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 1.3 bug
  11    * About our Release Aliases
  12
  13 All about this Release!!!
  14 =========================
  15
  16 This is the first Release Candidate (RC) for the 1.4.x stable series.
  17 Please note that this release is not yet labeled 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 So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any
  25 bug report you send.
  26
  27
  28 Major updates
  29 ==============
  30
  31 The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 devel series) brings:
  32
  33 * A complete rewrite of the way we send mail (Deliver-class),
  34   and of the way we parse mail (MIME-bodystructure parsing).
  35   This makes SquirrelMail more reliable and more efficient
  36   at the same time!
  37 * Support for IMAP UID which makes SquirrelMail more reliable.
  38 * Optimizations to code and the number of IMAP calls.
  39 * Support for a wider range of authentication mechanisms.
  40 * Lots of bugfixes and a couple of UI-tweaks.
  41
  42
  43
  44 A note on plugins
  45 =================
  46
  47 There have been very severe architecture improvements. Lots of plugins
  48 have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with
  49 this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) may work. Plugins not
  50 distributed with this plugin most probably WILL NOT WORK.
  51
  52 So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins.
  53
  54
  55 A note on your configuration
  56 ============================
  57
  58 For a whole bunch of reasons, it is MANDATORY that you run conf.pl
  59 (and then save your configuration) from the config/ directory before
  60 using this release.
  61
  62 If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things:
  63
  64 1) For our comfort and the prosper of SquirrelMail:
  65    send a bugreport with this information
  66      * IMAP server type + version
  67      * Whether you use server-side sorting
  68      * Whether you use thread sorting
  69      * The value of "sort" (as in conf.pl)
  70    bugs can be submitted at: http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs
  71 2) For your own pleasure and comfort:
  72    turn of UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.4.0
  73
  74
  75 Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug
  76 ==========================================
  77
  78 This RC is meant to catch the last bugs. So we need you to submit
  79 any bug you come across! Also, please mention that the bug is in
  80 this 1.4.0 RC1 release.
  81
  82    http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs
  83
  84 Thank you for your cooperation in that issue. That helps us to make
  85 sure that nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if
  86 people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting
  87 it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and
  88 increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we
  89 spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN
  90 bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have
  91 been fixed in CVS already.
  92
  93 In case you want to join us on coding SquirrelMail, or have other
  94 things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist:
  95
  96    squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
  97
  98
  99                   Happy SquirrelMailing!
 100                     - The SquirrelMail Project Team