NEWS This file summarizes the important changes from version to version. (For a more detailed list of changes see the VCS log; the release tarball includes a static copy of it in the ChangeLog file.) ==================== mmh-0.2 (2015-11-02) ==================== Features -------- - non-ASCII header fields get automatically encoded using RFC 2047 - pick(1) works on decoded RFC 2047 header fields - new profile option Default-From, which defines just what it says - the Dcc header field is available again - a Sender header gets inserted as appropriate - spost(1) can handle address groups now - the Date header is now shown in local time in the default scan listing - various minor improvements in mhsign(1) - mhparam(1) knows about more values now Bug fixes --------- - dist(1) works again - `folder -recurse' is fixed - tar files are now encoded using base64 - building in different build directory works now Documentation ------------- - many smaller improvements to the man pages and documentation Technical changes ----------------- - pass recipients as command line arguments to sendmail - don't create messages with a dot alone on a line - make libmh self-containing - use sysexits.h for better error codes - re-activated the test framework - changes in the build framework Coding ------ - rmm uses refile now - converted several macros to functions - replaced MH specific functions with standard library ones - use execprogl() as a safer alternatives to system(3) now - remove longjmp(3) and done() in favor for atexit(3) - we now have mh_xcalloc() ==================== mmh-0.1 (2012-12-08) ==================== (The references are made to docs/schnalke-mmh.pdf. Explanations can be found there.) General ------- - All network transfer facilities have been removed. There is no MTS (SMTP client) anymore and no POP client. An MSA/MTA is required to send mail. An MRA is required to retrieve mail via POP/IMAP. (Sec. 2.1.1) - ~/.mh_profile was moved to ~/.mmh/profile. All configuration files in the mail storage location (~/Mail) were moved to ~/.mmh. The environment variables to change these locations were renamed. (Sec. 2.3.5) - Many configure options were removed. (Sec. 2.1.4) - A bunch of recent changes in nmh were pulled into mmh. - The man page mmh-intro(7) was added. Features -------- - Jon Steinhart's attachment system is made the default and is combined smoothly with automatic MIMEification, as needed. The `mime' command at the WhatNow prompt is therefore no longer needed and thus removed. Use of Mime-Type-Query command (usually file(1)) to determine the MIME type of an attachment. No more writing of mhbuild directives, although it is still possible to do so. (Sec. 2.2.2) - The draft folder facility is always used. All support for a single draft message is removed. The commands, especially comp(1), were adjusted to this change. (Sec. 2.2.4) - A trash folder facility is added. Backup prefixes are no longer used. (Sec. 2.2.4) - By default, messages are always displayed serially in a single pager session without pausing. Foreign charsets are transcoded automatically (with iconv(1)). (Sec. 2.2.2) - Attachments are stored under their filename, instead of the message number and MIME part number, by default. Tar files are no longer extracted automatically. (Sec. 2.2.2) - scan(1) listings do no longer show body contents. - MMDF maildrop format support is removed. (Sec. 2.2.1) Support for UUCP bang paths is gone, too. - There is no more support for automatic message/external-body retrieval. The internal FTP client was dropped as well. - Removed the internal pager. - There is no more hardcopy terminal support. (Sec. 2.2.1) Programs -------- - The old show(1) was dropped and mhshow(1) was renamed to show(1). (2.1.3) - Digital typography is added by including Neil Rickert's scripts: mhsign(1) is invoked automatically by send(1) if the draft message contains `Enc:' or `Sign:' header fields. Up to now, the user needs to run mhpgp(1) manually, still. (Sec. 2.2.3) - conflict, rcvtty, viamail, msgchk, and msh were removed. (Sec. 2.1.2) - Replaced install-mh(1) with the shell script mmh(1). - slocal(1) lost its suppress duplicates feature and mmh thus lost the dependency on dbm. - packf(1) prints to stdout. - Added mmhwrap(1). - whom(1) is rewritten from scratch. - Many command line switches were removed. (Sec. 2.1.5) - anno(1)'s command line switches were structurally reworked. Check the man page for details. (Sec. 2.3.2) - Replaced the command line option `-format foo' with `-form =foo'. (Sec. 2.1.5) - Path notations (with +, @, /, .) can now be used more interchangeable. (Sec. 2.3.2) - All tools read the profile now. (Sec. 2.3.3) - Renamed the -version switch to -Version. Sequences --------- - The standard sequences `first', `prev', `cur', `next', `last', `all', `new' were renamed to `f', `p', `c', `n', `l', `a', `b', respectively. - The unseen sequence and the sequence negation are set by default. repl(1) quotes the original message by default and forw(1) uses MIME encapsulation by default. (Sec. 2.2.5) Code ---- - The indent style was changed -- sorry for that. (Sec. 2.3.1) - Standard library functions have replaced local replacements, when possible. (Sec. 2.3.4) - The programs are more separated now. Instead of sharing source code, the programs invoke each other. (Sec. 2.3.6) - Mmh comprises only about half as much code as nmh-1.3. The starting point of mmh is: nmh-1.3-dev (as of 2011-04-13)