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YAM 2.0 - Page 2

Find window (search for certain messages)

  • Filters and search function for address fields can use a file that contains many patterns ("killfile")
  • Filters can be easily created based on the current search options, and vice versa
  • Selection of multiple messages by pattern

Configuration; First steps

  • POP3 password will be requested if there's no entry in the configuration
  • Timezone for date header is now settable in the configuration and defaults to Locale prefs

Configuration; TCP/IP settings

  • APOP login is now supported
  • Option to send messages in 8bit without MIME encoding
  • Option to specify SMTP domain name for HELO command
  • Up to 16 POP3 servers can be checked in one step

Configuration; Receive mail

  • On new mail, YAM displays a requester and/or plays a sound (OS 3.x only) and/or executes a command
  • Optionally, YAM marks new messages as unread before getting new mail

Configuration; Folders

  • Folders can be automatically compressed using XPK
  • Folders can be protected using a password (XPK encryption)
  • Mailing list support: if To: field matches a folder-specific pattern, the return address is taken from the config
  • Max.age option: Messages that are older than a certain age are automatically deleted
  • Messages can be sorted by increasing or decreasing message date, dated received, sender, recipient, subject, status or size
  • Two sort keys for each folder

Configuration; Filters

  • 'Apply to new' can be set individually for each filter
  • Additional searchable fields: CC, Reply-To, Date or user-configurable field
  • Available comparison operators: equal, not equal, bigger than, smaller than
  • Filters can search for a certain status
  • Filters can search the whole message, header only or body only
  • Matching messages can be redirected, forwarded, replied (using an existing message file), moved or deleted, they can also start an ARexx script
  • Multiple actions are allowed for each filter
  • Substring search option obsoletes #? pattern

Configuration; Read options

  • Charset translation
  • Headers to show in 'short' format can now be configured
  • Option to display sender information (from the address book) in the header, including portrait

Configuration; Write options

  • 'Welcome' and 'greetings' phrases
  • Charset translation (includes some example translation tables like AmigaPL to ISO-Latin2)
  • Editor font, tabsize, wordwrap column and cursor type are configurable
  • Editor option to automatically insert line breaks
  • Optionally, the external editor will be launched immediately
  • Support for additional headers

Configuration; Reply/forward options

  • Alternative reply intro is used if the recipient's address matches a given pattern
  • Enhanced reply subject generation (Re[2]:, Re[3]:, etc...)
  • New variable for quote text: first and last initial
  • New variable for reply/forward phrases: message id
  • New variables for forward phrases: name/first name/address of original recipient
  • Optional warning if Reply-To and From addresses are not equal

Configuration; Signatures and taglines

  • Random tagline support, location and format of cookies are configurable

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© by M.Beck - Last modification: September 13, 1997