1 This file lists incompatible changes and additional/new features made to
2 mutt. Please read this file carefully when upgrading your installation.
5 !: modified feature, -: deleted feature, +: new feature
9 + support for SSL certificate chains
10 + <what-key> function works in pager, too
11 + support for tokyocabinet (qdbm successor)
12 ! $move now defaults to "no" instead of "ask-no"
13 + $imap_pipeline_depth controls the number of commands that mutt can issue
14 to an IMAP server before it must collect the responses
15 + $ssl_client_cert available with gnutls as well as openssl
16 + 'mime_lookup application/octet-stream' added to system Muttrc
20 ! header caches internally are utf-8 regardless of current locale
21 + $query_format (customize external query menu)
22 ! inode sorting is always enabled
23 + $time_inc suppresses progress updates less than $time_inc
25 + X-Label: headers must now be RfC2047-encoded
29 ! --enable-exact-address works again
34 + $message_cache_clean (clean cache on sync)
36 ! $header_cache_compress defaults to yes
40 - $imap_home_namespace (useless clutter)
41 + $check_mbox_size (use size change instead of atime for new mail)
42 ! improved f=f support wraps lines at $wrap if $wrap is not 0
43 + $wrap (>0 wraps at $wrap, <0 = $wrapmargin)
44 + $assumed_charset, $attach_charset, $ignore_linear_white_space
45 + $save_history, $history_file (save history across sessions)
46 + $smtp_url (ESMTP relay support)
47 + $crypt_use_pka (use GPGME PKA signature verification)
48 ! format pipe support: format strings ending in | are filtered
49 ! buffy size is configurable at runtime (no --enable-buffy-size
50 configure option, new $check_mbox_size variable)
54 + thread patterns. Use ~(...) to match all threads that
55 contain a message that matches ...
59 - $imap_cachedir replaced with $message_cachedir
60 + Header/body caching for POP ($message_cachedir)
61 + Header caching for MH folders
62 ! $record now defaults to ~/sent
63 ! $imap_idle now defaults to "yes" instead of "no"
64 + Tab-completion for $my_* variable names and values
65 + Expansion of mutt variables (except shell escape)
66 + Self-defined variables with $my_* prefix
67 + Pattern group support
69 + 'old' flag on IMAP folders
70 + SASL-IR support for IMAP
71 + IMAP IDLE support and $imap_idle
72 + Pipeline-based IMAP communicaton
73 + Full large file support
74 + Attachment counting: attachments and unattachments commands,
75 %Q and %X for $attach_format, %X for $index_format
77 + QDBM backend for header caching
82 ! $envelope_from_address has been added, $envelope_from has been renamed
84 + Progress bar via $net_inc
85 + IMAP server-side simple string search
86 + Simple string matches instead of full regex matches for '=' instead
87 of '~' with pattern modifiers
88 ! ~l matches all known lists, ~u only subscribed
90 ! The manual is now build from DocBook/XML instead of Linuxdoc/SGML source
94 + $imap_check_subscribed
95 + Tab-completion for IMAP hosts
96 ! $imap_force_ssl has been replaced without synonym by $ssl_force_tls
98 ! The default for $menu_move_off has been changed from "no" to "yes"
99 ! An empty <limit> now cancels the current limit
100 + Editing threads via <break-thread> and <link-threads>
101 + -D command line option
102 + the folder shortcut '^' refers to the currently opened folder
105 + Header caching for Maildir folders
107 Mutt 1.5.9 (2005-03-13):
110 + <rename-mailbox> function for IMAP
112 Mutt 1.5.8 (2005-02-12):
115 ! IDNA decoding is now optional via $use_idn defaulting to "yes"
116 + GPGME support via $crypt_use_gpgme
118 Mutt 1.5.7 (2005-01-28):
120 + SSL support via GNUTLS
121 + Header caching for IMAP via $header_cache and $header_cache_pagesize
124 + $hide_thread_subject
125 + Generic spam detection: new configuration commands: 'spam' and
126 'nospam', new options: $spam_separator, new expando: %H (for
127 $index_format), new pattern: ~H pattern
129 ! $pgp_mime_ask has been renamed without synonym to $pgp_mime_auto,
130 new default is "ask-yes" rather than "no"
131 + Inline PGP creation support via $pgp_replyinline, $pgp_autoinline
133 ! the 'bind' command can now be used on multiple menus at once
139 ! the 'list' and 'subscribe' commands now take regular expression
140 rather than string lists
141 ! the $alternates option is replaced by the 'alternates' command
142 taking lists of regular expressions
143 ! mailing lists can be recognized via domain matching when
145 + STLS (STARTTLS) support for POP3
149 + Bulgarian translation
150 - Kendra mailbox support
151 + <tag-prefix-cond> and <cond-end>
152 + ':' as expando modifier (e.g. '%:A')
153 + $crypt_autopgp and $crypt_autosmime
160 ! $crypt_replyencrypt and $pgp_replyencrypt now default
161 to "yes" instead of "no"
162 + $pgp_auto_traditional
163 + %A for $index_format
167 + <next-new-then-unread> and <previous-new-then-unread>
168 ! $mark_old: it only controls whether new messages
169 are marked as old when leaving the mailbox
174 + -A command line option
179 + unmailboxes command
180 + unalternative_order command
187 + -Q command line option
191 + mime_lookup command