1 This documents describes changes
3 - made to configuration variables, functions and the like which are
4 not backwards-compatible and/or which do not exist in mutt
6 - other changes which might break existing user configuration and thus
9 This document is not the place for verbose documentation; it only offers
10 the necessary keywords to look them up in the manual, ChangeLog or other
11 sources of information.
15 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
16 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
20 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
21 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
23 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
24 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
25 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
26 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
27 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
28 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
29 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
30 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
31 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
32 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
33 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
34 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
35 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
37 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
38 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
40 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
44 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
46 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
48 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
49 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
53 New Configuration Variables:
54 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
55 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
56 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
57 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
61 New Configuration Variables:
62 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
63 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
66 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
67 (still kept as synonym)
71 New Configuration Variables:
72 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
73 be shown in the sidebar
77 New Configuration Variables:
83 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
90 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
91 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
96 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
103 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
104 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
105 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
106 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
107 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
109 Quoting-Initials-Support
113 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
115 Assumed Character Set Patch:
116 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
119 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
122 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
124 Format Flowed Improvements:
125 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
128 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
131 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
132 signoff_string, umask
140 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
141 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
142 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
143 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
144 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
153 break-thread, link-threads
156 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
157 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
161 Compressed-Folder Support:
162 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
167 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
174 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
175 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
178 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
179 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
181 The following tools were removed:
182 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
183 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
184 They were replaced by:
185 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
186 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
187 Please check and update your configuration.