YAM 2.0 - Page 2

Find window (search for certain messages)

• Filters and search function for address fields can use a file that contains many patterns ("killfile")
• Filters can be easily created based on the current search options, and vice versa
• Selection of multiple messages by pattern

Configuration; First steps

• POP3 password will be requested if there's no entry in the configuration
• Timezone for date header is now settable in the configuration and defaults to Locale prefs

Configuration; TCP/IP settings

• APOP login is now supported
• Option to send messages in 8bit without MIME encoding
• Option to specify SMTP domain name for HELO command
• Up to 16 POP3 servers can be checked in one step

Configuration; Receive mail

• On new mail, YAM displays a requester and/or plays a sound (OS 3.x only) and/or executes a command
• Optionally, YAM marks new messages as unread before getting new mail

Configuration; Folders

• Folders can be automatically compressed using XPK
• Folders can be protected using a password (XPK encryption)
• Mailing list support: if To: field matches a folder-specific pattern, the return address is taken from the config
• Max.age option: Messages that are older than a certain age are automatically deleted
• Messages can be sorted by increasing or decreasing message date, dated received, sender, recipient, subject, status or size
• Two sort keys for each folder

Configuration; Filters

• 'Apply to new' can be set individually for each filter
• Additional searchable fields: CC, Reply-To, Date or user-configurable field
• Available comparison operators: equal, not equal, bigger than, smaller than
• Filters can search for a certain status
• Filters can search the whole message, header only or body only
• Matching messages can be redirected, forwarded, replied (using an existing message file), moved or deleted, they can also start an ARexx script
• Multiple actions are allowed for each filter
• Substring search option obsoletes #? pattern

Configuration; Read options

• Charset translation
• Headers to show in 'short' format can now be configured
• Option to display sender information (from the address book) in the header, including portrait

Configuration; Write options

• 'Welcome' and 'greetings' phrases
• Charset translation (includes some example translation tables like AmigaPL to ISO-Latin2)
• Editor font, tabsize, wordwrap column and cursor type are configurable
• Editor option to automatically insert line breaks
• Optionally, the external editor will be launched immediately
• Support for additional headers

Configuration; Reply/forward options

• Alternative reply intro is used if the recipient's address matches a given pattern
• Enhanced reply subject generation (Re[2]:, Re[3]:, etc...)
• New variable for quote text: first and last initial
• New variable for reply/forward phrases: message id
• New variables for forward phrases: name/first name/address of original recipient
• Optional warning if Reply-To and From addresses are not equal

Configuration; Signatures and taglines

• Random tagline support, location and format of cookies are configurable