2nd October 2003                                 Version: 0.9.6claws

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

This release of Sylpheed-Claws is based on version 0.9.6 of the
main Sylpheed branch.

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

* Filtering Keyword change ** WARNING **
  The filtering Condition keyword 'execute' has been changed to 
  'test'. All users who are using a Filtering rule containing the 
  Condition keyword 'execute' must change it to 'test' before 
  launching 0.9.6claws, but this change can only be done by editing 
  ~/.sylpheed/matcherrc directly with a text editor and not through 
  the GUI.
  
  If you don't edit matcherrc before launching 0.9.6claws your rule
  containing 'execute' will be deleted.
  
* Removal of Common Preferences options
  Receive tab: Local Spool settings removed
  Send tab: External Program settings removed
  If you want to receive mail from the local spool and/or send mail
  using an external program you must create and use a Local account

* The Font configuration options have been moved to 
  /Configuration/Other Preferences/Display/Fonts
  
New in this release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* allow 'filtering actions' in Actions, e.g. '%as{mark color 2}'

* GnuPG: on a signature check, when the key exists, the Key ID is 
  printed

* When using 'Redirect' the Folder Preference 'Save copy of outgoing
  messages to this folder instead of Sent' is obeyed

* tools/vcard2xml.py
  a new script that converts an Evolution vCard into a Sylpheed
  address book

* a new Simplified Chinese translation has been added

* updated translations: British English, Croatian, French, German, 
  Polish, Spanish, Serbian, and Slovak

* Bug fixes, including the following:
	o bug  64 'Problem when sending to many recipients'
	o bug 246 'Multiple selections are deselected when moving
	           from search window to main window'
	o bug 298 'message view loses tool bar'
	o bug 305 'crash after deleting of a newsgroup'
	o IMAP: folder occasionally unscanned bug
	o Clam AntiVirus plugin: GnuPG passphrase popup bug
	o Clam AntiVirus plugin: nested multipart goes unscanned bug
	o tools/maildir2sylpheed.pl: deep directory recursion bug
	
For further details of the bugs listed above consult
www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi
		   
* and code reorganisation, cleanups, and more.

CLAWS' EXTRA FEATURES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Plugin mechanism
* filtering/processing 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 colour setting
* Font configuration
* Icon theming
* Spell checking (with aspell)
* 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
* revised message/attachment 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
* recognition of the following subject reply prefixes: 
  Re:, Re[n]:, Antw:, Aw:, Antwort:, and 'Res:'
* 'Message/Remove references' in compose window menu allowing
  the creation of a new thread when replying
* the Actions feature has a progress bar that counts the 
  number of completed tasks when the action runs more than 
  one command
* quote text that has been filtered through an Action when 
  replying
* Customisable toolbars
* address auto-completion includes a dynamic LDAP search
* 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.
* configure option --with-config-dir the default value is the
  standard "~/.sylpheed" directory
* "--config-dir" command line option has been added which prints
  the current configuration dir

PLUGINS
~~~~~~~
  All plugins, except SpamAssassin, are built automatically
  if the required libraries are present.

  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.sourceforge.net/
  
  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://www.dillo.org/
	
  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.
	
  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/
	
  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
	
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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Fingerprint: 
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