This file lists incompatible changes and additional/new features made to
mutt. Please read this file carefully when upgrading your installation.
+The description of changes are intentionally brief. For a more detailed
+explanation of features, please refer to the manual at
+http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/
+
The keys used are:
!: modified feature, -: deleted feature, +: new feature
%d will fall back to %F which will fall back to %f.
+ <rename-attachment> allows an attachment name to be changed, without
modifying the underlying file's name.
- ! The user's muttrc will additionally be searched for in
+ ! Mutt will look for the user's muttrc additionally in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/.
+ Compressed mbox and mmdf files are now supported via open-hook,
close-hook, and append-hook. See contrib/sample.muttrc-compress
prefix is specified via $mark_macro_prefix.
+ <setenv> and <unsetenv> can be used to add/remove environment variables
passed to children.
- ! OpenSSL certificate verification has been reworked to suppport alternative
- chains.
+ ! Mutt will now use the built-in OpenSSL SSL_set_verify() callback
+ to verify certificates. This allows better support for verifying
+ chains, including alternative chain support.
+ $uncollapse_new controls whether a thread will be uncollapsed when a new
message arrives.
! $to_chars and $status_chars now accept multibyte characters.
This can be used to declutter subject lines in the index.
+ <edit-label> can be used to add, change, or delete a message's X-Label.
! Pattern expressions with ~y support label tab completion.
- + LMDB backend support for the header cache.
- + Kyoto Cabinet backend support for the header cache.
+ + The header cache now also supports Kyoto Cabinet and LMDB as
+ backend databases.
1.7.2 (2016-12-04):