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12th July 2003                             Version: 0.9.3claws

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

This release of Sylpheed-Claws is based on version 0.9.3cvs2
of the main Sylpheed branch.


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

* in the message view the mimeview tabs have been moved to the
  righthand side and now use icons instead of text
  
* a new configure option has been added --with-config-dir
  the default value is the standard "~/.sylpheed" directory

* dynamic LDAP search has been re-implemented. the search is
  performed in both the compose window and the address book by
  use of the TAB key

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

* a Print button has been added to the toolbar customisation

* sylpheed-claws now recognises the following subject reply
  prefixes: Re:, Re[n]:, Antw:, Aw:, Antwort:, and 'Res:'

* Actions now have a progress bar that counts the number of 
  completed tasks when the action runs more than one command

* when replying it is now possible to quote text that has been
  filtered through an Action 

* 'Message/Remove references' has been added to compose window 
  menu which allows the creation of a new thread when replying

* Ctrl+A can be used to select all the text in the 
  'View source' window
  
* the Trayicon plugin has been updated and now also allows the 
  hiding of the main window by clicking on the trayicon
  
* tools/maildir2sylpheed.pl
  	a new script that converts a mailbox in maildir format
	to the MH format used by sylpheed-claws

* tools/launch_firebird
  	replaces launch_phoenix

* new Croatian translation

* updated translations
	French, German, Polish, Serbian, Spanish 

* Many bug fixes, including the following:
	o bug 18  'Filtering disappearance oddities'
	o bug 132 'crash on startup in newsgroups folders'
	o bug 136 'Nonprovided quotation marks crash claws'
	o bug 147 'Can't tab past compose window address-
		   entry widget'
	o bug 161 'sylpheed-claws exits with segfault when 
	           logging in to certain imap-servers'
	o bug 163 'Icon switching doesnt work properly'
	o bug 164 'Crash on rebuild folder tree'
	o bug 167 'IMAP hangs trying to get envelope 
		   information in imap_get_uncached_messages'
	o bug 169 'Overly loose matching of "From" address'
	o bug 176 'Outgoing email message causes claws to 
		   crash'
	o bug 184 'Entering non-ascii character deletes 
		   previous char if spell checking enabled'
	o bug 185 'New message counter'
	o bug 202 './configure script - "if test" comparison 
		   failure'
	o bug 204 '0.9.0 quits on authentication error?!'
	o bug 208 'Status message stuck when sending on POP3 
	           account'
	o bug 209 'crash when processing in folder'
	0 bug 215 'SC does not show 'attachments' tab for
		   messages with only text/html'
	
For fuller details of the bugs listed above please consult
<www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi>
		   
	o fix bug where changing account would insert a 
	  signature string even if auto_sig was FALSE
	o fix bug where the insert sig button would be 
	  effective only when auto_sig was set
	o fix crash when word wrapping kicks in due to
	  changed text by spell checker
	o remove incorrect ssl_init warning
	o fix bug in the ClamAV plugin where multipart/alter-
	  native messages would slip through without being 
	  scanned
	 
* and code reorganisation, cleanups, memory leaks plugged, 
  and more.

CLAWS' EXTRA FEATURES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Plugin mechanism
* 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
* Font configuration
* Icon theming
* Spell checking (with aspell)
* filtering/processing mechanism
* automatic account selection
* 'smart' wrapping
* message scoring
* hide read messages
* mbox support
* filtering engine for IMAP folders
* 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 [temporarily removed]
* 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
* Individual signature settings per account
* 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 right-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)
* Users can 'List all keys' in the GnuPG key selection dialog
* 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
* 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
* per-folder collapsed/expanded threads setting
* Option to disable threading by subject
* Password encryption in config files is implemented using 
  unix encrypt and setkey functions.

PLUGINS
~~~~~~~
  To load a plugin go to '/Configuration/Plugins' and click
  the 'Load Plugin' button. Plugins are installed in
  $PREFIX/lib/sylpheed/plugins/ and have a suffix of '.so'
  Select the plugin that you want and click 'OK'  
 
  o Clam AntiVirus
    Enables the scanning of message attachments in mail
    received from a POP account using Clam AntiVirus. It can 
    optionally delete the mail or save it to a designated
    folder. Preferences can be found in 'Configuration/Other 
    Preferences/Filtering/Clam AntiVirus'. Clam AntiVirus is 
    available from http://clamav.elektrapro.com
    Configure option:
    	--enable-clamav-plugin
  
  o Dillo HTML Viewer 
    Enables the viewing of html messages using the Dillo web
    browser, version 0.7.0 or newer. It uses Dillo's --local
    option by default for safe browsing. Preferences can be 
    found in 'Configuration/Other Preferences/Message View/
    Dillo Browser'. Dillo is available from 
    http://dillo.auriga.wearlab.de/
    Configure option:
    	--enable-dillo-viewer-plugin
	
  o Image Viewer
    Enables viewing of attached images and replaces the 
    previous built-in image viewer. Preferences can now be 
    found in 'Configuration/Other Preferences/Messageview/
    Image Viewer'. If the option 'Automatically display
    attached images' is not set, the user is presented with
    a 'Load Image' button in the messageview and information
    about the file.
    Configure option:
    	This plugin is built by default
	
  o MathML Viewer
    Enables the viewing of attachments that have the 
    Content-Type 'text/mathml' using the GtkMathView widget
    which is available from 
    http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/
    Configure option:
    	--enable-mathml-viewer-plugin
	
  o SpamAssassin
    Enables the scanning of incoming mail received from a POP
    account using SpamAssassin. It can optionally delete mail
    identified as spam or save it to a designated folder. 
    Preferences can be found in 
    'Configuration/Other Preferences/Filtering/SpamAssassin'. 
    SpamAssassin is available from http://spamassassin.org
    Configure option:
    	--enable-spamassassin-plugin
    
	
  o Trayicon 
    Places an icon in the system tray that indicates whether
    you have any new mail. A tooltip also shows the current
    new, unread and total number of messages
    Configure option:
    	--enable-trayicon-plugin
	
TOOLS
~~~~~  
* You will find all of these tools in the 'tools' directory:
  calypso_convert.pl 
	import mbox files exported by calypso
  convert_mbox.pl
  	convert mbox format to MH format
  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
  freshmeat_search.pl
  	Actions script to lookup the selected text on
	Freshmeat <www.freshmeat.net> using the configured
	browser
  gif2xface.pl
	convert a gif file to an xface
  google_msgid.pl
  	Actions script to lookup selected message-id on 
	google using mozilla.
  google_search.pl
  	Actions script to lookup up the selected text on
	google using the configured browser
  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
  multiwebsearch.pl
  	search any searchable website for the selected text
  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_firebird
  	facilitates using mozilla-firebird 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
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