-8th November 2005 Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.100
+30th January 2006 Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0
SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES
http://claws.sylpheed.org
-Sylpheed-Claws is an extended version of Sylpheed, a GTK+ based,
+Sylpheed-Claws is the extended version of Sylpheed, a GTK+ based,
lightweight, and fast e-mail client
Notes for this release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-* etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
- 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
-
-* 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.
+* libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
New in this release:
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-* GnuPG support:
- Signature checking is now non-blocking
+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.
-* The URLs in the About window are now clickable
+Translations
+------------
+* new Greek and Swedish translations.
-* the man page has been updated and renamed 'sylpheed-claws'
+* updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Dutch, Finnish,
+ French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Serbian,
+ Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese 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
+* 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