ReleaseNotes

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   2  * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 Release Candidate 2         *
   3  * 23 January 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 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.
  18
  19 However, we've been running this on a number of systems and a variety
  20 of configs and we think it's worthy of the "stable"-title. Before we
  21 can call it stable we want to test it on as many systems as possible
  22 to iron out the last issues.
  23
  24 In response to RC1, quite some issues were reported AND fixed! We now
  25 hope that SquirrelMail is really ready to be called STABLE. We need you
  26 to verify that this is true!
  27
  28 So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any
  29 bug report you send. Even the smallest issue deserves to be fixed.
  30
  31
  32 Major updates
  33 ==============
  34
  35 The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 devel series) brings:
  36
  37 * A complete rewrite of the way we send mail (Deliver-class),
  38   and of the way we parse mail (MIME-bodystructure parsing).
  39   This makes SquirrelMail more reliable and more efficient
  40   at the same time!
  41 * Support for IMAP UID which makes SquirrelMail more reliable.
  42 * Optimizations to code and the number of IMAP calls.
  43 * Support for a wider range of authentication mechanisms.
  44 * Lots of bugfixes and a couple of UI-tweaks.
  45
  46
  47 A note on plugins
  48 =================
  49
  50 There have been major plugin architecture improvements. Lots of plugins
  51 have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with
  52 this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) should work. Plugins not
  53 distributed with this plugin most probably WILL NOT WORK.
  54
  55 So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins.
  56
  57
  58 A note on your configuration
  59 ============================
  60
  61 For a whole bunch of reasons, it is MANDATORY that you run conf.pl
  62 (and then save your configuration) from the config/ directory before
  63 using this release.
  64
  65 If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things:
  66
  67 1) For our comfort and the prosperity of SquirrelMail, send a bug
  68    report with this information:
  69      * IMAP server type + version
  70      * Whether you use server-side sorting
  71      * Whether you use thread sorting
  72      * The value of "sort" (as in conf.pl)
  73    Bugs can be submitted at: http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs
  74
  75 2) For your own pleasure and comfort:
  76    Turn off UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.4.0
  77    while the developers look at your report.
  78
  79
  80 Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug
  81 ==========================================
  82
  83 This RC is meant to catch the last bugs. So we need you to submit
  84 any bug you come across! Also, please mention that the bug is in
  85 this 1.4.0 RC2 release.
  86
  87    http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs
  88
  89 Thanks for your cooperation with this. That helps us to make
  90 sure nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if
  91 people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting
  92 it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and
  93 increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we
  94 spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN
  95 bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have
  96 been fixed in CVS already.
  97
  98 If you want to join us in coding SquirrelMail, or have other
  99 things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist:
 100
 101    squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
 102
 103
 104                   Happy SquirrelMailing!
 105                     - The SquirrelMail Project Team