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author | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2005-03-06 23:12:28 +0000 |
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committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2005-03-06 23:12:28 +0000 |
commit | 09617f838be0120dda02d162ddf9e74c75a30fcb (patch) | |
tree | f0467787f0fa8b71b33a0bc1fbe67e74c6a827c3 /NEWS | |
parent | 6b76ca09ca0964440800cd2614ff95f3d250826c (diff) | |
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2005-03-05 +GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2005-03-07 Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of file for copying conditions. @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ encrypted using MySQL password() function. New option passwords, `scrambled' for passwords hashed using MySQL algorithm and `hash' for MD5 or DES hashed passwords (default). -* mail: Improved POSIX compatibility. +* mail + +** Improved POSIX compatibility. In particular, `next' command now works as described by POSIX. Following commands change the status of the message to `read': mbox, pipe, print, top, undelete, visual and decode (a GNU extension). @@ -26,6 +28,19 @@ Implemented following variables: flipr, showto, bang. The command `touch' does not alter messages that were deleted or saved to a file. +** The `decode' command inspects `metamail' variable to see if +it should use an external program for displaying MIME message +parts. The variable, if set, should contain the invocation line +of the program. Thus, settting + + set metamail="metamail -m mail -p" + +in your ~/.mailrc enables use of the standard `metamail' program +by `decode'. + +Before calling `metamail', the environment variable METAMAIL_PAGER +is set to the value of the variable PAGER. + * from The `from' utility was rewritten. It is now fully compatible with the BSD version. |