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