POP Peeper

Version History

• Current notification plugins include:
  
• Skinnable popup window
  
• ScreenSaver that indicates the number of new messages in each account
  
+ New display filter: show only new messages

• - Fix: Security issues
  
• - Fix: Problems with resizing columns in certain cases
  
• - Fix: Invalid links when using HTML view on a RediffMail message
  
• - Fix: When importing accounts, some data wasn't saved (ie. color); situational
  
• - Fix: Situational problem with resizing message window
  
• - Fix: Removed advanced option to create account manually (will return in v2.4)
  
• - Improved "unicode" support for plain/rich text messages (using regional settings)
  
  
  

• - Fix: Yahoo, upgraded accounts stopped working (250 meg)
  
• - Fix: Hotmail, non-English languages,
  
• - Fix: Hotmail, only retrieved first page of inbox
  
• - Fix: Tray Icon appears at startup even if using "hide tray icon if no new messages"
  
• - Fix: Links in Hotmail messages not opening (HTML-view)
  
  

• - Fix: In certain situations, unloading webmail plugin was allowed when it shouldn't be
  
• - Fix: Message display would sometimes use default instead of user-defined font
  
• - Fix: RTF option "Display Hyperlink References" would be all lowercase
  
• - Fix: On some POP3 servers, using a low preview number would fail to show the message
  
• - Fix: Account Password Protection would become disabled after editing the account
  
• - Fix: Webmail issues
  
• ~ Webmail version included in logfile
  
  

• * Webmail support for Myway, Excite, Lycos, RediffMail
  
• - Fix: Displaying more New messages than total messages when retrieving stats only
  
• - Fix: Downloading web-based attachments more stable
  
• - Fix: Win9x: Clicking on a URL in Plain/Rich Text caused program to jump to top
  
• - Fix: Plugins would still be allowed to load even if unchecked in plugins list
  
• - Fix: Play correct sound (PP default sound) when pressing play button in account
  
• - Fix: Security Issues for Account Password Protection
  
• - Fix: Issues with saving (directory will be created if doesn't exist)
  
• - Fix: Certain problems with retrieving webmail (certificates)
  
• - Fix: Mail.com error when trying to retrieve 2nd inbox page
  
• ~ Significantly decreased processing time of Quoted-Printable for large messages
  
• ~ Decreased processing time of certain elements of "Remove Remote Data"
  
  

• * mail.com webmail support
  
• * Support for TLS/SSL (requires optional plugin)
  
• * Password protection (administrator and individual account protection)
  
• * New "Account" and "Message" modes
  
• * Improved and more-customizable interface
  
• * Messages stored between sessions
  
• * Email client for each account (reply using a different email client)
  
• + Conversion from HTML to Plain Text (for web messages, some pop3)
  
• + New option to flash scroll lock when new mail is received
  
• + Improved help system
  
• + Added Mozilla client support
  
• - Fix: Win9x: Large POP3 messages (~7+ megs) might cause crash
  
• - Fix: Multipart/Mixed is now handled correctly
  
• - Fix: Multipart/Report is now handled to spec
  
• - Fix: NT/XP: Large text messages were being truncated to 32K characters
  
• - Fix: Hotmail: Invalid login error instead of generic error (internal hotmail change)
  
• - Fix: Incorrectly marking messages as read (hide read messages, repeatedly toggling read state from message)
  
• - Fix: Holding down delete for extended time may cause crash
  
• ~ Large POP3 messages (~2+ megs) are now received faster
  
• ~ Login error messages from server will be reported to user (instead of generic messages)
  
• ~ Improved HTML->RTF conversions
  
• ~ Optimized certain pop3 communications
  
• ~ Improved replying capabilities using Email client
  
• ~ Customizable keyboard shortcuts (via PPTweaker)
  
• ~ Can now sort mail by the status (!) column
  
• ~ Improved Shutdown
  
  

• - Fix: Yahoo login problem (Yahoo now using client-side MD5 hashing)
  
• - Fix: Wouldn't run when a "POP Peeper" window was open (ie. Explorer)
  
• - Fix: Deleting mixed pop3/webmail messages at same time may not delete pop3 messages
  
• - Fix: Yahoo mail retrieves all pages
  
• - Fix: Replying without the full message caused crash
  
• - Fix: Certain types of attachments were not being retrieved through Hotmail
  
• - Fix: "Modify Account Info" works again in the "Discover pop3 server" wizard
  
• - Fix: "View Web Page" on Hotmail showed login page (recent Hotmail change)
  
  

• - Fix: Not marking messages as read when restarted
  
• - Fix: Various problems introduced in last version
  
• - Fix: Crash if tried to clear cookies before the account had checked for mail
  
• - Fix: If user has "X button minimizes", then the new-version upgrade question,
     "do you want to exit" will exit instead of minimizing
  
• - Fix: Using Rich Text on WinXP, some message text appeared blacked-out
  
• - Fix: New method for launching email client
  
• ~ Extracting Eudora accounts: fix determining .ini file; supports personalities
  
  

• + Added HTTP Authentication (use PPTweaker to set username\password)
  
• - Fix: Inserting new items when sorting by sender didn't sort correctly
  
• - Fix: In-place sort and forced sort are consistent (account subsorts date; case insensitive)
  
• - Fix: Underscore ("_") is no longer converted to space (' ') in header fields
  
• - Fix: UNmarking message for delete may crash app if task already set in motion
  
• Now possible to undelete a message until the moment before the request is sent to the server
  
• - Fix: When deleting, possible crash if unable to open pop3 account
  
• - Fix: Cookies for some users (locale-based?) fixed
  
• - Fix: Date uses 4-digit year for sorting (affects pre-2000 messages)
  
• ~ Reply-To will be used to reply when available
  
• Yahoo.com will require settings to show 'all' headers, instead of the default 'brief'
  
• ~ "Set Cookies" option has changed to "View Message Online"
  
• This will open the URL to the message, so the message can be viewed directly (and allow navigation)
  
  

• + Registry option to affect message-delete button ("MsgDeleteOption")
  
• - Fix: Some users were having problems with Hotmail since v2.2.5 (redirect url)
  
• - Fix: v2.2.5 was not using specified proxy settings
  
• - Fix: webmail login\passwords are URL encoded (fix+ for v2.2.5)
  
• - Fix: Messages containing source as base64/no-mime are decoded properly
  
• - Fix: Downloading Yahoo attachment would report an error even when successful
  
• - Fix: Downloading Hotmail attachment would fail if Hotmail settings use non-English language
  
• - Fix: Main window will restore maximized between sessions even when "min" argument is used
  
• ~ Registry option for http timeout ("TimeoutHttp"). Default 60 seconds
  
  

• + Now manages cookies internally (so no interference with Internet Explorer)
  
• - Fixed some problems with storing size data when maximizing\restoring windows
  
• - Fix: webmail passwords containing CGI reserved characters (?&=) are now encoded
  
• ~ Changed how Hotmail message header information is parsed (no subject)
  
  

• - Fix: "Run Client..." button wasn't working if using a registered email client
  
• - Fix: Registered Email clients will appear in dropbox if using a restricted NT account
  
• - Fix: Handles system standby much more gracefully
  
• - Fix: "Hogging Resources" problem: POP3 accounts were getting stuck in a loop
  
• - Fix: If rename an account that already contains messages, messages became invalid
  
• - Fix: "Hide Read Messages" option wasn't hiding ALL read messages upon enabling
  
• - Fix: Yahoo, non-English, retrieving entire message caused blank sender and subject
  
• - Fix: Yahoo, non-English: all fields are retrieved (entire message)
  
• - Fix: Yahoo, certain languages: dates are fixed
  
• - Fix: When using reply, URL-encoding the characters: ? & =
  
• - Fix: Yahoo: Error of (-40) was being returned if checking "stats only" on empty account
  
• - Fix: Under certain circumstances, deleting email wouldn't update msg numbers
  
• ~ If a time-out occurs while retrieving a message, as much of the message as is retrieved is displayed
  
• ~ When using "Delete Mail Immediately", will account for incorrect msg#
  
• Before, would postpone delete; now, will find the correct msg#
  
• ~ When webmail is deleted, messages won't be removed from list until after deletion
  
• If a known error occurs, won't unmark the messages
  
• ~ Added a new 'ReplyFlags' option to include "to=" in the cgi line.
  
• ~ Removed the message that says Yahoo must be set to English (not true since pre-v2.2.2)
  
• ~ Language dropbox on Config page will update list when user drops list down
  
• ~ Main Window will store if maximized between sessions
  
• ~ If previously maximized, opening main window from message alert will remain maximized
  
• ~ After deleting message(s) from main window, the next message will be selected, if none other are
  
  

• + Registry option to Adjust fonts (type and size) for account list, mail list, and messages
  
• - Fix for main window mangling when running another instance (XP\NT only?)
  
• - Fix for Hotmail (internal Hotmail change)
  
• - Fix for Yahoo attachments
  
• - Fix for replying (would crash when quoting a large message)
  
• "ReplyOptions" deprecated, use "ReplyFlags"
  
  

• + Option to decode the HTML attachments for the current message only
  
• + Added ability to force the "Open With" dialog when opening an attachment
  
• Hold down the Shift, Ctrl, OR Alt key while pressing the "Open" button in the dialog
  
• - Fix for Hotmail (internal Hotmail change)
  
• - Fix for modem auto-disconnect
  
• - Fix for certain messages when viewing preview AND using Rich-Text (tn: HTML comment)
  
• - Deleting a "large number" of webmail messages should work better
  
• ~ Yahoo parsing is more "language non-specific", so will work better when Yahoo Mail is using non-English
  
  

• - Fix for opening embedded messages
  
  

• * Support for non-English languages
  
• * Option to view HTML in Rich Text Format (removes external links -- safer than HTML)
  
• * Yahoo webmail support
  
• * Enhanced Deletion
  
• Delete will no longer control the app (delete in the background)
  
• Optimized delete: deletes all messages for an account; improves efficiency
  
• Option to "mark messages for delete" (default) or "delete immediately"
  
• + Can now reply to email using your specified email client
  
• + AutoCheck for new updates (and MotD)
  
• + Added buttons on read message dialog: mark delete, move to next\previous\next-unread message
  
• + Improved modem support (and dedicated-internet users who have a modem)
  
• + Can schedule specific times to check mail (primarily for modem users)
  
• Will automatically connect\disconnect modem for a scheduled check
  
• + Option to hide messages that have been read
  
• + New icon (red X) for messages that are not on the server (ie. not purged from PP)
  
• + More retrieval options for individual accounts (number, headers, preview, entire message)
  
• + New optional actions when receive new email: Open POP Peeper, Open Email Client
  
• + New Setup Wizard
  
• + Improved URL detection in messages: appropriate cursor, and single click action
  
• - Fix to correctly parse certain messages that only contain an attachment
  
• - Fix to correctly display messages encoded with base64
  
• - Fix to not display New Mail Alert if no messages available (ie. after a reminder)
  
• - Better determination of relevant information in status window
  
• - Fix for Quoted-Printable (=xx) when qp started a qp-continued line (technote: ie. '=\r\n=BD')
  
• - Fix for certain base64-decoded files
  
• - Fix to ensure that the correct message is retrieved (when retrieval option not set to entire)
  
• - Fix for certain boundary definitions in MIME encoded messages
  
• - Fix for certain timezones
  
• - Fix for servers sending bad data (in particular, ApexMail)
  
• - Fix to account for poorly named file attachments
  
• - HTML messages from Incredimail (possibly other clients) will now decode inline sources
  
• - Various fixes for extracting accounts from existing mail clients
  
• - Fix counting number of Hotmail messages (when spans multiple pages)
  
• - Fixes for accessing Hotmail
  
• ~ Main window position is now saved\loaded
  
• ~ Main window should now better maintain its size when user changes it
  
• ~ Version history is now stored in a separate file
  
• ~ Pressing "Stop!" button will stop ALL queued events (not just the current)
  
• ~ Viewing messages with file attachments now load quicker
  
• ~ "Run Email Client" button replaced "Minimize to Tray" button
  
• ~ POP3 Messages are now retrieved in reverse order, so will retrieve newest messages first
  
• ~ Hotmail uses "batch delete" (deleting multiple messages at once will be MUCH faster)
  
• ~ Plain Text and RTF will not decode inline files (which would only be used by HTML)
  
• ~ Message dialog can be minimized
  
• ~ Code to get rid of code, which may cause display problems.
  
• ~ Message window now remembers if maximized
  
• ~ Registry option to not decode HTML attachments (string: "DecodeHTMLAttachments" = 0/1)
  
  

• + Added support for MSN
  
• + Hotmail\MSN messages are now stripped, so only the actual message remains
  
• Option to view entire page (and is persistent)
  
• + Added debug text (access by pressing Ctrl+D)
  
• + Size and Placement of message dialog is now saved between sessions
  
• - Fix: Hotmail would crash when not using the English language
  
• ~ Message Attachment Combobox will adjust its size with the current window size
  
• ~ New Server Type account setting
  
• This feature is mainly a convenient way to display supported server types...
  
• ~ Added "Launch email client" to the New Mail Alert
  
• ~ Double-clicking on New Mail Alert will open email if that is the default action
  
• otherwise, it still opens POP Peeper
  
• ~ Hotmail: if not retrieving entire message, and then retrieve the message,
     certain data will update appropriately (full date, full subject, etc.)
  
• ~ New Option button on Message Dialog to conserve space for increasing number of features
  
• ~ Hidden Option to NOT be asked for delete confirmation. (registry: QuickDelete = "1").
  
• See the web page (help/easter eggs) for more information
  
  

• - Fix: Problems determining the correct number of new messages
  
  

• + Added support for embedded messages (MIME Content-Type: message/rfc822)
  
• - Fix: Problems with message-read state:
  
• Preserving the state on Hotmail accounts
  
• Setting the state when only retrieving headers
  
• - Fix: Binary header information decoded properly
  
• - Fix: Clearing the Polling Interval no longer causes Dialog Popup agony
  
• - Fix: Accounts specifically NOT retrieving headers will now treat messages that
     have not been retrieved as UNread for the '#' column.
     This fix also affects the "Check Stats" command.
  
• - Fix: Hotmail accounts: Getting Stats and not retrieving headers now works properly
  
• - Fix: Set timeouts for POP3 send/recv to 60 seconds (default)
     This should prevent the app from hanging
  
• ~ Tray Icon will restart itself when system tray is restarted (ie. when Explorer crashes)
  
• ~ Header display of date will use the short date in Regional Settings
  
• ~ If polling is disabled, it does not disable the Startup Option.
  
• ~ Changed default startup option so it will not check mail
  
• changed text. Was: "Wait until interval", now: "Do not check mail"
  
• ~ Starting Email Client (from within the app) will cause POP Peeper to minimize
  
  

• - Fix: Deleting Unread messages didn't update the icon to empty
  
• - Fix: Fix for STAT and QUIT failing on some servers
  
• ~ Purge Messages ON is the default (previously undocumented)
  
  

• * Easiest account setup possible!
  
• extract account information from various popular email clients
  
• * Hotmail Support
  
• * Visual Desktop Alert
  
• * Quoted-Printable support (convert =xx into valid character)
  
• * Support for inline\background images
  
• * Advanced\Simple Interface
  
• * Icon indicating mail has high priority and\or attachments
  
• * Can open\save attachments
  
• * Can mark messages to delete when not currently online
  
• + Visual mail sort indicator, and mail sort is saved between sessions
  
• + Create New Account Wizard will appear on startup for first time users
  
• + More status messages
  
• + Option for "Close Button to Minimize" instead of closing POP Peeper
  
• + Mailbox trayicon now appears empty if all messages are read (as opposed to existing messages)
  
• + Ability to disable the auto-check feature
  
• + Capability to play a different sound for each account upon new mail
  
• + Account listing can display either total messages or unread messages
  
• + More accurate HTML support
  
• + Better persistance of read messages
  
• + Can remove account messages if you don't want to see them (useful for disabled accounts)
  
• + Options for Checking mail at startup
  
• - Password bug finally fixed (completely)
  
• - Fix to adjust for Daylight Savings Time (if applicable)
  
  

• - Fix: fix for Discover POP3 Server
  
  

• - Fixes (primarily with paths: sound, email client)
  
• - Fix: More Password problems fixed.
  
  

• Major version change reflects NT support
  
• * HTML Support
  
• * Resizable windows
  
• * If viewing text message, can double click URLs to browse the web site
  
• * Headers Columns have an advanced auto-resize feature
  
• * Message List is not deleted when a new retrieval occurs
  
• instead, the current list is updated (messages inserted\removed as necessary)
  
• * Marked-read messages will persist across sessions
  
• ie. read a message, close\reopen POP Peeper, and still marked as read
  
• * Enhanced Create New Account wizard
  
• - Fixed a problem displaying large multipart\alternative MIME segments
     (user would notice some messages ending abruptly where they obviously shouldn't)
  
• - Various bug fixes, including full NT support (including NT\2000\XP)
  
  

• - Changed Install programs
  
  

• * Wizard for Create New Account
  
• Uses email address to parse most of the information
  
• + Message of the Day (probably will be a misnomer, but...)
  
• + Message sort now works better:
  
• persists after a new header retrieval has occurred
  
• + New headers will sort on the fly
  
• + New message options: Mark as Read, Mark all as Unread, Mark all as Read
  
• + Option of "Hide mailbox if no messages" has been changed to "... if no NEW messages"
  
• + Tool Tip text now informs how many are new messages
  
• - Fixed a circumstantial problem in POP Peeper incorrectly validating New Messages
  
• - Fixed an issue with friendly names
  
• - Fixed problem when a viewing a specific account, and a "Check Mail" was applied
  
• If not the first account, messages would not appear, and caused memory leak (gasp!)
  
• - Fixed: cannot use delete button to delete messages while the thread is running
  
• - Major Fix: deleting messages would incorrectly renumber messages of other accounts
  
• if another delete session occured before the mail was rechecked for the account
  from which the second delete is occuring, it could possibly try to delete the
  wrong message from the server (hope you had UIDL checking!)
  
  

• * Context-Sensitive Help!!
  
• * UIDL supported servers now use UIDL to check for UIDL
  
• this translates into a phenomenal speed increase for successive "check mails"
  
• test study:
  
• 380 headers takes 1:30 minutes (full message) the first time
  
• successive retrievals takes about 0:15 seconds
  
• * Stopped using the ill-conceived MFC CSockets
  
• This should allow threads to be stopped without any annoying error messages
  
• * Support for MIME multipart\alternative (uses first part)
  
• * Support for MIME nested multiparts
  
• + Date\Time now uses the "Received" time (which is what OE uses)
  
• + Animated Tray Icon to indicate new mail that has not been checked
  
• + Current and Queued commands can be terminated
  
• + Message Headers can be color-coded per account
  
• + Option to retrieve entire messages at polling interval
  
• + Ability to view already-retrieved messages while socket is being used
  
• + Messages not read (through PopPeeper) appear in bold
  
• + Mail Client selection lists registered mail clients
  
• + Option for Header List to display Friendly\Email\Entire for the sender
  
• + Consolidated the "Client" and "Advanced" pages into the "Configuration" page
  
• + Delete Verification suits more servers.
  
• + Improved efficiency of data retrieval from pop3 server
  
• + Added "Check Mail" to the list of possible tray double-click events
  
• + In HeaderList, to conserve space, account is not shown when only 1 account selected
  
• + Settings are saved immediately, no need to hit the OK button to save configuration
  
• - Fixed numerous message retrieval bugs
  
• - Fixed (finally\hopefully) time zone issues
  
  

• * Limited support for MIME (including file attachments)
  
• unsupported MIME types (ie. not text) are displayed as << ... >> in message body
  
• Note: this doesn't allow you to save the attachments, just know that they're there.
  
• * Can exit app while thread is running
  
• * About Page modifications:
  
• Version checking
  
• Download the latest version
  
• * Server support for TOP is no longer required
  
• Entire message will be retrieved
  
• + Improved Server Stats Info page
  
• Ability to reset the stored values
  
• + Animated Tray Icon when checking mail
  
• + TOP and UIDL support will always be checked the first time after program starts
  
• to allow for the possibility that the server was been updated
  
• + Allowed more space for tab pages (particularly, to see more headers on mail page)
  
• + Added better keyboard support
  
  

• * Functionality to retrieve the entire message
  
• Once messages are retrieved, they are cached so another viewing does not warrant
  another retrieval from the server.
  
• + Header Parsing conforms to the POP3 RFC #822 standard
  
• + Functionality to sort the headers
  
• + Server information is saved (UIDL and TOP support) and can be displayed
  
• + Header Retrieval can be enabled per account
  
• + Added size of message to message header list
  
• + Added RMB menu to mail listing to delete selected messages
  
• + Changing just the account name will rename the account, and NOT add a new account
  
• + Date\Time is formatted according to local time zone
  
• + If the server supports it (UIDL), messages are verified before being deleted
  
• + Thread-safe
  
  

• * Ability to preview message headers
  
• + Added "Run on Windows Startup" option -- runs POP Peeper "minimized"
  
• + Only one instance is allowed to run
  
• If another instance is run, it will open the configuration of the existing app
  
• Provides an effective way to open the config even if using the advanced option
  
• - Minor fix: when using "no mail-no icon" feature, it displays if there are errors
  
  

• * Added functionality to support unlimited email accounts
  
• + Threading to check the email accounts
  
• + Browse dialog for Mail Client and sound files
  
  

• * First public release (web site only)