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12th February 2003                       Version: 0.8.10claws

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

This release of sylpheed-claws is based on version 0.8.10cvs7
of the main Sylpheed branch.

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

* per-folder collapsed/expanded threads setting

* support for LDAP dynamic queries

* the 'Unread' column in the summary view is renamed to
  'Status'

* speed up of message manipulation
  
* URI parser accepts mailto URLs with a '?'

* GnuPG signed messages are indicated by displaying an icon
  in the Attachment column

* An option to disable threading by subject has been added

* Authentication for NNTP servers can be forced

* updated translations
	Brazilian, Bulgarian, French, German, Italian,
	Russian, Serbian, Spanish
	
* Many bug fixes, including the following:
        o Bug 17 'disappearing X-face header or warp of
	  headers'
	o Bug 29 'Messages queued, but not sent'
	o Bug 31 'after POP3 error: "no such mail" Sylpheed 
	  does not receive mails for other accouts'
	o Bug 39 'after sending message folderview doesnt get
	  updated'
	o Bug 43 'importing mbox took hours'
	o Debian Bug 180253 'Directory's filter-rules are 
	  merged with main filter-rules after removing
	  directory'
	o fix the long time crashes on Suns caused by the 
	  colour labels
	o fix bug with Quoted-Printable in vCard
	o fix bug where a change to the sorting method or
	  thread view of a folder's messages is lost if 
	  simpify-subject is set and toggled on or off.
	o fix bug when long headers with 8-bit characters are
	  used, so that the encoded words are wrapped. If the
	  space in the original text falls on the wrap 
	  boundary, it can be lost. 
	 
* 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.
* 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
* 'on-the-fly' changing of the type of GnuPG encryption 
  and/or signing used (MIME/ascii)
* 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
* .mh_sequences file is created in new MH folders
* '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.

Sylpheed-Claws GnuPG key: 
Sylpheed-Claws <twb@users.sourceforge.net>
KeyID:D04C2EEF
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