============================================================= EUDORA FOR WINDOWS, VERSION 6.2.0.7 BETA -- RELEASE NOTES ============================================================= This document describes the changes in the software since Eudora 6.0. Separate sections have been given to changes from each release since then. NOTE: Several times we refer to to modify a setting. Copy the whole text including the < >'s and paste it into a new Eudora message. By pressing and holding down the key, you can click on a URL in a new message (a hand will display over the URL which means it can be used). ---------------------------------------------- CHANGES FROM 6.1.2 TO 6.2.0.7 Beta ---------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES ------------ ScamWatch - Eudora now warns with a tooltip warning when the pointer is moved over a suspicious link and warns with a dialog when a suspicious link is clicked. Emoticons - Eudora now supports sending and receiving mail with emoticons. SSL --- Eudora now uses OpenSSL instead of Certicom's SSL Plus library for SSL negotiations. When a server's SSL certificate is rejected for certain reasons (not trusted, expired, etc.) Eudora will now present a dialog asking the user if they want to trust the cert instead of forcing them to navigate a complicated UI to manually trust the certificate. IMAP ---- Filtering of IMAP messages should now be as fully functional as filtering of POP messages. Manually declaring an IMAP message to be either "Junk" or "Not Junk" now informs the junk plugins of the change in the message's status. Improved user's ability to stop IMAP operations. IMAP users running on servers without UIDPLUS now have the option of allowing Eudora to score incoming messages even though it will not move messages to the Junk mailbox. Eudora will now only move junk messages to the Junk mailbox from the Inbox for IMAP accounts. Fixed problem where creating a new IMAP mailbox would cause two identical entries to appear in the mailbox tree. Fixed problem where Eudora would sometimes confuse two similarly named IMAP accounts. Automatic IMAP mail checks no longer display the "No new mail" dialog. SECURITY -------- Fixed cases where attachments could be spoofed via base64 or quoted-printable encoded (plain-text, inline) MIME parts. User is now warned when forwarding an attachment not found in Eudora's attachment directory. See setting in Tools->Options->Extra Warnings "Forward files that are not in the attachment directory". Also controlled by , where 0 means don't warn, 1 means warn (default), and 2 means don't attach. FILTERS ------- "Open" and "Print" filter actions now work properly when they are the only action a given filter takes. Fixed cases where "Open Message" and "Open Mailbox" filter actions did not work properly. Fixed case where the "Notify User" "In Report" filter action wouldn't bring up the "Filters Report" window if the filter report is turned off in "Tools|Options|Getting Attention". Users are now prevented from making the left panel of the address book smaller than a specified width. Users can specify their own width by using the ABookLeftPanelWidth INI setting. ADDRESS BOOK ------------ Fixed bugs related to nicknames which contained the @ character. Now only email addresses (and not nicknames) are added to the history list. Remove from recipient list now works for multiple selections. Fixed bug where the receipient list was not updated when a user discarded changes. Fixed bug which caused no context menu to appear in the address book window for Windows 95 and 98. MESSAGE DISPLAY & EDITING ------------------------- Content Concentrator now detects certain text digests and behaves more appropriately. Eudora no longer incorrectly warns when View Source is chosen and the source is text. Fixed crash that could occur when selecting "View Source" after recently changing the "Use Microsoft's viewer" setting. Fixed detection of <>'ed URL's with URL: prefix to end properly at closing >. Fixed crash that could occur when editing a message. Now correctly marks certain words misspelled, which were previously missed when they ended with a single quote. JUNK HANDLING ------------- Undoing of a Junk or Not Junk command now restores the junk score. "Not Junk" command now correctly adds to the white list when invoked in the "Find Messages" window. If all downloaded messages are declared junk or are filtered to trash Eudora will no longer play the new mail sound. Junk is now trimmed on an auto mail checks, and sooner if maximum junk age is only 1 day. TABLE OF CONTENTS VIEW ---------------------- Eudora is now better about remembering the preview pane splitter position used the last time Eudora was run. Type-to-select now searches the subject when the messages are sorted by subject. Type-to-select now prefers messages at the end of the mailbox (unless is 1, in which case it prefers messages at the start of the mailbox). Type-to-select now allows punctuation and spaces. The type-to-select string can now be reset before the idle time out by pressing the Escape key. Content Concentrator profile menu is now hidden when the preview pane is off. MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES/IMPROVEMENTS ------------------------------------ Added to control whether the Backspace key deletes the selected messages in a mailbox. Can now use internal viewer for displaying GIF files, whereas previously QuickTime was required. Fixed crashing bug when loading up a nickname flie with a corrupt TOC and long addresses. Fixed a crash (by updating to libpng 1.2.7) that could occur when displaying an invalid PNG image. Fixed bug where searches with "contains whole word" would not find anything unless the search text was all lower case. Searches with "contains whole word" are now case-insensitive. SpamHeaders is no longer case-sensitive. Fixed crash that could occur when a message was right clicked and the mouse was moved. User now has option to cancel when a duplicate nickname is found during the operation of "Make Address Book Entry". A setting of 0 for or now means no limit to the number of concurrent tasks. Fixed bug where Eudora would not find mailfolders if any special Windows attributes were turned on for the mailfolders. Find messages is now better at finding messages with phrases in certain cases. Data and Executable directories now appear in Help|About. Fixed several memory leaks, some of which affected checking mail. Improved performance of mail checking and junk mail processing. Widened options dialog (but not yet the individual panels) and added "Help" button. Eudora now copies text containing colons in a manner that other applications like WordPad will accept. Eudora no longer forgets the password for a personality if you look at the "Account Settings" for a personality and click OK. Fixed crash that would occur when drag and dropping a mail folder onto itself. Strip images whose size is less than 4 square pixels (web bugs). Age searches now default to < 5 days, adjustable with INI settings. Attachment count searches now default to > 0, adjustable with INI settings. Attachments that are deleted with the owning message via Special->Empty Trash now go into the recycle bin. Eudora now does a better job of finding and deleting attachments when attachments are deleted with the owning message via Special->Empty Trash. ---------------------------------------------- CHANGES FROM 6.1.1 TO 6.1.2 ---------------------------------------------- SECURITY -------- Fixed case where specially formatted URLs (typically used in spam) could disguise their true destination. Now warning when launching attachments or other file links when file has no extension. Now warning when any file link that is not in the attachment directory is launched. Fixed case where attachments could be spoofed via base64 encoded (plain-text, inline) MIME parts. Fixed case where tags allowed spoofed attachments. Now block hrefs that reference javascript when "Allow executables in HTML content" is turned off. Fixed crash that could occur when clicking on an invalid long URL in Eudora's built in viewer. IMAP ---- Fixed another case where an IMAP Junk mailbox was not being recognized as the official Junk mailbox. Fixed the problem where messages would mysteriously disappear from the IMAP Junk mailbox. MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES ----------------------- Fixed problem introduced in 6.1.1 where in some cases Eudora could have address book related errors which manifested as warning messages about renaming "NNdbase.tmp" and resulted in address book TOC corruption. ---------------------------------------------- CHANGES FROM 6.1 TO 6.1.1 ---------------------------------------------- SSL --- Fixed crash when attempting SSL negotiation without a usercerts.p7b file. Fixed bug that caused SSL negotiations to fail on OpenSSL servers with the CBC countermeasure on. The user is now warned if Eudora is unable to save SSL certificate changes. SPELL CHECKING -------------- Made minor change to suggestions when misspelled word begins with single quote character. Fixed bug where editing the subject field after choosing Edit->Check Spelling could be difficult. MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES ----------------------- Prevent crash that could occur with a spoofed long attachment name, or overly-long URL. Fixed bug where leftover RCV files in the spool folder could prevent POP mail check. Fixed crash that could occur when sending message with very large address (over 240 characters) in the To: field. Added code to guard against attachment and URL buffer overflow issues. Fixed bug where using mouse scroll wheel while opening a message caused a temporary display glitch. "Skip directly to advanced account setup" on first launch now correctly brings up the "Advanced Account Setup" dialog. Greatly improved sorting speed, which had slowed down with the introduction of Content Concentrator. Fixed case junk processing problem for certain kinds of newly downloaded IMAP messages. Fixed bug where it was impossible to insert an image with a long pathname. If a mail check fails due to a connection error Eudora will no longer display the misleading "Sorry, you don't have any new mail." dialog. Limit depth of MIME interpretation to fix potential overflow for artificially deeply nested MIME. Improved address book performance by optimizing the file accessing. ---------------------------------------------- CHANGES FROM 6.0.3 TO 6.1 ---------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES ------------ Search Bar and Search Context Menus. Eudora now makes it easier than ever to search with the introduction of a new "Search Bar" in the toolbars and new context menu items that search for the current selection. Both allow you to search inside Eudora or start an Internet search. Smarter Transfer to Selection. In 6.0 we quietly introduced "Transfer to Selection", which allows you to right-click on a word in a message and have Eudora try to figure out to which mailbox you might want to transfer the message. Now in 6.1 we've improved the feature by presenting the choice of multiple mailboxes whose names most closely match the text (if there are few or no choices offered then there aren't any mailboxes with names sufficiently close to the selected text). Simply choose a mailbox name from the context menu and Eudora will transfer the message into that mailbox. You can specify the maximum number of matches that Eudora should show via . Content Concentrator Profile Control. The Content Concentrator feature in Eudora has been enhanced with the introduction of the "Profile Control". The "Profile Control" allows you to change how Content Concentrator is concentrating your selected message(s) in the preview pane on the fly. Simply click on the "Profile Control" and choose a new profile. The "Profile Control" can be found above the "Preview Pane" between the "Mailbox Size Display" and the horizontal scrollbar. Better Automatic IMAP Synchronization. Eudora can now synchronize specific IMAP mailboxes on every mail check - just choose "Resynchronize on Mail Check" in the IMAP mailbox context menu. Easier Mass IMAP Synchronization. You can now resync an entire mail folder (a folder and all mailboxes inside of it) in one step via the new "Resynchronize Mail Folder" command, which can be found in the IMAP mailbox context menu. Statistics window now shows Junk statistics. IMAP ---- Fixed crashes and other inappropriate behaviors when attempting IMAP operations while offline. IMAP filters that transfer messages no longer cause two entries to appear in the filter report. Fixed a few more IMAP prefix issues. Fixed case where Eudora could fail to acknowledge an IMAP Junk mailbox as the Junk mailbox for that account. Fixed case where messages would mysteriously disappear from an IMAP Junk mailbox. SSL --- Upgraded to new SSL library that addresses some compatibility issues seen in previous versions. JUNK ---- Added Ctrl-J for Junk option to Junk Extras option panel. The Mailbox menu unread icons now obey the "Junk mailbox is never marked unread" option. Fixed case where Junk mailbox could be bolded even when user has "Junk mailbox is never marked unread" option turned on. "Junk" and "Not Junk" commands now work properly in the "Find Messages" window. Recalculate Junk Score now works properly with IMAP. Fixed bug where Eudora would not run third party junk plugins when Eudora is not in Paid Mode. ADDRESS BOOK ------------ Can no longer create an address book called "Eudora Nicknames". Changing a nickname in address book does not change it on the recipient list. MESSAGE DISPLAY & EDITING ------------------------- Now support displaying attached graphics in messages. Fix for case where with certain messages Eudora's built in viewer would not display the complete text in the full message window. Editing the justification of excerpted text no longer removes the excerpt bars. Eudora no longer incorrectly displays "urn:schemas-microsoft-com" lines in messages sent from Outlook. Fixed bug where preview display could become confused and display nothing instead of the selected message when Eudora is first opened. Image types that Eudora can't display in the message (like PDFs from Mac Eudora) are now displayed as attachments. Composition windows now use less memory. Fixed case where text could overlap an embedded image when displayed with the built-in viewer. Fixed case where Eudora could crash when Insert Picture was chosen if QuickTime was available. Fixed case where Eudora wouldn't always offer QuickTime supported image types when Insert Picture was chosen. Fixed bug where Eudora could incorrectly display indented text as if it were excerpted text when using the Microsoft viewer. Fixed bug where Eudora could incorrectly display multiple levels of indentation as all singly indented when using Eudora's built in viewer. SPELL CHECKING -------------- Eudora no longer flags words that begin with a single quote as being misspelled. Spell checking automatically as you type is now faster for messages with a lot of misspelled words. Spell checking changes made via context menu are now undoable. Spell checking context menu now works for words that were selected via double clicking. Adding a word to the user dictionary via the context menu now correctly updates all open composition windows. MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS -------------------------- Improved menu and control drawing with Windows XP. Changing the server status of a selection of messages now shows progress. Improved importers. Now support moving folders via drag and drop in mail tree list. Windows Eudora now supports the Importance: header. Worked around Microsoft Exchange's improper use of multipart/related for attachments. Added support for ignoring reg code attachments on arrival (still will process if manually clicked) via setting (defaults to 0). Added support for detaching text/calendar mime type into .ics attachments. Now ignoring Status headers unless . Toolbar wrapping now occurs sooner and is smarter. Now support Message Plug-ins with the preview pane provided only one message is selected. MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES ----------------------- Fixed bug that caused Eudora to think ads were failing when they were not. Fixed folder renaming in the mailbox list (this was broken in 6.0). Fix for context menus in address book edit fields. Eudora is now more tolerant of really long server and/or login names. No longer accepting directories as attachments via drag & drop. Fixed bug where a misconfigured virus scanner interfering with Eudora could confuse Eudora and cause it to leave subsequent messages in that mail check in the spool file as .tmp files. Fixed focus problem in Tools|Options dialog. Renaming or moving mailboxes or folders no longer causes problems with results in Search window. Tweaked sponsored toolbar border drawing. Who column is now instead of Sender. Now using Windows 2000/XP font "Tahoma" for dialogs when available. Intersect Nickname filter is no longer case sensitive. ---------------------------------------------- CHANGES FROM 6.0.2 TO 6.0.3 ---------------------------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES ----------------------- Newly created or renamed address book entries now work again (this was broken in 6.0.2). ---------------------------------------------- CHANGES FROM 6.0.1 TO 6.0.2 ---------------------------------------------- IMAP ---- If the user does not specify an IMAP mailbox prefix Eudora will ask the IMAP server which prefix should be used. This will prevent problems that some users have with the IMAP Junk and Trash mailboxes. Users can tell Eudora not to ask the server by adding the ImapIgnoreNAMESPACE=1 INI setting for the appropriate personality. Fixed problem where IMAP mailboxes sometimes appeared both under and beside their parent mailbox. CONTENT CONCENTRATOR -------------------- Fixed crash that could occur with IMAP accounts when previewing multiple messages with Content Concentrator. MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES ----------------------- Fix for long filenames embedded in AppleSingle. MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS -------------------------- Support for senders who wrap subject lines BEFORE any content. Greatly reduced delay on the first mail check of each Eudora session that was seen by users with address books with thousands of entries. ---------------------------------------------- CHANGES FROM 6.0 TO 6.0.1 ---------------------------------------------- JUNK ---- Added option to ignore the date contained in junk messages and use the arrival date instead. For users who don't quit very often, junk will now be trimmed periodically on a manual mail check. Fixed case where junk score column would sometimes be blank for individual messages. CONTENT CONCENTRATOR -------------------- Fixed display of attachments when some Outlook messages are concentrated by Content Concentrator. Warning message is now displayed when plugin attachment is clicked and multiple messages are being displayed. Fixed bug where Eudora could crash when replying to multiple messages with the preview pane turned off. IMAP ---- Fixed case where attachments wouldn't be displayed properly when Eudora encountered encoded message body parts that didn't end with CRLF. Fixed adding SSL certificate to trusted list via IMAP (broken in 6.0). Fixed case where Eudora would display the wrong message in an IMAP mailbox. Fixed one problem where IMAP error messages were not be presented to the user. MESSAGE DISPLAY & EDITING ------------------------- Format Painter now correctly handles fonts. Fixed case where sorting with "Group by Subject" could sort incorrectly when changing the "Sort by" column. Fixed bug where Eudora could hang when queuing or sending a reply to a message with an invalid URL. Fixed bug where the preview did not update to show the selected message if the message was selected while previewing was off. Fixed bug where the selected message was not scrolled into view when previewing was turned on via Tools->Options. Fixed bug where the message selected after a manual filter transferred the previously selected message wouldn't get marked read automatically after 5 seconds (if appropriate given user's settings). Fixed reply and forward quoting of only the selected text in numerous cases (replying with stationery and the preview pane, forwarding to an address book entry with the preview pane, replying as a given personality with a message window). Fixed certain cases where "Select newly inserted messages (FUMLUB)" option would not scroll the new message into view correctly. SECURITY -------- Fixed crash when displaying a message with a spoofed Attachment Converted line. Decrypted messages (e.g. Entrust or PGP) are now saved in a better format so that attachment icons are no longer broken. For security purposes, Eudora now deletes attachments and embedded images associated with decrypted messages if the user chooses NOT to save the decrypted message text. MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES ----------------------- Attempt to fix continued reports of cases where certain McAfee virus scanning products cause Eudora to repeatedly fail to complete email downloading when the user receives an infected email message. Fixed "Redirect To" filter action to properly set "by way of" for "From:" attribution (broken in 6.0). MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS -------------------------- Made it easier to buy Eudora from the web or an ad in Eudora. Eudora's toolbar icons now look better, particularly on monitors with more than 256 colors. 10/06/04