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
8 ! $fcc_attach is a quadoption now
9 + $honor_disposition to honor Content-Disposition headers
10 + $search_context specifies number of context lines for search results
11 in pager/page-based menus
12 + ssl_use_sslv2 defaults to no
13 + uncolor works for header + body objects, too
14 + the "flagged" and "replied" flags are enabled/supported for
15 POP when built with header caching
16 ! browser correctly displays maildir's mtime
17 + <set-flag> and <clear-flag> work in the pager, too
18 + ~x pattern also matches against In-Reply-To
19 + lower case patterns for string searches perform case-insensitive
20 search as regex patterns do (except IMAP)
21 + $ssl_verify_dates controls whether mutt checks the validity period of
23 + $ssl_verify_hostname controls whether mutt will accept certificates whose
24 host names do not match the host name in the folder URL.
28 + support for SSL certificate chains
29 + <what-key> function works in pager, too
30 + support for tokyocabinet (qdbm successor)
31 ! $move now defaults to "no" instead of "ask-no"
32 + $imap_pipeline_depth controls the number of commands that mutt can issue
33 to an IMAP server before it must collect the responses
34 + $ssl_client_cert available with gnutls as well as openssl
35 + 'mime_lookup application/octet-stream' added to system Muttrc
39 ! header caches internally are utf-8 regardless of current locale
40 + $query_format (customize external query menu)
41 ! inode sorting is always enabled
42 + $time_inc suppresses progress updates less than $time_inc
44 + X-Label: headers must now be RfC2047-encoded
48 ! --enable-exact-address works again
53 + $message_cache_clean (clean cache on sync)
55 ! $header_cache_compress defaults to yes
59 - $imap_home_namespace (useless clutter)
60 + $check_mbox_size (use size change instead of atime for new mail)
61 ! improved f=f support wraps lines at $wrap if $wrap is not 0
62 + $wrap (>0 wraps at $wrap, <0 = $wrapmargin)
63 + $assumed_charset, $attach_charset, $ignore_linear_white_space
64 + $save_history, $history_file (save history across sessions)
65 + $smtp_url (ESMTP relay support)
66 + $crypt_use_pka (use GPGME PKA signature verification)
67 ! format pipe support: format strings ending in | are filtered
68 ! buffy size is configurable at runtime (no --enable-buffy-size
69 configure option, new $check_mbox_size variable)
73 + thread patterns. Use ~(...) to match all threads that
74 contain a message that matches ...
78 - $imap_cachedir replaced with $message_cachedir
79 + Header/body caching for POP ($message_cachedir)
80 + Header caching for MH folders
81 ! $record now defaults to ~/sent
82 ! $imap_idle now defaults to "yes" instead of "no"
83 + Tab-completion for $my_* variable names and values
84 + Expansion of mutt variables (except shell escape)
85 + Self-defined variables with $my_* prefix
86 + Pattern group support
88 + 'old' flag on IMAP folders
89 + SASL-IR support for IMAP
90 + IMAP IDLE support and $imap_idle
91 + Pipeline-based IMAP communicaton
92 + Full large file support
93 + Attachment counting: attachments and unattachments commands,
94 %Q and %X for $attach_format, %X for $index_format
96 + QDBM backend for header caching
101 ! $envelope_from_address has been added, $envelope_from has been renamed
102 to $use_envelope_from
103 + Progress bar via $net_inc
104 + IMAP server-side simple string search
105 + Simple string matches instead of full regex matches for '=' instead
106 of '~' with pattern modifiers
107 ! ~l matches all known lists, ~u only subscribed
109 ! The manual is now build from DocBook/XML instead of Linuxdoc/SGML source
113 + $imap_check_subscribed
114 + Tab-completion for IMAP hosts
115 ! $imap_force_ssl has been replaced without synonym by $ssl_force_tls
117 ! The default for $menu_move_off has been changed from "no" to "yes"
118 ! An empty <limit> now cancels the current limit
119 + Editing threads via <break-thread> and <link-threads>
120 + -D command line option
121 + the folder shortcut '^' refers to the currently opened folder
124 + Header caching for Maildir folders
126 Mutt 1.5.9 (2005-03-13):
129 + <rename-mailbox> function for IMAP
131 Mutt 1.5.8 (2005-02-12):
134 ! IDNA decoding is now optional via $use_idn defaulting to "yes"
135 + GPGME support via $crypt_use_gpgme
137 Mutt 1.5.7 (2005-01-28):
139 + SSL support via GNUTLS
140 + Header caching for IMAP via $header_cache and $header_cache_pagesize
143 + $hide_thread_subject
144 + Generic spam detection: new configuration commands: 'spam' and
145 'nospam', new options: $spam_separator, new expando: %H (for
146 $index_format), new pattern: ~H pattern
148 ! $pgp_mime_ask has been renamed without synonym to $pgp_mime_auto,
149 new default is "ask-yes" rather than "no"
150 + Inline PGP creation support via $pgp_replyinline, $pgp_autoinline
152 ! the 'bind' command can now be used on multiple menus at once
158 ! the 'list' and 'subscribe' commands now take regular expression
159 rather than string lists
160 ! the $alternates option is replaced by the 'alternates' command
161 taking lists of regular expressions
162 ! mailing lists can be recognized via domain matching when
164 + STLS (STARTTLS) support for POP3
168 + Bulgarian translation
169 - Kendra mailbox support
170 + <tag-prefix-cond> and <cond-end>
171 + ':' as expando modifier (e.g. '%:A')
172 + $crypt_autopgp and $crypt_autosmime
179 ! $crypt_replyencrypt and $pgp_replyencrypt now default
180 to "yes" instead of "no"
181 + $pgp_auto_traditional
182 + %A for $index_format
186 + <next-new-then-unread> and <previous-new-then-unread>
187 ! $mark_old: it only controls whether new messages
188 are marked as old when leaving the mailbox
193 + -A command line option
198 + unmailboxes command
199 + unalternative_order command
206 + -Q command line option
210 + mime_lookup command