The Bat! 4.2.4

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[ ! Major Improvement        ]
[ + Added feature            ]
[ * Improved/changed feature ]
[ - Bug fixed (we hope)      ]


[!] Postponed Sending
[+] New macro: %QuoteIgnoreSeparator to instruct all subsequent
    quotes in the template to ignore the separator sequence ("-- "). 
    E.g. you can use %QuoteIgnoreSeparator%QUOTES in your template 
    to quote the full text of original message including signatures.
[+] Added auto-highlight for icq: and rss: URLs
[+] "Invoke exclusive access check" option in the "Watch and Send files" 
    scheduler action to avoid sending files still being in process
[+] the /REFILTER command line parameter now includes parameters for 
    specifying filter sets: INCOMING (aka IN), OUTGOING (aka OUT),
    ?\127?\127?\127 READ (RD), REPLIED (RP) and MANUALONLY (aka MANUAL) 
    for using manual filters only. 
    E.g.: /REFILTER;F="\\Account\My Folder";IN;REPLIED 
[+] A command line option /NO_GETADDRINFO to disable using 
    "getaddrinfo(EX)" API call, may be useful when antivirus 
    software cannot emulate these functions.
[+] Groups in Address Book can be nested
[+] It is now possible to import messages from files using "Watch and 
    Send files" Scheduler action 
[-] If The Bat! had more than 65535 bat*.tmp files in the %TEMP% 
    directory, it could create temporary files in the current directory
[*] Better handling of the "upgrade-downgrade-upgrade" scheme
[-] (4.1.x) the template in the "Set Memo" filter action could be edited 
    only when the action was being added
[*] Possibility to define font styles for regular message text
[-] Fixed a bug when restoring an address book with national characters 
    from backup archive or pasting an address entry with national characters
[-] Common Quick templates could not be used for mass mailing
[-] Splash screen didn't draw the ampersand characters.
[-] The editor's Insert Cookie command was lost
[-] Fixes related to the MailTicker
[-] Fixed DEP detection under Windows 2008 Server.
[-] Old index (.TBI) files were left after the initial conversion into the 
    new index format
[-] The Auto-disconnect option didn't work for dial-up connections
[-] West Europeat characters with accents were lost in HTML Quick templates
[-] Fixed the %WINDOWSPLATFORMNAME% macro for "Windows 7" and "Windows 2008 
    Server"
[-] The hints in the status bar were blinking.
[*] Then the text in the tabs is longer than the tab itself, the full text 
    is shown in the hint.
[*] The menu item "Download International Pack" now opens the national 
    download page instead of an English one.
[-] Keyboard "Caps Lock" indicator in the password input dialog boxes was 
    not localizable.
[-] Greek dictionary is supported now (Hunspell)
[-] 0007437: TheBat inserts Full Pathname as image filename 
[-] Anti-virus checking for outgoing messages didn't work properly
[-] When The Bat! had an anti-virus plugin, a message with a virus in textual 
    part could be neither cured nor received
[-] Print Setup/Template Preview gave an AV
[-] The redirect action could not be edited in the Sorting Office
[-] "Search for lost folders" didn't locate nested folders.
[-] The Bat! could report about resource leaks when exiting during the 
    shutdown of Windows.
[-] (#0007455) Recipient is not displayed in Forward action in Sorting office 
[*] If the registration name consists of only a few characters (e.g. for Chinese 
    characters), the font is automatically enlarged in the splash screen.
[-] If there were an UUE section with a virus, The Bat! did not cure it but 
    simple delete
[*] From now on, command line parameters are executed in the order they are 
    received by the program (earlier, the processing order was not guaranteed) 
[-] The option "Use reply numbering in the subject line" in account properties, 
    in the Templates/Reply is reset to "OFF". If you need this option, please 
    turn it ON back manually.
[-] Sorting Office: Template of export action was not stored
[-] Draging and droping messages into folders was not working
[-] (#0007432) Templates of some filter actions were not stored correctly
[-] (#0007501) Windows-1252 character set was not displayed correctly
[-] When importing a private key, the program did ask whether the user wishes 
    to store the imported key on the token, even when there were no tokens in 
    use.
[-] (#0004678) Could not import PFX with empty passwords 
[*] Hierarchical Order of Nested Groups in E-mail Address Picker
[-] RSA key generation have caused an AV
[-] Fixed incorrect handling of MIME boundary that could cause some messages 
    to be displayed empty
[-] File masks in the filters did match the part of the string (the substring) 
    rather than the complete string. 
[-] When an incorrect user or folder was specified in /MAIL command line 
    parameter, The Bat! didn't give any error message; the command was silently 
    ignored
[*] More convenient moving focus on Shift+Tab in the message editor when the 
    Original Text pane is shown
[*] Groups in Instant Address Pop-up can be nested
[-] (#0006851) New message attachments stored in the account's attachment folder 
    were not deleted on auto-save.
[-] (#0007485) Different dialogues when a forward message action was created in 
    the Sorting Office
[-] The Bat! didn't support NTLM authentication on SMTP
[-] Dates were formatted using the language specified Windows's locale, 
    regardless the language of The Bat! interface
[-] (#0007460) it wasn't possible to use viewer profiles for printing
[-] Work in progress on the postponed delivery dialog
[-] AV on new message or reply after address book with favorites was deleted
[*] Attachment column display is now dependent on the column width 
[-] Message sorting in the message list was invalid for boolean columns (e.g. 
    parked, flagged, replied, etc)
[-] Address Book templates could not be used if several address books contained 
    the same address 
[-] (#0007464) The %Wrapped macro was not working with multi-line texts and 
    UNICODE
[-] (#0007506) Clear-text PGP encrypted messages could not be decrypted 
    automatically by filter actions
[-] bug 0007486: Some chars in Subject leed to improper body rendering - big 
    vertical spacing 
[-] [The Bat 0007577]: Inline-editing an addressbook-entry inside a subgroup 
    results in this contact being moved to the addressbook (top-level)
[-] (#0004108) Option to purge completed events was not working
[-] [The Bat 0007586]: It is possible to create empty entry in POSTPONED SENDING
[-] [The Bat 0007585]: Predefined "next day" entry in POSTPONED SENDING has 
    faulty definition
[*] QT icon added into editor popup menus
[-] (#0007500) Re-filter scheduler action was not working properly
[-] (#0007474) Copy/Cut/Copy To... commands were not enabled once a columnar 
    selection mode was used in MicroEd
[-] Toolbar icons and other interface glyphs (graphics) did contain jagging 
    (aliasing) on pixel edges on Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0, since 
    The Bat! version 3.1
[-] There sometimes in very rare cases might have been black icon background 
    for toolbar buttons. This might happen on regular bases when using The Bat! 
    in conjunction with some antivirus software.
[*] Speed of output of graphics is significantly improved on computers with 
    very slow CPU. For example, the improvement this is noticeable in image 
    viewer, when opening large images in a separate window.
[-] The Bat! didn't support transparent PNG images in html messages, which 
    might have caused some messages improperly displayed, mostly when a 1x1 
    PNG image was used as a spacer
[-] Transparent and translucent PNG images (with alpha channel) weren't 
    supported in an image viewer
[-] Viewer Profile combo boxes didn't support Unicode characters
[-] Viewer Profiles "generic" and "default" in print setup weren't localizable
[-] (#0007601) %Delay macro instead of %Postponed  
[-] (#0007516) Postponed message delivery: Delay Message for until 8 AM the 
    following Day not working correctly  
[-] (#0007517) Postponed message delivery: Delay Message for 1 day not working  
[-] (#0007536) Postponed message delivery: Can't postpone a message to a future 
    date and time  
[-] (#0007602) The Postponed Sending / Custom / Less Button will sometimes not 
    show the word "Less"  
[-] (#0007601) The %Postpone macro didn't work
[-] (#0007613) Lost Icons in Attachment Button Pop-up Menu