VMail3 - Known Bug List

Outstanding bugs in the current version

Bugs that have been fixed in the current version

V3.1.5
Support missing for saving deleted messages automatically

Status: added as an option

V3.1.5
Messages are not split properly if there are spaces in the MIME boundary

Status: fixed

V3.1.5
Cannot move/copy messages from newsgroups

Status: full support added

V3.1.5
Attachments in news messages are not handled

Status: full attachment support added

V3.1.4
Extra disk space required is excessive when converting

Status: only 1MB extra required and diskusage and diskspace now return Kbytes

V3.1.4
Cannot handle folders with "." in the name

Status: fixed by replacing "." with "%" in folder menus

V3.1.4
ICARUS encrypted attachments are not readable

Status: fixed X-Sun-Encoding-Info line

V3.1.3.1
If you "quote" a message when replying or doing a followup, the header information is not retained and the fields in the compose window will not be correctly filled in.

Status: fixed

V3.1.4
Manually entering folder names using the Other... menu option caused a loop when a non-existing folder name was entered

Status: added new picklist procedure

V3.1.4
Setting the Fcc field to a new folder will not create the folder and the message will not be logged.

Status: fixed

V3.1.3.2
To: addresses getting munged

Status: fixed removal of Read-Receipt-To: line

V3.1.3.2
Print dialog does not stay up front

Status: added grab

V3.1.3.2
Wordwrap in ascii prints not working

Status: fixed

V3.1.3.1
Button 2 menu posting does not work

Status: added tearoff option to names, folder, and newsgroup menus

V3.1.3.1
Cannot use puts over socket on solaris (2.4)

Status: installed tk4.1 final and tcl7.5 final

V3.1.3.1
Takes too long to rebuild folders >100 when file by sender

Status: auto rebuild removed

V3.1.3.1
The maximum number of menu entries set under "Change Other Options" is not honoured by the newsgroup menu.

Status: limit now recognized

V3.1.3.1
The maximum number of menu entries set under "Change Other Options" is not honoured by the folder menus.

Status: limit now recognized

V3.1.3.1
If you try to delete the current folder, it will cause a looping "mtime" error message that can only be gotten out of by killing vmail3 from the command line.

Status: opens +Inbox if current folder deleted or renamed

V3.1.3.1
Messages that have been read are not being marked as read when the folder is opened

Status: also added Folder Functions to mark all messages in a folder as read/unread


John van Gulik