast e-mail client
+Sylpheed-Claws is a GTK+ based, user-friendly, lightweight, and fast
+email client.
-Notes for this release:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+New in this release:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-* etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
- 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
+* A ./configure option has been added, --with-mandir=DIR allowing the
+ setting of the man directory location
-* Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/Mutt/Pine file'
- functions were fixed. This was a security hole. It only affected
- these address book import functions, but we recommend that everyone
- upgrade.
+* 'Send queue' has been added to the folder contextual menu, which
+ allows sending the contents of a single queue, as opposed to the
+ toolbar's Send Queue, which sends all queues
-New in this release:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* '/View/Go to/Next unread folder' has been added
+
+* 'View/Go to/Next marked messages' now traverses folders
+
+* sftp:// links are now recognised in mails
+
+* A dialogue is presented to the user when dropping files into the
+ Compose window, asking whether to insert or attach the file(s). The
+ default behaviour can be controlled via a new option in
+ Compose/Writing
+
+* Allow attached message parts to be selected, opened, or saved via
+ their text label in the message body
+
+* Save named inlined attachments with "Save all"
+
+* An option to change the Folder Type has been added to the Folder
+ Properties
+
+* Add |i{sub_expr} to Templates, which allows inserting user-entered
+ text in a template
+
+* A new option has been added to '/Preferences/External programs' to
+ allow "Display as text" on attachments to be done via a script
+
+* An option to 'Never send Return Receipts' has been added to the
+ 'Other' page of the preferences.
+
+* The Custom Header dialogue in Account Preferences now has a 'From
+ file...' button, which enables a Face or X-Face header to be set by
+ selecting a file
+
+* libgnomeprint support : A font for printing can be specified in
+ '/Display/Fonts'
+
+* Add Help buttons to some dialogues, clicking on them will open the
+ manual at a suitable section in the configured browser
+
+* The option 'Add date header' has been removed, a date header is
+ now always added
+
+* The '/Message/Re-edit' menu item has been removed from the separate
+ Message View, where it was useless
+
+* Display an Account's Protocol as a label instead of the unusable
+ combo when editing accounts
+
+* It is now possible to move and copy mails from and to the Drafts
+ and Queue folders
+
+* More non-English Subject prefixes have been added
+
+* The Attachment flag is now set for some inlined attachments
+
+* Faster recursive quicksearch (show current folder's results before
+ searching sub-folders)
+
+* Faster send on IMAP
+
+* Alert in case of authentication error on imap
+
+* Better error reporting in GPG plugins
+
+* Faster and better MBOX import/export
+
+* Save caches on SIGPIPE (like on Xorg exit)
+
+* Unified Info/Help/Symbols buttons
+
+* Honor display-header-pane setting in separate window too
+
+* Use the user-defined From: in the Return-Path: header when sending
+
+* Grab Save button by default in Save dialog, which allows saving
+ by hitting Enter
+
+* The online status is checked before resetting mailcheck timer
+
+* Show POP3 connection earlier in statusbar
+
+* Re-read /etc/resolv.conf before connecting to IMAP servers, and
+ when switching to Online mode
-* GnuPG support:
- Signature checking is now non-blocking
+* tools/textviewer.pl has been added, which can be used with the new
+ option 'Command for Display as Text' in '/Preferences/External
+ programs'
-* The URLs in the About window are now clickable
+* The Sylpheed-Claws logo has been updated
-* the man page has been updated and renamed 'sylpheed-claws'
+* updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, French, German, Greek,
+ Italian, Polish, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
+ translations.
-* Bug fixes, including the following:
- o bug 314, 'Queue does not empty under certain circumstances'
- o bug 841, 'Sort by the From field doesn't work'
- o Fix replying to ml when confirming subscription
- o Fix totals when read messages are hidden or quicksearch is
- on
- o Fix addressbook import of base-64 encoded items
+* Bug fixes:
+ o bug 977, 'Can't add or edit imap accounts'
+ o bug 978, 'Disconnect from IMAP server when going offline'
+ o bug 981, 'sc 2.3.1 segfaults with gtk+ 2.10'
+ o Fix double '/Go to/Next ...'
+ o Fix signature replacement when changing accounts and
+ re-editing, in certains cases
+ o Don't report a GPG error when Cancel is clicked on the
+ passphrase dialogue
+ o Block undo while changing signature
+ o Don't freeze the GUI when rescanning local folders after a
+ crash/kill
+ o Fix default button for rules, actions, templates when
+ attempting to close without saving (default was to close)
+ o Fix compilation on some systems
+ o Fix a race condition when, after an SC crash, rescanning
+ folders took more than 0.5 seconds
+ o Don't allow the use of inboxes from F_UNKNOWN folders as
+ default inbox, vCalendar plugin for example
+ o Fixed off-by-one count of current message in the statusbar
+ filtering progressbar
+ o Fix focus of button in Actions I/O dialogue
For further details of the numbered bugs listed above consult
-www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi
+http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi
* and other code reorganisation, cleanups, and more.
projects / claws.git / blobdiff