Sift-Mail change history

Sift-mail change history

Version 0.8.1 - May 11 1996

Documentation updated

Version 0.8 - Mar 25 1996

3rd option added to specify read-only open of a mailbox
Now an error to open a mailbox read-write without actual write access
Fixed create of mulitpart messages with makebody - was missing newline
Fixes for "{" and "}" in message headers
Message header and text now has end of lines treated consistently
Added some comments, cleaned up and renamed a few functions
Added configuration of other local addresses
Moved generation of header_tcl out of conffile.c into conf_tk.tcl
(this improved modularity a lot)
Fixed a bug in SiftTcl_getheaders
Portability of sift-tcl (not sift-mail) to systems without X and Tk
Portability to NeXT (sift-tcl only, not sift-mail)
Fixed portability problem with opendir/readir/closedir
Fixed bug in getaddrs when used on multi-line headers
Fixed bug in report generation on leap year
Fixed bug causing core dumps on unqualified host names

Version 0.7.4 - Dec 21 1995

Fixed logging so it is not verbose by default yet reports errors
Only switch to home directory when in spool mode
Added SiftTcl_check command
Always removes "From " if in first line on piped in message
Made password and user name look up more efficient
Added more sample code

Version 0.7.3 - Oct 23 1995

"{" and "}" are now OK in subjects, message bodies, addresses...
Fixed date bugs so it will work across the millenium
Fixed makefile bug
Better portability to Sys V based systems
For Solaris there are now "gcc" and "pro" compile options
Added -oi option to sendmail invocation to fix "." on a line bug
Better formatting of Sift-Tcl code output by sift-mail

Version 0.7.2 - Oct 1995

Added AutoReply sifter
Usage messages now reports version
Fixed minor bug in Vacation sifter that might have caused it to respond when it shouldn't have

Version 0.7.1 - Sep 25, 1995

Version 0.7.1 includes a few bug fixes and a new sifting type:

Fixed a bug that caused problems for mail sent locally on some OS's (Ultrix in particular). The HOME and MAIL environment variables were retained from the sender. sift-tcl now ignore both.

Added a sifter that matches subject lines and files messages in folders.

Fixed occasional bug causing crash when reporting certain errors

Always changes to home directory when running

Version number is more properly reported in "about" window.

Version 0.7 - Sep 3, 1995

Version 0.7 is a simple bug-fix release with no changes in features.

Fixed a bug causing crashes on addresses with a plain ";"

Fixed a bug causing crashes on header fields with a "%"

Version 0.6 - Aug 19, 1995

Version 0.6 is a simple bug-fix release with no changes in features.

Sifting report works for months after July (months greater than "7" where decimal and octal numbers differ)

Fixed a bug causing core dumps on messages with certain blank fields

Version 0.5 - Jul 1995

Upgrading from v0.4

There are several incompatible changes from v0.4 to v0.5. I recommend that you move your .forward file to another name before you upgrade. To upgrade install the two programs, sift-tcl and sift-mail. Then run sift-mail and save the configuration to convert it to the new format. When that is done edit the copy of the .forward file and add the -spool option to the invocation of sift-tcl. Finally replace the .forward file.

Note that even if things go wrong and you've got the wrong version of one of the programs, no mail will be lost. When such error occur sift-tcl delivers the mail into your inbox.

Changes in Sift-Tcl interpreter

Can be used stand-alone or in a .forward file
Open a local mail folder, an IMAP accessable folder, or a news group
Can fetch and change the status of each message
Can fetch the body parts of the message
Has fuller and more thorough logging options

Changes to the sift-mail GUI

Out of town notification keeps track of addresses replies are sent to and sends only one copy per address.
Has options for entering sift-tcl programs directly (for experts)
GUI has a number of improvements:

more emacs-style editing
paste works

The sifting report can now be sent automatically as a mail message on a daily basis.
The sifting report formatting is much improved

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