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Sylpheed 2.0.0 released (GTK2)

Submitted by stro on Wed, 2005-08-24 10:02. Bag of Software
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In belated news the first stable release of the Sylpheed email client using GTK has been released. Release announcement follows...

Sylpheed 2.0.0, which is the stable release based on GTK2, has been released.

The changes from 2.0.0rc is only the update of documents and message catalogs.

The GUI toolkit has been switched to GTK2. The appearance became more beautiful, and multilingual display has also be supported. Usability has also been improved.

Changes from 1.0

  • New features
    • The feature for junk mail control has been added.
    • Filter rules can be applied to sent messages now.
    • Any commands can be executed when new messages arrive.
    • The move of folders has been enabled.

  • Display
    • The anti-aliased font display has been enabled.
    • Icons can be displayed with alpha-blending (translucence) now.
    • Attached images can be displayed as inline now.
    • The summary view (message list) now displays its rows with alternating row colors.
    • The icons and logo has been renewed.
    • The window icon is displayed now.

  • User interface
    • The file selection dialog has been improved.
    • URL links can be opened by single click now.
    • Right-click menu can be available on the message view now.
    • The order of the buttons now complies with GNOME HIG.
    • The folder view now automatically scrolls on drag'n'drop.
    • The columns of the summary view became reorderable by drag'n'drop.

  • Internal changes
    • The GUI toolkit has been switched from GTK1.2 to GTK2.
    • The internal encoding is always UTF-8 despite of the current locale, and the multilingual display is now possible.

  • Other improvements
    • The auto line-wrapping now supports proper line-breaking.
    • The algorithm of the thread display has been improved.
    • The PLAIN authentication is supported on SMTP AUTH now.
    • The read/write of the summary cache has been optimized.
    • Encryption is enabled by default now when replying to PGP-encrypted messages.
    • The displayed file size of attachments became more accurate.
    • The handling of header strings with broken encoding has been improved.

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Anyone tried it?

Submitted by lobais on Wed, 2005-08-24 11:36.

Has anyone tried this, and seen how it is compared to evolution?
Think of stability, features, startup time and ease to use...

sure by Anonymous George
No virtual folders by Anonymous George
Pretty good by Anonymous George

It's very lightweight and

Submitted by Unanimous_George on Wed, 2005-08-24 15:53.

It's very lightweight and fast, but lacking in some features (no kitchensink).

The two main problems I have:
* no proper threading — network traffic freezes the UI. I use IMAP and wait a lot :(
* weird glitches with dovecot IMAP server

RE: It's very lightweight and by Anonymous George

[re: ]Anyone tried it?

Submitted by eelco on Wed, 2005-08-24 13:33.

Yes, i just did. I tried the Usenet part of it. This could be a Pan killer. It looks good, and feels good, just a little bit unstable.

Re: Anyone Tried it?

Submitted by Anonymous George on Wed, 2005-08-24 12:24.

I installed it today but found a few things I do not like about it. One, I have not been able to import my ldif address book that I exported from Thunderbird. Startup time is very good, layout is very nice. I have did not play with the junk mail filter at all but I do not get spam at this account anyway (for now) so not sure of how well it works. Overall it seems nice but nothing earth shattering that would make me change MUA.

Old news by Anonymous George