[bug-mailutils] mailutils-3.1 released [stable]

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hello,

I am pleased to announce the release of GNU mailutils version 3.1.

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 features a new implementation of the Sieve mail filtering
language. See below for a complete list of changes.

Here are the compressed sources:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.1.tar.gz (5.7MB)
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.1.tar.bz2 (3.9MB)
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.1.tar.xz (2.7MB)

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ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.1.tar.bz2.sig
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Here are the MD5 and SHA1 checksums:

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and the corresponding tarball. Then, run a command like this:

gpg --verify mailutils-3.1.tar.gz.sig

If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
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gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 3602B07F55D0C732

and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.

This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
Autoconf 2.69
Automake 1.14
Bison 2.7
Makeinfo 5.2

Noteworthy changes in this release:

* Sieve

The Sieve library essentially rewritten. The following new extensions
are implemented:

encoded-character - RFC 5228, 2.4.2.4
variables - RFC 5229
environment - RFC 5183

The utilities define the Sieve environment "location", and
"phase" as per the following table:

Utility | "location" | "phase"
--------+-------------+--------
maidag | "MDA" | "during"
inc | "MUA" | "post"
sieve | "MS" | "post"

The "sieve" utility provides a new option: --environment, for
manipulating the environment.

* Bugfixes
** Fix program name duplicate in the output of "mailutils help COMMAND"
** Fix several bugs in mhn
** Fix expansion of #, &, %, etc. in mail "copy" and "file" commands.
** Fix improper permissions after delivery to MH and Maildir mailboxes.
** Fix stream flushing code
** Fix the implementation of -nowhatnowproc option in mh

Regards,
Sergey

[PePa]

Hi Sergey,

Is there any willingness to link in GNU Libidn so sendmail can accept
IDN emails? I've reported this as a bug earlier, because the world seems
to be moving towards allowing this. I think it shouldn't be that hard,
and if there is a willingness to accept patches but no manpower on your
side, I would be happy to look into it.

Peter

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Post by PePa
Is there any willingness to link in GNU Libidn so sendmail can accept
IDN emails?

No objections at all.

Post by PePa
I've reported this as a bug earlier,

Yes, I've seen it and in fact has added it to my TODO list. But since
it is of relatively low priority and there are much more important
tasks, I cannot give any estimate as to when I'll be able to attend it.

Post by PePa
and if there is a willingness to accept patches but no manpower on your
side, I would be happy to look into it.

Yes, of course. I'd appreciate patches.

Regards,
Sergey