File Release Notes and Changelog
Release Name: 1.1
Notes: IMPROVED UPDATE MECHANISM! RSS SUPPORT: Download RSS news with the full text and pictures to your email client for offline reading. Or get a pure text download for e.g. your Palmtop. Some feeds like for CNN and BBC are already predefined. Due to new update mechanism changed feed definitions will be updated automatically, too. Prerequisites: Before running MrPostman, you will need a Java Runtime Environment at least 1.4.0. You can find one on: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html Installation: Either: get "install-mrpostman-xxxxxxxx.jar" (xxxxxxxx is the release date) and run it with "java -jar install-mrpostman-xxxxxxxx.jar" (without quotes and with the correct date) (in Windows double-clicking the jar should be sufficient) Or: get "MrPostman-xxxxxxxx.jar" and "mrpostman-scripts-xxxxxxxx.zip" and put the jar together with the unzipped content of the zip into a directory. Running MrPostman: Windows with Installation from "install-mrpostman-xxxxxxxx.jar": Use the Links in the start menu or on the desktop. All other: Change to the installation directory and run MrPostman with "java -jar MrPostman-xxxxxxxx.jar" (without quotes and with the correct date) (in Windows double-clicking the jar should be sufficient) Scripts: MrPostman's Generic module uses scripts in the installation directory (or the location configured in its settings) to provide support for webmail providers (e.g. yahoo, gmail, indiatimes, ...). Documentation of the script language can be found in MrPostman's help under the Generic module page.
Changes: 5 May 2005 Martin Vlcek yahoo.script: included patch of Siafu Kali and improved it. GenericRobot: improved html2text (handles now <pre> correctly) 10 April 2005 Martin Vlcek improved update mechanism: doesn't block anymore added update mechanism to update script related resources (example rss.script) added possibility to set script options via the user name rss.script: update functionality, convert to text option GenericRobot: new function html2text updated installer to include rss feed descriptions 6 March 2005 Martin Vlcek added rss.script and example feed descriptions simple.script/mail.php: for tunnneling pop3 messages over html
