27 June 2008                           Claws Mail Extra Plugins 3.5.0
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The claws-mail-extra-plugins-3.5.0 package contains 17 plugins.

Notes for this release
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The Mail Archiver plugin is new in this release.
The PDF Viewer plugin has been dropped due to licensing issues.

* acpi Notifier 1.0.16
  Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  Enables mail notification via LEDs on some laptops. Options can be
  found on the 'Plugins/Acpi Notifier' page of the preferences.

* Mail Archiver 0.6
  Author: Michael Rasmussen <mir@datanom.net>

  This plugin adds archiving features to Claws Mail.

  It enables you to select a mail folder that you want to be archived,
  and then choose a name, format and location for the archive.
  Subfolders can be included and MD5 checksums can be added for each
  file in the archive. Several archiving options are also available.

  The archive can be stored as: TAR, PAX, SHAR or CPIO

  The archive can be compressed using: GZIP/ZIP or BZIP2

  The archives can be restored with any standard tool that supports
  the chosen format and compression.

  The supported folder types are MH, IMAP, RSSyl and vCalendar.

  To activate the archiving feature go to /Tools/Create Archive

  Default options can be set in
  /Configuration/Preferences/Plugins/Mail Archiver

  Brazilian Portuguese, French and Spanish translations are included.

* attachwarner 0.2.12
  Author: Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>

  Warns when the user composes a message mentioning an attachment in
  the message body but without attaching any files to the message.

* att_remover 1.0.8
  Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  Enables the removal of attachments from emails.
  When right-clicking a message, choose 'Remove attachments' from 
  the submenu.

* cachesaver 0.10.7
  Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  Saves the caches every 60 seconds (or user-defined period).
  It helps avoiding the loss of metadata on crashes.

* fetchinfo 0.4.23
  Author: Claws Mail Team <claws-mail-users@dotsrc.org>

  Inserts headers containing some download information: UIDL, 
  Claws Mail account name, POP server, user ID and retrieval time.

* gtkhtml2_viewer 0.19
  Authors: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  Renders HTML mail using the gtkhtml2 rendering widget.
  Requires libgtkhtml-2.0
  Optional requirement: libcurl (for fetching images)

  The option, 'Do not load remote links in mails' can be found
  on the 'Plugins/GtkHtml2 Viewer' page of the preferences.

  Changes: Fix storing of translated string "Any" in plugins prefs
	   (whitelisting).
	   Use the 'Use secure file deletion if possible' Claws Mail
	   option.
	   Updated Finnish, Polish and Spanish translations.

* mailmbox 1.14.1
  Author: DINH Vit Ho <hoa@users.sf.net>

  Handles mailboxes in mbox format.

  Changes: updated following changes in Claws Mail.

* newmail 0.0.12
  Author: H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>

  Writes a msg header summary to a log file (Default: ~/Mail/NewLog)
  on arrival of new mail *after* sorting.
 
* notification 0.17
  Author: Holger Berndt <berndth@gmx.de>

  Provides various ways to notify the user of new and unread email.  

  Currently implemented are the following modules:
	Banner:   A mail ticker
	Popup:    A popup window on mail arrival
	Command:  Executes a command line upon new mail arrival (NEW)
	LCDproc:  Display the status of new and unread messages
		  on an external LCD.
	Trayicon: Places an icon in the system tray that indicates
		  whether you have any new mail.

  More modules may follow in future releases. All modules can be
  activated or deactivated at compile and/or run time. Options can be
  found on the 'Plugins/Notification' pages of the preferences.

  Changes: Close foldercheck dialog with ESC key.
	   Fix adjustment jumping around in foldercheck window.
	   Update icons dynamically on theme change.
	   Obey tree view prefs.
 	   Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish and French
	   translations.

* perl 0.9.13
  Author: Holger Berndt <berndth@gmx.de>

  Intended to extend the filtering possibilities of Claws Mail.
  It provides a Perl interface to Claws Mail's filtering 
  mechanism, allowing the use of full Perl power in email filters.

* RSSyl 0.20
  Author: Andrej Kacian <andrej@kacian.sk>

  Allows you to read your favorite RSS newsfeeds in Claws. RSS 1.0, 
  2.0 and Atom feeds are currently supported.

  Changes: Use the 'Use secure file deletion if possible' Claws Mail
	   option.
	   Fix some memory leaks.
	   
* S/MIME 0.7.6
  Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  This plugin handles S/MIME signed and/or encrypted mails. You can 
  decrypt mails, verify signatures or sign and encrypt your own 
  mails.

  It can be selected as the Default Privacy System in 
  '/Configuration/[Account Preferences]/Privacy' and when composing a 
  message from '/Options/Privacy System'.

  This plugin uses the GPGME library as a wrapper for GnuPG.

  Changes: Use the 'Use secure file deletion if possible' Claws Mail
	   option.

* SpamReport 0.3.4
  Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  This plugin reports spam to various places. Currently only
  spam-signal.fr is supported.

  Changes: Updated Finnish translation.

* SynCE 0.7.3
  Author: Holger Berndt <berndth@gmx.de>

  Assists in keeping the addressbook of a Windows CE device (Pocket 
  PC/iPAQ, Smartphone etc) in sync with Claws' addressbook, with 
  respect to email addresses.


* TNEF Parser 0.3
  Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  Enables reading application/ms-tnef attachments.

  Changes: Use an internal libytnef, as the upstream one isn't
	   maintained anymore.
	   Use the 'Use secure file deletion if possible' Claws Mail
	   option.

* vCalendar 2.0
  Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

  Enables vCalendar message handling like that produced by Evolution 
  or Outlook. Also supports subscribing to remote webCal feeds, and 
  exporting of your meetings or all your calendars.

  Changes: Use the 'Use secure file deletion if possible' Claws Mail
	   option.
	   Fix default view on new folders.
	   Fix crash on cancel.
	   Fix lack of scanning if it hasn't been done when requesting
	   one feed item.
	   Updated Finnish and Spanish translations.

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See the ChangeLog and README files in each of the plugin directories 
for more detail.
