IMPORTANT If you are upgrading from a previous version of VM, please look through all the CHANGES sections below since that version to see how you might be affected. Status VM is currently being maintained by a 'VM development team' consisting of Uday S Reddy, Ulrich Müller, Tim Cross and Arik Mitschang. More volunteers to help with the maintenance are quite welcome. Project home page: http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail Mailing list: viewmail-info@nongnu.org Bug report: viewmail-bugs@nongnu.org (Please use `M-x vm-submit-bug-report' within VM) News group: gmane.emacs.viewmail on news.gmane.org (gnu.emacs.vm.info is defunct) Please DO NOT use the Usenet newsgroup gnu.emacs.vm.info because it has an unreliable mail link to the mailing list. You can however browse the archives of the newsgroup at Google Groups. VM 8.2.0b (2011-12-28) CHANGES * New customization variable `vm-spam-score-headers' allows the extraction of spam scores. (Replaces the former variable `vm-vs-spam-score-headers' used by vm-avirtual.el.) * The variable `vm-mime-alternative-select-method' renamed to `vm-mime-alternative-show-method' to make it clear that it only applies to the viewing of messages. The new variable `vm-mime-alternative-yank-method' controls the selection of alternatives for citation in replies. * `vm-submit-bug-report' now uses Emacs message-mode for composing the bug report (whereas it previously used mail-mode with VM-specific tweaks). Please do C-h m to find the functions you might need. * Terminology: Interactively created virtual folders are now called "Search Folders". They have a stronger connection to their parent folders and inherit some attributes, e.g., the read-only property. IMPROVEMENTS * New variable `vm-mail-use-sender-address' allows `vm-mail' to pick up the sender of the current message as the recipient of a new message composition. * See the new info manual section on "IMAP folders" for newly documented functions. In particular, `vm-list-imap-folders' now lists the message counts in the IMAP folders. * New variable: `vm-sort-messages-by-delivery-date' allows messages to be sorted by the date of their delivery instead of the date sent. * New virtual folder selectors added: `message-id', `uid' (for IMAP) and `uidl' (for POP). * New command `vm-create-virtual-folder-of-threads' (bound to `V T') allows you to select entire threads into a virtual folder instead of individual messages. There are also new virtual folder selectors `thread' and `thread-all'. * The trace of POP/IMAP sessions are retained in buffers named "trace of POP session..." or "trace of IMAP session...". They are useful for troubleshooting any problems with mail server connections. * Setting `vm-stunnel-program' to nil asks VM to use the built-in SSL functionality of Emacs, available in Gnu Emacs 24. * New functions `vmpc-folder-match' and `vmpc-folder-account-match' in the vm-pcrisis package. * New variable `vm-mail-auto-save-directory' where message composition buffers are auto-saved. VM 8.2.0a (2011-02-28) CHANGES * The configuration of headers-only messages, introduced in 8.1.90a, has changed. The variable `vm-load-headers-only' has been replaced by a new variable `vm-enable-external-messages'. It should be set to 'imap to allow external messages in IMAP folders and `vm-imap-max-message-size' be customized to control the size of messages that will be external. * If you download mail from IMAP spool files, the 8.1.x versions of VM had a bug which allowed the the `X-VM-IMAP-Retrieved' headers to grow unnecessarily. This can slow down the saving of folders into which you downloaded IMAP mail. To solve the problem, run the command `vm-prune-imap-retrieved-list' after installing version 8.2.0. (See the info manual under "IMAP Spool Files".) * A set of inessential key bindings (a, b, e, i, w, L, M-l, !, <, >, *, %) have been removed from the standard VM key bindings. If you would like to use them, add the line: (vm-legacy-key-bindings) to your vm-preferences-file (~/.vm.preferences). To use the current key bindings instead, use the line (vm-current-key-bindings) Or, you might bind these keys to some other operations of your choice. However, `vm-edit-message' is available via a new key binding `C-c C-e'. * The default value of `vm-url-browser-function' (invoked by mouse-2) is changed to 'browse-url, which is an Emacs standard web-browsing function. To invoke your favourite browser, customize `browse-url-browser-function'. Cf. Emacs manual. * The mouse-3 context menu for URL's in messages updated to eliminate obsolete web browsers. Entries added for Firefox, Mozilla and Opera. * The function `vm-mouse-send-url-to-konqueror-new-browser' renamed to `vm-mouse-send-url-to-konqueror-new-window', to be consistent with other similar functions. * The default settings of `vm-mime-deleteable-types' and `vm-mime-saveable-types' do not include the types listed in `vm-mime-external-content-types-alist'. You might need to add them explicitly in your vm-preferences-file. * The variable name `vm-auto-displayed-mime-content-types' changed to `vm-mime-auto-displayed-content-types' for consistency with other variable names. (The corresponding `-exceptions' variable changed as well.) * The variable name `vm-mime-attachment-infer-type-for-text-attachments' changed to `vm-infer-mime-types-for-text'. * Plain text forwarding has been extended to deal with MIME attachments. The command `vm-forward-message-plain' (bound to `Z') uses this method. (The normal `z' key forwards messages encapsulated using `vm-forwarding-digest-type'.) There are also associated variables `vm-forwarded-headers-plain' and `vm-unforwarded-header-regexp-plain', which determine the headers included in the forwards. * The meaning of the variable `vm-included-mime-types-list' is changed. It need only mention MIME type/subtype pairs that are not handled by default. The types "text/plain", "text/enriched" and "message/rfc822" are now handled by default. * The attributes vector has been expanded to 16 elements for compatibility with Mozilla Thunderbird. The first time a folder is written, this will cause extra time to be taken for "stuffing" the attributes. But this is only a one-time cost. * New variable `vm-include-mime-attachments' allows the inclusion of MIME attachments in replies. This functionality was originally part of vm-pine.el under the name `vm-mime-yank-attachments'. That functionality is now obsolete. Replace references to `vm-mime-yank-attachments' in your customization by the new variable. * The command `vm-flag-message-read' (.) introduced in 8.1.93a is renamed to `vm-mark-message-read' for consistency of terminology. IMPROVEMENTS * New option 'internal-only for `vm-mime-honor-content-disposition', which means the content-disposition will be honored for only internally displayable types. * New variable `vm-mime-alternative-yank-method' controls the selection of MIME alternatives during yanking of messages (as well as including and forwarding). * Added a variable `vm-verbosity' to control the granularity of informative messages displayed by VM. Levels 5-8 are recommended, with 8 corresponding to the current level. * New operations for manual control of thread indentation for dealing with long (and deep) message threads. See info under "Threaded Summaries". * A number of "point-to-point" attachment operations have been added: - `vm-dired-attach-file' and `vm-dired-do-attach-files' from dired buffers. - `vm-attach-message-to-composition' and `vm-reader-map-attach-to-composition' from VM folders. - a drag-and-drop feature that can be used in the window system. * New command `vm-switch-to-folder' defined to quickly return to a previously buried folder. (Originally in vm-rfaddons.) * New custom command `vm-toggle-best-mime' in vm-rfaddons to toggle between 'best and 'best-internal' MIME altrenatives. (Thanks to Alley Stoughton for this addition.) * New variable `vm-include-text-basic' can be used to enable the fallback method of quoting message text in replies. It should be normally left with the default value of nil. * VM refrains from repeatedly checking for new mail once it has found some new mail on the spool. Set `vm-mail-check-always' to override this behavior. * When a predefined virtual folder is quit, all the component folders that it depends on will also be quit automatically. * When an interactive virtual folder is quit, the message pointer in the virtual folder is transferred to the original folder. This facility can be used to search for particular messages by using virtual folders. * Restored the [Emacs] and [Undo] menu buttons that were removed in version 8.0.8. For environments that do not support such buttons, drop-down menus will be used instead. The variable `vm-use-menubar-buttons' can be used to use drop-down menus always. (Thanks to Tim Cross for the fixes.) * Hooks `vm-arrived-message-hook' and `vm-arrived-messages-hook' made to work correctly for IMAP folders. * New variable `vm-thunderbird-folder-directory' and command `vm-visit-thunderbird-folder' allow the handling of Thunderbird folders without interference with VM's own folders. * New variable `vm-sort-subthreads' allows the internal messages of threads to be sorted into subthreads (the default) or via the normal sorting criteria. * Better support for message/external-body MIME type, with external-bodies loaded on demand. If you have message/external-body as an element in `vm-mime-auto-displayed-content-types', you should remove it to access the new functionality. * Newly documented commands: `[' (`vm-previous-button') and `]' (`vm-next-button') allow navigation inside message presentation buffers. * New command: `!' (`vm-toggle-flag-message') allows you to flag a message as being important. This adds a "!" mark in the Summary line for the message and highlights it with the high-priority face. * New variable: `vm-summary-visible' specifies which messages should remain visible in folded thread summaries. * New feature: vm-mime-external-content-types-alist allows emacs-lisp functions to be used for external viewing, e.g., you can use `browse-url-of-file' to view html . VM 8.1.93a (2010-08-28) CHANGES ** New feature: Invoking vm-load-init-file with a prefix argument loads the init-file (~/.vm) without loading the preferences-file (~/.vm.preferences). This is a good way to run VM with the default settings, much like `emacs -Q'. We are advising all users to split their init-files to make use of this feature. See info section on "Starting Up". ** New feature: vm-summary-enable-faces allows summary lists with faces turned on. (This was formerly an add-on contributed by Robert Fenk under the name vm-summary-faces-mode. But there are several changes. In particular, the face names do not end in "-face" following the Emacs naming conventions.) See the info section on "Summaries" for more information. If you currently use the u-vm-color package for colorizing the Summary buffers, please remove the feature, i.e., delete a line like (add-hook 'vm-summary-mode-hook 'u-vm-color-summary-mode) from your VM initialization file. ** Commands renamed: `vm-mime-save-all-attachments' => `vm-save-all-attachments'(C-c C-s) `vm-mime-delete-all-attachments' => `vm-delete-all-attachments'(C-c C-d) IMPROVEMENTS * Sorting of messages extended to work with threads. By default, threads are sorted by "activity", i.e., the date of their most recent activity. But they can also be sorted by other sort keys. (The variable `vm-sort-threads-by-youngest-date' is now defunct.) * New feature: thread-folding in the Summary window allows message threads to be collapsed into single line summaries. The following new variables control the behavior of thread folding. `vm-summary-enable-thread-folding', `vm-summary-show-thread-count' and `vm-summary-thread-folding-on-motion' New commands: `vm-toggle-thread' (T), `vm-expand-all-threads' (E) and `vm-collapse-all-threads' (C). See the info file for details. Thanks to Arik Mitschang for this contribution. * New experimental feature: `vm-enable-thread-opeartions' enables "thread operations", a method of invoking operations (such as deleting or saving) on message threads. See the info file for details. Thanks to Arik Mitschang for this contribution. * New variables: `vm-summary-thread-indentation-by-references' controls whether threads are indented by their original nesting level or according to the nesting level within the folder. `vm-summary-maximum-thread-indentation' specifies the maximum depth of indentation to be displayed. * New command: `vm-kill-thread-subtree' (K) allows a thread subtree to be deleted. This amounts to the same thing as `vm-delete-message' invoked as a thread operation. * The calculation of threads improved using Jamie Zawinski's ideas. Threads are correctly identified even if some of the messages are missing. * Added EasyPG storage of passwords for mail server accounts. See info index under "passwords". * Virtual folder facility extended to work with POP and IMAP folders. But, there are still some outstanding problems with it. * Resolved performance problems in summary generation. It works quite fast now. * New variable: `vm-mime-parts-display-separator' allows you to insert a string as a separator between MIME parts. * New command: `vm-save-attachments' allows you to save all the attachments of a message under your own file names instead of the original file names given in the message. * New command: `vm-flag-message-read' (.) allows you to mark an unread or new message as read. BUG FIXES * Fixed various issues flagged by the Emacs 23 compiler warnings. VM 8.1.925a (2010-07-17) VM 8.1.92a (2010-07-10) IMPROVEMENTS * Headers-only mode (external messages) for IMAP folders is now completed. It operates by fetching messages into the Folder buffers, leading to a more reliable operation. * New command `vm-list-imap-folders' can be used to list the folders on an IMAP server. * In headers-only mode for external messages, a limited number of messages can be fetched on demand for message preview. New variable `vm-fetched-message-max' specifies this number. (Default is 10.) * New variable `vm-imap-default-account' allows IMAP-FCC copies to be routed there. * New variable `vm-imap-server-timeout' allows timeout during a wait for output from an IMAP server. * New variable `vm-imap-ensure-active-sessions' asks VM to ensure that an IMAP session is active before issuing commands. VM 8.1.90a (2010-05-11) IMPROVEMENTS: ** This version contains an experimental feature of using IMAP folders in "headers-only" mode for external server messages, with body loaded only on demand. This helps to keep the folder sizes small and VM to run faster. However, this code is in a preliminary stage. Please use it with CAUTION. variable: vm-load-headers-only (or vm-enable-external-messages) If set to t, all new messages will be loaded to the cache-folder in headers-only mode. The body is loaded on demand when a message is displayed in the Presentation Buffer. This is a temporary load and is lost as soon as you move to another message. To permanently load a message body into the Folder Buffer, use: command: vm-load-message (bound to 'o') This command discards the current body of the message, if any, and refreshes it from the server copy. command : vm-unload-message (bound to 'O') This command discards the current body of the message from the Folder Buffer and leaves it empty. FAILURE RECOVERY: If the cache folder gets corrupted for any reason, just delete it from the file system. A new cache folder will be generated upon the next visit. * New variable `vm-imap-refer-to-inbox-by-account-name' allows IMAP folders named "INBOX" to be referred to by their account names inside VM. * The command `vm-fix-my-summary!!!' renamed to `vm-fix-my-summary' to make it easier to type. * The chatter of minibuffer messages during paging of mail is reduced: messages about MIME decoding are emitted only if the new variable `vm-emit-messages-for-mime-decoding' is non-nil, and messages about end of messages are emitted only of `vm-auto-next-message' is non-nil. * IMAP session dialogue restructured using UID queries, which makes VM more reliable in handling real-time changes on the server side. * New variable `vm-imap-connection-mode' can be set to 'offline to allow IMAP cache folders to be used offline. After connecting to the network, do `C-u M-x vm-imap-synchronize' to force full synchronization. * Improved error messages arising in IMAP sessions wih the server. * New variable `vm-do-fcc-before-mime-encode' (formerly in vm-rfaddons) allows you to save fcc copies of messages before mime-encoding them. ** New variables `vm-expunge-before-quit' and `vm-expunge-before-save' introduced to allow automatic expunge. They are nil by default. VM 8.1.2 * VM made safe for use with Gnu Emacs 23, by removing a few calls to the `next-line' function (which was redefined in this Emacs). * Several critical problems with Thunderbird inter-operability were corrected. Manual section on Thunderbird folders added. * Extended Org mode email links to work for virtual folders. CHANGES ** The default values of `vm-pop-expunge-after-retrieving' and `vm-imap-expunge-after-retrieving' changed to nil to help new users. * `vm-fill-long-lines-in-reply' initialized to the default value of `fill-column'. * All MIME messages are now decoded in the Presentation buffer, unless they have US-ASCII as their charset. In particular, messages with 8bit charsets are treated this way. Such messages are not regarded "plain messages" any more. VM 8.1.1 (2010-04-26) ** The variable vm-always-use-presentation-buffer is deprecated. Please remove all settings for this variable in your init file. The default behaviour will be to always use the presentation buffer. Report any problems that might arise as a result. * Extended Org mode email links to handle POP and IMAP folders. (Use org-vm.el in the VM contrib directory until the Org mode distribution gets updated.) * Added autoloads for easy inter-operation with the Org mode. * Added a section on History and Administration in the info manual. * Made the autoloads compatible with VM 7.19 instructions. * Fixed the build process to treat version info better. * Removed a few incompatibilites with XEmacs. * Mode line format reverted to the original one in 7.19. The new mode line format is available in the variable `vm-mode-line-format-robf'. It can be installed by adding a vm-mode-hook. VM 8.1.0 (2010-03-21) KNOWN PROBLEMS: * Automatic filling is turned off for some plain text messages for safety reasons. Please help us by sending us sample messages for which filling fails. * IMAP folders occasionally give spurious connection errors. Doing vm-get-new-mail ('g') resumes the connection. MAJOR NEW FEATURES: * Support for reading and replying to messages in HTML. * Full support for IMAP servers. (See "IMPROVEMENTS for imap-folders" below.) CHANGES: ** New boolean variable `vm-word-wrap-paragraphs' controls the word wrapping of paragraphs in messages using the longlines library. The variable is set to nil by default. When it is set to t, paragraphs are word wrapped and the value of the variable `vm-fill-paragraphs-containing-long-lines' is immaterial (as long it is non-nil). Set vm-word-wrap-paragraphs to nil to enable the usual filling functionality. ** vm-pgg is not loaded by default because it is a set up as an add-on. Users should load it from their .emacs file by using the sequence (require 'vm-autoloads) (require 'vm-pgg) ** The variable `vm-mime-show-alternatives' is deprecated. Set the variable `vm-mime-alternative-show-method' to 'all to get the same effect. * Moved Robert's user-defined summary functions to the core: - S for human readable size - P for indication of attachments - p for indication of a postponed message IMPROVEMENTS: * Display number of drafts and postponed messages in the modeline and use a more compact modeline. To use this feature, include this line in your .vm file: (setq vm-mode-line-format vm-mode-line-format-robf) * The variable `vm-paragraph-fill-column', previously removed in earlier versions of this release, is brought back. ** The commands `vm-mime-save-all-attachments' and `vm-mime-delete-all-attachments' have been moved to the VM core (from vm-rfaddons). New variables: vm-mime-deletable-types (formerly `vm-mime-delete-all-attachments-types') vm-mime-deletable-type-exceptions (formerly `vm-mime-delete-all-attachments-types-exceptions') vm-mime-savable-types (formerly `vm-mime-save-all-attachments-types') vm-mime-savable-type-exceptions (formerly `vm-mime-save-all-attachments-types-exceptions') vm-mime-attachment-save-directory vm-mime-attachment-source-directory vm-mime-all-attachments-directory See the info file section on MIME attachments for details. The options for vm-rfaddons.el should not include `save-all-attachments' and should be removed if it is currently being used. The option `take-action-on-attachments' is not included by default. * `vm-quit-no-change' offers to delete the auto-save file if there is one. (This wasn't getting done due to a bug in FSF Emacs.) * `vm-delete-duplicate-messages' now works by comparing message ID's. (from Noah Friedman's vm-addons). * New boolean variable `vm-sort-threads-by-youngest-date' allows threads to be sorted by their youngest date or oldest date. * `vm-yank-message' function streamlined a bit. New variable `vm-include-text-from-presentation' can be used to extract the included message text from the presentation buffer. ** text/html handling controlled by a new variable `vm-mime-text/html-handler' which is set to 'auto-select by default. It causes VM to locate the best library among emacs-w3m, external w3m, w3 and lynx to display html internally. (This replaces the earlier variable `vm-mime-use-w3-for-text/html'.) ** vm-delete-duplicate-messages now works by comparing message ID's. (from Noah Friedman's vm-addons). * vm-yank-message function streamlined somewhat. New variable `vm-include-text-from-presentation' used to extract message text from presentation buffer. (This replaces the variable `vm-reply-include-presentation' used in vm-rfaddons.) * The variable `vm-mime-yank-attachments' is set to nil by default, so that we are not surprised by unexpectedly large mail messages. * The variable `vm-mime-require-mime-version-header' is set to nil by default, so that we will be tolerant of bad MIME senders. * Allow for sorting the headers of composition buffers by calling the function `vm-reorder-message-headers' interactively. You may configure the order by the new variable `vm-mail-header-order'. This can be useful if some broken MUAs (e.g. Tobit) mess up the messages due to the header order. * Added hiding and protection of headers in composition buffers. See the new variable `vm-mail-mode-hidden-headers' for customization. (Thanks to Eric Schulte for the initial code posted in gnu.emacs.vm.info) * Added the function `vm-mime-list-part-structure' to list the mime part structure of a message. * Added function `vm-mime-nuke-alternative-text/html' which can be used to get rid of alternative text/html parts. * VMPC: Better action reader and a default profile which is used if no email addresses could be found. The meaning of the arguments for `vmpc-prompt-for-profile' has been slightly simplified, see the doc string for details. * Removed `vm-paragraph-fill-column', the value is now taken from `vm-fill-paragraphs-containing-long-lines' thus allowing to fill to the available window with. * Replaced `vm-fill-paragraphs-containing-long-lines' by the faster and more flexible version from vm-rfaddons.el. Also cleaned up calls to the fill function and removed code duplication. The code using longline.el remains in vm-rfaddons.el, but it must be used explicitly now in an advice. * Moved the variable `vm-fill-long-lines-in-reply-column' from vm-rfaddons.el to VM core. It is not necessary to hook the fill function, just set the variable. * Errors caused by `vm-retrieved-spooled-mail-hook' are reported and assimilation of messages continues instead of aborting. * Handle filenames also from the disposition fields "name", "filename*" and "name*", where the latter two get decoded as they might contain 8bit chars. * Uncoupled searching of MIME images from source location. The search should be a bit smarter now allowing to place the images outside of the source tree now. * Added syncing of message status when visiting a mbox of Thunderbird. Not all message flags are interchangeable and the message summary file (.msf) of Thunderbird will get removed by VM in order to force Thunderbird to rebuild it. Also VMs folder index will be skipped if it is older than the folder in order to update VMs message status flags. * Improved text/html displaying by w3m. Inline images are now extracted correctly and they also display now. Added a generic handler code to support also other HTML handlers. * Added variable `vm-restore-saved-summary-formats' to restore each folder's summary format to what was saved previously. (Uday S. Reddy) * A prefix argument to `vm-fix-my-summary!!!' will kill a folders local summary format which was restored by `vm-restore-saved-summary-formats'. * The button for an image or PDF shows a thumbnail now when possible. This requires ImageMagick. (Thanks to Eric Schulte for the idea and initial code.) * Allow to reorder messages headers before sending by setting the new variable `vm-mail-reorder-message-headers'. * Allow UTF-8 encoded messages to be displayed on tty. (Ulrich Müller) BUG FIXES * `vm-quit-no-change' made to honour the setting of the variable `delete-auto-save-files'. (Uday S. Reddy) * Allow the use of iso-8859-1 for outgoing mail under Emacs 23 (instead of spurious iso-2022-jp). (Ulrich Müller) * Coding system set to binary when reading and writing to allow for 8-bit content. (Julian Bradfield) IMPROVEMENTS for pop-folders (Uday S. Reddy) * Added the variable `vm-pop-debug' to keep trace buffers. * New commands `vm-pop-start-bug-report' and `vm-pop-submit-bug-report' which track POP session details. IMPROVEMENTS for imap-folders (Uday S. Reddy) ** New variable `vm-imap-account-alist' allows multiple IMAP accounts to be handled uniformly. The variable `vm-imap-server-list' is now obsolete. IMAP folders should be specified in the minibuffer using the account:mailbox format. See the info node on IMAP folders. * New variable `vm-load-headers-only' to enable headers-only downloading of IMAP folders. (This is still experimental.) * IMAP-FCC is extended to work for virtual folders, but only if the real parent message is an IMAP message. * Made server expunge more robust. Added new variable `vm-imap-expunge-retries' to force retries for sluggish servers. * Allow message attributes as well as labels to be saved on server. * Changed vm-imap-get-new-mail to do synchronization: reading and writing message attributes & labels, expunge messages in the cache. Added variable `vm-imap-sync-on-get' to control this behavior. * Added command `vm-imap-synchronize' to do full synchronization. * Trapping IMAP server errors uniformly. * Added variable `vm-imap-tolerant-of-bad-imap' to allow minor violations of the IMAP spec by IMAP servers. * New commands `vm-imap-start-bug-report' and `vm-imap-submit-bug-report' which track IMAP session details. VM 8.0.14 2009-12-16 BUGFIXES * Removed an incompatibility of the mapvector procedure with XEmacs. VM 8.0.13 2009-11-29 MANAGEMENT CHANGES: * VM being maintained by "VM development team", vm@lists.launchpad.net, consisting of Robert Fenk, Uday Reddy and Ulrich Müller. BUGFIXES: * VM-Cache entries were broken by encoding the pretty printed cache string instead of the individual strings. This bug was introduced in 8.0.10 by the bug fix for correctly storing the cached multibyte summary entries. It causes building of the summary to fail. Broken cache entries are now detected and removed while loading a folder. VM 8.0.12 2008-11-05 IMPROVEMENTS: * Display version info when calling `vm-version' interactively. (Thanks to Ulrich Müller) * Yanking of messages uses the same MIME decoding as the presentation now. See the new variable `vm-mime-yank-attachments' to configure if attachments are also yanked. * `u-vm-color.el' is bundled and maintained with VM now. Ulf Jasper handed it over to me as he switched to Gnus. BUGFIXES: * Detect w3 by using `locate-library' instead of checking for a bound `w3-about'. (Thanks to Klaus Straubinger) * vm.revno.el was not installed anymore b "make install". (Thanks to Ulrich Müller for reporting) * Insert `emacs-version' instead of creating wrong version string for XEmacs, i.e. the patch level was the major version. (Thanks to Stephen Turnbull) * Correctly locate the data directory for the pixmaps when running as a XEmacs package. * Check for some MIME character sets that may be available in recent XEmacs. (Thanks to Aidan Kehoe for the patch) * Some documentation fixes. (Thanks to Michael Ernst for the patches) * Fixed infinite loop in vm-mime-encode-words on XEmacs 21.5-b28. (Thanks to Aidan Kehoe for the patch) * Detect "score" (additionally to "hits") in "X-Spam-Status:" headers in `vm-su-spam-score-aux'. (Patch from Michael Ernst) * Typo fix in vm-pcrisis.texinfo. (Patch from Michael Ernst) * Header encoding was BASE64 instead of QP by default and it was not encoding whole words, but only the 8bit chars instead. (Thanks to Ulrich Müller for reporting) * MIME text parts interleaved by attachments are now correctly yanked, e.g. when replying to a message. * Limit the buffer-name length and sanitize the used characters. (Thanks to Mark Diekhans for reporting) * Do not fail on corrupted address headers. (Reported by John Covici) * Fixed GTK detection and toolbar handling for newer Emacs 22 versions. Public bug reported: VM 8.0.11 2008-08-11 BUGFIXES: * Removed dependency of vm-revno.el to other lisp sources to avoid building it in a release bundle. (Thanks to Ralf Fassel) VM 8.0.10 2008-07-22 NOTES: * This is the first version of VM 8.* to be also released as a XEmacs package. IMPROVEMENTS: * Added missing documentation for `vm-user-agent', "?" binding and 'vm-delete-duplicate-messages'. (Thanks to Alan Wehmann) * `vm-message-history.el' now uses a buffer similar to the summary for browsing the history. The buffer replaces the summary buffer when present. Duplicate history entries will be removed. * Define and use `vm-replace-in-string' which is `replace-in-string' from XEmacs to avoid clashes with other GNU Emacs packages defining it differently. Unfortunately, GNU Emacs still does not provide this handy function. (Thanks to José Miguel Figueroa) * MIME encoding of header will automatically happen now and has been moved from `vm-rfaddons.el' to `vm-mime.el' and `vm-vars.el'. BUGFIXES: * Rewrote `vm-message-history.el' to also work for XEmacs. * Leading lines of a yanked message were accidently taken as headers and got removed if `vm-reply-include-presentation' was t. * Fixed encoding of headers for trailing 8 bit characters. (Thanks to Lutz Euler for the patch) * Decode (QP-)encoded clear text before decrypting it. * Use nil as default for `vm-mime-8bit-composition-charset' and thus enable proper detection of right charset. (Thanks to Naoki Saito for reporting and debugging) * Fixed bug in `vm-mime-display-external-generic' for GNU Emacs 23 causing corrupted content in the output file. The old code has been replaced by a call to `vm-mime-send-body-to-file' which avoids duplication and works. There has been some special handling for `vm-fsfemacs-mule-p', but the actual reason for this was unclear so it has been removed. * Correctly handle `vm-enable-addons' being t. * Correctly store UTF-8 strings in the X-VM-v5-Data header to avoid corruption of summary lines. (Thanks to Yuning Feng for reporting) * Correctly encode multibyte subjects. (Thanks to Yuning Feng for the patch) * Use BASE64 for header encoding when there are special chars not quoted by QP normally. You may configure this by `vm-mime-encode-headers-type'. * qp-decode program handles premature end of QP-encoded stream now gracefully. (Thanks to Ralf Fassel for the bug report, fix and testing) * Added missing newline after "Content-Type" when using the command `vm-mime-attach-object-from-message'. (Thanks to Dan Freed) VM 8.0.9 2008-02-20 BUGFIXES: * Added documentation to `vm-mime-external-content-types-alist' that no extra single quotes should be used around %f as the file name is already quoted for the shell. (Thanks to Martin Schwenke) * Fixed version number generation in release script. It was broken for 8.0.8, i.e. it was showing 8.0.x-xemacs-542 instead. Now also other branch related information is stored in the file vm-revno.el. VM 8.0.8 2008-02-11 IMPROVEMENTS: * Reactivated "Allow defadvice on function `vm' by recursing on session start". It should work correctly now. * Added interactive `vm-pipe-message-to-command-discard-output' and the non-interactive `vm-pipe-message-to-command-to-string' for using it in own functions. * Added `vm-pipe-messages-to-command*' for bulk piping messages to a single command, i.e. like saving to a pipe. This is substantially faster than `vm-pipe-message-to-command*' which call the command on each message separately. You may want to use it to feed spamassasin. * Modified key bindings for piping messages, i.e. "|" is a prefix key now. Type it twice to get the old pipe command, "|d" will call the discard the output, just display some infos in the mode line. "|s" will call `vm-pipe-messages-to-command' and "|n" will also call it but discard the output. * Removed vm-easymenu.el and use easymenu.el instead. * In `vm-save-message-preview', ask the user if the output file already exists instead of silently overwriting it. BUG FIXES: * Moved [Undo] to Dispose menu and [Emacs] to Help menu as these do not work in Emacs 22 anymore when on the menu bar. * Fixed intermixing of signature and quoted text in reply if `vm-reply-include-presentation' is t. (Thanks to Roland Winkler for debugging and reporting) * Fixed yanking of presentation from wrong folder when folder is virtual. (Thanks to Roland Winkler for reporting) * Redistributed flag not displayed in presentation buffer mode line. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428248 (Thanks to Jonathan Underwood for the fix) * `vm-submit-bug-report' gets the variables dynamically now and thus does not miss new ones or references old ones anymore. * Correctly determine the real folder when postponing compositions started from a virtual folder. (Thanks to Uday S. Reddy for reporting and debugging) * Avoid crash when `vm-mouse-set-mouse-track-highlight' is not called within a summary buffer or without a valid message pointer. * Do not disable modes which do not exist. (Thanks to Uday S. Reddy for reporting) * Set correct coding-system-for-read for the real messages of virtual folders. (Thanks to Julian Bradfield) VM 8.0.7 2008-01-05 BUG FIXES: * Disable only those minor modes listed in the variable `vm-disable-modes-before-encoding' before encoding a composition. (Thanks to Alley for reporting and debugging) * Removed recursion from function `vm' added by 8.0.6, as it causes startup troubles. * Removed extra newline before attachment buttons. (Thanks to Alley for reporting) * Removed wrongly used calls to `interactive-p'. (Thanks to Alley for reporting and debugging) VM 8.0.6 2008-01-02 IMPROVEMENTS: * Rewrote INSTALL to be more consistent and more understandable. * Allow defadvice on function `vm' by recursing on session start. (Thanks to Blueman for the code) BUG FIXES: * Ignore empty reply-to in `vm-ignored-reply-to'. * Quoted the variable `vm-summary-format' in a doc string. * Fixed typos in the docstring of `vm-mail-send-and-exit'. * Disable all minor modes before encoding a composition. This results in faster encoding when font-lock was enabled and avoids problems when parts of a MIME object button get expanded due to an abbrev and thus the extent/overlay gets split into two separate parts causing an encoding error. * Avoid duplicate mime buttons during decoding. (Thanks to Alley for reporting) * Mask 8 bit chars by 0xff in `vm-mime-qp-encode-region' to avoid crash for those with all higher order bits set (negative ones?) (Thanks to Blueman for the fix.) VM 8.0.5 2007-11-03 BUG FIXES: * Fixed bug caused by fixing `vm-drop-buffer-name-chars' in 8.0.4. There is a 20-40% chance to create a new bug when fixing one. Regression tests would be nice, but we do not have any for VM ;-/ VM 8.0.4 2007-11-02 IMPROVEMENTS: * Require cl.el at compile-time only. (Thanks to John J. Foerch) * Quiet compiler warning about old style backquotes. (Thanks to John J. Foerch) BUG FIXES: * Correctly call custom-add-load. (Thanks to John J. Foerch and Jonathan.underwood) * Fixed building of vm-cus-load.el for Emacs 21. * Use the old default for `vm-primary-inbox', i.e. "~/INBOX". * Honor a t in `vm-drop-buffer-name-chars' as documented. VM 8.0.3 2007-08-15 IMPROVEMENTS: * Unified `vm-continue-what-message', i.e. first check for composition buffers, if none exist then for saved drafts. Also added new variable `vm-zero-drafts-start-compose'. BUG FIXES: * Fixed building of autoloads for GNU Emacs. * Docfixes for vm-pine.el (Thanks to Stephen Eglen). * Resurrected `vm-add-reply-subject-prefix' which was lost by the commit of revno 91. * Search for BZR only if bzrdir exists and use locate-file only when defined. * Use vm-mime-8bit-composition-charset as a fallback also for MULE Emacs. * Fixed defcustom of vm-keep-crash-boxes and vm-spool-files. * Fixed the section headers of the NEWS file. VM 8.0.2 2007-07-25 IMPROVEMENTS: * Added --with-pixmapdir to configure the location of the pixmaps. * DESTDIR-Patch (Ulrich Müller). BUG FIXES: * Avoid overflow of `buffer-undo-list' when inserting or encoding big attachments. * defcustom of `vm-mime-all-attachments-directory' should list nil. * Honor pre VM 8.0.0 values of `vm-folder-directory' and `vm-primary-inbox'. This should eliminate problems with users which never changed the defaults. * Use "cygwin-mount" to fix paths when available. * Activate summary faces only when requested by vm-enable-addons. * Fixed defcustom of `vm-enable-addons' and added documentation. * "make install" creates $(bindir) now. * Separate paths (e.g. otherdirs) only by semicolons to avoid problems on Win32. * Handle paths with spaces correctly. * Install also pixmaps for GTK enabled Emacs. * Just use the first subject when replying/forwarding to a set of messages. This avoids long filenames for saved composition buffers. * Ensure we are compiling with an emacs version >= 21. * Encode headers regexp and case-fold-search corrected. (Ulrich Müller) * vm-summary-faces-mode does not leak extents anymore. VM 8.0.1 2007-06-29 NOTES: In order to get more features from vm-rfaddons set the variable `vm-enable-addons' in your ~/.vm. BUG FIXES: * A saner default for vm-shrunken-header-face. * Added documentation on vm-shrunken-headers-face and vm-shrunken-headers-keymap. * Added a new custom group `vm-faces' for faces. * Added autoload token for vm-user-agent. * Use INSTALL_PROGRAM instead of INSTALL_DATA for programs. * Do not set vm-folder-directory if there is ~/INBOX. If VM does not get mail after upgrading from 7.19 it is probably due to the new default for vm-folder-directory, which was nil before. * Revised the bindings and enabled features to a hopefully less controversial setting. VM 8.0.0 2007-05-31 NOTES: VM is now in my hands and I will do my best to keep it alive! -- Robert ,-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | From: Kyle Jones | To: Robert Widhopf-Fenk | Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:11:32 -0800 | Subject: Handing over VM? | | Robert Widhopf-Fenk writes: | > Hi Kyle, | > | > I have been maintaining VM "unofficially" for the last few | > years and now I want to become the official maintainer of | > VM. | > | > Do I get your OK? | | Yes. Obviously I've moved on, though I've been slow to admit it | to myself. Good luck. `-------------------------------------------------------------------------- * My (robf) VM extensions are now activated by default, where it makes sense to me. * Releases are numbered now MAJOR.MINOR.PATCHLEVEL, where MAJOR is increased when fundamental changes occur, MINOR for new features and PATCHLEVEL for bugfix releases. * New cleaner source tree layout. * Better built system based on configure. Autoloads are generated only for those functions marked with the autoload token now, which are mainly interactive function. Thus, loading occurs only on demand and startup should be faster. BUG FIXES: * All bugs reported to gnu.emacs.vm.bugs, gnu.emacs.vm.info and directly to me are fixed either by the patches posted by others or me. * If there are any missing autoloads, please report them and add a (require 'vm-SOURCE) to your ~/.vm! * Probably added numerous new bugs. IMPROVEMENTS: compared to 7.19 (not vmrf) * A new icon set based on vm-small-pixmaps.tgz which was floating around. This one should fit by height to the one used in XEmacs and Emacs 22, but it is slightly larger than those used in Emacs 21. If you see the old icons, the please set the variables `vm-image-directory' and `vm-toolbar-pixmap-directory' to nil in your ~/.vm! * vm-mime-type-converter-alist now also works when replying to messages, i.e. for text/html one can use lynx or w3m for the conversion. (setq vm-mime-type-converter-alist '(("text/html" "text/plain" "lynx -force_html -dump /dev/stdin"))) * Postponing (draft handling) of compositions and continuing of drafts, in fact any messages also those from other people. (Info node: Sending Messages) * New mail header insertion functions for return-receipts, mail-priority and FCC. * More virtual folder selectors and replacements of other functions based on selectors. (Info node: Virtual Folders) * vm-serial.el provides message templates for composition and personalizes mass emails. (Info node: TODO) * vm-biff.el for popups with a list of new messages. * vm-rfaddons.el has various stuff, look at the source if you are curious or miss some VM feature, as it might already be there! VMRF 7.19.187 2006-10-12 VMRF 2006-09 Mentioned on gnu.emacs.vm.info as a fork. Local Variables: mode: text coding: utf-8 End: