ANNOUNCE: New Release: 0.8.11claws

0.8.11claws
(for Win32) is available at
http://claws-w32.sf.net

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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:25:10 +0000
From: twb <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Sylpheed-claws-users] sylpheed-0.8.11claws is released


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12th March 2003                           Version: 0.8.11claws

		SYLPHEED-CLAWS  RELEASE NOTES
                 <http://claws.sylpheed.org>

This release of sylpheed-claws is based on version 0.8.11cvs2
of the main Sylpheed branch.

Notes for this release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

sendmail is now executed with the "-i" option by default, but 
this has to be changed in all exsiting accounts

The default new mail colour is now blue, but this also now
configurable via ~/.sylpheed/sylpheedrc, in which all
configurable colours are now stored in a user-friendly format,
i.e. black = #000000.

New features in this release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Re-organisation of Preferences: Signature settings have
  been moved to Account Preferences; 'Maximum number of 
  articles to download' has been moved to Account Preferences;
  incompatible options are hidden.
  
* When fetching news headers progress is shown in the toolbar.

* IMAP header fetch speedup

* IMAP UID fetch speedup using SEARCH

* When encrypting a message it is now possible to list all
  keys from your keyring when searching for the recipient's
  key by using the 'List all keys' button in the key selection
  dialog

* 2 new Actions scripts have been added which search freshmeat
  or google for the selected text using the browser configured
  in sylpheedrc. (command: "|freshmeat_search.pl")

* The Drafts folder now has its own unique icons
  (hint to icon themes creators)

* Tooltips have been added to online/offline button and 
  account selector button in the toolbar.
  
* Password encryption in config files is implemented using 
  unix encrypt and setkey functions. The crypt key can be set
  as a configure parameter. Old passwords will be converted if
  they do not begin with '!' The configure option is:
  --with-passcrypt-key=KEY
  
* updated translations
	Bulgarian, French, German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish

* Many bug fixes, including the following:
	o bug 15 'Crashes on startup'
	o bug 24 'Makefile does not respect prefix when 
		 installing GNOME data'
	o bug 46 'stop scan messages in folders after empty
		 folder'
	o bug 47 'Replying to message strips name part of
		 e-mail addresses of Cc: lines'
	o bug 53 'Unable to read messages in newsgroups, 
	  	 displayed message doesn't change'
	o bug 54 'yesterdays date is displayed in the message 
	  	 summary window'
	o bug 60 'crash if "authenticate on logon" is 
		 activated and newsserver-hostname is not 
		 valid'
	o bug 63 'Strange behaviour MOVING messages from MH
		 to IMAP
	o bug 66 Gnome directory is set to NONE
	o bug 70 '"Display recipient in from" doesn't check
	  	 folder's default account'
	o bug 71 'IMAP FETCH asks for FROM header field 
		 twice'
	o bug 73, 'Crash when selecting top-level folder'
	o bug 74, 'Crash opening editor window with pseudo-
		  color display'
        o fix 'Follow-up and Reply-to', respect 'Follow-up'
	  header
	o fix a compile problem with gcc 3.3
	o fix port selection when using starttls
	o fix infinite loop in message wrapping
	o fix for message display in UTF-8 locales
	 
* and code reorganisation, cleanups, and more.

CLAWS' EXTRA FEATURES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Plugin mechanism
* SpamAssassin plugin
* GTK config plugin for SpamAssassin Plugin
* Reply-finder
* new message cache system
* new sort function
* pop before smtp authentication
* Automatic saving of message when composing
* signature in the message view can be coloured
* built-in gdb crash handler
* Customisable toolbars
* quick search function
* Folder color setting
* 'Dynamic' signatures
* Font configuration
* Icon theming
* Spell checking (with aspell)
* filtering/processing mechanism
* automatic account selection
* 'smart' wrapping
* message scoring
* hide read messages
* mbox support
* IMAP over SSH Tunnel
* IMAP: UIDPLUS extension support.
* IMAP: CAPABILITY support.
* Request Return-Receipt
* extra Folder Properties:
  Return-Receipt, save messages,
  default To:, default address for replies,
  subject simplification,
  folder CHMOD, default account
* revised compose window
* manual selection of MIME type and encoding
  for attachments
* 'ignore thread'
* improved clickable URL support
* new mail notification
* selective download
* 7bit and 8bit encoding of attachments
* NNTP: auto-mark cross-posted messages
* configurable (non-)display of images
* online/offline modes
* --online and --offline command-line switches
* User-definable quotation characters
* display url in statusbar on single-click
* message priority setting
* controllable size of log text in log window
* ability to select part of a text mime-part 
  to reply
* reply and forward flags get set on sending message
* sylpheed man page
* allow user to 'Save all' attachments in a mail with
  multi-attachments
* GnuPG signatures can now be verified by double-clicking
  [application/pgp-signature] in the text view
* GnuPG users are informed of expired signatures and keys.
* GnuPG signed messages are indicated by displaying an icon
  in the Attachment column
* 'on-the-fly' changing of the type of GnuPG encryption 
  and/or signing used (MIME/ascii)
* save 2 or more selected files to a single file
* MH/IMAP/Mbox folder drag 'n' drop support
* Cc and Bcc Template definitions
* Automatic message drafting and cache saving on kill
* SSL certificate management
* Logging can be stopped
* user-definable newsgroup names abbreviation length
* Manual and FAQ remote and local links
* Powerful Extended Search
* Indication of unread answers to marked mails:
  '(!)' is appended to the folder name when a
  marked message has a response
* Customisable toolbars
* Actions: trailing ">" syntax to insert command's output
  without replacing old text (in contrast to trailing "|").
* addressbook: import Mutt addressbook
* addressbook: import Pine addressbook
* addressbook copy and paste
* harvest addresses for addressbook
* export addressbook to html file
* Address book: 'Edit Group Details' dialog allows multiple
  selection in either pane
* support for LDAP dynamic queries
* .mh_sequences file is created in new MH folders
* per-folder collapsed/expanded threads setting
* Option to disable threading by subject
* 'tools' directory that contains various scripts:
  calypso_convert.pl 
	import mbox files exported by calypso
  eud2gc.py
	convert a Eudora (v.3?) addressbook to vCard 
	(GnomeCard) format
  filter_conv.pl
	convert sylpheed main's filter rules into
	claws' filtering format
  gif2xface.pl
	convert a gif file to an xface
  google_msgid.pl
  	Actions script to lookup selected message-id in 
	google using mozilla.
  gpg-sign-syl
	GnuPG cleartext-signing script for use with
	Actions
  kmail2sylpheed.pl
	convert a Kmail addressbook to a Sylpheed
	addressbook
  kmail2sylpheed_v2.pl
	new version of the address book conversion script
	for newer versions of Kmail/Kaddressbook
  newscache_clean
	clean up old files and directories in the
	newscache directory
  OOo2sylpheed.pl
	enable OpenOffice to send documents through
	sylpheed
  outlook2sylpheed.pl
	convert an Outlook contacts list to a Sylpheed
	addressbook
  launch_phoenix
  	facilitates using Phoenix as the default web browser
  sylpheed-switcher
	enable quick-switching between claws and main
	in a non-destructive way
  sylprint.pl
	process a Sylpheed mail and print it using enscript
	if available or lpr if not
  tb2sylpheed
	convert an addressbook exported from The Bat! into 
	a Sylpheed addressbook
  update-po 
	translators' tool that eases the creation of 
	*.po files
  uudec
	decode UUencoded mails, for use with Actions

...and more.

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See ChangeLog.claws and README.claws for full information 
regarding changes in this release. Also see ChangeLog[.jp]
for changes synchronised from sylpheed main.

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-- 
Thorsten Maerz          <[email protected]>
Sylpheed-claws/Win32:   http://claws-w32.sf.net

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