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Build 20011025.141040 of RexxMail is now available from http://www.degeus.com/rexx/.
Major changes in this edition of RexxMail include:
- Support for JunkSpy-style junk mail filtering
- Support for Chris Wohlgemuth's CWMailFileClass
- Attachment indicators in message object icons
- Additional options for message object titles
- Mail folder redirection for incoming messages
- Text type matching for mail folder redirection files
Junk mail filters like JunkSpy scan incoming mail messages for predefined header and body content to determine their trash level. If the trash level is found to be over the limit, a signalling line can be added to the message header. RexxMail can now be configured to detect such header lines and take appropriate action.
Chris Wohlgemuth's CWMailFileclass adds folder content sorting by message date, sender, recipient (to:/cc:/bcc:), or subject, as well as attachment flagging. This elegant add-on will soon be ready for public release, and will then be included in a new build of RexxMail.
RexxMail now shows the presence of attachments by adding a small folder image to message object icons. In addition, object titles now include keywords, and 'cc:' and 'bcc:' title entries can be included on separate lines.
In addition to the two existing mail redirection files ('mailread.txt' and 'mailsent.txt'), a new redirection file, 'mailregd.txt', enables RexxMail to redirect incoming mail to user-defined folders (or to delete it) the moment it is received. The redirection function has been enhanced with the addition of text type matching for redirection file entries: a leading '>' indicates a recipient address, '<' a sender address, and '=' a subject keyword.
From the RexxMail readme.txt file:
RexxMail provides an extremely flexible yet easy to use e-mail processing environment with a minimum of fuss. It operates through elements provided by the standard OS/2 Workplace Shell (which is still the best graphical user interface available on any platform). Since the RexxMail user interface consists of normal WPS folders and program and file objects, getting to know the program requires only a minimum of effort.
Although the standard way of working with RexxMail is through the WPS by manipulating WPS objects, RexxMail is a straightforward Classic REXX program that runs, like any REXX program, from a command line in a (hidden) windowed or full-screen OS/2 command processor session. Since all RexxMail operations are controlled by command-line switches, the full range of RexxMail functions and settings can also be accessed from a command line.
RexxMail is written in REXX, an interpreted language, so it is also its own source code, ready for you to edit to suit your preferences.
RexxMail is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
RexxMail updated to build 20011026.160310 (BUGFIX). Build 20011026.160310 of RexxMail is now available from: http://www.degeus.com/rexx/.
This build fixes a bug in the build I released yesterday (if the JunkMail* settings are missing from the configuraton file, 'register' commands will fail).
If you have installed the previous build, please download the new build and upgrade RexxMail to remove the bug.
My apologies for the inconvenience.
The new build also adds an icon for the 'Help' program object, which I failed to include in the previous build. (BTW, if anyone feels inclined to give the RexxMail icons a -- much-needed -- facelift, please let me know. I would dearly love to be able to offer better-looking icons, but I simply haven't the time to rework them myself.)
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