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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2012-06-07 +GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2012-07-18 Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of file for copying conditions. @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ are not used to avoid compromising security. See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/debug_level>. -** Imap4d undergone a lot of changes to comply to existing RFCs +** Imap4d underwent a lot of changes to comply to existing RFCs ** Pop3d and imap4d allow for mailbox-independent compulsory locking @@ -114,6 +114,27 @@ header field with the given date. See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/Timestamp_(Sieve_test)>. +** mail: sending attachments + +The mail[x] utility now allows for sending attachments. Any number of +files can be attached to the composed letter by using the `--attach' +(`-A') options. The files will be attached in the same order in which +they appear in the command line. By default, each attachment is +assigned the content type "application/octet-stream" and is encoded +using Base64. This can be changed using the `--content-type' and +`--encoding' options. These options affect all attachments that +appear after them in the command line, until next occurrence of the +same option or end of command line, whichever occurs first. For +example: + + mail -A prog --encoding quoted-printable --content-type text/c \ + -A main.c -A ext.h + +Here, the file "prog" will be attached witg the content type +"application/octet-stream" and encoding base64, while the files +"main.c" and "ext.h" will be marked with content type "text/c" and +encoded using "quoted-printable" algorithm. + ** MH: improved compatibility with other implementations ** MH inc: new option --moveto @@ -181,12 +202,29 @@ imap4d, pop3d, comsat) will be built. Its counterpart, `--enable-build-clients' controls whether client utilities will be built. +The effect of both options is overridden by the `--enable-build-*' +options for particular components. For example, to build only +the "mail" utility: + + ./configure --disable-build-clients --enable-build-mail + +** The --with-mailbindir option + +This option changes installation directory for the "mail" utility. + ** DBM options It is normally not needed to specify --with-gdbm, --with-berkeley-db or --with-ndbm explicitly. Configuration will automatically pick up all available DBM libraries it can use. +The option `--with-dbm' can be used to enable or disable building of +all available DBM interfaces. Its effect is overridden by `--with-*' +options for particular interfaces. For example, to build only GDBM +(even if another databases are supported by the system): + + ./configure --without-dbm --with-gdbm + ** Nntp client is not yet implemented ** Link with GSASL by default |