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