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.
37 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
39 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
41 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
42 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
46 New Configuration Variables:
47 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
48 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
49 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
50 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
54 New Configuration Variables:
55 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
56 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
59 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
60 (still kept as synonym)
64 New Configuration Variables:
65 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
66 be shown in the sidebar
70 New Configuration Variables:
76 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
83 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
84 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
89 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
96 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
97 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
98 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
99 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
100 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
102 Quoting-Initials-Support
106 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
108 Assumed Character Set Patch:
109 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
112 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
115 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
117 Format Flowed Improvements:
118 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
121 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
124 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
125 signoff_string, umask
133 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
134 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
135 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
136 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
137 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
146 break-thread, link-threads
149 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
150 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
154 Compressed-Folder Support:
155 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
160 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
167 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
168 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
171 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
172 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
174 The following tools were removed:
175 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
176 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
177 They were replaced by:
178 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
179 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
180 Please check and update your configuration.