-This plugin is used to play sounds (currently a WAV file) through the
-browser whenever the user has unseen messages flagged in the left window
-pane. There are options available (on the options page of course) to
-disable this feature for each user, and to select different media files
-from the users local computer. The default is that this is NOT enabled,
-so you'll need to go to the options menu to turn it on first! There are
-also options to show a popup window via JavaScript.
+This plugin is used to notify the user when a new mail arrives. There are
+several ways to do this. One is to play a sound through the browser whenever
+the user has unseen messages flagged in the left window pane. There are options
+available (on the options page of course) to disable this feature for each user,
+and to select different media files from the users local computer. The default
+is that this is NOT enabled, so you'll need to go to the options menu to turn
+it on first! There are also options to show a popup window via JavaScript.
+
+Plugin options are visible only when JavaScript is enabled or detected by
+SquirrelMail JavaScript detection functions.
From SquirrelMail 1.5.1 newmail plugin's site configuration can be stored in
config/newmail_config.php or plugins/newmail/config.php.
$allowsound setting is replaced with $newmail_allowsound and should be stored
inside plugin's site configuration file.
+Plugin supports playback of WAV, SWF, MP3, OGG and SVG media files. Currently
+OGG and SVG files are played only by browsers that implement w3.org nested
+objects correctly and browsers that can play <embed> objects. Internet Explorer
+can't play them due to broken <object> implementation. OGG and SVG <object>
+elements specific to IE are not implemented.
CREDITS
-This plugin has been originally created by Mike Huttinger, with contributions
-by Tyler Akins and Seth Randall. It's now maintained by the SquirrelMail
-Project Team.
+This plugin has been originally created by Mike Huttinger, with contributions by
+Tyler Akins and Seth Randall. It's now maintained by the SquirrelMail Project
+Team.