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@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +This program is written by Eggert Ehmke, eggert.ehmke@berlin.de. +It is distributed under the GNU public license. See COPYING for details. +It is based on the command line tool showmail written by Manfred Haertel, +Manfred.Haertel@rz-online.de. + +Kshowmail is a KDE tool to watch mails on a POP3 server. +Headers and complete mails can be viewed without loading them to the +local mail client. Unpleasant mail can be deleted from the server. +The list of displayed mails can be refreshed via configurable timers. +Filters can be assigned to mark known spam for deletion. +Multiple accounts are supported. +A sound can be played if new mail arrives. +A command menu allows user configurable commands like fetchmail or sendmail. +A special command can be defined to send complain mail against spam. + +The modifications I provided are mainly Qt/KDE stuff to generate a nice +GUI interface. I am using the great development tool kDevelop V2.1. + +If you find the tool useful, tell me about it. If you find any bugs or +want some additional features, just give me a hint. As time allows, +I will try to fix them. If you like to translate the language files, +I would be very happy. + +With version 0.5 the passwords are stored as scrambled text in the kshowmailrc file. +This is no absolute protection, but at least the password cannot be read as +clear text anymore. If you have old rc files with stored passwords, you must reeenter +them. + +With version 2.2.0 large parts of the configuration are stored in the kshowmail.xml file, +together with already loaded headers. The improves the speed of refresh a lot, as only +new headers are loaded again. However, this concept is again imcompatible with the old +rc file. You have to create your accounts again. + +Installation: see the INSTALL file and check the following: +make sure the environment variables KDEDIR, QTDIR and PATH contain the correct values. +For SuSE these are: +KDEDIR=/opt/kde3 +QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3 +PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$QTDIR/bin:... +If not already installed, you need the kde network include files. Get the +kdenetwork-devel and kdepim-devel rpm packages or the source files. + +Known bugs: +The connection to the pop3 server fails, if there is a null password. +Sound gets interrupted sometimes. + +Fixed bugs: +the messages are sorted in a wrong sequence; fixed in 0.2 +the optiondelete.xpm file is not installed via tgz; fixed in 0.2 +some messages are not translated into other languages; fixed in 0.3 +segfaults when working on empty config list; fixed in 0.3 +on some servers the service is called pop-3. fixed in 0.4 by connect via port 110 +the status line is only updated after transfer. fixed in 0.5 by changed event handling +during dialogs or message boxes conflicting timers fixed in 0.5 +password scrambling algorithm problem fixed in 0.5.1 +Endless loop if long messages are displayed fixed in 0.5.2 +kshowmail locks if several messages are shown in sequence fixed in 0.5.2 +Sometimes the toolbar/statusbar get lost fixed in 2.2.0 +If the number of UIDL's in the cache exceedes 200, fixed in 2.2.0; no uidl cache anymore +old mail may be shown as new, if still on the server. we use xml file now +the uidl0 is not found in the cache, even if it exists +If the first account has no new messages, and the +second account can't get connection, +the list is not refreshed. fixed in 2.2.1 +Crash when KDE shutdown fixed in 2.2.2 +The sorting of messages by other columns (size) +does not work. (535377) fixed in 3.0.0 +The sorting by message numbers does not work correctly fixed in 3.0.1 +in case of multiple accounts +The AlertDialog::signalOk does not work. (514243) fixed in 3.0.1, was KDE2 bug +Crash if all messages of last account are deleted fixed in 3.0.1, never seen again +Missing header fields if transfer interrupted (542602) fixed in 3.0.1 +Crash when disabling account (559122) fixed in 3.0.1 +Wrong account activated if sorted backward (562903) fixed in 3.0.2 + +Acknowledgements: +Since I started the kshowmail development, I received lots of feedback and constructive +critics from all over the world. I appreciate this very much and want to say "thank you" +to all of you. In particular: + +Manfred Haertel <Manfred.Haertel@rz-online.de> who wrote the original command line version. +Espen Sand <espen.sand@neo.no> who provided the timers and some keyboard shortcuts. +Nicolas Vignal <nicolas.vignal@fnac.net> who provided RPM's for RedHat, + and the french translation. +Serge Parmentier <gerapa@skynet.be>� who updated the french translation +Edgardo Garc�a <edyx@mindless.com> who provided the spanish translation +Stephan Giesler <giesler@gmx.net> who updated the spanish translation and + did some testing. +Mattias Newzella <newzella@swipnet.se> who provided the swedish translation +Aharon Schkolnik <aharon@health.gov.il>, who did a lot of testing and created a lot of +Matthias Doell <mail@MatthiasDoell.de>, ideas that are now part of kshowmail. +Thomas Watz <twatz@gmx.de> +Maic Szotek <webmaster@dragontower.de> who provided the nice new icons for the + 3.x.x version. +Gustavo Zamorano S. <gzsuniq@cableonda.net> who suggested the "Reply" feature and tested + some scripts. +Sandor Laza <slaza@xs4all.nl> who provided the hungarian translation. +Gabriele Postorino <g.posto@tin.it> who provided the italian translation. +Robert Kratky <kratky@rob.cz> who provided the czech translation. + +Have a lot of fun! ;-) |