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diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp index a32b94d3..5fbe4dff 100644 --- a/pith/pine.hlp +++ b/pith/pine.hlp @@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ Additions include: <P> Bugs that have been addressed include: <UL> + <LI> Fix _INIT_ token for reply quote string to include support for 8-bit + in personal names. Reported by Lev Gorenstein. + <LI> When writing the .pinerc file, lines were truncated if they were longer + than 10,000 characters. This could cause data corruption, so now lines + are allowed to be of any length. + <LI> In Unix Alpine (but not in MAC OSX) fix a problem that made Alpine + remove attachments before they were open by a mailcap viewer. It + requires that the user has an equivalent to a command such as "ps + auxww" to list the list of processes, and check if there is any + program using the attachment. The default is "/bin/ps auxww", but + it can be changed at compile time with the option --with-ps-cmd. + See the help of the variable + <a href="h_config_psleep"><!--#echo var="VAR_mailcap-check-interval"--></a> + for more information. <LI> S/MIME: signed messages that contained an attachment would not validate. <LI> Crash when tcp connection to NNTP server was lost after connection had been established, but lost immediately afterwards. @@ -234,7 +248,8 @@ Bugs that have been addressed include: CPPCFLAGS, and so the --with-ssl-include-dir option take effect during the build. Fix by Ulf-Dietrich Braumann. <LI> Fix in WebAlpine: do not use deprecated dereference in pointer, - needs to use tcl_getstringresult() instead. Reported by Ulf-Dietrich Braumann. + needs to use tcl_getstringresult() instead. Reported by + Ulf-Dietrich Braumann. <LI> Quoted string in URL Viewers configuration variable were not unquoted before passing to viewer. <LI> Fix in configure script to detect location of tcl library; add @@ -243,6 +258,7 @@ Bugs that have been addressed include: by Werner Scheinast. <LI> Move SSL configurations from UW-IMAP to configure script, and update OpenSSL configuration for mac OSX. + <LI> Remove -lregex from linker flags when building --with-supplied-regex. </UL> <P> @@ -3584,6 +3600,7 @@ There are also additional details on <li><a href="h_config_image_viewer">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_image-viewer"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_inbox_path">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_inbox-path"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_archived_folders">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_incoming-archive-folders"--></a> +<li><a href="h_config_psleep">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_mailcap-check-interval"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_incoming_interv">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_incoming-check-interval"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_incoming_second_interv">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_incoming-check-interval-secondary"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_incoming_list">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_incoming-check-list"--></a> @@ -20573,6 +20590,47 @@ give up and consider it a failed connection. <End of help on this topic> </BODY> </HTML> +====== h_config_psleep ====== +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_mailcap-check-interval"--> (UNIX Alpine only)</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_mailcap-check-interval"--> (UNIX Alpine only)</H1> + +<P> +In the good old days a mailcap viewer was used to examine an +attachment before saving it, and after viewing the attachment control +would return to the operating system when the viewer was closed. Therefore, +when the mailcap viewer returned control to the operating system, it +could be assumed that the user who opened the attachment was done +examining it, and the copy of the attachment that was used, could be removed. + +<P> +However, today this assumption is not longer valid. Some viewers return +control to the operating system before they actually read the attachment +to be examined. This causes Alpine to delete the attachment before it +is read by the viewer, causing the viewer to fail opening the attachment. + +<P> +In order to work around this problem, Alpine checks, after the viewer has +returned control to the operating system, if there is any process that is +using the attachment. This variable controls the number of seconds that +must elapse between checks. Once it is found that no process is using the +attachment, this is removed. + +<P> +The minimum value for this variable is 60 (checks will be made once per +minute), and the maximum value is 600 (checks will be made once every 10 +minutes). The default value is 60. + +<P> +<UL> +<LI><A HREF="h_finding_help">Finding more information and requesting help</A> +</UL><P> +<End of help on this topic> +</BODY> +</HTML> ====== h_config_incoming_interv ====== <HTML> <HEAD> |