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+/*****************************************************************
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+ * SquirrelMail 1.2.0 *
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+ * The "And I Still Have Not Wrapped My Wife's Presents" Release *
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+ * December 25, 2001 *
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+ *****************************************************************/
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+
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+The past year has been anything but uneventful for SquirrelMail.
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+This year has seen two leadership changes, the release of the 1.0
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+series, the 1.1 development series, and finally the much awaited
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+1.2.0 release.
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+
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+Being one of the most popular webmail clients, the developers of
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+SquirrelMail feel a huge desire to continue pusing the envelope and
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+making their product better and better. You won't be disappointed
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+with this release, as it is by far the most feature rich, and yet it
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+is still the same sleak and unbloated app that we have all grown to
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+love. Here is an uncomplete list of new features since the last
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+stable release.
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+
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+ * The Paginator! - This enables quick access to any page in the
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+ message list by simply choosing the page number to view
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+ rather than tediously clicking "next" 50 times.
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+ * Hundreds of UI tweaks - The user interface has been given a
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+ facelift. The HTML has been largely overhauled, and while
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+ it still has the same general feel, it has been made more
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+ intuative.
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+ * Drafts - It is now possible to compose a message and save it to
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+ be sent at a later date with the drafts option.
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+ * Collapsable Folders - The folder list can be collapsed at any
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+ parent folder. This makes folder lists with large
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+ heirarchital structures much easier to manage and navigate.
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+ * New Options Page - The options page has been completely
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+ rewritten for several reasons, the main of which was to
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+ allow seamless integration of plugin options and to
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+ provide uniformity throughout the entire section.
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+ * Multiple Identities - It is now possible to create different
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+ identities (home, work, school) that can be chosen upon
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+ sending. Each identity can have its own email address,
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+ full name, and signature.
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+ * Reply Citations - Different types of citations are now possible
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+ when replying to messages.
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+ * Better Attachment Handling - The plugin, attachment_common, has
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+ been fully integrated into the core of SquirrelMail. This
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+ allows inline viewing of several different types of
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+ attachments.
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+ * Integration of Several Plugins - The following plugins have been
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+ put directly into the core. As a result, be sure not to
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+ install these as plugins, as the result may be
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+ unpredictable: attachment_common, paginator,
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+ printer_friendly, xmailer, sqclock, priority.
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+ * Improved support for newer versions of PHP. Note that you may
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+ have trouble if you are running PHP version 4.0.100
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+ (commonly distributed with Debian 3.0).
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+ * Ablity to mark messages as read and unread from the message listing.
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+ * Alternating Colors - The message list now alternates row colors
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+ by default. This presents a much cleaner and easier to
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+ read interface to the user.
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+
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+Aside from these obvious front end features, there are hundreds of
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+bugs that have been fixed, and much of the code has been optomized
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+and/or rewritten. This stable release is far superior in all
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+aspects to all previous versions of SquirrelMail.
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+
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+ Home Page: http://www.squirrelmail.org/
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+ Download: http://www.squirrelmail.org/download.php
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+ ScreenShots: http://www.squirrelmail.org/screenshots.php
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+
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+Where are we going from here? Good progress is already being made on
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+the Great SquirrelMail Rewrite, also known as the 1.3 branch which
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+will eventually be called 2.0. Paul has put a lot of effort into
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+reorganizing the development team into different teams that have
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+different roles. The purpose in doing this is to keep developers on
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+track and have to provide some semblance of order. This project has
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+grown so large in the past two years that an orderly structure is
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+necessary if anything is to get done. The teams are as follows:
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+
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+ Stable Series Team: Maintains the stable series
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+ Development Series Team: Works on the development series
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+ i18n Team: Handles i18n work
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+ Plugin Team: Manages the mass of plugins
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+ User Support Team: Helps users with their problems
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+ Documentation Team: Manages the documentation
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+ Evangelism Team: Spreads the good news of SquirrelMail
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+
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+For the next few weeks, the developers will be working on bugfixing
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+and making the 1.2 series rock solid. After that, about mid
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+January, they will start focusing solely on the rewrite.
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+
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+ Have a Merry Christmas!
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+ Happy SquirrelMailing!
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+ - The SquirrelMail Project Team
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thomppj