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  1. Changes of the Sylpheed-Claws GTK2 branch
  2. * 2.3.1
  3. -------
  4. * bug fix release
  5. * Improved error catching in GnuPG plugins
  6. * Always replace \n, \r and \t with spaces in headers
  7. * Fix 'make clean' removing of provided manuals
  8. * Fix setting of PACKAGE_DATA_DIR with newer versions of autoconf,
  9. backwards compatible
  10. * Fix double-ask of "Do you want to mark all as read"
  11. * Fix bug #968 (Rockliffe IMAP server doesn't like SC (server isn't
  12. RFC-compliant)) - Workaround Rockliffe IMAP server bug
  13. * Fix bug #969 (crash on rebuilding imap folder)
  14. * Fix bug #971 (2.2.3 cannot read mail from local mbox)
  15. * 2.3.0
  16. -------
  17. * Mailing-list support (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, View Archive, etc)
  18. has been added in the main window's 'Message/Mailing list' menu
  19. * Filtering and processing rules can be disabled with just one click
  20. * The From address is editable in the Compose window
  21. * A menu has been added to the Compose toolbar button to enable
  22. choosing the account to use
  23. * Write-only support of .mh_sequences' Unseen property has been added
  24. for MH mailboxes, allowing synchronised flags when reading your MH
  25. mailbox with Mutt or other MH-based mail clients
  26. * More feedback is provided to the user when importing MBOX files
  27. * 'k' added as a shortcut for 'colorlabel' in the Extended Quick
  28. Search
  29. * The option to go to the first Marked message when entering a
  30. folder has been added.
  31. * The 'ignore thread' flag is now correctly set on mails threaded by
  32. subject, in addition to standard headers.
  33. * Hidden prefs have been added that allow customization of the
  34. colours used in the Log window (useful for dark GTK+ themes)
  35. * Optimised large folder reading
  36. * Optimised copy/move/deletion/selection
  37. * Optimised 'mark all read' in the current folder
  38. * 'test' filtering rules are processed in the background
  39. * A progressbar for cache updates has been added
  40. * A progressbar for copy/move functions has been added
  41. * More dialogues have been made HIG compliant
  42. * Allow recursive setting of properties for whole mailboxes
  43. * A Face header has been added to the Welcome mail
  44. * The user manual has been updated
  45. * tools/filter_conv_new.pl has been updated for rule
  46. enabling/disabling
  47. * 2.2.3
  48. -------
  49. * bug fix release
  50. * Fix crash on a very common code path, introduced by a merge error in
  51. 2.2.1
  52. * 2.2.2
  53. -------
  54. * bug fix release
  55. * Fix URI check, which failed to identify fake, phishing URIs if they
  56. began with a space.
  57. * Reply-To and Sender addresses in the message view are now fully
  58. clickable.
  59. * Remove extraneous tab at start of addresses.
  60. * 2.2.1
  61. -------
  62. * bug fix release
  63. * Always obey the "confirm before marking all mails read" option
  64. * Fixed MBOX import/export's behaviour on failure
  65. * Fixed automatic rule creation with List-Post
  66. * Fixed some GTK+ warnings and errors at runtime
  67. * Fixed some compiler warnings
  68. * Fixed double init of the g_thread subsystem
  69. * Fixed saving of parts with names that can't be converted to UTF-8
  70. * Fixed a possible infinite loop when filtering moved and copied some
  71. mails
  72. * Fixed a buffer overflow in Russian locale
  73. * Fixed a memory leak in expired SSL certificate check
  74. * Fixed bolding of folder names in the folder selector window with
  75. GLib 2.10
  76. * Added an hidden preference, 'ssl_skip_cert_check', to avoid
  77. duplicates of bug #959 - if libetpan is linked against gnutls, there
  78. can be bugs on 64 bits systems. Gnutls fixed them in their 1.2.4
  79. release.
  80. * The SSL "expired certificate" warning is now presented only once per
  81. session
  82. * Fixed races when reusing the SMTP sessions
  83. * Added the missing timeout on SMTP sessions
  84. * Fixed a few leaks
  85. * Fixed a crash in PGP plugins, which could happen when signing fails
  86. for unknown reasons
  87. * Fixed SpamAssassin plugin, which stayed disabled as long as the
  88. transport wasn't reselected
  89. * Fixed bug #830 (Some unread messages get marked read in IMAP inbox)
  90. * Fixed bug #955 (copying messages between imap folders is extremely
  91. slow)
  92. * Fixed bug #961 (return receipt dialog complains incorrectly about
  93. return-path email adress being different)
  94. * Fixed bug #962 (Manual and/or UI should warn about incompatible
  95. locking causing dataloss)
  96. * 2.2.0
  97. -------
  98. * S/MIME signature verification has been removed from the PGP/MIME
  99. plugin as it is now provided by the S/MIME plugin.
  100. * IMAP users will see significant speed improvements.
  101. * ANONYMOUS auth has been added for IMAP
  102. * In the Compose window all spell-checker options are now available
  103. from the /Spelling/Options menu.
  104. * Syntax errors in the extended Quick Search are now indicated by
  105. a pink/red background.
  106. * An encrypt-to-self option has been added to the Account Privacy
  107. options.
  108. * Sysadmins can now provide their users with pre-filled values in
  109. the Setup Wizard. See the manual, '6.6. Deploying Sylpheed-Claws',
  110. for details.
  111. * Various GUI improvements have been added.
  112. * A new command line option has been added: --select 'folder[/msg]'
  113. This can be used at startup and causes the specified folder/message
  114. to be selected. 'folder' is a folder id like '#mh/Mailbox/inbox'
  115. * Optional background colouring of quotes has been added. It can be
  116. configured from the Colour Preferences dialogue.
  117. GTK+-2.8.x or newer is required for this feature.
  118. * In the Compose window, multiple quote levels are now coloured in
  119. the same way as the Message View.
  120. * A warning is now displayed on expired SSL certificates and the
  121. expiration date is shown.
  122. * A hidden option has been added, 'compose_no_markup', this prohibits
  123. the use of bold and italic text in Compose dialogue's account
  124. selector.
  125. * LDAPS support has been added.
  126. * The user manual has been updated, and French and Polish
  127. translations are now also included.
  128. * 2.1.1
  129. -------
  130. * bug fix release
  131. * The Preferences config file, ~/.sylpheed-claws/sylpheedrc, is now
  132. stored with UTF-8 encoding
  133. * 2.1.0
  134. -------
  135. * libetpan version 0.45 or newer is now required for IMAP support,
  136. this allows checking for IMAP/SSL certificates.
  137. * Support for the Face header has been added,
  138. see http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/
  139. * In the Templates dialog TAB address completion has been added for
  140. Cc and Bcc fields, in addition to To.
  141. * An account's signature file, (Account Preferences, Compose tab),
  142. can now been edited in place using the configured text editor.
  143. * An advanced search is now possible in the '/Edit/Search folder'
  144. dialog.
  145. * '/Edit/Find' has been added to the Compose window for text
  146. searching.
  147. * A progress bar is now shown in the status bar whilst doing a Quick
  148. Search.
  149. * A long search can now be cancelled.
  150. * In a Sent mail folder the From column in the message list is now
  151. automatically changed to the To column.
  152. * '/Message/Colour Label' has been added to the main menu, enabling
  153. (unmodifiable) shortcut keys, Ctrl+[0-7].
  154. * The colour labels are now customisable from the 'Display/Colours'
  155. page of the Preferences. It is now possible to choose any colours
  156. and to give them each a label.
  157. * A Spell Checking option to 'Recheck message when changing
  158. dictionary' has been added.
  159. * An option to 'Render HTML-only mail with plugin if possible' has
  160. been added to the 'Message View/Text Options' preferences page.
  161. * Headers in the message view and the Custom headers dialog are now
  162. translated if the option 'Translate header names' is activated.
  163. * It is now possible to sort the columns in the Addressbook.
  164. * More drag-n-drop capabilities have been added, from the message
  165. list to other apps, from the mimeview to other apps, from other
  166. apps to message list, from other apps to folder list, from the
  167. mimeview to the message and folder lists and the Compose window's
  168. attachments pane.
  169. * "Ignore thread" has beed added as a filtering action.
  170. * The Compose window is now hidden when sending mails via filtering.
  171. * An alphabetical resort is done immediately when a folder's name
  172. is changed.
  173. * Unsubscribing a newsgroup now removes the related folder and
  174. articles from newscache/
  175. * A "Get more..." link has been added to the Plugins window. This
  176. loads http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php in your browser.
  177. * The SpamAssassin plugin is now equipped with a spam learning
  178. interface, usable by right-clicking a message and choosing
  179. 'Mark as Spam' or 'Mark as Ham' in the Mark submenu. It is now also
  180. possible to disable SpamAssasin filtering when receiving mail, so
  181. that the plugin can be used for learning only.
  182. * Remote learning in the SpamAssassin plugin has been added. This
  183. requires SpamAssassin 3.1.x.
  184. * A new script has been added that integrates a Thunderbird folder
  185. tree into Sylpheed-Claws, tools/tbird2syl.py
  186. * 2.0.0
  187. -------
  188. * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
  189. * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added.
  190. * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu
  191. * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using
  192. the optional libgnomeprintui support.
  193. * '--exit' command-line option has been added.
  194. * '--subscribe' command-line option has been added.
  195. Calling sylpheed-claws --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins
  196. if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if
  197. using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be
  198. able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser.
  199. * sylpheed-claws email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose
  200. * sylpheed-claws proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe
  201. * HIG compliant button order has been implemented.
  202. * Several dialogues throughout have been improved.
  203. * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons in the main
  204. window Toolbar.
  205. * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the
  206. account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button.
  207. * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added
  208. to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it.
  209. * The Subject in the compose window title now updates instantaneously.
  210. * The mimetypes list in the compose window attachment pane is now
  211. alphabetically ordered.
  212. * The message view email and URI parsers have been enhanced.
  213. * In Quick Search Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this
  214. provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of
  215. search criteria.
  216. * When Quick Search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow
  217. background for greater visibility.
  218. * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching
  219. using '*'.
  220. * The configuration option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has
  221. been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'.
  222. * The 'Wrap at send' configuration option has been removed.
  223. * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to
  224. '/Display/Colors'.
  225. * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI
  226. as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages.
  227. * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into
  228. one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the
  229. requirements are matched.
  230. * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single
  231. plugin.
  232. * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available
  233. * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'.
  234. * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible
  235. licence has been added.
  236. * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed.
  237. * Added tools/filter_conv_new.pl.
  238. Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99)
  239. to Claws filtering rules.
  240. * 1.9.100
  241. ---------
  242. * etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
  243. 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
  244. * Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/ Mutt/Pine file'
  245. functions were fixed.
  246. * GnuPG support:
  247. Signature checking is now non-blocking
  248. * The URLs in the About window are now clickable
  249. * the man page has been updated and renamed 'sylpheed-claws'
  250. * 1.9.99
  251. --------
  252. * The binary is now 'sylpheed-claws' and not 'sylpheed'
  253. * The default config dir is now '~/.sylpheed-claws'. The user will
  254. be prompted to perform an automatic migration of configuration
  255. options to this new directory.
  256. * A new default internal icon theme has been added, based on the
  257. Gnomaws theme.
  258. * Messages are now sorted by Date by default
  259. * GnuPG support:
  260. The noticeview is now shown on the message/rfc822 part in addition
  261. to the text/plain part.
  262. The privacy icon in the noticeview is now clickable and also uses
  263. key C to perform the signature check.
  264. The Trust field has been moved into Full info display.
  265. When trust is less than full, don't display a warning icon.
  266. Visual feedback is provided in the statusbar when checking
  267. signature.
  268. The PGP/MIME signature file is now named 'signature.asc'.
  269. The dialog for entering a passphrase has been improved.
  270. * Local deletion of news posts has been added.
  271. * A file selector has been added for selecting an account's Signature
  272. file
  273. * Many window sizes are now remembered.
  274. * The presense of marked msgs in unexpanded subfolders is now indicated
  275. by the icon of the parent folder.
  276. * QuickSearch:
  277. The message list is reset when the dialog is hidden.
  278. The 'Sticky' option, for keeping the search activated across folders.
  279. * The Subject is now set when forwarding multiple mails.
  280. * When a default Cc or Bcc is used, a check is performed to make sure
  281. the To header has also been set.
  282. * In the filtering dialog a warning dialog is shown if the rule was
  283. not saved.
  284. * The file and directory Browse buttons, ("...") have been improved.
  285. * When double-clicking an attachment the "Open with" dialog is
  286. presented if no command was found for the file type.
  287. * The X-Face has been added to the message view and can be toggled by
  288. '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Text options/Display
  289. X-Face in messageview'.
  290. * The message list context menu has been reworked.
  291. * When replying to a mail sent by yourself, Reply excludes your own
  292. address from the list of recipients. 'Reply All' and 'Reply to
  293. sender' still work like before.
  294. * When the Folder Preference 'Default To for replies' the entry in
  295. the Compose window is presented in bold text.
  296. * The About window has been reworked.
  297. * 1.9.15
  298. --------
  299. * etpan >= 0.39 is now required for IMAP support
  300. * LDAP and JPilot support is now built by default if the dependencies
  301. are available.
  302. * ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap is now used to open attachments
  303. * middle-click pasting that respects the 'Wrap pasted text' option
  304. has been added
  305. * during composition the user is alerted if the message can't be
  306. drafted
  307. * the description windows are now non-modal
  308. * a 'Clear Log' button has been added to the log window popup menu
  309. * Sender, List-Post and To have been added to the headers that are
  310. checked during automatic Filtering and Processing rules creation
  311. * the current locale's charset is used for display of broken mails
  312. and a hidden option, 'utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail', has
  313. been added allowing the user to use UTF-8 for broken mails
  314. * GNU/aspell support: if black is chosen as the misspelled word
  315. colour, misspelled words will be underlined.
  316. * the Message View and Compose windows now display the message
  317. subject as the window title.
  318. * libgnomeprint support: currently selected text attachments can be
  319. printed
  320. * drag'n'drop of messages from the Message List to a Compose window's
  321. Attachment pane is now possible
  322. * PGP/MIME plugin: it is now possible to verify S/MIME signatures
  323. * PGP/Core plugin: A "Don't encrypt" button has been added to the key
  324. selection dialog, and the buttons have been reordered.
  325. * the user is warned if the requested Privacy system is not available
  326. when composing a message
  327. * 1.9.14
  328. --------
  329. * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
  330. been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...'.
  331. Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
  332. controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
  333. * Filtering and Processing rules can now be named.
  334. * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
  335. * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
  336. now derived from the normal font.
  337. * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
  338. has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option.
  339. * Many improvements to the Address book.
  340. * A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with sub-items 'as
  341. quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
  342. * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
  343. Compose window.
  344. * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
  345. * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable.
  346. * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
  347. the removal of the toolbar handles.
  348. * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
  349. enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
  350. * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
  351. * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
  352. parents.
  353. * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
  354. message view.
  355. * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
  356. * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
  357. * tools/asus_mailled.sh
  358. A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
  359. unread mail.
  360. * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
  361. Use Sylpheed-Claws icon and the text 'Sylpheed-Claws' in the menu,
  362. use kdialog during installation
  363. * 1.9.13
  364. --------
  365. * add GPGME 1.x support.
  366. * A new PGP/Core plugin has been added
  367. * IMAP now uses libEtPan!
  368. * Printing support using libgnomeprint2 and libgnomeprintui2
  369. * The cache/mark files are now platform-independent.
  370. * A plugin dependency system has been added.
  371. * The PGP/Inline plugin has been added to the main package.
  372. * Folders which contain Marked messages are now indicated by a
  373. Folder icon overlaid with a tick
  374. * '/Edit/Quick search' menu item has been added to the main window
  375. * An option to 'Confirm before sending queued messages' has been
  376. added
  377. * The "Copy ..." menu items now copy to both the X and the gtk
  378. clipboards in the Compose window
  379. * The Template and Plugin lists are now sorted alphabetically
  380. * Plugins preferences are now grouped under their own 'Plugins'
  381. heading
  382. * A 'Go to Prev' button has been added to the toolbar
  383. * Keyboard accelerators have been added to many buttons
  384. * The folder selection dialogue now displays folder names with
  385. new/unread counts
  386. * The 'Display cursor in message view' option is now a hidden option,
  387. 'textview_cursor_visible'
  388. * Reordering of accounts by drag 'n' drop has been enabled in the
  389. 'Edit accounts' dialogue
  390. * New Sylpheed-Claws icons have been added, and the default
  391. application icon is now set.
  392. * The SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins have been optimised.
  393. * 1.9.12
  394. --------
  395. * improved IMAP support
  396. * Performance increases
  397. * /Message/Delete and /Message/Move to trash
  398. '/Message/Delete' has been renamed '/Message/Move to trash'
  399. and '/Message/Delete' has been added. '/Message/Delete' will
  400. now directly destroy the message, after asking for a
  401. confirmation, instead of moving it to the Trash folder.
  402. * new style configuration options interface.
  403. * PGP MIME plugin
  404. The 'PGP/MIME' plugin has been renamed 'PGP MIME'.
  405. * LDAP bind password is no longer visible onscreen.
  406. * An option to encrypt replies to encrypted messages by default
  407. * Filtering rules can be reordered by drag n drop
  408. * '/Options/Character encoding/...' has been added to the Compose
  409. window
  410. * Hebrew encodings have been added
  411. * The 'Show all headers' option is now sticky.
  412. * Return Receipts can now be sent from any account.
  413. * A clip/signed icon has been added.
  414. * 1.9.11
  415. --------
  416. * bug-fix release which fixes the ASpell Spell Checker
  417. support
  418. * 1.9.9
  419. -------
  420. * Inline image display
  421. * An option to render HTML as text has been added to
  422. /Configuration/Preferences/Common/Message
  423. * An option for a default Queue folder has been added to the
  424. 'Advanced' tab of Account Preferences
  425. * Filtering Preferences window size is saved
  426. * Batch sending of mails (per account)
  427. * Support for GBK encoding
  428. * New logo in About window
  429. * tools/acroread2sylpheed.pl
  430. script to send pdfs as attachments from Adobe Reader 7
  431. see tools/README for details
  432. * 1.9.6
  433. -------
  434. Initial GTK2 release
  435. * default config dir is ~/.sylpheed-gtk2