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 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
16 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
18 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
19 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
20 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
21 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
22 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
23 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
24 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
25 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
26 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
27 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
28 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
29 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
30 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
32 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
33 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
35 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
39 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
41 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
43 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
44 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
48 New Configuration Variables:
49 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
50 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
51 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
52 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
56 New Configuration Variables:
57 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
58 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
61 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
62 (still kept as synonym)
66 New Configuration Variables:
67 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
68 be shown in the sidebar
72 New Configuration Variables:
78 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
85 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
86 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
91 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
98 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
99 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
100 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
101 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
102 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
104 Quoting-Initials-Support
108 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
110 Assumed Character Set Patch:
111 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
114 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
117 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
119 Format Flowed Improvements:
120 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
123 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
126 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
127 signoff_string, umask
135 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
136 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
137 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
138 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
139 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
148 break-thread, link-threads
151 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
152 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
156 Compressed-Folder Support:
157 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
162 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
169 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
170 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
173 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
174 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
176 The following tools were removed:
177 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
178 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
179 They were replaced by:
180 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
181 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
182 Please check and update your configuration.