Uday Reddy writes: > I managed to take some time off during the Christmas break to finish up the > work leading up to the 8.2.0 version. I am doing a "beta-testing" release > because there have been some significant changes since the last > "alpha-testing" release. Please download it from the Launchpad web site: > > http://launchpad.net/vm
It works fine for me (Carbon-Emacs 24.0.92.1 under MacOS X 10.6). > 1. VM can now use the built-in SSL capability of Emacs, for talking to > POP/IMAP servers, e.g., gmail. Set the variable `vm-stunnel-program' to nil > to get this feature. The upcoming Gnu Emacs 24 has built-in SSL. Once you This works fine and is a welcome relief. Installing historical versions of stunnel everywhere is no fun. > 3. `vm-list-imap-folders' vastly improved. There are also other functions > for working with IMAP servers listed in the manual. The new vm-list-imap-folders is fine for modest-sized accounts. On my main account with > 100 mailboxes, it takes forever. I guess there isn't much to do about this, since IMAP implemented in Emacs Lisp is bound to be slow. > 5. Setting the variable `vm-mail-use-sender-address' to `t' allows VM to > pick up the sender of the current message as the recipient of a new message > composition. (Many people use `reply' to get this functionality, which is > not a right thing to do, as I have mentioned previously in the message > "Don't use the mailbox as an address book". Now, you _can_ use it as an > address book.) Sounds good, I have to try this! > Over 200 bug reports have been targeted and fixed for the 8.2.0 release. I > think we are slowly catching up all the lost time, and re-establishing VM as > the best mail reader there is. It's on the right track! Thanks for all the good work, Konrad.
