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.
20 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
22 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
24 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
25 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
29 New Configuration Variables:
30 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
31 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
32 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
33 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
37 New Configuration Variables:
38 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
39 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
42 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
43 (still kept as synonym)
47 New Configuration Variables:
48 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
49 be shown in the sidebar
53 New Configuration Variables:
59 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
66 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
67 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
72 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
79 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
80 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
81 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
82 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
83 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
85 Quoting-Initials-Support
89 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
91 Assumed Character Set Patch:
92 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
95 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
98 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
100 Format Flowed Improvements:
101 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
104 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
107 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
108 signoff_string, umask
116 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
117 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
118 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
119 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
120 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
129 break-thread, link-threads
132 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
133 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
137 Compressed-Folder Support:
138 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
143 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
150 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
151 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
154 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
155 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
157 The following tools were removed:
158 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
159 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
160 They were replaced by:
161 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
162 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
163 Please check and update your configuration.