Gmail
Gmail - Another Gnome Email Client
Gmail is an experiment in a sql vfolder based email system. It implements sql vfolders, incoming POP3, outgoing SMTP and more. More testers wanted... It requires access to a Mysql database to run.
We are aiming for stability and usability, especially for people who have a large volumes of email.
Gmail is distributed under the GNU GPL. This license gives full freedom for anyone to use, redistribute and modify this code. The only catch is that published mofications must be under the GPL license as well. This catch is what makes the GPL the best license. :)
September 21st, 1999 - gmail-0.4.3 Released
Eek we finally got onto freshmeat and I didn't have the upload ready. :)
Some updates in this version are:
- SMTP core dumping error.
- Added matched sorting. You can now have messages not appear in the inbox if they have appeared in another vfolder. So inbox becomes the leftovers, very useful.
- Bolding of new messages.
- Reporting of vfolder matches as messages download. Currently only to stdout but will be a GUI soon.
- Code clean ups.. It's still pretty hacky.
I strongly recommend that you move your .gnome/gmail config file and let gmail recreate a new one for you. Otherwise things will break. Keep a copy of it so you can hand cutnpaste your old vfolders back into it if you have to. I'm trying to keep compatibility with the database format and the config file format, but I really had to break the config file for this release, sorry. It is getting very stable now.
I haven't done any working on parsing of messages. We need to get MIME support in here. Help wanted! :)
September 7th, 1999 - gmail-0.4.1 Released
Lots of minor updates to this one. The major additions are:
- Minor code cleanups. Ripped out lots of dodgy obsolete code. All the unstable mbox code is taken out.
- Column sorting, and it remembers your settings.
- POP3 options: leave mail on server and modifiable download limits.
- Improved message parsing. Headers field is now used, so you can base vfolder searches on it.
- Make copy of vfolder button in the settings. This should make it quicker to add new vfolders if they are similar to existing ones you have.
Help is still needed with coding if you would like to help, please email me or join the mailing list. The big area I could use help is in parsing the new messages. We need to parse out particular headers for the database, and we need to be able to decode MIME attachments.
September 3rd, 1999 - gmail-0.4.0 Released
This is the first public released of the mysql based version of gmail. It has basic message functionality working. It has outgoing SMTP and incoming POP3.. It has very basic mail parsing. This is the big area of work needed. If you would like to help, please join the mailing list.
As always, please read the README very carefully.
July 5th, 1999 - gmail-discuss mailing list.
Jeremy and Erik at linuxpower have kindly set us up with a mailing list for gmail. See below for instructions on how to subscribe.
Please consider joining this list if you would like to help with gmail development. In particular, I'm looking for people who can test new tarballs before I release them publicly. Even if you can't code, I could use some serious testers. Plus it would be good to have a forum for people interested in using gmail.
June 25rd, 1999 - gmail-0.3.7
Improved prefs settings even further... There are some serious core dumps happening but I'm hoping all the testers can help me out with them. :)
June 23rd, 1999 - gmail-0.3.6
Gmail is now completely reliant on gnome config settings. It should behave half decently the first time you open it.. You will need to add your email addy and give it at least one text mailbox to process.... I'm going to try and get gmail as stable as I can while I wait for gnome-mailer to be ready.
A whole swag of gnome email clients in the works, in a few months there should be lots of options.. I don't think gmail will be near the top of the list...
This project is under heavy development. If you would like to help with the development process, e-mail me.
There is a mailing list setup for those wanting to help with development and testing. To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@linuxpower.org with the words "subscribe gmail-discuss" somewhere in the body. It will send you a confirmation message with instructions about the list.
Please use this list if you would like to help gmail develop faster. I will be sending release announcements to the list.
gmail-0.3.6 main window (111k)
gmail-0.4.3.tar.gz (89k)
Gmail uses the standard GNU autoconf and automake. So tarball installation is easily done by unpacking the tarball and typing:
./configure
make
make install