The Bat! 8.8.2

# New features
* The support of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) has been implemented
* 32-bit and 64-bit versions are now available (The new The Bat! 64-bit version will be released after November 21, 2013.)
* it is now possible to save message text in the UTF-8 format
* the new %COPY("text", start, count) macro allows extracting a portion of characters provided by “text” starting from a certain character, e.g. %COPY("%otext", 1, 100) will return 100 characters starting from the first character of the original message text while replying or forwarding messages.
* Sorting Office: a new action to extract files by masks
# Improvements
* The Bat! 6.0 became a fully-Unicode application
* Optimized interface display on high DPI monitors
# Fixes
* issues regarding the import of messages from large UNIX-mailbox files have been eliminated
* the Address Book remembers the "Lock Toolbars" option now
* the widths of the filter list columns in the Sorting Office are now remembered
* the problems connected with message Tags have been resolved

# Improvements
* Improvements of user interface in "OpenPGP Key Generation Wizard" window
* RFC 2045 recommends to ignore invalid characters in BASE64 decoder
# Fixes
* Cosmetic fixes when displaying OpenPGP internal implementation errors
* Internal program errors related to comparison of strings in data containers have been fixed
* Some issues related to message tags have been fixed

# Improvements
* German user interface translation update
# Fixes
* Program errors regarding the Quick Reply panel have been fixed

# Improvements
* Warning when parked messages are moved is back

# New Features
* The option of locking The Bat!'s interface toolbars has been implemented.
# Improvements
* The /LOG_PGP_COMMAND_LINE command line parameter has been implemented
* The default mail server settings for t-online.de wanadoo.fr, mail.ru, list.ru, bk.ru, inbox.ru have been added
# Fixes
* The issue related to the processing of the print command invoked via the key combination Ctrl+P in The Bat!'s internal Image Viewer has been fixed.
* The Invert case feature now works properly in all The Bat!'s editors for all the regional languages of the operating system.
* The reply counter in the German language "AW:" now works as the reply counter in the English language "Re:".
* The issue related to pressing AltGr in the mail editor for Hungarian and German keyboard layouts has been fixed.
* The search function in Cookies has been fixed.
* The negative counters issue in IMAP accounts, caused by the access of more than one client, has been fixed.
* Outlook Express contacts could not be imported.
* Creating messages using HTML-templates with images could lead to the loss of the last angle bracket.

# New features
- PluginAPI: Message tags can be manipulated
# Improvements
- Some mailers are known to violate RFC2047 5.(3) and split multi-octet character across adjacent 'encoded-word's (we concatenate adjacent 'encoded-word's with the same character set to work around this issue)
- User interface fixes at the Account" menu
- Cosmetic fixes under the "Account -> Properties" menu
- yandex.ru e-mail settings were added
- Hunspell engine was updated to version 1.3.2
- Now the user has less steps to select user dictionary to add words to a spell checker dictionary
- Interface fixes in the "Help" menu
- Cosmetic fixes at IMAP Settings
- Preferences dialogue should now always appear in the centre of the screen
- Default mail server settings for www.outlook.com were added
- Custom ServersInfo.INI can be placed into the mail directory in order to add default transport settings for new accounts
# Fixes
- Message Finder: the option for searching of the whole words only was ignored
- Messages about invalid PNG files are not displayed; instead as much data as possible is recovered from the broken images
- RFC-822 headers weren't immediately visible when selecting HTML message ("View > RFC-822 Headers" mode)
- An account with non-administrator privileges could not operate the "Preferences" dialogue
- IMAP. Negative counter error after message expunging
- Changes of column widths in Address Book tree were lost after program restart
- Birthday notification can be invisible and lock the program
- HTML template cannot be used for messages created from command line
- Source View - the Print function was not working correctly
- "TTaskUpdater.DecUse: negative reference counter, the "already destroyed!" error message while performing folder maintenance
- Possible multi-threading problem while terminating folder maintenance
- Current server's SMTP Authentication settings were not taken into the configuration dialogue when "SMTP on-the-go" was used
- "Watch and Send files" scheduler action incorrectly encoded long file names
- PluginAPI. The filter wasn't used when getting the message list
- Some 8-bit encoding problems when sending a message to an Address Group
- Root CA certificates have been updated
- Some 8-bit encoding problems when sending a message to an Address Group have been fixed
- Selected Headers of the Message Editor were shown wrong in menus
- Changing of a message priority was not reflected at the MailTicker(TM)
- Read filters were always invoked regardless of the "Manual Only" settings
- Message editor: some HTML messages were quoted in a wrong way
- Timeout in account settings wasn't used for IMAP connection
- Certificates/keys from PFX files with unknown attributes could not be imported
- Attachment name could be incorrectly encoded
- When a message reminder was set up, the default notification settings were not used
- Text in HTML reply could be trimmed when printed
- Quick Reply from separate windows could use a wrong message for reference
- Clipboard could be permanently locked (until program restart)
- A bug with PGP passphrase caching has been fixed
- Fixed a negative counter error on IMAP after message expunging (additional fix)
- Import from CVS-file with some fields empty but enclosed by quotes into the address book returned incorrect results
- Date decoding can fail if specified date is before January 1, 1601 (UTC)
- Sometimes messages from closed password protected accounts were shown in MailTicker(TM) and could be viewed when double-clicked. To workaround this issue ask password.
- Program could not be closed after attachment loading on IMAP
- The Bat! didn't properly decode inline PGP and UUE from HTML-only messages
- Message tags with non-ASCII characters could be encoded in a wrong way
- Quick Reply was using addressee information only in the %QTO macro, now this information is used by default
- Message Finder - "Any part" conditions was not stored in the search history
- When account was locked, sometimes it was possible to read folders with unread messages
- HTTP requester can lose data from server when proxy with authentication was used
- Quick templates were not shown as a Forward button sub-menu
- Some problems with printing selection from a message viewer
- Fixed icon assignment (message icon was shown as sorting icon)

# New features
- PluginAPI: Message tags can be manipulated
# Improvements
- Hunspell engine was updated to version 1.3.2
- Now the user has less steps to select user dictionary to add words to a spell checker dictionary
- Interface fixes in the "Help" menu
- Cosmetic fixes at IMAP Settings
- Preferences dialogue should now always appear in the centre of the screen
- Default mail server settings for www.outlook.com were added
- Custom ServersInfo.INI can be placed into the mail directory in order to add default transport settings for new accounts
# Fixes
- Root CA certificates have been updated
- Some 8-bit encoding problems when sending a message to an Address Group have been fixed
- Selected Headers of the Message Editor were shown wrong in menus
- Changing of a message priority was not reflected at the MailTicker(TM)
- Read filters were always invoked regardless of the "Manual Only" settings
- Message editor: some HTML messages were quoted in a wrong way
- Timeout in account settings wasn't used for IMAP connection
- Certificates/keys from PFX files with unknown attributes could not be imported
- Attachment name could be incorrectly encoded
- When a message reminder was set up, the default notification settings were not used
- Text in HTML reply could be trimmed when printed
- Quick Reply from separate windows could use a wrong message for reference
- Clipboard could be permanently locked (until program restart)
- A bug with PGP passphrase caching has been fixed
- Fixed a negative counter error on IMAP after message expunging (additional fix)
- Import from CVS-file with some fields empty but enclosed by quotes into the address book returned incorrect results
- Date decoding can fail if specified date is before January 1, 1601 (UTC)
- Sometimes messages from closed password protected accounts were shown in MailTicker(TM) and could be viewed when double-clicked. To workaround this issue ask password.
- Program could not be closed after attachment loading on IMAP
- The Bat! didn't properly decode inline PGP and UUE from HTML-only messages
- Message tags with non-ASCII characters could be encoded in a wrong way
- Quick Reply was using addressee information only in the %QTO macro, now this information is used by default
- Message Finder - "Any part" conditions was not stored in the search history
- When account was locked, sometimes it was possible to read folders with unread messages
- HTTP requester can lose data from server when proxy with authentication was used
- Quick templates were not shown as a Forward button sub-menu

- Warning than IMAP Folder Manager should be used to delete IMAP folders
- Mark message as Replied/Forwarded filter action
- IMAP. Deadlock when loading some messages
- When smilies are shown, some HTML messages could be shown garbled
- "Out of system resources" error when multiple Folder Maintenance tasks was simultaneously started by Scheduler
- IMAP. Memory leaks was fixed
- Folder tree could be not refreshed properly after deletion of an IMAP folder
- IMAP. Download preferences wasn't used for folder synchronization
- IMAP. Deadlock while doing Folder Maintenance
- It wasn't possible to stop search process

# New features
- Added the support for PGP 10.0.2
- Added a new item "Workspace" to the Main Menu
- The "Mark replied messages as read automatically" option has been added to the account's properties and set as default for the new accounts
# Improvements
- The Bat! now adds SmimeCapailities attribute to signed messages
- Message Search now starts from the latest messages in the local folders
- Messages about invalid Regular Expressions in the sorting rules are now stored in the account log and a warning is given when a filter contains wrong Regular Expressions
- Read Filters are now executed in an additional thread (in order to reduce workload on the main thread)
- The "AFTER" condition is placed before the "BEFORE" condition in the Message Finder dialogue (to specify date interval more naturally)
- Message Dispatcher: Creation Date/Time is now shown accordingly to the message list settings
- Fixes in the HTML Viewer form (the settings description was not visible)
- "Check for updates when The Bat! starts" option has been moved from the stand-alone tab in the "Preferences" dialog to the "Confirmations" section
- Better handling of additional mouse buttons
- A note was added to the "Shortcut Editor" dialogue that only one shortcut per item is supported (Toolbar2000 limitation)
- When a message is created from an address book, the Subject field is focused by default, if that field is empty; if the Subject is not empty (e.g. filled by a template), then the message body is focused
- Separate settings for the Quick Reply pane in additional message viewers
- IMAP. A folder should be unsubscribed before deletion (some servers are known to keep subscription for the deleted folders)
- IMAP. More smart algorithm to determine UIDs of appended messages in the absence of the UIDPLUS extension
# Fixes
- When an IMAP folder's cache was checked for integrity, partially loaded messages were generating errors
- IMAP. Remotely stored viewable attachments were not shown as tabs
- IMAP. "Access Violation" error message when trying to view a message containing an image as the sole element of structure (message has Content-Type: image/*)
- IMAP. The "BEFORE" and "AFTER" criteria produced an invalid "SEARCH" command
- IMAP. Some filter actions could not be executed, if a message was stored remotely (full message had to be downloaded into the local cache)
- "Access Violation" error message when closing the "Select folders" dialogue for virtual folders (if nothing was selected in folder tree)
- When Microsoft CryptoAPI implementation was used for TLS, and a certificate did contain multiple hosts, The Bat! took only one host
- White-space characters must be skipped in BASE64-encoded message part
- Message Source Viewer was not using colours from the Preferences
- "Copy folder columns settings" was working only if a View Mode was associated with a folder
- Original messages were not marked as read when they were replied to
- Source View was not decrypting message source in the OTFE mode
- The "Limit first column auto-expansion" option was not working in threaded message lists
- Folder maintenance could not be stopped
- Sometimes The Bat! did import Microsoft Outlook messages without attachments
- It was not possible to define delivery type for forwarding several messages to the same address(es)
- Multiple messages to the same address were forwarded with the source messages attached
- Warning about group deletion if a group contained only one message displayed as the root of a tree branch
- The Bat! didn't check for updates at start-up even when this option was configured ON
- Some valid JPEG images were reported as damaged on image tab
- Images with internally unsupported formats were reported as damaged
- Accelerator "R" was used for several fields in "Search And Replace" dialog
- It wasn't possible to use macros in account name portion of folder path in "move/copy" filter action
- Wrong "Reply-To" header when a message was sent after editing it "as new"
- Possible errors caused by the deletion of a View Mode, when it was used in a visible message list
- Sometimes the "Read filters" could not be triggered
- The default external image download rule was always reset to "Reject unknown" after the programme restart, if no additional rules were defined

#New features:
- Highlighting of the iecm

#Improvements:
- Cosmetic fixes at The Bat! Preferences
- The recipient's photo is displayed (if available) for messages in the "Outbox" and "Sent" folders


# Fixes:
- The Internal HTML viewer could not correctly display messages in the Japanese character set
- Some IMAP servers (g.g. Zimbra) cannot handle the ID command sent simultaneously with Login
- The Edition Type (Home/Professional) wasn't displayed in the about box
- Fixes for the Mail Dispatcher list/header view size and the list fonts
- When a sub-set of folders was restored from the backup file while they has been missing in that account, those folders were created under the account's Inbox folder
- Not all Google contacts were imported into The Bat!'s address book
- The changes to Character Sets (XLAT) were not saved ("Options -> Preferences -> Other options")
- The changes to the character set "Translation FROM Windows" could not be saved (Options -> Preferences -> Other options -> Character Sets (XLAT))
- When an HTML message was loaded for editing, the viewer options were used
- Inline images for the HTML formatted messages were not displayed if system's HTML viewer had been used
- The "Error reading xtSigners.Options: Invalid property value" issue when verifying S/MIME messages has been fixed

# New features
* New filter action – "Clear all tags"
* Added profiles for re-filtering a folder
* Filter action to add/delete addresses to/from address book can now extract target addresses from message body with template
* It is now possible to quick-search folders in the folder selection dialogue
* Nickname/Handle from Address Book can be used in TO parameter of /MAIL switch in command line
* Nickname/Handle from Address Book is automatically expanded when used in address macros (TO, CC, ...) in templates
* Added folder set tabs in the folder selection dialogue
* Option to wrap text in "Plain text (Windows)" editor
# Improvements
* "Paste as plain text" option added to popup in the Edit Mail Message Form
* System folders (Inbox, Outbox, Trash, etc.) can have their own settings for templates, deletion etc.
* Now if files are dropped onto an Address History item, the editor uses the corresponding e-mail address as the destination
* Some visual fixes in "View Mode Setup"
* Empty lines are now correctly displayed in POP.log and SMTP.log
* Double clicking on a list column separator expands column to fit its contents
* When an account is created by selecting folder in MAIL folder, the account name and home directory are automatically filled
* Image content is used to determine real image type (for example, name has PNG extension but there is GIF image inside)
# Fixes
* View Mode option "Expand All Threads" cannot be ignored during changing threading or switching between View Modes anymore
* Temporary files are now deleted after auto-save in the message editor
* Deletion of common folders could sometimes give an Access Violation error
* Large folders are not opened slowly on Windows XP anymore
* Message create/receive time is correctly displayed without degrading folder loading performance
* Fixed a bug when only the first message was used for checking against filter condition when a filter was applied to several selected messages using Hotkey
* Text settings like Date/Time separator are now retrieved correctly from the system's registry if the text is one character long
* Message list cannot lose changes made by incoming filters anymore (setting color group in IMAP folder for incoming messages wasn't visible before refreshing folder)
* Fixed stack overflow when trying to parse malicious or malformed HTML with too many nesting tags
* Fixed problem with wrong timezone offset in new message header if "(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London" timezone is used in daylight saving time
* "Resend" message action now uses "Delivery type" option in "Account Properties" to send message immediately or put it in Outbox
* Fixed "-ERR Invalid command" response from POP3 server when opening message in Dispatcher
* Fixed an AV when trying to save attachment by drag-and-dropping it from message stored on HDD (anti-virus check enabled)
* Application does not freeze when doing mass mailing of big messages anymore
* Solved the problem that appeared when copying/moving several messages between folders of the same Gmail account
* File selection dialog does not hide current window – message editor or address book – anymore
* Fixed memory corruption if Message Finder was closed when searching was in progress
* Solved the problem when System Hotkey "Open MailTicker messages" did not bring opened message to front on Windows XP
* Fixed possible deadlock when updating counters for IMAP folder
* Fixed the problem with certain graphics that could not be accessed in tabs
* Solved possible access violations related to logging subsystem
* Fixed reported errors on some received S/MIME messages that were encrypted by weak keys