The Bat!
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 RITLABS S.R.L.
Version 1.48 Christmas Edition
What's new in The Bat! 1.48 Christmas Edition?
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[ + Added feature ]
[ * Improved/changed feature ]
[ - Bug fixed (we hope) ]
[*] Menu shortcuts are now localisable.
[-] Fixed displaying of ampersand character in attached files tabs.
[*] Some fixes in PFX import code.
[*] More convenient way of setting encryption defaults from Message Editor.
[*] Workaround for non-RFC-compliant POP3 servers.
[-] Bug with "Control eMsg does not have parent window" fatal exception.
[+] Backup/Restore/Sync is now available in the Tools menu.
[+] In Options|S/MIME preferences, you may turn on S/MIME compression that works according "Compressed Data Content Type for S/MIME" work in progress. This feature is not implemented yet by a majority of S/MIME-enabled e-mail clients, so do not turn it on unless you send encrypted messages to The Bat! users only.
[-] Hour-Glass cursor when copying/moving a group of messages.
[*] %ABnnnPPP macros now can have the default value if used in form %ABnnnPPP="value"
[-] "Gender bug" in the address book.
[*] A few changes/fixes to the Mail Dispatcher.
[-] Bug with the addressing when an entry contained 8-bit characters in the name.
[+] "Mass Mailing" menu in the Address Book's "File" menu.
[+] "View|Certificate databases" menu option in the address book for hiding CA address books
[-] The Bat! did not hang up the DUN connection used when /EXIT command line parameter was used...
[-] Fixed substitution of addressed into address-related macros (e.g. %TO="%OTOLIST"%TO="%OCCLIST" that nearly emulates "Reply To All")
[*] Check timer interval can be set in seconds
[-] Fixed a bug of Beta/6-Beta/7 with prompting POP password.
[*] POP-before-SMTP authentication reworked. It now invokes a real POP3 "receiving mail" window, but do not actually retrieves mail after logon.
[*] New SMTP Authentication Dialogue.
[+] %ABxxxyyy macros to extract information from the address book.
[+] Load RSA key material (PKCS#1) for PGP key generation.
[-] "Grid index out of range" bug.
[+] Import of a separate private key in PKCS#1 format.
[+] Certificate Import from Base64.
[-] Fixed some memory leaks.
[*] New POP3 password dialogue box is not more popping up during POP3 session if not needed. Also, if it is configured to always prompt for POP3 password, The Bat! does not offer to update account data.
[*] Improved Mail Dispatcher - it is now possible to select multiple messages and sort by clicking the column header. At last :-)
[-] Fixed a few memory leaks.
[*] ISO-8859-2 table put back as it was before 1.47
[-] New Receive Authentication dialogue box in Account Properties.
[+] CRAM-MD5 authentication on POP3!
[-] Print action of a filter could print a message from a wrong position.
[+] It's possible to choose encryption/hash algorithms for S/MIME.
[-] When choosing S/MIME Certificate export format, and checking "Include all the certificates in the certification path if possible", CA certificates has only be searched in Address Books, not users' certificate store, that might cause only the selected certificate without CA certificates being exported.
[+] IDEA encryption in S/MIME.
[+] Cache certificate passphrase.
[+] Encrypt to Senders in S/MIME.
[+] Import from .TBB and .ABD.
[+] Mass Mailing dialogue.
[*] Viewer/Editor component is used in the Account Log window.
[*] History strings are being saved to "HISTORY.HIS" file. History strings are removed from registry.
[*] Lot of configuration data removed from registry to .INI-files.
[*] References to Card Files (Message|Submit A Form of a main window) are being in 'CADFILE.INI' and removed from Registry.
[*] RC2-128 cipher is used for encryption of password-protected maintenance files.
[*] /ImportLDIF is now sensible to the DELETE parameter.
[-] %OATTAHCMENT macro was not working often.
[-] No text to quote when answering to a "pure" HTML message.
[-] Create Reading Confirmation filter action was not working.
[-] Some MAPI support fixes.
[-] Mass mailing caused AV when applied to an empty list.
[-] Hang-ups could happen when backing up/restoring relatively big address books.
[*] Some cosmetic changes to Maintenance Centre.
[*] In case of any abuses or bugs detected while using it, please don't hesitate to write us to:
Information requests : [email protected]
Bug reports : [email protected]
Useful suggestions : [email protected]