Saturday, September 6, 2003, 3:56:16 PM, Jack wrote: >> I wish there was a concise description of the >> changes/additions from 1.62 to 2.0 somewhere.
JM> Make that two of us. How about this one? It's not exactly concise but it's pretty comprehensive and is worth a look through! It's taken from the Readme.txt file which is included with v2.0 on installation: (BTW there is a concise summary on the Ritlabs website here: http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/ ) What's new in The Bat! 2.00? [ Legend: ] [ + Added feature ] [ * Improved/changed feature ] [ - Bug fixed (we hope) ] [!] Fully reworked true IMAP support [!] PGP/MIME support added, so it is now possible to send PGP signed/encrypted files without hassle [!] An ability to send out messages in HTML format [!] Built-in support for PGP v6-8 [!] Completely rewritten preview pane with more sensible options [!] Universal interface for handling signed/encrypted messages - no matter which system is used [!] Scheduler is now available in the SmartBat window or by pressing Alt+F6 [+] Possibility to use an alternative editor using the Message Editor "Options|Message format" menu options[+] Check Spelling before Send/Queue option in the message editor [+] "Specials|Remind later" menu for setting message reminders [-] Specials| Create Filter (Shift-Ctrl-F) didn't work when message auto-view was turned off. [-] The Bat! didn't support the SMIMEEncryptionKeyPreference S/MIME attribute and thus was unable to verify digital signatures made by Outlook XP. [-] SmartBat contents wasn't saved when exiting The Bat! with open SmartBat. [-] Fixed some incompatibilities with RFC2797 (Certificate Management Messages over CMS). [-] There was an action in sorted/office filters which was logged as an error and caused an exclamation sound. [*] In case of CRAM-MD5 authentication failure on SMTP, there is a fallback to less secure authentication mechanisms, unless "Require secure authentication" option is checked. [-] Fixed a bug in "Message Redirect" command with inserting the redirector's Reply-To information into the redirected message if the original message didn't have the Reply-To field set. [-] Removed flickering in the About box when the credits are scrolled. [+] Possibility to choose MailTicker folders at once by right clicking on the MailTicker. [-] Attachments were not deleted from the attachments directory when they were deleted from the Trash folder. [-] TLS error messages weren't logged. [-] "Sender" was added to the address list in "Reply To All" command. [-] Change of Account/Folder directory and removal of account files wasn't handled gracefully. [-] The Bat! didn't properly support Serbian Cyrillic. [*] More diagnostic information is given when reporting error in displaying html. [-] A work-around for the WinSock buffer overrun bug. [-] Parameter SELECTED was ignored in <SELECT> tag of HTML messages. [*] The Bat! issues 'RSET' SMTP command after each message sent to prevent subsequent message to be send to addressees of a previous message on some odd servers. [+] Forwarded flag can be used in the "View|Display|Advanced filtering". [-] Local delivery was working only for one message per address. [-] Some problems with splitters. [-] Address books were not restored correctly for "fresh" installations. [-] Messages restored from parts were not checked for viruses.[*] Folders are now stored in new format (ACCOUNT.FLD), which should be more safe for networking and system crashes [*] Some CSAPI engines (like Czech, Slovak, maybe Polish and others) are handled more precisely [*] Windows editor: sticky setting, spell checking, search/replace [*] A possible work-around for some CSAPI spell checking dictionaries [-] Folders were not correctly created automatically when a message-based filter was created (Specials|Create filter) (introduced in 1.63 Beta/1) [-] Even Quoted text color/style was not remembered (introduced in 1.63 Beta/3) [-] Some cosmetic fixes to the new preferences dialogue [*] Windows plain text editor now wraps text in a more comfortable way :-) [*] SmartQuoting algorithm is improved a bit. [-] New Accounts did not keep properties (bug introduced in 1.63 Beta) [-] "Reply to Sender" was erroneously using the Sender message field instead of From [*] Display name for address book editing is now done is another way [-] Search for whole words was not working correctly is text was starting with a searched word(s) [-] Wrong account could be used for reading confirmation message if a message from a different account was selected prior to RC creation [-] Access Violation when the common Trash folder was deleted [-] Email addresses with a ' were not highlighted correctly [-] Menu Navigator did not change language before its reset or program restart [-] URLs were not functioning in SmartBat [+] More access options for accounts with user rights. [+] Ctrl+Ins in a message list copies URLs (in msgid: form) of selected messages into clipboard [*] New Preferences dialogue is now adjusted accordingly to user access rights [-] Input Focus was lost after print dialogue [-] Fixed a bug which didn't allow to search in base64-encoded string longer than 255 characters. [-] Print character set bug [-] Copy to Clipboard character Set bug [+] Folder Maintenance Centre replaces "... All Folders" Folder menu commands [-] Shortcuts were not loaded correctly for second+ instance of windows of a particular type [-] Folder-specific print settings were not saved in the new format folder database (introduced in 1.63 Beta/1) [-] When printing multiple messages, if the print dialogue was cancelled, only the selected messages got cancelled, the rest was printed [-] Division by zero error when viewing images on a zero-size preview pane [-] Last message in a folder was not opened when msgid: URL was used [+] Possibility to add user-defined headers to the preview pane header or messages [+] The "Print selection" option for message preview [+] Mark as Junk/not Junk commands in the Specials menu to call Anti-SPAM plug-in learning engine... [*] Completely rewritten template subsystem with possibility to add macros from plug-ins. [*] New syntax for macros: it is now possible to use brackets instead of ="..." (in some cases it is now required - see below). Plus, quotation marks are not required for one-word or one-macro parameters. Like %IF:%CCLIST=="":"CC is empty":%CCLIST [-] %ACCOUNT="..." followed by %FROM="..." macro combination ignored the latter [-] %TO*NAME and %ABTO* macros were using information gathered at the start of template processing. ATTENTION: please correct your templates if you were relying on this "feature"! [+] %VARnnn="..." (equal to %_nnn="...") macros to set variables, use %VARnnn (or %_nnn) to insert variable value. Variable name can contain alphabet characters, digits and "_" [+] %SETHEADER("RFC Name","Value") macro to set a message header to the Value, use %ADDHEADER("RFC Name","Value") to add value to a header, use %HEADER("RFC Name") to retrieve value of a header (%OHEADER("..") retrieves header from the original message) [*] New options for missed scheduled events (useful for message reminders) [*] A slightly changed look of the Connection Centre [-] Cancel of a sending messages was not working correctly [-] Windows editor text size was limited to 2K bytes (introduced in Beta) [-] Various bugs related to the new folder storage mechanism [-] Delete attachment was not always working correctly [*] application/pgp-keys MIME type is now properly handled [-] Copy was not working in the preview header [-] Focusing and splitting quirks in the separate window viewer [-] "Export message to a text file" filter action was not working properly [-] %NO... macros were not working [*] Built-in PGP 5-8 support did now invokes search on primary key server (some more work required to get it look for keys on additional servers)_ [+] PGP/MIME options in the Privacy menu of the message editor [-] %SingleRe macro was not working [*] Passphrase caching is now active for PGP 6-8 support if PGP version is 7 or 8 [-] %ONELINE / %SINGLELINE macros could cause lockup since Beta/8 [+] %WRAPPED(Limit, Text) macro for more precise text wrapping [+] %ONELINE="Some Text" / %SINGLELINE="Some Text" macros produce "Some Text" as a sinle line [-] URLs in attached messages weren't usable from the preview pane's "inner viewer" [-] Text/RichText messages were not shown on the new preview pane [*] Quoted printable and base64 encoding algorithms slightly changed to prevent "blending" on Yahoo mail servers so the signed messages are not damaged [+] %OTEXT macro - the original message's full text without headers (may be useful in replies quoting selected text only) [-] In some cases the message base repair utility could hang [*] "Good old" reply/forward behaviour when RFC 822 headers were shown in the preview [-] msgid: URLs were working only if the folder parameter was present [-] %QUOTESTYLE="None" was not working as it should [-] Message Editor was not using correct quotation prefix for "Paste as quotation" commands [-] Some cosmetic bugs in HTML editor[+] "Advanced" button at the "Mail management" page of the account properties dialogue for fine-tuning message deletion and IMAP handling [+] Deletion property page in the folder properties dialogue to override account-wide deletion settings [*] MailTicker view gets automatically refreshed when new messages are detected [*] It was possible to add internally processed headers to the list of headers [*] It is now possible to cancel folder compression/purging [-] When a new header was added/deleted, option menus were not updated [-] Custom header descriptors were not actually deleted [-] Some fixes to updating folder message counters [+] %CURSOR="Field ID" macro for setting focus in a particular editing field, where the "Field ID" is BODY or TEXT for the message text or RFC name of the header [-] The "Empty Trash folder on Exit" was ignored [-] SmartBat was not refreshing while when pads were switched [-] "User" account with disabled Sorting Office could create filters [-] When messages were moved between accounts, separated attachments were not removed from the attachment directory [-] Search was producing false positives [-] The "Print card" button was not functioning in the Address Auto-view [-] Extra spaces were added into the names with special RFC 822 characters [*] Option to delete large messages from server for POP3 accounts [-] It was not possible to manually set message priority [-] Folder emptying could stuck (introduced in v2 Beta/3) [*] A confirmation is displayed when replying on a message being already replied [+] The SIZE SMTP Extension is now supported [-] All queued mail was sent when Re-Send of a single message was requested [-] Oddities when manually adding senders/recipients to the address book [-] When a block was deleted in MicroEd, the editor window could be emptied despite there was some more text [-] Search/Replace in MicroEd/PTV was not looking for whole words [-] A bug with address completion when the name in an address contained comma character [-] MailTicker was not working with IMAP folders (Beta) [*] Message/disposition notification parts are now viewed in the message preview pane [-] Trash Folders were emptied after compression [-] "Compress All folders" option was not working [-] The Delete key was not function from the preview pane [-] Multipart messages with ill-formed headers were not displayed correctly [-] ISO-2022 and its descendants is now supported with ICONV.DLL [-] "Nothing to send" problem should be minimised :-) [-] IMAP folder message counters were not refreshed after "Mark all messages as read" command[*] More sensible default for display name for newly created address entries [-] A warning about used filter Hot Key was not displayed [-] Bugs with displaying HTML messages from multipart/alternative messages [-] It was not possible to reopen an HTML message for editing -- Cheers, Anne Flying high with The Bat! v2.00 on Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 Visit The Bat! 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