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* Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 *
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* The "Long Time Coming" Release *
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* 3 April 2003 *
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*****************************************************************/
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In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes:
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* All about this Release!
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* A note on PHP 4.3.x
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* Major updates
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* A note on plugins
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* Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug
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All about this Release!
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This is the first release of our new 1.4.x-series which is officially
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labeled STABLE! We've been through a long development trajectory
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which has resulted in this version. The big plusses of 1.4 over the
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previous 1.2.x series are enhanced stability, better compatibility
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with a wide range of mail/websystems, more features and less bugs.
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See the Major Updates section of this file for more.
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A note on PHP 4.3.x
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===================
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While the developers realize that PHP 4.3.x is the "latest and greatest"
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version of PHP to be available, SquirrelMail has not been extensively
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tested with it. We currently believe that SquirrelMail should work on
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PHP 4.3.x but we lack the experience with this new version to be
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absolutely sure. If you want to be safe, or experience problems, you may
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want to downgrade to PHP 4.2.x.
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Major updates
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==============
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The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 developent series) brings:
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* A complete rewrite of the way we send mail (Deliver-class),
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and of the way we parse mail (MIME-bodystructure parsing).
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This makes SquirrelMail more reliable and more efficient
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at the same time!
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* Support for IMAP UID which makes SquirrelMail more reliable.
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* Optimizations to code and the number of IMAP calls; SquirrelMail
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is now a very scalable webmail solution.
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* Support for a wider range of authentication mechanisms.
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* Lots of bugfixes, some new features and a couple of UI-tweaks.
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A note on plugins
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=================
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There have been major plugin architecture improvements. Lots of plugins
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have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with
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this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) should work. Plugin authors
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will need some time to adapt their plugins, so quite some plugins
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might not work.
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So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins.
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If one plugin seems to be the culprit, contact the author to see if
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a 1.4.x version is underway.
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Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug
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We constantly aim to make SquirrelMail even better. So we need you to
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submit any bug you come across! Also, please mention that the bug is
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in this 1.4.0 release, and list your IMAP server and webserver details.
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http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs
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Thanks for your cooperation with this. That helps us to make
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sure nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if
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people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting
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it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and
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increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we
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spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN
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bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have
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been fixed in CVS already.
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If you want to join us in coding SquirrelMail, or have other
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things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist:
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squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
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About Our Release Alias
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=======================
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This release is labeled the "Long Time Coming" Release.
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I think you can figure out the meaning behind this yourself.
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Happy SquirrelMailing!
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- The SquirrelMail Project Team
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