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diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp index 1f0de5be..b23eabad 100644 --- a/pith/pine.hlp +++ b/pith/pine.hlp @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ with help text for the config screen and the composer that didn't have any reasonable place to be called from. Dummy change to get revision in pine.hlp ============= h_revision ================= -Alpine Commit 417 2020-04-05 01:33:49 +Alpine Commit 418 2020-04-11 22:28:50 ============= h_news ================= <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ problems you find with this release. <LI> New variable system-certs-file that allows users to configure the location of a container of certificate authority (CA) certificates to be used to validate certificates of remote servers. + +<LI> Remove sleep of 5 seconds for mailcap programs that use the terminal + to display content. Suggested by Carl Edquist. In addition to remove + configurable process table command and it corresponding sleep time. </UL> <P> @@ -860,15 +864,6 @@ Bugs that have been addressed include: <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> S/MIME: signed and encrypted messages from Thunderbird would not validate. Thanks to Andreas Schamanek for testing, debugging and @@ -4603,7 +4598,6 @@ 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> @@ -21848,47 +21842,6 @@ 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> |