[mew-release 84] Mew 5.1

Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 ) kazu at example.com
Sat Jul 15 18:20:30 JST 2006


Hello all,

We are pleased to inform you that we have finally released Mew 5.1:

	http://www.mew.org/

The major version is now 5 since the ".mew" suffix is introduced for
recent search technologies including Windows Desktop and Spotlight.

Mew can treat a file as a message if its name is number only or number
+ ".mew". Windows Desktop and Spotlight can make indexes of messages
thanks to the suffix.

Thus the highlight of Mew 5.1 is a new search service. Please read the
manual of Mew 5.1 to know how to used it:

	http://www.mew.org/release/info/

You may find more information on this from:

	http://www.mew.org/feature/

Attached is the contents of the 00diff file.

We would thank you all people who have supported the development of
Mew 5.1.

// Mew developing team

	      <Differences between Mew 5.1 and Mew 4.2>

* The ".mew" suffix is introduced for OS level search mechanisms.
* OS level search mechanisms including Spotlight, Windows Desktop
  Search, Google Desktop are integrated.
* The mechanism of master password was implemented.
  Set mew-use-master-passwd to t to use it.
* When sending a message, if your SMTP server requires user
  authentication, Mew asks you to input your password. You don't have
  to configure mew-smtp-user anymore.
* In Draft mode, addresses which are not considered safe turn red.
  See mew-safe-addresses, mew-warn-addresses, mew-safe-domains, and
  mew-warn-domains.
* You can securely save your passwords to a file with a master
  password.
* "li" copies a message to an IMAP folder.
* "I" now works in Thread mode.
* "C-cC-e" in Summary has been drastically improved.
* "C-cC-t" and "C-cC-y" in Summary were obsoleted.
* 'mew-inbox-action-alist' can be set in 'mew-config-alist'.
* "v" in Summary mode displays line numbers when off.
* "C-uj" in Summary mode jumps to the message whose message number is
  specified.
* "C-uB" decomposes any attached files.
* If you want to put the 'D' mark to duplicated messages
  whose boyies are identical (ie spams), set 
  mew-summary-form-mark-spam to t.
* All variables can be defined in ".mew.el". You don't have to
  set specific variables in ".emacs".




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