Hello Duncan, On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:22:18 +0000, Duncan wrote: > However, be aware that the 0.14.x series is based on a dead and no longer > updated C code base. Newer pan is a C++ rewrite, with the first public > beta being 0.90, and the current beta version now 0.121. There's nothing > wrong with using the old version, and please continue asking for help with > it and we'll do our best, but because it's older and enough different to > matter in places (such as this), please be sure to mention the version > with every question (as you did here) or you're likely to have some rather > confused replies, wondering what kind of strange pan you are using. =8^)
Thanks, this helped and I have also suggested the same across maemo-devel > It /may/ be worthwhile porting new-pan over. As I said on devel, since > maemo is gtk based already, and you mentioned a cross-dev kit, it > shouldn't be that difficult -- provided you have that type of skills, > anyway. If not or if you just want to use the old version, just > remember to mention the version any time you ask something, and don't > expect any further updates on the dead code branch, and you should do > fine. Like I have likely mentioned earlier somewhere, that I am just a technician but will try to see how much I can help for porting/development efforts, but can't promise. Though I hope to help for QA. > As for 0.12.0, I'm guessing you meant 0.120. The question then makes > sense in context as I'll explain. 0.12.0 is probably 5 years old -- the > first major pan version based on GTK-2.0, so is /very/ outdated. > Additionally, IIRC (and I may not), it used the same SMTP setup as 0.14, > so the question does /not/ make sense in that context. Thus, I'll > assume you meant 0.120, since that /does/ make sense. this is clear & understandable. > To the question itself... 0.14.x (and back into the 0.11.x series at > least) pan handled reply to sender and forward via mail rather > differently than new-pan (0.90+) does. Current pan has a preferences > setting for mail client, and hands off mail messages to it, so pan > itself does no direct mailing and thus requires only that the mail > client it is pointed at works -- and only requires that if you actually > try to send anything via mail. are you suggesting present version uses, my default mail client or MUA something ? could it post via newsgroup configured ? -kevin _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
