Update to 2.0 (minor changes and bugfixes omitted):
2.0 August 9, 2005
* Core changes:
* Evolution support has been added [not in pkgsrc]
* Mailboxes can now be assigned a custom name
* For greater flexibility, mailboxes configuration is
now stored in ~/.gnome2/mail-notification/mailboxes.xml
(previously, it was stored in the GConf database)
* If a mailbox requires authentication and the
necessary credentials are not provided in the
mailbox properties dialog, Mail Notification now
lets GNOME prompt the user for the credentials
* The Mail Notification item is now also listed in the
GNOME >= 2.10 Preferences menu
* The third-party libegg code has been updated
* mbox, MH, Maildir and Sylpheed changes:
* Immediate notification did not work properly with
fast kernel notifiers (kqueue, inotify, dnotify,
...): fixed
* Unseekable files are now supported
* The location of the system mailbox is now resolved
at runtime rather than when the mailbox is added
(eases sharing the Mail Notification settings across
multiple computers)
* mbox changes:
* When immediate notification is not available, the
mailbox is now also checked when its size or ctime
changes (previously, it was only checked if its
mtime had changed)
* Sylpheed changes:
* Mail Notification now tries to avoid race conditions
which may occur while Sylpheed is being used
* POP3 and IMAP changes:
* When the authentication mechanism option is set to
"autodetect", Mail Notification will now try to
authenticate using each server-supported SASL
mechanism
* POP3 changes:
* The TOP optional command is now supported. This
solves some issues with POP3 servers (for instance,
pop.gmail.com) which incorrectly archive mails that
have been accessed using the RETR command.
* IMAP changes:
* If, while idling, the server abruptly drops the
connection, Mail Notification now reconnects rather
than considering it an error
* When idling, Mail Notification now only wakes up if
it receives a response indicating that the mailbox
might have changed
* By default, Mail Notification now avoids using the
IDLE extension if the remote server software is
known to have a broken IDLE implementation
* UTF-8 mailbox names are now converted to modified
UTF-7, as required by RFC 3501
* Gmail changes:
* Functionality has been restored after the Gmail web
site was modified; to prevent future disruptions and
simplify the source code, the Gmail Atom feed
(https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom) is now used
1.1 March 6, 2005
* The mail summary dialog has been replaced by a main window,
for controlling Mail Notification when the status icon is
hidden
1.0 November 25, 2004
* Some minor IMAP issues have been fixed
* Some IMAP servers did not properly support the IDLE
extension, so it can now be disabled in the mailbox
properties
* If the POP3 or IMAP password is left blank, it will now be
prompted only if needed
* When MIME support was disabled, the Sylpheed backend was not
considering unread messages as new: fixed
* Updated translations:
* Serbian (Filip Miletic)
* German (Hendrik Brandt)
* Portuguese (Duarte Henriques)
* New translations:
* Polish (Tomasz Sarota-Raczek)
0.99 November 15, 2004
* The IMAP capabilities sent in a PREAUTH, AUTHENTICATE or
LOGIN response were ignored, and a CAPABILITY command was
not re-issued after a successful authentication: fixed
* Added a "Display mail summary in tooltip" option
0.8.1 November 4, 2004
* Mail summary popup fixes and improvements:
* do not recreate it when updating its contents:
removes some flicker
* added a workaround for a Metacity bug which
sometimes misplaced the popup
* the text fonts can now be configured from the
properties dialog
* Now compiles cleanly even when -fstrict-aliasing is in use
* Some additional workarounds for
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64764 have been
added: fixes a few random crashes
* Some widgets have been named, so that they can easily be
matched in a GTK+ resource file
* The status icon could not be customized from a resource
file: fixed
* Updated translations:
* Serbian (Filip Miletic)
0.8.0 October 31, 2004
* The double-click action can now be customized
* A mail reader can now be launched
* IMAP IDLE support has been implemented
* The mail summary layout has been improved
* The mail summary is now also displayed in the tooltip
* The tooltip now supports keyboard activation
* A mail summary popup option allowing to only display recent
mail has been added
* A bug which caused SASL authentication to sometimes fail has
been fixed
* The Gmail parser was getting confused by special strings
embedded in message fields: fixed
0.7.1 October 25, 2004
* Gmail fixes:
* does not crash when a GNOME proxy is set
* handles starred and labelled messages
* ignores non-inbox messages
* messages were considered unseen on each check and
the mail summary was always popped up: fixed
* The POP3/IMAP/Gmail password can now be left blank (in such
case, it will be prompted when needed and not be saved to
permanent storage)
* A command can now be executed when all mail has been read
* The user interface now displays the IMAP folder name (unless
it is inbox)
* The tooltip now displays message counts
* Minor fixes and cleanups
* Updated translations:
* Serbian (Filip Miletic)
* German (Hendrik Brandt)
* Portuguese (Duarte Henriques)
0.7.0 October 6, 2004
* Binaries compiled with GCC 3.4.x were crashing in various
places: fixed
* Fixed a vulnerability in the IMAP code (a malicious IMAP
server could trigger a null pointer dereference by sending
an invalid reply)
* Fixed a vulnerability in the Gmail code (a man in the middle
attack could, with some libsoup configurations, trigger a
null pointer indirection)
* The properties dialog has been split into tabs
* A mail summary has been added (requires GMime version 2.0 or
superior)
* Double-clicking on the icon now displays the mail summary
(the double-clicked command has been removed)
* The "new mail" command is now executed every time a mailbox
receives one or more new messages
* Tracks the latest Gmail change (reported by Vincent Noel)
* Gmail support now requires libsoup version 2.2 or superior
(which is part of GNOME 2.8)
* The manual is now installed in the proper location (Pascal
Giard, Christian Krause)
* The --with-gconf-schema-file-dir configure argument was
ignored: fixed (Julio M. Merino Vidal)
* A few minor issues have been fixed
* Some cleanups have been performed
* The German translations have been updated (Hendrik Brandt)
* Added Serbian translations (Filip Miletic)
* Added Bulgarian translations (Vladimir Petkov)
Mail Notification is a status icon (aka tray icon) that informs you if
you have new mail.
It works with system trays implementing the freedesktop.org System Tray
Specification, such as the GNOME Panel Notification Area, the Xfce
Notification Area and the KDE System Tray.
Mail Notification features include:
* Multiple mailbox support.
* Mbox, MH, Maildir, Sylpheed, POP3, IMAP and Gmail support.
* SASL authentication support.
* APOP authentication support.
* SSL/TLS support.
* Automatic detection of mailbox format.
* Immediate notification (the status icon is updated within seconds after
a mailbox changes).
* HIG 2.0 compliance.
