I tried this latest version 5.2b1 and it seems to have a problem. I tried it twice and both times gave identical problems.
I have a MAC G4 667Mhz with 1Gb memory. I am running OSX 10.2.8 When i first run the new version it asks for the MAIL folder so i show it where it is. Next it brings up Powermail showing my mailboxes. Down in the right hand bottom corner it is saying it is indexing my mail. I only have about 4700 pieces of mail. Then when it finishes and i look at the mail boxes i find in all my mail boxes that March/2005 is-missing from all mail boxes. I did not see any evidence of a conversion other than the indexing. I then quit Powermail and started it holding down the ommand/Option key combo. I get the menu and i check all five of the first boxes. When it starts up it says it is doing a low level operation. I have waited up to an hour and nothing else ever happens. Powermail never returns. When i did a force quit to see what was running, powermail is not showing anything. I then tried starting powermail again but it says it failed unexpectedly. I have not lost anything as i have things backed up. I have gone back to ver 5.1 Gerry >Dear PowerMail list members, > >We are pleased to announce the availability of PowerMail 5.2 beta 1. > >This private release, containing 4 key features, 9 enhancements and 27 >fixes, is currently only intended for members of the PowerMail-discuss >and PowerMail-testing lists (PowerMail 5.2 final will be a free update >for PowerMail 5 owners) and is available from: > > <http://powermail.simplenet.com/pm5.2b1.dmg> > > Note: Please make a backup of your existing PowerMail > database before using 5.2, as the file format has > changed and will NOT be openable with 5.1 after > conversion. Although the features below have been tested > for six weeks both at CTM and within Apple Computer, > proceed with caution as with any beta software. > >Release notes are included below. Kindly report your findings back to the >PowerMail-testing mailing list exclusively; to be able to post, first: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Best regards, > >the PowerMail team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CTM Development <http://www.ctmdev.com> > >----------------------------------------------------------- >> POWERMAIL 5.2b1 RELEASE NOTES - APRIL 3rd, 2005 >---------------------------------------------------------- > >Features > > * PowerMail now supports the searching of its database using > SpotLight (requires Mac OS X 10.4 build 8A25 or later) in addition to > its built-in, enhanced FoxTrot search engine: > o If you double-click on a found item in Spotlight, it will not just > open it as an orphaned document window in PowerMail but actually > open the corresponding message in the database itself. > o For user who have one or more inactive (archive) databases, open > them with PowerMail 5.2 and reindex them; you will see that all of > your current and archived mail can be searched in one go using > Spotlight, whether or not the message is contained in your current > mail database. > * Support for secure transport on SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 using the StartTLS > command (connection on the same port) in addition to specific SSL port > connections > o For STMP, this can now be configured both on a per-account basis > as well as for all accounts in the Mail Schedulings?Ķ: Location > setup pane > * Added the ability to export tabulated text in Unicode UTF-8 format, > i.e. for exporting international text to recent vversions of FileMaker > Pro > * The Spam filtering architecture adds integration with Intego Personal > Antispam > >Improvements and tweaks > > * Times are now displayed relatively to the current time zone, but using > the daylight saving time in effect at that time. This means that a > message sent at 12:00 when Daylight Savings Time (DST) was not active > will continue to be displayed as sent at 12:00 when you look at it days > or months later when DST is active; if you however travel and change > time zones, the message will no longer appear as sent at 12:00 > * Upon marking a spam message as good, its attachments are nowmoved out > of the trash. > * When creating multiple mail filters with a "spam rating" condition, you > can now adjust a slider to have different actions for messages with > different spam levels. Note that when using SpamSieve, it is highly > recommended that you treat messages with a spam rating greater than or > equal to 50 as spam, and the other as good, and that you use the mark > as good/mark as spam commands when SpamSieve makes mistakes, so it can > learn from them. Additionally, note that having multiple filters with a > "spam rating" condition can make the spam filter assistant to not > behave as expected, that's why a warning dialog will be displayed in > such cases > * When evaluating the "From/Sender/Reply To is not in address book" (or > "is not in previous recipients") filter, a message whose sender is your > own address (the one set in the account of the message) is now treated > as if the address were not in the address book (or the previous > recipients) gien than some spammers send messages using your own > address for the "From" field. > * The message list can now be scrolled horizontally using mice or > trackpads with horizontal scroll control (two-finger scrolling with the > appropriate extension installed) > * A new method is used to determine when the computer is connected to the > network; this may fix some difficultes when PowerMail tried to connect > immediately after wake-up > * We now allow a fresh 30-day evaluation period for those who had let an > earlier PowerMail evaluation period expire > * When creating the "Mail" folder in the user's home folder, we now set > its permissions as readable by the owner only (it was previously set to > be writable by the user only, but readable by the group). The > permission is not changed if the "Mail" folder already exists, or if > your database already exists in another location > * Updated the version of SpamSieve on the disk image to 2.2.4 > >Fixes > > * AppleScripts that were previously stored inside the application package > are now stored in the user's Application Support folder; this should > prevent access privilege problems: > o when the user has no write access to the application > o for scripts that need to save persistent variables > o for scripts that need to save aliases to other applications (such > as SpamSieve integration scripts) > * An error of type "Class='file'; what=100; when=4; err=-47" could occur > when receiving or sending attachments, when certain antivirus software > (notably from Symantec) were installed > * PowerMail sometimes pretended that there is not enough free space on > the disk to compact the database > * A crash could sometimes happen when importing a message whose size was > an exact multiple of 4096 bytes > * An error could occur when exporting the database with the attachments > included, and some attachments are not found. > * Fixed a drawing problem for messages contains end of lines in the > subject; it was also possible to send such messages when pasting text > in the subject field > * Some received messages could be marked as addressed "To" when in fact > they were really of "BCC" > * When the notifications preferences are set to open the Recent Mail > window without bringing it to the front, the front window no longer > looses the keyboard focus > * A crash could occur when quitting PowerMail if no mail browser, folder > list or message window was opened. > * It was not possible to export the database unless the mail browser > window was opened > * When replying to a message, the header "references" is now properly set > according to the latest RFC specifications. > * The message-ID header was not correctly generated when using a SMTP > port other than 25 > * PowerMail now accurately decodes MIME attachments with a uuencode, uue, > or x-uue encoding (in addition to the more standard x-uuencode). It can > also decode non-conformant uuencoded attachments missing the "begin" > line > * Upon exporting, read messages were ignored in folders in "View unread" > mode > * When forwarding or redirecting a draft message, the message would its > draft status > * When an HTML message was displayed, the mouse wheel did not work in > other panes or windows, notable overlying windows > * An SMTP connection could hang when the SMTP server rejected a message > after having received the DATA command (for example, if it rejects it > because of a virus) > * When a sent attachment is on a disconnected network volume or an > offline disk, PowerMail no longer tries to mount the volume when > displaying the message, nor when compacting or checking the database > * When a folder is viewed using the "view unread" mode, the status bar > more clearly indicates this fact by showing both the number of messages > displayed, and the total number of messages in the folder > * Copying the subject of a message from the message list, and pasting it > to the view only field, did not work > * When performing "retrieve completely now" on a partial message opened > in its own window, the window was left empty. > * A crash could occur when upload a message to an IMAP server > * It was impossible to export the database unless the mail browser window > was opened > * When the notifications preferences are set to open the recent mail > window without bringing it to the front, the front window no longer > looses the keyboard focus > * PowerMail could erroneously pretend that there is not enough free space > on the disk to compact the database - especially when approaching the > 2-gigabyte limit for databases > * An error could occur when exporting the database with the attachments > included if some attachments could not be found. > * Some exceptions and errors were reported as unknown errors, instead of > giving the more detailed information that we are accustomed to > reporting > > -- The faster the computer The more impatient the user.
