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Pegasus Mail Changelog

What's new in Pegasus Mail 4.81.1144 Beta

Dec 23, 2022
  • Version 4.81 corrects a number of problems in v4.80, in particular a bug that could result in user wordlists being lost from the spelling checker. As well, it implements two significant new capabilities:
  • Support for Gmail OAUTH2:
  • The program now has full support for the OAUTH2 authentication mechanism as implemented and required by Gmail, and can be configured for Gmail use with only a couple of clicks. That sentence can't possibly convey how much time and effort went into this one feature, but there is no doubt that it is important and worthwhile.
  • Format selection for copies to self:
  • The program now allows you to choose how your copies to self are saved - in reloadable format (for easy re-sending), in final format (for accurate display and preservation of attachments), or in both formats. See the 'Copies to self' preference page for this setting.

New in Pegasus Mail 4.80.1028 (Mar 1, 2022)

  • Major editor update:
  • The program's editor module has received a major update: it should now be able to edit a much wider range of HTML data, and handle it much more reliably.
  • Major HTML rendering updates:
  • Michael in der Wiesche and Martin Ireland have put a huge amount of work into updating Pegasus Mail's HTML rendering technology with new features and improved reliability.
  • Significant new OpenSSL build:
  • This version includes OpenSSL 1.1.1k, which is the absolute current version at the time of release. Moving to OpenSSL 1.1.1 is an important long-term functionality update that will keep Pegasus Mail in step with connection security for a long time.
  • Synchronized German Release:
  • Sven Henze has continued his fine tradition of having the German release of Pegasus Mail available on the same day as the English release – see the official download page to download the German version.
  • User interface adjustments:
  • Several small but noticeable changes have been made to the Pegasus Mail user interface to bring it a little more into line with modern systems. These are minor alterations compared with the changes that will appear in Pegasus Mail v5 as it finally begins rolling out.
  • Support for higher DPI systems:
  • WinPMail is now supplied with resource sets (the pieces of data that define the layout of dialogs and screens) optimized for both standard 90dpi Windows displays and for 120dpi displays (what Windows refers to as "Medium"). Future versions will also have support for the Windows "High" DPI display type (144dpi). This change allows the program to display considerably better on higher DPI systems.
  • Search improvements:
  • The folder search facility has been updated to improve its ability to locate accented characters and strings that appear in encoded headers. In simple terms, the program should now search through folders more accurately, especially when searches are limited to the message headers
  • Security improvements:
  • The program now goes to even greater lengths than it previously did to prevent you from running attachment content that could be harmful to your system. Any attachment content that is potentially harmful is now also displayed in red in the attachment view.
  • Small quality-of-life fixes:
  • Numerous small changes have been made to improve the usability of the program: to pick a couple of examples, the columns in the preview mode attachment view now remember their widths from session to session, and calendaring items such as invites are now displayed more prominently in the attachment view.
  • Help system improvements:
  • The help system has undergone numerous improvements - for instance, its user interface is now able to be internationalized (Sven Henze's German version of Pegasus Mail now uses the new help system). A lot of the content has been brought up to date or expanded, and a significant number of new index entries have been added.
  • OAUTH2 support for GMail:
  • This feature isn't in this release, but I'm mentioning it because it's now very near to completion. I decided that it was more important to get v4.80 out than to hold it up even further while I complete the OAUTH2 implementation, but there will be a v4.81 update very soon after v4.80 that includes the OAUTH2 code.

New in Pegasus Mail 4.72.572 (Apr 25, 2016)

  • Version 4.72 fixes a problem introduced in v4.71 where the mail queue would not correctly update or send mail when the 'Send now' button was pressed (you had to close and reopen the queue or draft manager window and send the messages a second time to make them go out). It also includes an updated version of Martin Ireland's MAPI interface, which will work correctly with current builds of LibreOffice.

New in Pegasus Mail 4.71.565 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • New PCONFIG. A completely new version of the Pegasus Mail configuration utility PCONFIG has been provided in this release. While most users will never need to run PCONFIG, for those that do, the old version was becoming a major problem - the new version should address that.
  • New OpenSSL build. This release of Pegasus Mail includes OpenSSL version 1.0.1p, the most recent version we have found in testing to be reliably usable with all major online services.
  • SSL performance fixes. SSL performance should be markedly improved in this release, especially during SMTP sending.
  • Addressbook fixes. It is now possible to delete and rename addressbooks in the program. The 'add sender's address to addressbook' option should now work again, various other small corrections have been made in addressbook-related functions.
  • Messages stuck in the queue. A problem where 0-length files in the outgoing SMTP queue could not be reliably deleted from within the program has been fixed (at last).
  • New builds of IERenderer and BearHTML. Michael and Martin have produced new versions of the modules that display HTML data in mail messages for this release: the new versions improve stability and rendering quality.
  • Spellchecking changes Some changes to the way the spellchecker operates have been made that should improve its usefulness to those who use it (in particular, a problem where the 'Don't send' button was missing during send-time spellechecks has been corrected).
  • New SpamHalter build. This release includes a new build of Lukas Gebauer's fine SpamHalter Bayesian anti-spam filter with improved reliability and performance.

New in Pegasus Mail 4.70 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • Yet another interim release. Internally, this version of the program is actually very different from any previous version, and is well on the way to being a version 5 release, but it's been a while since we've had a new version and there's a clear need for the new OpenSSL-based SSL code I've developed for version 5 so I decided it was time to freeze a checkpoint in the development and bring it out.
  • OpenSSL support. Pegasus Mail now uses the industry-standard OpenSSL libraries to handle secure Internet connections. A major internal change, this should allow Pegasus Mail to connect to almost any SSL-secured server. Note that if you are using a version of Mercury earlier than the v4.8 release that parallels this release of Pegasus Mail, then you may need to check a new option in the Pegasus Mail SSL settings dialog you use to define the connection to the Mercury server.
  • Completely new multilingual spelling checker. Pegasus Mail now uses the "Hunspell" spelling checker used by OpenOffice, FireFox and other major systems. The new spelling checker supports multiple simultaneous languages in the same check, and is supplied as standard with US and UK English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Czech dictionaries. Many other dictionaries are readily available, from sources such as the OpenOffice Extensions repository.
  • Completely new TCP/IP code. The routines Pegasus Mail uses to connect to the Internet have been totally rewritten, and should be faster and more reliable than ever before. It's kind of sad, given how much effort this took, that most people probably won't even notice it.
  • Hyperlink overhaul. The way Pegasus Mail locates and marks hyperlinks in plain-text messages has been completely overhauled. For properly-normalized links (that means, links enclosed in < and >) the program will now correctly find and mark them even if they span multiple lines in the message.
  • Updated and improved HTML rendering. Michael and Martin have been busy at work producing more updates to the HTML rendering technology in the program, and you should now find the quality of HTML display even higher than in previous versions.