ReleaseNotes

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   2  * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 Release Candidate 1         *
   3  * 31 December 2002                                              *
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   5
   6 In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes:
   7    * All about this Release!!!
   8    * Major updates
   9    * A note on plugins
  10    * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug
  11
  12 All about this Release!!!
  13 =========================
  14
  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.
  22
  23 So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any
  24 bug report you send.
  25
  26
  27 Major updates
  28 ==============
  29
  30 The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 devel series) brings:
  31
  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.
  40
  41
  42
  43 A note on plugins
  44 =================
  45
  46 There have been major plugin architecture improvements. Lots of plugins
  47 have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with
  48 this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) should work. Plugins not
  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.
  52
  53
  54 A note on your configuration
  55 ============================
  56
  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.
  60
  61 If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things:
  62
  63 1) For our comfort and the prosperity of SquirrelMail, send a bug
  64    report with this information:
  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)
  69    Bugs can be submitted at: http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs
  70
  71 2) For your own pleasure and comfort:
  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.
  74
  75
  76 Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug
  77 ==========================================
  78
  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.
  82
  83    http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs
  84
  85 Thanks for your cooperation with this. That helps us to make
  86 sure nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if
  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.
  93
  94 If you want to join us in coding SquirrelMail, or have other
  95 things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist:
  96
  97    squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
  98
  99
 100                   Happy SquirrelMailing!
 101                     - The SquirrelMail Project Team