release of the email client , designed for use in a GNOME environment. The project was originally founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular photo manager Shotwell, but development later transitioned to the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and is distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared as a self-contained package. .
The goal of the project's development is to create a feature-rich product that is extremely simple to use and consumes minimal resources. The mail client is designed for both standalone use and for integration with web-based email services such as Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. The interface is implemented using the GTK3+ library. For storing the message database, an SQLite database is used, and a full-text index is created for searching through the messages. For working with IMAP, a new GObject-based library operates in an asynchronous mode (downloading mail operations do not block the interface).
Key innovations:
- Support has been implemented , through which additional features are planned to be delivered. Currently, plugins are offered for sound playback when sending an email, creating email templates, integrating with the Unity shell menu, and organizing mailing lists from a CSV file. Plugins can be activated in the new section
Plugins in the settings section. - To prevent clutter from old emails, settings have been added for deleting emails older than a specified date, as well as defining a date range for downloading emails.
- Notifications now feature the recipient's photo saved in the desktop address book.
- Improved grouping of email folders.
- The spam folder has been renamed to 'Junk'.
- In the email composition interface, the formatting options panel is hidden by default in new installations.
- Improved compatibility with email servers.
Source: opennet.ru
