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Sylpheed Changelog

What's new in Sylpheed 3.8.0 Beta 1 Build 1187

Sep 14, 2022
  • In this release, OAuth2 authentication support was added.
  • Changes since Sylpheed 3.7:
  • OAuth2 authentication support was added.
  • (currently tested with Gmail and MS365 Outlook)
  • Note: The client IDs described in the oauth2.ini file included in the package have been created for testing purpose. A warning that these client IDs are not confirmed by Google or Microsoft will be displayed on the authentication. There are cases when these client IDs become not available in the future.
  • Win32: fixes for update checks on Windows were made.
  • Win32: included SSL certificates were updated.
  • Win32: included OpenSSL was updated.

New in Sylpheed 3.7.0 Build 1185 (Jan 31, 2018)

  • The function to export the address book to CSV files was added.
  • 'Nick Name' column was added to the address book.
  • Context menu was added to the search result of the query search dialog.
  • When attaching UTF-16 text files, they are automatically converted into UTF-8 now.
  • Show original From on the summary view if the display-name seems to be an e-mail address.
  • The bug that wrong reply target could be selected when the summary was sorted by the unread flag (#286).
  • Win32: the bug that Japanese characters were overlapped on printings with some font settings was fixed.
  • Win32: the bug that empty lines were not properly spaced on printings with some font settings was fixed.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 1.0.2n.

New in Sylpheed 3.7.0 Beta 1 (Jan 18, 2018)

  • The function to export the address book to CSV files was added.
  • 'Nick Name' column was added to the address book.
  • Context menu was added to the search result of the query search dialog.
  • When attaching UTF-16 text files, they are automatically converted into UTF-8 now.
  • Show original From on the summary view if the display-name seems to be an e-mail address.
  • The bug that wrong reply target could be selected when the summary was sorted by the unread flag (#286).
  • Win32: the bug that Japanese characters were overlapped on printings with some font settings was fixed.
  • Win32: the bug that empty lines were not properly spaced on printings with some font settings was fixed.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 1.0.2n.

New in Sylpheed 3.6.0 Build 1178 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • The feature to use multiple signatures in one account was added.
  • The edit group dialog of the address book was improved to allow multilple selection and display its available list with folder tree.
  • The menu 'Tools - Open configuration/attachments folder' was added.
  • Printing settings and page setup are now saved.
  • The Japanese manual was updated.
  • IMAP: SUBSCRIBE command is explicitly issued for a newly created folder by CREATE.
  • Unix: the search location of SSL certificates for OpenBSD was added (#222).
  • Win32: a notice about not removing user data in the installer was modified.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 1.0.2l.

New in Sylpheed 3.5.1 Build 1174 (Jul 30, 2016)

  • In this release, new plug-in APIs for compose view were added
  • Autotools scripts and documents were updated

New in Sylpheed 3.5.0 Build 1170 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • In this release, the runtime libraries in the Windows version were updated and many UI improvements were made
  • High DPI environment was also supported
  • Many other improvements and bugfixes have been also made

New in Sylpheed 3.5 RC 2 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 will be enabled for STARTTLS when OpenSSL 1.0.1 or above is used.
  • The regression which was introduced at 3.5rc when using Oniguruma was fixed.
  • Win32: libpng was updated to 1.4.18.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8zh.

New in Sylpheed 3.5 RC (Nov 27, 2015)

  • A fix for ARM architecture was made.
  • Some bugfixes and stability improvements were made.
  • Win32: more fix for the crash when linked with newer MSVCRT was made.
  • Win32: irresponsive text entries on the first display of the filter edit dialog were fixed.
  • Win32: included libiconv dll was replaced with the correct one, which fixes Japanese wave dash and fullwidth tilde conversion problem.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.3 (Jul 7, 2015)

  • The bug that wrote the first part of data if the message body in the IMAP4 responses didn't end with CR+LF was fixed (#84).
  • The crash when displaying HTML messages was fixed (#215).
  • Win32: the crash when linked with newer MSVCRT was fixed.
  • Win32: libjpeg was updated.
  • Win32: libtiff was updated.
  • Win32: libpng was updated to 1.2.53.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8zg.
  • Win32: included SSL certificates were updated.

New in Sylpheed 3.5 Beta 2 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • In this release, high DPI was supported. Some issues in 3.5.0beta1 were also fixed.
  • Windows / widgets are now adjusted to their optimal sizes by reference to system DPI value.
  • The option to specify startup online mode was added.
  • The bug that wrote the first part of data if the message body in the IMAP4 responses didn't end with CR+LF was fixed (#84).
  • The bug that previously selected folder on the file selection dialog was not remembered with GTK+ 2.24.x was fixed.
  • Hebrew translation was added.
  • Win32: The bug that 'Minimize to tray icon' didn't work with 3.5.0beta1 was fixed (#207).
  • Win32: 'Toggle window on trayicon click' now works (#207).
  • Win32: The bug that selected menu item was invisible on Windows 7 classic theme was fixed (#208).
  • Win32: sylpheed.exe executable became DPI-Aware.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8zc.
  • Win32: included SSL certificates were updated (based on Ubuntu 14.04.1 ca-certificates).

New in Sylpheed 3.5 Beta 1 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • In this release, the GTK+ library included in the Windows version was updated, and many UI improvements were made.
  • On Unix, lockf()(fcntl()) now has priority over flock() for NFS-safe mbox locking.
  • Configure: silent rules are enabled by default.
  • Configure.in was renamed to configure.ac.
  • Fade effect was added to the notification window.
  • Sylpheed.desktop file was updated.
  • Mbox locking became NFS-safe (#202).
  • Win32:
  • Win32: build fix for newer MinGW was made.
  • Win32: 32-bit time_t is always used on win32 for backward compatibility.
  • Win32: included third-party libraries were updated:
  • GTK+ 2.24.23
  • GLib 2.38.2
  • GDK-Pixbuf 2.30.7
  • Pango 1.36.3
  • Cairo 1.10.2
  • libpng 1.14.13
  • GPGME 1.4.3
  • Win32: the following issues were fixed because of GTK+ update:
  • System Icon issue when ran on Windows 7 (#13, #85)
  • Scroll jumping issue on text views when using Japanese IME
  • Menus became more native-looking
  • File dialogs were improved

New in Sylpheed 3.4.2 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • In this release, the OpenSSL library included in the Windows version was updated, and its security vulnerability was fixed.
  • The bug that POP3 remote mailbox feature didn't show error if local mailbox was inaccessible on downloading messages was also fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.1 (Apr 4, 2014)

  • This release fixes an important bug that would lose mails when local mailbox was inaccessible on POP3 receiving. All users who are using 3.4 are recommended to upgrade. 3.3.1 does not have this problem.

New in Sylpheed 3.4 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • In this release, the new message notification window was added.
  • Icon theme feature was added.
  • The handling of HTML messages was improved.
  • Hostname of SSL certificate is also validated now.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.0 RC (Mar 27, 2014)

  • SSL wildcard certificate is also validated now (#167).
  • The compile error with OpenSSL disabled was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.0 Beta 8 (Mar 19, 2014)

  • SSL certificate hostname is validated now (#167).
  • The Japanese manual was modified so that IE correctly detect its character encoding.
  • The rightmost column of folder view and summary view became easier to resize.
  • Appropriate columns of folder view, summary view, etc. are auto-expanded by window resize when using GTK+ 2.14 or later.
  • The initial setup dialog is now resizable.
  • PGP encrypt-to-self feature was added.
  • The display period of notification window became configurable.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8y.
  • Win32: libpng was updated to 1.2.51.

New in Sylpheed 3.3.1 Build 1143 (Mar 7, 2014)

  • This release includes bugfixes in 3.4beta1 - 3.4beta7.
  • It includes several IMAP related bugfixes, many resource leaks and error checks fix, update of the SSL certificates included in Windows version and other important bugfixes.
  • IMAP: "INBOX" folder became case insensitive as specified in RFC 3501.
  • IMAP: server name for cache directory is escaped now (fixes cache creation when using IPv6 address for server name on Windows).
  • IMAP: the bug that double-quote (") and backslash (\) in folder/username/password were not escaped and could not be used on IMAP4 was fixed.
  • IMAP: parsing of folder names that contain brackets was fixed.
  • Config.guess and config.sub included in the tarball were updated to the latest version.
  • The bug that 'File - Folder - Move folder...' menu didn't work was fixed.
  • The bug that MIME nest level restriction was not working was fixed.
  • Many defects discovered by Coverity Scan were fixed: FILE handle resource leaks; memory leaks; possible buffer overrun; strict error checks; correct null pointer checks
  • Win32: the tray icon is recreated when explorer.exe crashes now.
  • Win32: the included SSL certificates were updated (based on ca-certificates_20111211_all.deb in Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS).
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8y.
  • Win32: libpng was updated to 1.2.51.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.0 Beta 7 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Win32: the tray icon is recreated when explorer.exe crashes now.
  • Win32: the included SSL certificates were updated (based on ca-certificates_20111211_all.deb).
  • The bug that 'File - Folder - Move folder...' menu didn't work was fixed.
  • The bug that MIME nest level restriction was not working was fixed.
  • Many defects were fixed:
  • FILE handle resource leaks
  • memory leaks
  • possible buffer overrun
  • strict error checks
  • correct null pointer checks

New in Sylpheed 3.4.0 Beta 6 (Oct 29, 2013)

  • In this release, icon theme feature was added. Other improvements were also made.
  • Icon theme feature was added.
  • HTML mail is distinguished from other messages with attachments now (#89).
  • 'Last 30 days' was added to the quick search menu.
  • Attached images are rotated based on Exif orientation tag.
  • Config.guess and config.sub included in the tarball were updated to the latest version.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.0 Beta 5 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Basque translation was added.
  • Escaped special characters in HTML links are now properly unescaped (#120).
  • IMAP: parsing of folder names that contain brackets was fixed.
  • Config.guess and config.sub included in the tarball were updated.
  • The order of templates became stable.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.0 Beta 4 (May 29, 2013)

  • feature to save message as plain text was added.
  • Printing now prints all texts in messages, not only the first one.
  • The HTML parser now supports tag.
  • An option to prefer HTML part in multipart/alternative was added (default: off).
  • Compose window is raised when the external editor exits.
  • Bugfixes of HTML display were made.

New in Sylpheed 3.4.0 Beta 3 (Apr 1, 2013)

  • Quotation of forwarded messages is enabled for template now.
  • When applying a template for a new message, current date is inserted with '%d'.
  • Rebuilding of folder tree which was broken at 3.4.0beta1 was fixed (#103).
  • The bug that double-quote (") and backslash (\) in folder/username/password were not escaped and could not be used on IMAP4 was fixed.
  • When marking a message as junk and moving it to a junk folder, proper junk folder is selected instead of default one.

New in Sylpheed 3.4 Beta 2 (Feb 15, 2013)

  • New message notification window was added.
  • An option to the junk filter setting was added: 'Do not classify message as junk if sender is in the address book' (enabled by default) (#77)
  • Some non-standard Date header patterns are handled now.
  • Win32: start menu shortcuts are translated.

New in Sylpheed 3.4 Beta 1 (Jan 31, 2013)

  • Safe mode (which does not load plug-ins) was added (--safe-mode).
  • The existence of destination folders are checked when creating a filter rule.
  • The recursion level is restricted up to 64 when scanning local mailbox (prevents infinite loop with symlink. Note: Linux automatically limits the symlink loop up to 40)
  • The labels used in POP3 remote mailbox dialog was modified.
  • POP3: do not disconnect immediately but send QUIT command on normal POP3 errors (prevents deleted messages appear again).
  • IMAP: "INBOX" folder became case insensitive as specified in RFC 3501.
  • IMAP: server name for cache directory is escaped now (fixes cache creation when using IPv6 address for server name on Windows).
  • Win32: socket connection timeout setting now works on Windows (Note: on Windows XP, maximum timeout value will be 21 seconds by default).

New in Sylpheed 3.3 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • New features:
  • The ability of opening external eml files was added.
  • Sylpheed now accepts mailto: and file: URL without command-line option.
  • (sylpheed file:///path/to/file.eml)
  • Attached files can be opened from the attachment tool menu.
  • 'Export only selected messages' option was added to the message export dialog.
  • Improvements:
  • The option to specify the position of the attach tool button was added.
  • The header labels on the header view now have tooltips.
  • Win32: mailto and .eml association are automatically set to default on Windows 7 on installation.
  • The sylpheed.desktop file was modified so that desktop shells can recognize Sylpheed as rfc822 and mailto handler.
  • Attached files are now placed first on the message view.
  • The attachment tool menu was moved to the left of the header view.
  • The option 'Toggle attachment list view with tab' and 'Show attached files first on message view' were added at 'Common preferences - Display - Attachment'.
  • The import/export of messages became cancellable.
  • config.rpath and install-sh script in the tarball were updated.
  • Other changes:
  • The Japanese manual was updated.
  • Security fix:
  • Win32: included libtiff library was updated to 3.9.7 (security fix).
  • Bugfixes:
  • Some compilation fixes were made.
  • A minor memory leak related to tooltips was fixed.
  • The drag-without-button-press bug on IMAP folders was fixed (#93).
  • The sylpheed.spec file was fixed so that it builds on x86_64 platform, and also builds sylpheed-plugins package.
  • IMAP FETCH command response parser was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.3 RC (Oct 31, 2012)

  • The Japanese manual was updated.
  • The bug that hyperlinks did not respond when 'Show attached files first on message view' option was set was fixed.
  • Some compilation fixes were made.
  • Win32: .eml file association was added to installer.
  • Win32: mailto and .eml association are automatically set to default on Windows 7 on installation.

New in Sylpheed 3.3 Beta 2 (Sep 29, 2012)

  • The ability of opening external rfc822 format message files (.eml) was added.
  • Sylpheed now accepts mailto: and file: URL without command-line option.
  • (sylpheed file:///path/to/file.eml)
  • The option to specify the position of the attach tool button was added.
  • The header labels on the header view now have tooltips.
  • A minor memory leak related to tooltips was fixed.
  • The long-standing drag-without-button-press bug on IMAP folders (since 3.0) was fixed (#93).
  • The sylpheed.desktop file was modified so that desktop shells can recognize Sylpheed as rfc822 and mailto handler.
  • The sylpheed.spec file was fixed so that it builds on x86_64 platform, and also builds sylpheed-plugins package.

New in Sylpheed 3.3 Beta 1 (Jul 27, 2012)

  • Attached files are now placed first on the message view.
  • Attached files can be opened from the attachment tool menu.
  • The attachment tool menu was moved to the left of the header view.
  • The option 'Toggle attachment list view with tab' and 'Show attached files first on message view' were added at 'Common preferences - Display - Attachment'.
  • 'Export only selected messages' option was added to the message export dialog.
  • The import/export of messages became cancellable.
  • config.rpath and install-sh script in the tarball were updated.
  • IMAP FETCH command response parser was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.2 (Jun 29, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Each attachments on the message view now have graphical label and popup menu.
  • The UI for Attachments tab was changed to save the space. Users now also can do 'Save all' without switching the view.
  • The 'show_attach_tab' option (without UI), which reverts the attachments interface to the old one, was added.
  • Multiple keywords search of the quick search was implemented.
  • The context menu of the folder view and the summary view can be popped up using Menu key or Shift+F10.
  • Win32: IPv6 support was enabled again.
  • Win32: SylFilter is now also included in the installer. The default junk commands were also changed to sylfilter.
  • Win32: an option to play sound when new messages arrive was added.
  • Win32: The file selector now follows Windows shortcut (.lnk).
  • Improvements:
  • Number of maximum characters per line of configuration files was increased.
  • Compose window will not be closed if saving of message to outbox failed.
  • Sender's e-mail address became not guessable from generated Message-Id.
  • New plug-in APIs were added.
  • 'Account Preferences - Advanced - Put deleted messages in' account setting actually works now.
  • MIME debug output was modified.
  • Both filtered and original numbers of messages are displayed on the status label now.
  • The POP3 remote mailbox now supports SOCKS proxy.
  • The POP3 remote mailbox now retrieves headers from the newer messages (useful for slow connection).
  • The POP3 remote mailbox can now reload message headers after the loading is stopped.
  • News (NNTP) now supports SOCKS proxy.
  • The details of new message counts are displayed on the tooltip of the tray icon.
  • Address auto-completion now also matches to the subsequent part of the name of contacts.
  • On file selection dialog, the last selected folders are preserved between sessions now.
  • DNS lookup error is now distinguished from other connection errors.
  • The clip icon was replaced with more visible one on selected row.
  • Performance improvements:
  • The performance of reading cache files was improved by using memory mapped file (requires GTK+ >= 2.8).
  • Win32: the launch of Windows installer became faster.
  • Other changes:
  • Sylfilter command was added as a preset of junk filter program.
  • The blinking period of the tray icon was extended to 10 seconds.
  • 'Is shorter than' became the default for 'Age' filter condition.
  • The Japanse manual was updated, and the encoding of Japanese manual was changed to UTF-8 to prevent display failure on some browsers.
  • Bugfixes
  • Queue control headers are removed when moving messages from queue folders to trash.
  • Duplicated keyboard accelerators on some dialogs were fixed.
  • The focus on quick search entry is not stolen by the refresh of summary.
  • The HTML parser was modified.
  • The check of IMAP AUTHENTICATE response was fixed.
  • The compilation failure with GLib 2.32 or later was fixed.
  • The bug that a MIME part that didn't have its name could not be saved was fixed.
  • Address autocomplete drop-down list with newer version of GTK+ was fixed (#52).
  • Line-space for auto-wrapped lines now reflects the line-space setting (#64).
  • Some minor fixes for IMAP were made.
  • Some memory leaks were fixed.
  • Other bugfixes were made.
  • Some compiler warnings were removed.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8x. (0.9.8w in Sylpheed 3.1.4 is also not vulnerable)

New in Sylpheed 3.2.0 Beta 7 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • New features:
  • The context menu of the folder view and the summary view can be popped up using Menu key or Shift+F10.
  • The details of new message counts are displayed on the tooltip of the tray icon.
  • Win32: SylFilter is now also included in the installer (since 3.2beta6).
  • Improvements:
  • Corrupted message caches of news and IMAP are automatically discarded now.
  • Address auto-completion now also matches to the subsequent part of the name of contacts.
  • On file selection dialog, the last selected folders are preserved between sessions now.
  • Bugfixes:
  • The check of IMAP AUTHENTICATE response was fixed.
  • The compilation failure with GLib 2.32 or later was fixed.
  • The bug that a MIME part that didn't have its name could not be saved was fixed.
  • Win32: the bug that the installation process continued even if uninstall was cancelled on update was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.1.4 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • Fixes for Yahoo! Mail IMAP server and Microsoft Exchange IMAP server were made.
  • A bug that cancelling editing contact on address book results in click-and-drag behavior with newer GTK+ was fixed.
  • Corrupted message caches of news and IMAP are automatically discarded now.
  • Win32: included libpng library was updated to 1.2.49 (security fix).
  • Win32: included libtiff library was updated to 3.9.6 with CVE-2012-1173 patch (security fix).
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8w (security fix).
  • Win32: the bug that the installation process continued even if uninstall was cancelled on update was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.2.0 Beta 6 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • A new application icon was added, and it is now used as a default window icon.
  • A margin was added for the summary view when scrolling.
  • The folder selection dialog now displays new/unread information for each folders.
  • The displayed file size of attachments became more accurate.
  • The filter rules are now modified after folders are moved.
  • Several alert dialogs were modified.
  • The line-wrap of composition was modified so that it doesn't break line after '-' (hyphen) to protect e-mail address etc.
  • UTF-8 text file is now properly inserted in composition window.
  • The Content-Type's charset is used as a fallback encoding of broken header strings on reply.
  • The problem was fixed that signature was not switched properly by the account selection in re-edit mode or after editing with external editor.
  • Attached files without text/* as the Content-Type is not uncanonicalized anymore.
  • The URI parser of the text view was modified.
  • The cache discrepancy problem of the queue folder was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.2.0 Beta 5 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • The POP3 remote mailbox now supports SOCKS proxy.
  • The POP3 remote mailbox now retrieves headers from the newer messages (useful for slow connection).
  • The POP3 remote mailbox can now reload message headers after the loading is stopped.
  • The previous change of the message view (always show the message view on startup) was reverted except for vertical view mode.
  • The crash bug that occurred when IMAP message fetching and new message checking happened at the same time was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.2.0 Beta 4 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • Multiple keywords search of the quick search was implemented.
  • Sylfilter command was added as a preset of junk filter program.
  • MIME debug output was modified.
  • On browsing IMAP folder, the error "imap_cmd_gen_send: cannot send command because another command is already running." was fixed.
  • The focus on quick search entry is not stolen by the refresh of summary.
  • Both filtered and original numbers of messages are displayed on the status label now.
  • Always show the message view on startup (fixes wrong view size on vertical-view mode).

New in Sylpheed 3.2 Beta 3 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • The translation was updated.
  • The Japanese manual was updated.
  • Win32: included GTK+ MS-Windows theme engine (libwimp.dll) was updated to fix potential DLL loading vulnerability. Other parts of GTK+ (2.10.14) are not affected.
  • Win32: included libpng library was updated to 1.2.46 (security fix).

New in Sylpheed 3.1.3 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • On browsing IMAP folder, the error "imap_cmd_gen_send: cannot send command because another command is already running." was fixed.
  • The crash bug that occurred when IMAP message fetching and new message checking happened at the same time was fixed.
  • The crash bug that was caused by offline switch while IMAP session was active was fixed.
  • A bug that filter settings were lost if Escape key was pressed quickly on auto filter creation was fixed.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8t (security fix).
  • Win32: included libpng library was updated to 1.2.47 (security fix).
  • Win32: included curl executable was updated to 7.24.0.

New in Sylpheed 3.1.2 (Sep 13, 2011)

  • The text color of quick search on dark themes was fixed.
  • A memory leak was fixed.
  • Win32: the updater executables were not included in the zip version anymore to prevent incorrect update.
  • Win32: included GTK+ MS-Windows theme engine (libwimp.dll) was updated to fix potential DLL loading vulnerability. Other parts of GTK+ (2.10.14) are not affected.
  • Win32: included libpng library was updated to 1.2.46 (security fix).

New in Sylpheed 3.2 Beta 2 (Aug 12, 2011)

  • The performance of reading cache files was improved by using memory mapped file (requires GTK+ >= 2.8).
  • 'Account Preferences - Advanced - Put deleted messages in' account setting actually works now.
  • Style colors are used for attachment label widgets now.
  • The text color of quick search on dark themes was fixed.
  • The HTML parser was modified.

New in Sylpheed 3.2 Beta 1 (Jul 1, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Each attachments on the message view now have graphical label and popup menu.
  • Win32: IPv6 support on Windows XP or later was enabled again. (This time, it will also work on Windows 2000 (IPv4 only support))
  • Improvements:
  • Number of maximum characters per line of configuration files was increased.
  • Compose window will not be closed if saving of message to outbox failed.
  • Sender's e-mail address became not guessable from generated Message-Id.
  • New plug-in APIs were added.
  • Bugfixes:
  • The crash bug that was caused by offline switch while IMAP session was active was fixed.
  • Queue control headers are removed when moving messages from queue folders to trash.
  • Duplicated keyboard accelerators on some dialogs were fixed.
  • Fixed a memory leak.
  • Other changes:
  • Many alloca() calls were removed.
  • Win32: the updater executables are not included in the zip version anymore to prevent incorrect update.

New in Sylpheed 3.1.1 (May 6, 2011)

  • The column width of the address book will be saved now.
  • The keyboard shortcut of 'File/Send' menu of compose window was changed to prevent accidental sending.
  • The bug that caused occasional crash when summary was updated while receiving messages was fixed.
  • The compilation problem on some environment was fixed.
  • The compilation error on newer gcc was fixed.
  • Finnish translation was added.
  • Win32: included libtiff library was updated to 3.9.5 (security fix).
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8r.

New in Sylpheed 3.1 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Win32: Automatic update of program and plug-ins was implemented.
  • A new plug-in 'Attachment Tool Plug-in', which enables the removal of attached files, was added.
  • The feature to combine partial messages (RFC 2046, message/partial) was added.
  • SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxy support was added.
  • Automatic address completion was implemented. Users can also configure to use the previous behavior (start completion on Tab key).
  • Drag and drop of addresses on the address book is supported now.
  • Win32: The automatic import of Windows Address Book (WAB) file on initial startup was added.
  • MS Outlook Express mail stores (dbx) can be imported now.
  • Improvements (send / receive):
  • The option not to display the send progress dialog was added.
  • Messages on POP3 server will be left for 7 days by default.
  • 'Cancel all' button was added to the POP3 receive dialog.
  • The POP3 receive dialog will display only the number and size of messages in current session, not including previously received ones.
  • On POP3 receiving, new messages are displayed on the summary view immediately. Folder switching is not required anymore.
  • The upper limit of auto-check interval was changed to 1000 minutes.
  • Improvements (interface):
  • The default boolean type of query search and filter condition became AND.
  • Move/copy marks are now preserved on folder refresh when immediate execution is off.
  • When modification of templates are cancelled, confirm dialog will be displayed now.
  • The order of templates can be changed now.
  • Virtual folders can be moved now.
  • 'Always show messages in summary when selected' was improved, and it is enabled by default.
  • Redundant menu items are not displayed on the context menu of the folder view now.
  • A new option 'Change current account on folder open' was added, and it is enabled by default.
  • On 'File - Save as...' dialog, '.eml' extension was added for the default file name.
  • Users can move up/collapse/expand the folder view using left/right arrow key now.
  • The menu items 'Mark/Mark' and 'Mark/Unmark' were changed to 'Mark/Set flag' and 'Mark/Unset flag' for understandability.
  • Improvements (junk mail):
  • Junk-filtered or trashed messages are not counted as new on mail receiving.
  • Show error dialog if junk mail filter command exit with fatal error.
  • On junk mail filtering, appropriate Junk folder for accounts will be selected.
  • 'Junk' special folder was added. It will be automatically created if not exist.
  • 'Empty junk' context menu will be displayed on the Junk folder.
  • Improvements (addressbook):
  • A new option 'Set only mail address when entering recipient from address book' was added.
  • The menu items 'Add to recipient/Cc/Bcc' were added to the address book.
  • 'Alias' attribute can be selected on CSV addressbook import.
  • Other improvements / changes:
  • 'Reply to this address' was added to the e-mail address context menu.
  • The matching algorithm of filtering was optimized (time-consuming conditions will be evaluated later).
  • Build revision number was added to the about dialog.
  • When going offline, all current network sessions will be disconnected.
  • Low priority will be used for long timeout interval.
  • Win32: The text font setting will be checked always on startup (Japanese locale only).
  • Win32: The installer now allows users to choose plug-ins to be installed.
  • Win32: The installer now remembers the previous install settings on update.
  • Win32: MS Outlook Express mail stores can be imported automatically on first run.
  • "mark_as_read_on_new_window" setting became a hidden option.
  • A new account option 'Put signature before quote (not recommended)' was added.
  • When inline image setting is off, images are not displayed in the Attachment tab too.
  • When a connection to IMAP/News server fails, an error dialog will be displayed now.
  • The debug log output for filtering was added.
  • A new option '--instance-id ' was added. This allows users to run multiple instances of Sylpheed.
  • Plug-ins are also loaded from user plug-in directory now.
  • Bufgfixes:
  • The long-standing bug in undo/redo was fixed.
  • The bug that caused crash if the quick search was executed while folder tree was empty was fixed.
  • The HTML parser was fixed to handle 'a' tag correctly.
  • The bug that temporary password was not cleared when authentication failed on SMTP AUTH was fixed.
  • The bug that temporary password was not cleared when authentication failed with remote POP3 mailbox was fixed.
  • The bug that accepted SSL certs were not loaded when using --configdir option was fixed.
  • The IMAP4 response parser was fixed.
  • The LDIF parser was modified.
  • The hidden filter condition works now.
  • Fixed-positioned windows (such as main window, compose window, etc.) are always displayed on screen now. This prevents windows displayed outside of screen between multi and single monitor switching.

New in Sylpheed 3.1 Beta 6 (Dec 24, 2010)

  • A new option 'Set only mail address when entering recipient from address book' was added.
  • The menu items 'Add to recipient/Cc/Bcc' were added to the address book.
  • On junk mail filtering, appropriate Junk folder for accounts will be selected.
  • When going offline, all current network sessions will be disconnected.
  • Low priority will be used for long timeout interval.
  • The behavior on opening folders and mark-read timing was modified again.
  • The HTML parser was fixed to handle 'a' tag correctly.
  • Win32: The text font setting will be checked always on startup (Japanese locale only).
  • The Japanese manual was updated.

New in Sylpheed 3.1 Beta 5 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Win32: The crash on update check was fixed.
  • The bug that temporary password was not cleared when authentication failed on SMTP AUTH was fixed.
  • Plug-in update check will be also disabled if --disable-update check is specified on configure.

New in Sylpheed 3.1 Beta 4 (Dec 9, 2010)

  • This release contains some new features such as SOCKS proxy support, improved Windows installer and automatic software update system using NSIS. Some usability fixes have also been made.
  • New features:
  • SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxy support was added (per-account option).
  • Win32: The automatic import of Windows Address Book (WAB) file on initial startup was added.
  • Win32: Automatic update of program and plug-ins was implemented.
  • Improvements:
  • Messages on POP3 server will be left for 7 days by default.
  • New plug-in APIs for sending messages were added.
  • The option 'Always mark as read when a message is opened' was added. This will bring back the previous behavior.
  • Win32: The installer now allows users to choose plug-ins to be installed.
  • Win32: The installer now remembers the previous install settings on update.
  • Bufgfixes:
  • The bug that temporary password was not cleared when authentication failed with remote POP3 mailbox was fixed.
  • Other changes:
  • The Japanese manual was updated.
  • NSIS installer script files are included in the distribution.

New in Sylpheed 3.1 Beta 3 (Aug 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Drag and drop of addresses on the address book is supported now.
  • New plug-in 'Attachment Tool Plug-in' was added. It enables the removal of attachments in messages.
  • MS Outlook Express mail stores (dbx) can be imported now.
  • Win32: MS Outlook Express mail stores can be imported automatically on first run.
  • Improvements:
  • 'Alias' attribute can be selected on CSV addressbook import.
  • When modification of templates are cancelled, confirm dialog will be displayed now.
  • The order of templates can be changed now.
  • Virtual folders can be moved now.
  • 'Always show messages in summary when selected' was improved, and it is enabled by default.
  • Automatically selected messages will not be marked as read anymore.
  • The message view will not be cleared on multiple selection.
  • "mark_as_read_on_new_window" setting became a hidden option.
  • Redundant menu items are not displayed on the context menu of the folder view now.
  • 'Junk' special folder was added. It will be automatically created if not exist.
  • 'Empty junk' context menu will be displayed on the Junk folder.
  • A new account option 'Put signature before quote (not recommended)' was added.
  • A new option 'Change current account on folder open' was added, and it is enabled by default.
  • 'Cancel all' button was added to the POP3 receive dialog.
  • The POP3 receive dialog will display only the number and size of messages in current session, not including previously received ones.
  • On 'File - Save as...' dialog, '.eml' extension was added for the default file name.
  • New plug-in APIs for summary view and alert panel were added.
  • English Sylpheed FAQ was updated.
  • Bugfixes
  • The bug that accepted SSL certs were not loaded when using --configdir option was fixed.
  • The IMAP4 response parser was fixed.
  • The LDIF parser was modified.

New in Sylpheed 3.1 Beta 2 (Jul 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • On POP3 receiving, new messages are displayed on the summary view immediately. Folder switching is not required anymore.
  • The feature to combine partial messages (RFC 2046, message/partial) was added.
  • Users can move up/collapse/expand the folder view using left/right arrow key now.
  • Other improvements/changes:
  • When inline image setting is off, images are not displayed in the Attachment tab too.
  • When a connection to IMAP/News server fails, an error dialog will be displayed now.
  • The menu items 'Mark/Mark' and 'Mark/Unmark' were changed to 'Mark/Set flag' and 'Mark/Unset flag' for understandability.
  • The upper limit of auto-check interval was changed to 1000 minutes.
  • The new plug-in APIs for user-agent string and the summary view were added.
  • The source files of the English FAQ and manual were added.
  • Bugfixes:
  • The hidden filter condition works now.
  • Fixed-positioned windows (such as main window, compose window, etc.) are always displayed on screen now. This prevents windows displayed outside of screen between multi and single monitor switching.
  • The crash when POP3 session was cancelled while processing received mail was fixed.
  • Win32: included libpng library was updated to 1.2.44 (security fix).
  • Win32: included libtiff library was updated to 3.9.4.

New in Sylpheed 3.1 Beta1 (Jun 22, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Full automatic address completion was implemented. Users can also configure to use the previous behavior (start completion on Tab key).
  • The debug log output for filtering was added.
  • Update check can also show alternative version as well as internal version now.
  • New plug-in APIs for update check and folder view were added.
  • A new option '--instance-id ' was added. This allows users to run multiple instances of Sylpheed.
  • 'Open' menu was added to the attach context menu of the message composition window. This allows users to open attached files before sending.
  • Other improvements:
  • English Sylpheed FAQ was updated.
  • Plug-ins are also loaded from user plug-in directory now.
  • Unix: the default web browser command was changed to xdg-open, and obsolete commands were removed.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Unix: the crash when using %f on IMAP messages at the action tool was fixed.
  • The crash when clicking tray icon menu 'Get from current account' when no account exist was fixed.
  • The crash on 64-bit architecture with LDAP was fixed (debian BTS #463366).
  • Some GTK+ warnings were removed.
  • Redundant debug or error messages were removed.
  • The bug that MIME flags were not set to imported mbox file and filtered sent messages was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.2 (Apr 2, 2010)

  • The random scrolling problem on selecting folders with GTK+ 2.12 or later was fixed.
  • The problem that config files are not updated after creating new accounts was fixed.
  • The problem that folder config file was not updated after changing IMAP or News account name was fixed.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8n (security fix).

New in Sylpheed 3.0.1 (Mar 17, 2010)

  • In this release libpng and libtiff, image libraries included in Windows version, were updated to libpng 1.2.43 and libtiff 3.9.2. This fixes many security issues. The users of Windows version are recommended to update as soon as possible.
  • Several typos in some dialogs were fixed.
  • The Japanese manual was updated.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 RC (Feb 19, 2010)

  • The Japanese manual was updated.
  • The 'Enable address auto-completion' setting was added.
  • Update check (curl command) timeout was set to 10 seconds.
  • The compile error with OpenSSL disabled was fixed.
  • Win32: multiple reference to a folder with different letter case is prohibited when creating a new one.
  • Some minor bugs were fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 8 (Feb 12, 2010)

  • The new filter match type 'is in addressbook' was added. This can be used from filtering, query search and quick search.
  • The new account setup dialog was implemented. It also supports easy Gmail setup.
  • The address completion was modified.
  • The spell-checking and PGP settings are preserved for draft messages now.
  • The crash problem when trying to check PGP signatures while GnuPG was not available was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 7 (Jan 29, 2010)

  • The feature to add new recipients to address book automatically on sending was added.
  • Color labels are saved on IMAP server now (partially compatible with Thunderbird).
  • The auto-wrapping setting is preserved for draft messages now.
  • The problem that beep sound was out when opening folders which were sorted in descending order was fixed.
  • The new plug-in APIs for compose window were added.
  • Win32: GPGME library was updated.
  • Win32: The problem that GnuPG was not detected correctly was fixed, and Sylpheed can also detect gpg.exe put in Sylpheed folder now.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 6 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • The bug that IMAP caches get wrongly deleted was fixed.
  • The copyright year was updated.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 5 (Jan 13, 2010)

  • The feature to customize the color label text was added.
  • The option to set only mail address of recipients when replying was added.
  • When messages are added to IMAP folders, received-date information is also set using Date header (mainly for Gmail).
  • The configure option '--disable-updatecheck' which disables the update check feature was added.
  • The configure option '--enable-silent-rules' is enabled if automake is equal or greater than 1.11.
  • A workaround for crash caused by enchant with zemberek was added (requires dbus-glib-1 if enchant is equal or greater than 1.4.2).
  • The bug that caused freeze when remote IPC commands were executed.
  • The bug that IMAP caches with UIDs larger than INT_MAX were never deleted was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 4 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • The folder icons were renewed.
  • The setup dialog on the first run became user-friendly.
  • 'Last 7 days' was added to the quick search options.
  • The number of matched messages is displayed at the side of quick search now.
  • Description is displayed on the quick search entry when it does not have focus.
  • Always show warning dialog when SSL certificate is expired.
  • The menu item to request disposition notification was added to the compose window.
  • The update check dialog will not be displayed if modal dialog exists or receiving of mail is active to prevent dialogs becoming uncontrollable.
  • The button order of folder selection dialog was modified.
  • Win32: the button order of close confirmation dialog of compose window was modified.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 3 (Nov 27, 2009)

  • SHA1/MD5 fingerprint and validity period of certificate is now displayed when verification of server SSL certificate failed.
  • Address book is now sortable by each column.
  • Address book search feature was added.
  • The visibility of message number columns in the folder view is now configurable for each column.
  • The error check of socket connection became more strict.
  • Win32: OpenSSL was updated to 0.9.8l.
  • Win32: requestedExecutionLevel attribute was added to the manifest of installer.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 2 (Nov 27, 2009)

  • Many important bugs related to multi-threading were fixed.
  • The unintended drag start on IMAP folders was fixed.
  • The libtool version was increased to prevent linking problem.
  • Several new APIs were added to the plug-in library.
  • Win32: 48x48(32bpp) icon was added.

New in Sylpheed 3.0.0 Beta 1 (Nov 27, 2009)

  • Multi-threading was introduced. This will reduce the situation where user actions are blocked.
  • (can be disabled by --disable-threads configure option)
  • Win32: network connection runs on another thread now to prevent blocking of the user interface.
  • Execution of external commands (such as bsfilter) on filtering will not block the user interface anymore.
  • The major part of IMAP protocol communication runs on another thread to prevent blocking of the user interface.
  • The query search is executed on another thread.
  • LibSylph is (almost) thread-safe now.
  • Summary caches are updated on the fly (on receive/move/copy/delete). This improves the performance of opening folders with many new messages.
  • Progress is displayed while scanning folders.
  • The user interface of address book was rewritten using the new API (GtkTreeView). This will reduce the glitches in the older versions.
  • Included Sylpheed FAQ (English) was updated.
  • Some bugfixes are made.

New in Sylpheed 2.7.1 (Aug 13, 2009)

  • The feature to import and export .eml files was added.
  • Progress is displayed during import and export now.
  • The warning about non-exist plug-in directory was removed.
  • The comments within Content-Type header are handled now.
  • The order of signals emitted at moving messages was modified.
  • The sylpheed.spec file was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 2.7.0 (Jul 21, 2009)

  • includes experimental implementation of plug-in system, update check feature, reliability improvement, improvements of Windows installer, and bugfixes.

New in Sylpheed 2.6.0 (Dec 19, 2008)

  • New features
  • The POP3 remote mailbox feature, which enables the direct view/download/deletion of messages on POP3 server, was added.
  • The backups of configuration files are kept for four generations now.
  • Feature improvements
  • Enchant (with GtkSpell 2.0.13) has been supported.
  • When creating filter rule automatically, the target header field is used as a default filter name.
  • The Japanese manual was updated.
  • In the folder selection dialog, only folders which are expanded in the folder view are expanded.
  • The folders which should not be selected in the folder selection dialog became unselectable.
  • Unix: Only new messages are counted when incorporating from local mbox.
  • Unix: SIGHUP/SIGINT/SIGTERM/SIGQUIT signals are handled now.
  • Win32: System shutdown event is also handled on debug mode.
  • Bugfixes
  • The parser of IMAP4 was fixed.
  • Warnings about --datarootdir on running the configure script was removed.
  • The bug that the addressbook window was not refreshed when sender of message was added to the addressbook was fixed.
  • A workaround for raw-JIS filename used for attachments (specifically Eudora) was made.
  • The compilation error when using GTK+ 2.14.x was fixed.
  • Some build fixes were made.
  • Several bugfixes were made.

New in Sylpheed 2.6.0 RC (Dec 2, 2008)

  • The backups for configuration files are kept for four generations now.
  • Only new messages are counted when incorporating from local mbox.
  • In the folder selection dialog, only folders which are expanded in the folder view are expanded now.
  • The folders which should not be selected in the folder selection dialog became unselectable now.
  • The bug that the addressbook window was not refreshed when sender of message was added to the addressbook was fixed.
  • The compilation error in GTK+ 2.14.x was fixed.
  • Several bugfixes were made.
  • Win32: The Japanese manual was updated.

New in Sylpheed 2.6.0 Beta 1 (Sep 29, 2008)

  • The remote POP3 mailbox feature which can view/download/delete messages on POP3 servers directly was added.
  • Enchant (with GtkSpell 2.0.13) was supported.
  • When creating filter rule automatically, the target header field is used as a default filter name now.
  • The progress column was added to the progress dialog.
  • The parser of IMAP4 was fixed.
  • Unix: SIGHUP/SIGINT/SIGTERM/SIGQUIT signals are handled now.
  • Win32: system shutdown event is also handled on debug mode now.

New in Sylpheed 2.5.0 RC (May 20, 2008)

  • The compose window now remembers the maximized state.
  • The focus will not move from the text view to the summary view with 'Next/Prev' keyboard operation now.
  • The alert dialog is displayed now when PGP signing/encryption failed.
  • The sylpheed.desktop file was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 2.5.0 Beta 3 (Apr 24, 2008)

  • The feature to confirm missing attachments was added.
  • The feature to confirm recipients before sending was added.
  • To: header is also searched by quick search in Sent/Draft/Queue folders.
  • 'Edit/Quick search' menu was added.
  • Spaces in address and server entries on account preferences dialog are now automatically removed when applied.
  • The address completion was fixed.
  • The compilation failure with GTK

New in Sylpheed 2.5.0 Beta 3 (Apr 24, 2008)

  • The feature to confirm missing attachments was added.
  • The feature to confirm recipients before sending was added.
  • To: header is also searched by quick search in Sent/Draft/Queue folders.
  • 'Edit/Quick search' menu was added.
  • Spaces in address and server entries on account preferences dialog are now automatically removed when applied.
  • The address completion was fixed.
  • The compilation failure with GTK

New in Sylpheed 2.5.0 Beta 1 (Feb 29, 2008)

  • The vertical 3-paned view mode was added.
  • The feature to save SSL peer certificate was added.
  • The option 'Treat HTML only message as attachment' was added.
  • The bug that caused busy loop when initial connection was immediately refused was fixed.
  • The bug that the quote description dialog never appeared again after closing it with the close button was fixed.
  • The new/unread status display on quick search filtered mode was fixed.
  • The windres command will not be enabled on non-win32 platforms now.

New in Sylpheed 2.4.7 (Oct 4, 2007)

  • The bug that 'Set display item of summary...' button in the common preferences dialog always show send folder setting was fixed.
  • The previous focus is kept when separation of view is changed.
  • The status label is automatically resized now when there is not enough width.
  • The bug that virtual folders were not sorted properly was fixed.
  • The crash when trying to use ascii-armored PGP encryption was fixed.
  • The most of compiler warnings were removed.

New in Sylpheed 2.4.6 (Sep 19, 2007)

  • The 'To' column was added to the summary view.
  • In Sent, Draft, and Queue folders, the 'To' column is displayed by default.
  • The display column setting of send folders became independent from normal folders.
  • The ascii-armored PGP encryption was fixed.
  • The combined method is used now when both PGP encryption and PGP signing are specified.
  • The PGP passphrase dialog was disabled on filtering and query search.
  • The new message notify will be blocked when a new message is read on receiving.
  • 'LIST "" "*"' command is used instead of 'LIST "" "%"' to obtain folder list from IMAP4 server.
  • The bug that noinferior and noselect flags were ignored until rebuilding folder tree when a new folder was created on IMAP4 server was fixed.
  • If attached files become nonexistent on sending, error dialog will be displayed and the sending will abort.

New in Sylpheed 2.4.4 (Jul 21, 2007)

  • Reply and forward marks are appended after messages are actually sent.
  • The feature to reply to attached message/rfc822 messages was added.
  • When a folder is renamed, the path of junk folder is also updated.
  • A workaround for the error which occurs with Gmail SMTP server was made.
  • Win32: The bug that the name entry of creating or renaming an address book didn't accept key input was fixed.
  • Win32: The bug that the renaming of folders didn't modify filter actions in some cases was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 2.4.2 (May 19, 2007)

  • The recursive download of remote folders was enabled.
  • The quick search condition for each folder now persists between sessions.
  • The selection now persists when the quick search condition is updated.
  • SSL ports in Advanced tab of the account prefs dialog are now automatically set when SSL is enabled.
  • The '--open' command line option which open messages in new window was added.
  • Quoted-printable or base64 encoding is now forced on PGP/MIME signing instead of stripping trailing spaces (except for the case of ISO-2022-JP encoding).
  • The quoted-pair in From header is now processed correctly when displaying its name.
  • The performance of 'Mark all read' on IMAP folders was improved.
  • The bug that the character ' ' in address was treated as URI-escaped space was fixed.
  • Unix: the problem that 'Get' and 'Get all' button could not be clicked after receiving while mouse pointer was over the buttons was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 2.4.1 (May 3, 2007)

  • If shift or control key is pressed on address completion, only address string is inserted now.
  • When completing addresses, display name is used rather than nickname.
  • Win32: The sylpheed.ini file is read on startup if exist, and '--ipcport' option was also added (sample-sylpheed.ini is included in the package).
  • Win32: The autocheck timer is disabled while suspending to prevent network error on resuming.
  • Win32: OpenSSL library was replaced with self-compiled DLLs.
  • Win32: A bug that the folder path separator was not processed correctly when creating and renaming search folders was fixed.

New in Sylpheed 2.4.0a (Apr 24, 2007)

  • The new OpenSSL DLLs in 2.4.0 linked MSVCR71.DLL while others link MSVCRT.DLL, so it introduced an inconsistency. To fix this, they are temporarily reverted to the previous version in 2.4.0a. Other files including sylpheed.exe are same as 2.4.0. There is also no change in the source code.

New in Sylpheed 2.4.0 Beta 7 (Apr 4, 2007)

  • In-Reply-To header was supported in mailto URL.
  • Stop button was added to the main toolbar.
  • An error message is displayed now when the decryption of PGP encrypted messages failed.
  • Remote commands such as 'compose', 'receive' and 'send' are disabled when a modal dialog exists.
  • Process termination is forced after the execution of finalizer routine.
  • The behavior of 'Go to next unread' with changing folders was fixed.
  • The sylpheed.desktop file was modified.
  • Win32: A bug that the folder path separator was not processed correctly in some cases (fixes path information becoming incorrect on renaming subfolders).

New in Sylpheed 2.4.0 Beta 6 (Mar 29, 2007)

  • The bug in automatic IMAP4 filtering that messages which were not filtered were not counted as new ones was fixed.
  • Win32: The workaroud for the redraw problem of GtkCList and GtkCTree in GTK 2.10.11 was made.
  • Win32: The stall on rebuilding folder tree which appeared since GTK 2.10.11 was fixed.
  • Win32: Environmental variable "LANGUAGE" was disabled (fixes incorrect language selection on some environments).

New in Sylpheed 2.3.0 beta 6 (Dec 8, 2006)

  • The new Sylpheed version contains libcairo-2.dll
  • The new printing function was implemented.
  • Each page is now rendered by the Cairo graphic engine.
  • The native print dialog is used.
  • Page number is printed for each page.
  • The option "Use external program for printing" was added.
  • The printing of MIME part was implemented.
  • Cc: was added to the header view.
  • The option "Inherit recipients on reply to self messages" was added.
  • Pilot-link (libpisock) 0.12 was supported.
  • The window position and the layout of the 'Add Address' dialog was modified.
  • The default directory of the file selection dialog was changed (in Win32, 'My Documents' is used. In Unix, the home directory is used).
  • The UI is now updated periodically on manual filtering.
  • The new mail notification on the tray icon is reset when any message is read now.
  • The encoding setting of the message view in new window is enabled also on reply.
  • Win32: The bug that the window was sometimes not displayed at the top when the tray icon was clicked was fixed.
  • Win32: The issue that the progress dialog was not updated while sending large messages was fixed.
  • Win32: Cairo was updated to 1.2.6. This fixes the issue that DnD images were broken in 32bpp mode.
  • The new printing function was implemented.
  • Each page is now rendered by the Cairo graphic engine.
  • The native print dialog is used.
  • Page number is printed for each page.
  • The option "Use external program for printing" was added.
  • The printing of MIME part was implemented.
  • Cc: was added to the header view.
  • The option "Inherit recipients on reply to self messages" was added.
  • Pilot-link (libpisock) 0.12 was supported.
  • The window position and the layout of the 'Add Address' dialog was modified.
  • The default directory of the file selection dialog was changed (in Win32, 'My Documents' is used. In Unix, the home directory is used).
  • The UI is now updated periodically on manual filtering.
  • The new mail notification on the tray icon is reset when any message is read now.
  • The encoding setting of the message view in new window is enabled also on reply.
  • Win32: The bug that the window was sometimes not displayed at the top when the tray icon was clicked was fixed.
  • Win32: The issue that the progress dialog was not updated while sending large messages was fixed.
  • Win32: Cairo was updated to 1.2.6. This fixes the issue that DnD images were broken in 32bpp mode.

New in Sylpheed 2.30 beta 5 (Nov 15, 2006)

  • When new mails arrive, the tray icon is changed, and it will be kept until a new mail is read
  • The option "Open inbox on startup" was added
  • The option "Remeber last selected message" was added
  • The crash when printing a message with empty subject was fixed
  • The bug that the text in the composition window was not redrawn on the undo of large text was fixed

New in Sylpheed 2.2.7 (Jul 31, 2006)

  • "Mark all read" was added to the folder context menu.
  • "Set as (not) junk mail" was added to the summary context menu.
  • The option to filter junk mails before normal filtering was added.
  • When replying to all, the original address strings are used for Cc instead of stripped ones.
  • Windows-1257 was added for display encoding.
  • Some menu items of the folder context menu were enabled even on receiving messages.
  • The bug that manual junk filtering didn't work when no filter rule exist was fixed.
  • Several crash bugs were fixed.
  • Win32: libgpg-error-0.dll and libgpgme-11.dll was updated.
  • Win32: The scanning of folders was optimized so that receiving or moving of messages become faster when folders contain large number of messages.

New in Sylpheed 2.2.5 (May 29, 2006)

  • The character corruption and crash bug when using Japanese half-width kana on sending messages was fixed.
  • The execution failure when using the accessibility module was fixed.
  • The bug that new/unread count becoming negative value was fixed.
  • The bug that bold face was disabled in the folder selection dialog with GLib 2.10 and Pango 1.12 was fixed.
  • The incorrect progressbar display when expired messages exist was fixed.
  • Win32: libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll, and libgpgme-11.dll were updated to the newest version.