New Folder Tabs Interface
Folder Tabs
interface is completely reworked in order to provide a new way to access
various groups of folders and messages. The new Folder
Favourite sets allow to keep
some specific folders and addresses together in a single list. Address
History tab in the Folder Tabs to keep track of people one is exchanging
messages with. Address History
You may
setup the Address History to keep track of people you are messaging with. This
way, you may quickly find messages from a particular person,
know when you or she/he wrote you last time, etc. The setup wizard collects
initial information from your existing message base, so you can start using the
Address History right away. When you enable the Address History, you may access
the list of recorded correspondents at the "Addresses" tab of the
folder pane in the main program's window. Modern Look
The main
windows of the program have modern look: ·
The
tabs has new navigation controls; ·
Headers
and free space in windows have nice gradient background; ·
Buttons
in the header filed also look much nicer because they also support gradients; ·
Removed
unnecessary borders around graphic components, that helps to avoids visual
clutter; ·
The
account section of the status bar has it's
own customisable popup menu. The status bar has also
an option to show the account log or have it hidden. URL Manager for Retrieval
of HTML Images in The Background
The Bat! now shows images in HTML messages referenced by http
protocol. Noting the fact that this opportunity has been abused by data “phishers”, The Bat! Introduces
sophisticated URL Manager to control the retrieval of messages not by folder or
addressee, but by particular hosts or URLs. Easier Support and
Maintenance
The Bat! now sets %EMAIL%
environment variable to its mail directory (where mail accounts and address
books are kept on disk). You can now type %EMAIL% in the address location of Windows
Explorer to quickly to The Bat! mail directory. This
significantly simplifies technical support: the user is easily able to locate
the mail directory right from Windows Explorer, regardless whether this
directory in “Program Files” or “User’s data” folder, even if the user doesn’t
exactly know where the mail directory actually is Capitalization of The Addresses’ Name
The first
character is of the adressee’s name is automatically
capitalized if the recipient is specified by e-mail only. For example, if you
specify only "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in the "To:" line of a
new message, it will now put "Hello Stefan," in the message text, and
not "Hello stefan," as before. This is
because of the new algorithm of %TOFName and related
macros. Advanced Image Viewer
The
internal image viewer allows to view all attached
images in selected messages, navigating between images. It supports rotate, advanced
resize and zoom algorithms and full screen mode. It now also supports JPEG images with 4-component colour schemes (CMYK and YCCK). Such JPEG files can also displayed
as embedded images of HTML messages. Improved Speed
Message
list sorting by "From", "To" or "Subject" column
is now five times faster. The Bat! should also consume
less memory because of fixed memory leaks. Support of TNEF Format
Some
attachments in a message forwarded from Outlook were not
visible nor accessible from TB, because Outlook uses its own (TNEF)
format for encapsulating attachments. These messages did contain winmail.dat or
message.att file rather than the actually attached files. The Bat! currently support extraction of regular files. TNEF can also
include nested binary (Outlook IMessage) messages,
Outlook meeting requests, Outlook delivery reports, and so on. Such binary Outlook
objects are not yet extracted Smart Security Buttons
The buttons
that appear in the header panel when you see a PGP or S/MIME message now display
multiple properties of a message. For example, when a message is signed and
encrypted, you will see a single button that combine both “signature” and
“encryption” images. The menu of
this button works smarter: it shows the whole list of security actions available
on this message (e.g. decrypt, show signature details, import certificate,
etc). The most important action is marked by the bold font style. If you click
the left mouse key on this security button, this important action is executed.
If the message has more than one important action, the left mouse key then
invokes the pop-up menu to give the user choice: which of the important actions
to perform. |
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