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2 | * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 Release Candidate 2a * |
3 | * 24 January 2002 * |
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5 | |
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6 | In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: |
7 | * All about this Release!!! |
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8 | * A note on PHP 4.3.x |
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9 | * Major updates |
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10 | * A note on plugins |
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11 | * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug |
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12 | |
13 | All about this Release!!! |
14 | ========================= |
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15 | |
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16 | This is the second and hopefully last Release Candidate (RC) for the |
17 | 1.4.x stable series. Please note that this release is not yet labeled |
18 | STABLE officially. |
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19 | |
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20 | It is labeled RC 2a because RC 2 was released but pulled back soon |
21 | after because a serious bug was found that needed to be fixed. Thanks |
22 | to Jason Munro for discovering this bug. |
23 | |
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24 | However, we've been running this on a number of systems and a variety |
25 | of configs and we think it's worthy of the "stable"-title. Before we |
26 | can call it stable we want to test it on as many systems as possible |
27 | to iron out the last issues. |
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28 | |
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29 | In response to RC1, quite some issues were reported AND fixed! We now |
30 | hope that SquirrelMail is really ready to be called STABLE. We need you |
31 | to verify that this is true! |
32 | |
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33 | So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any |
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34 | bug report you send. Even the smallest issue deserves to be fixed. |
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35 | |
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36 | A note on PHP 4.3.x |
37 | =================== |
38 | |
39 | While the developers realize that PHP 4.3.x is the "latest and greatest" |
40 | version of PHP to be available, SquirrelMail has not been extensively |
41 | tested with it. There may be potential session issues with PHP 4.3.x, |
42 | and PHP by default has a session warning which will need to be disabled |
43 | if you wish to use it with SquirrelMail. |
44 | |
45 | Put simply: The SquirrelMail team does not recommend the use of |
46 | PHP 4.3.x with SquirrelMail at this time. |
47 | |
48 | SquirrelMail will put a large ugly warning about the use of PHP 4.3.x on |
49 | the login screen unless you add "$shootMyFootOff = true;" to |
50 | config/config_local.php, or downgrade PHP. |
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51 | |
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52 | Major updates |
53 | ============== |
54 | |
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55 | The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 devel series) brings: |
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56 | |
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57 | * A complete rewrite of the way we send mail (Deliver-class), |
58 | and of the way we parse mail (MIME-bodystructure parsing). |
59 | This makes SquirrelMail more reliable and more efficient |
60 | at the same time! |
61 | * Support for IMAP UID which makes SquirrelMail more reliable. |
62 | * Optimizations to code and the number of IMAP calls. |
63 | * Support for a wider range of authentication mechanisms. |
64 | * Lots of bugfixes and a couple of UI-tweaks. |
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66 | |
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67 | A note on plugins |
68 | ================= |
69 | |
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70 | There have been major plugin architecture improvements. Lots of plugins |
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71 | have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with |
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72 | this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) should work. Plugins not |
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73 | distributed with this plugin most probably WILL NOT WORK. |
74 | |
75 | So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins. |
76 | |
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78 | A note on your configuration |
79 | ============================ |
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80 | |
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81 | For a whole bunch of reasons, it is MANDATORY that you run conf.pl |
82 | (and then save your configuration) from the config/ directory before |
83 | using this release. |
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84 | |
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85 | If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things: |
86 | |
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87 | 1) For our comfort and the prosperity of SquirrelMail, send a bug |
88 | report with this information: |
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89 | * IMAP server type + version |
90 | * Whether you use server-side sorting |
91 | * Whether you use thread sorting |
92 | * The value of "sort" (as in conf.pl) |
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93 | Bugs can be submitted at: http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs |
94 | |
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95 | 2) For your own pleasure and comfort: |
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96 | Turn off UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.4.0 |
97 | while the developers look at your report. |
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98 | |
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100 | Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug |
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101 | ========================================== |
102 | |
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103 | This RC is meant to catch the last bugs. So we need you to submit |
104 | any bug you come across! Also, please mention that the bug is in |
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105 | this 1.4.0 RC2 release. |
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106 | |
107 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs |
108 | |
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109 | Thanks for your cooperation with this. That helps us to make |
110 | sure nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if |
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111 | people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting |
112 | it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and |
113 | increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we |
114 | spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN |
115 | bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have |
116 | been fixed in CVS already. |
117 | |
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118 | If you want to join us in coding SquirrelMail, or have other |
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119 | things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist: |
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120 | |
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121 | squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net |
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124 | Happy SquirrelMailing! |
125 | - The SquirrelMail Project Team |