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- The Bat!
- Copyright (C) 1997 RIT Research Labs.
- Version 1.00.90 Beta is now available at http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/
-
- The Bat! is an Internet e-mail client working under Windows 95 and NT.
-
- What's new in 1.00.90? [ Legend: ]
- [ + Added feature ]
- [ * Improved/changed feature ]
- [ - Bug fixed (we hope) ]
-
- + PGP Support - it's now possible to use the existing version of
- PGP program installed on your system to verify, sign, encrypt
- your messages
- + Saving drafts of outgoing messages into outbox
- + German & Dutch language interfaces
- * If POP3 server doesn't support UIDL command to determine "freshness"
- of message, checksums of message headers are used instead. A bit slower,
- but still useful
- * Message text is now wrapped in built-in (not Rich Text) viewer
- - Bugs with retrieving messages from some POP3 servers caused improper
- logon
- - Hanging up when a connection is broken
- - many other minor (almost cosmetical) bugs
-
-
- This is the list of highlighted features available in the current version:
-
- - Intuitive graphical user interface based on Win32 API; there are two ways
- of message reading - using message autoview and using separate message
- windows (it's possible to move to the next/previous message within one
- message window, but the number of message windows opened simultaneously is
- unlimited).
- - Multi-account:
- each mail account has its own settings for SMTP/POP3 servers,
- message/reply/forward templates, cookie lines, message and sound
- management options. Message management options include periodical
- mailbox checking, keeping/deletion copies of received message from
- server with possibility to set the number of last received message
- - Comprehensive Mail Dispatcher allows to manage the messages left on
- the server: reading/replying/forwarding without downloading message
- into the message base.
- - Message filtering:
- it is possible to filter incoming, outgoing, read and replied messages
- and put them in specific folders
- - Mail Folders:
- each mail folder may have as many subfolders as desired, templates,
- sound options
- - PGP support
- - Address book:
- it is possible to mark some Address book entries to appear in
- TO:, CC: and BCC: filelds' pop-up menus (when Enter key pressed on an
- empty field, whenever Alt-Enter pressed or right mouse button clicked
- in a field); aliases
- - MIME (external-body Content type, rich text will be implemented soon)
- - UU code
- - Comfortable and fast message editor with proper quotation support,
- text formatting commands and more
- - URL/e-mail highlight with several actions available
- - Multi-lingual - it's possible to change the interface language 'on fly',
- English, Russian, Romanian and Polish languages are supported now.
- - Translation tables for national codepages are supported (Russian KOI-8
- is an example) - there is no need to find fonts with a specific
- codepage.
-
-
- ---- History of changes in The Bat! --------------------------------------
-
- Version 1.00.82:
-
- + MD-5 POP authorization (APOP command)
- + Parking messages - it's now possible to mark messages
- so they will not be deleted on Purging/Emptying/Deleting/Moving
- commands
- + It's now possible to minimize main window into System Tray
- + Pop-up menus added for right mouse click on View/Edit message
- window
- + Replied flad for messages
- - Several bugs with language support
- - Bugs with storing address book data
- - Fixed auto-justifying in editor
- - Reply/Forward of several messages cause endless loop
- - Some other minor bugs fixed
-
- Version 1.00.82:
-
- - Bug with receiving mail fixed (finally - it was appearing only
- Windows NT)
- + Comprehensive Mail Dispatcher
- + Send mail from all accounts
- + Possibility to view the original message text when replying
- + Filters for read and replied messages
- + Reading Confirmation option - it's compatible with Pegasus Mail.
- There are several actions available for working with confirmation
- receipt messages
- + Purging and compressing of folders on Exit is now working
- * Message IDs are now stored (if POP server supports UIDL command,
- otherwise LAST command is used and, if it's not supported - old
- method with Lastread is still working) - this gives the possibility
- to keep messages on server for a particular period of time and then
- delete them
- * New look-and-feel of message composer window - input grid is used
- instead of traditional separate input boxes
- * Attached files are now deleted from attachment directory if the
- appropriate option is set
- * Simplified the way of forwarding
-
- Version 1.00.70:
-
- + Account logging.
- + Is is now possible to specify ports for SMTP and POP services
- + Facility to show message header in the message autoview panel
- + Reply to All function
- + Last folder that was active before the program's shutdown is
- now set active at the next startup.
- * Account settings dialogue has been changed (we hope it's a bit
- nicer now)
- * Reply-To field by default is set to originator of the message
- being forwarded
- * When an account is just opened, it moves to the list's top to
- show maximum amount of its folders.
- - Some problems with screen modes where large fonts are used.
- - Problems with proper positioning of a new editor/message view window.
-
- Version 1.00.60:
-
- * Improved message storage
- + Fully new ideology of message sorting
- * Mail accounts are represented as a tree
- + Security options
- * Improved address management
-
- Version 1.00.20:
-
- - Some bugs with SMTP servers fixed
-
- Version 1.00.17:
-
- First Public Beta.
-