Re: [bug-mailutils] mailutils-3.0 released [stable]

[PePa]

It still doesn't support International Domain Names natively. When I do:
mail address@hidden
It will fail after I finish composing the email with:
Cannot parse address address@hidden' (while expanding address@hidden'):
Malformed email address

I think in this day and age, this should be built in.

Hope this can be included soon.
Peter


On 07/11/2559 14:29, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am pleased to announce the release of GNU mailutils version 3.0.
> 
> GNU Mailutils is a protocol-independent framework for email processing.
> It provides a set of libraries for doing almost any mail-related task on
> any existing mailbox format, using a consistent format-independent API.  
> 
> Several tools are built atop of these libraries and included in the package.
> Among them are pop3 and imap4 servers, the traditional mailx mail reader,
> the sieve mail filtering utility and a complete set of MH utilities that
> can be used with GNU Emacs MH-E mode.
> 
> Visit http://mailutils.org for more information.
> 
> This release is a result of a major rewrite that took several years.  See
> below for a list of noteworthy changes. 
> 
> Here are the compressed sources:
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> [*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
> .sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file
> and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:
> 
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> 
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> then run this command to import it:
> 
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> 
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> 
> This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
>   Autoconf 2.69
>   Automake 1.14
>   Bison 2.7
>   Makeinfo 5.2
> 
> New in this release:
> 
> * Important changes
> 
> ** Main configuration file renamed to mailutils.conf
> 
> ** IPv6 support.
> 
> The core library as well as client and server utilities support
> AF_INET6 family of addresses.
> 
> ** Support for POP3S and IMAP4S in the respective servers.
> 
> A single instance of pop3d is able to handle several subservers,
> supporting both plain POP3 and encrypted POP3S simultaneously.  The
> same holds true for imap4d.
> 
> ** DBM support reimplemented from scratch.
> 
> The most important result of this change is that Mailutils is now able
> to handle databases of different formats (e.g. GDBM, Berkeley DB,
> NDBM) simultaneously, without need to reconfigure it.  The database
> flavor to use is selected at runtime, using `database URL'.  For
> example, "gdbm:///etc/mail/aliases.db" refers to a GDBM database.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/libmu_dbm>.
> 
> ** New utility `mailutils'
> 
> Multi-purpose tool which can be of use to users, programmers
> and system administrators.  It allows you to retrieve information
> about Mailutils configuration, check ACLs and authentication tickets,
> list, create or modify DBM files, construct filters of arbitrary
> complexity and many more.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/mu>.
> 
> ** Configurable file safety checking
> 
> Some files, such as SSL key files, need particular protection, while
> others (e.g. users' forward files) don't require it.  Mailutils
> configuration allows for configuring what safety checks are required
> for each group of files.  Files not meeting the configured criteria
> are not used to avoid compromising security.
> 
> ** Improved debugging and diagnostics
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/debug_level>.
> 
> ** Imap4d underwent a lot of changes to comply to existing RFCs
> 
> ** Pop3d and imap4d allow for mailbox-independent compulsory locking
> 
> This feature is useful for those system administrators who don't wish
> to permit simultaneous access to mailboxes, even when the nature of the
> mailbox allows that (e.g. maildir).
> 
> ** SMTPS support.
> 
> ** Sieve: new extensions
> 
> New extension action `pipe' invokes arbitrary external program and
> pipes the message (or any part thereof) to it.  
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/Pipe>.
> 
> A similar test uses the program exit code to decide what to do with
> the message.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/Pipe_test>.
> 
> New extension test `list' compares values of mail headers from a
> supplied list with a list of values.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/List_(Sieve_test)>.
> 
> New extension test `timestamp' compares the value of a structured date
> header field with the given date.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/Timestamp_(Sieve_test)>.
> 
> Implemented the Editheader extension: `addheader' and `delheader' actions.
> 
> See <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5293>.
> 
> ** mail: sending attachments
> 
> The mail[x] utility now allows for sending attachments.  Any number of
> files can be attached to the composed letter by using the `--attach'
> (`-A') options.  The files will be attached in the same order in which
> they appear in the command line.  By default, each attachment is
> assigned the content type "application/octet-stream" and is encoded
> using Base64.  This can be changed using the `--content-type' and
> `--encoding' options.  These options affect all attachments that
> appear after them in the command line, until next occurrence of the
> same option or end of command line, whichever occurs first.  For
> example:
> 
>   mail -A prog --encoding quoted-printable --content-type text/c \
>        -A main.c -A ext.h
> 
> Here, the file "prog" will be attached with the content type
> "application/octet-stream" and encoding base64, while the files
> "main.c" and "ext.h" will be marked with content type "text/c" and
> encoded using "quoted-printable" algorithm.
> 
> The mail shell provides the following new escapes to handle attachments:
> 
>  ~l
>     Lists all attachments.  The output is a numbered list of
>     attachments with their corresponding content types and
>     encodings.
>     
>  ~+ filename [content-type [encoding]]
>     Attach the file `filename'.  Optional arguments supply the content
>     type and encoding to use instead of the defaults.
> 
>  ~^ N
>     Delete Nth attachment.
> 
> ** mail: the -r option
> 
> The meaning of the `-r' option has changed.  Now it introduces the
> return address to use when sending mail.  This is an incompatible
> change.
> 
> The return address can also be set from the mail shell, by assigning
> to the `return-address' variable, e.g.:
> 
>  set return-address "address@hidden"
>     
> ** MH: improved compatibility with other implementations
> 
> ** MH inc: new option -moveto
> 
> This option instructs the utility to move incorporated messages into
> another folder instead of deleting them. It is implemented only for
> input folders of type IMAP or IMAPS. A sample usage is:
> 
>  inc -truncate -moveto Read -file imaps://imap.gmail.com
> 
> Note the `-truncate' option. 
> 
> ** MH show and msgchk
> 
> Implemented two new programs: show and msgchk.
> 
> ** MH: multiple sources
> 
> The `inc' command is able to incorporate messages from several
> source mailboxes. These are specified via multiple `-file'
> options, e.g.:
> 
>   inc  -truncate \
>        -file 'imaps://imap.gmail.com;moveto=archived' \
>        -file pops://mail.gnu.org \
>        -file /var/mail/root
> 
> Additional parameters can be used in URLs supplied with the `-file'
> option:
> 
>   moveto=FOLDER
>     Moves incorporated messages into FOLDER.  This is similar to the
>     `-moveto' option, but applies only to that particular mailbox.
>     See the example above.
>     
>   nomoveto
>     Disables the previous `-moveto' option.
> 
>   truncate[=BOOL]
>     Controls source mailbox truncation.  If BOOL is not given or is
>     "yes", the mailbox will be truncated after successful processing.
>     If BOOL is "no", the source mailbox will not be truncated.
> 
> ** MH aliases
> 
> The "< FILE" construct has been extended to allow for building the
> list of aliases on the fly.  If FILE is an executable file and its
> first line begins with a shell interpreter magic (#!/ or #! /), then
> instead of being included, such file is run using "/bin/sh -c", its
> output is collected and included in the aliases.
>     
> ** mailutils-config is deprecated.
> 
> Use `mailutils cflags' and `mailutils ldflags' instead.  The
> mailutils-config is rewritten as a wrapper over these commands.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/mu> for more information.
> 
> ** movemail functionality considerably improved
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/Fetching_Mail_with_Movemail>.
> 
> ** Support for Kyoto Cabinet DBM.
> 
> Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. It is
> the successor of Tokyo Cabinet. Kyoto Cabinet is a free software
> licensed under the GNU General Public License.
> 
> * Configuration changes
> 
> These are of particular interest to installers.
> 
> ** New configuration options to disable particular groups of utilities.
> 
> The `--enable-build-servers' options controls whether servers (such as
> imap4d, pop3d, comsat) will be built.  Its counterpart,
> `--enable-build-clients' controls whether client utilities will be
> built.
> 
> The effect of both options is overridden by the `--enable-build-*'
> options for particular components.  For example, to build only
> the "mail" utility:
> 
>   ./configure --disable-build-clients --enable-build-mail
> 
> ** The --with-mailbindir option
> 
> This option changes installation directory for the "mail" utility.
> 
> The following command will configure Mailutils to build only a
> statically-linked copy of the "mail" utility and install it to
> /bin:
> 
>  ./configure \
>    LDFLAGS=-static\
>    --enable-build-mail\
>    --with-mailbindir='/bin'\
>    --disable-shared\
>    --disable-virtual-domains\
>    --disable-python\
>    --disable-pam\
>    --disable-cxx\
>    --disable-build-servers\
>    --disable-build-clients\
>    --without-gsasl\
>    --without-tcp-wrappers\
>    --without-fribidi\
>    --without-mysql\
>    --without-postgres\
>    --without-odbc\
>    --without-ldap\
>    --without-guile\
>    --without-dbm
> 
> ** DBM options
> 
> It is normally not needed to specify --with-gdbm, --with-berkeley-db
> or --with-ndbm explicitly.  Configuration will automatically pick up
> all available DBM libraries it can use.
> 
> The option `--with-dbm' can be used to enable or disable building of
> all available DBM interfaces.  Its effect is overridden by `--with-*'
> options for particular interfaces.  For example, to build only GDBM
> (even if another databases are supported by the system):
> 
>   ./configure --without-dbm --with-gdbm
> 
> ** Nntp client is not yet implemented
> 
> ** Link with GSASL by default
> 
> GSASL is used by several Mailutils components (notably pop3d
> and imap4d as well as their client counterparts) for authentication.
> Since this version, it is enabled by default if configure detects the
> presence of GNU SASL version 0.2.3 or later.
> 
> This can be disabled using the --without-gsasl option.
> 
> ** Experimental features
> 
> The C++ bindings are considered experimental and unstable.
> 
> * Changes to the library
> 
> ** Stream support is rewritten from scratch
> 
> Stream support is a cornerstone on which the rest of Mailutils is
> built.  The new implementation was developed with three main
> objectives in mind: reliability, speed and consistency.
> 
> ** URL support is rewritten from scratch
> 
> New URL functions allow both for creating URLs from string
> representations and for building them from parts.
> 
> ** Filter support is rewritten from scratch
> 
> Apart from the implementation itself, lots of new filters are
> provided.  See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/Category:Filters> for a
> list of those.
> 
> A concept of `filter chains' was introduced, which allows for
> creating new filters using existing ones as their components.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/Mu#filter>, for a description.
> 
> ** POP client library is rewritten from scratch
> 
> The new library provides two APIs: a traditional mailbox API which
> hides the particularities of the POP protocol, and POP-specific API,
> which allows for writing applications directly accessing POP features.
> 
> ** SMTP client library is rewritten from scratch
> 
> The new library provides a detailed control over the SMTP
> transaction.
> 
> ** Support for Maildir and MH formats considerably improved.
> 
> ** The mailbox object contains a `copy' method.
> 
> This method copies the requested set of messages into another
> mailbox. It is accessed using the `mu_mailbox_msgset_copy' or
> `mu_mailbox_message_copy' functions.  So far it is implemented
> only for IMAP and IMAPS mailboxes.
> 
> ** MIME support improved.
> 
> ** Debugging support considerably improved.
> 
> See <http://mailutils.org/wiki/debug_level>.
> 
> ** Configuration file support (libmu_cfg) rewritten.
> 
> * New Scheme primitives
> 
> ** mu-mailbox-sync
> 
> Synchronizes the changes done to the mailbox with its external
> storage.
> 
> ** mu-mailbox-expunge
> 
> Similar to mu-mailbox-sync, but also permanently removes messages
> marked for deletion.
> 
> ** mu-mailbox-flush
> 
> Marks all messages as seen, and synchronizes the changes with the
> mailbox external storage.  Depending on its second argument, removes
> messages marked for deletion.
> 
> Best regards,
> Sergey
> 
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