v2.8 [Apr 7, 2009]
Overall Application
Updated UI, visual tweaks and improvements
Changes to the Resource usage: Windows Resource consumption reduced
New and revised mailbox file handling code; most noticeable are improvements in speed of mailbox access, especially when running over networks
New Features
The ability to drag and drop attached files from Attachments pane or from within the message, for both encoded and extracted attachments
Drag and drop support added to Compose Window attachments pane
Right-click context menu added to listed attachments within the message body
Display of attachment size even if encoded inside the message
Delete button in Compose window to discard the message
New Save Message options under File menu
New Editing of Stored Messages
New feature that allows editing stored messages, under Edit Stored Message menu in Message menu or index context menu (Edit Subject menus have been moved under this menu as well)
Lets you edit messages previously received to trim out excess text, remove large embedded attachments or edit anything else in the message
It also has advanced Raw View mode that provides direct access to the message in all its ASCII glory, from manually editing headers to modifying embedded MIME type declarations
Added shortcut for Edit Stored Message Shift+Ctrl+E
Accounts Setup
The ability to Copy Outgoing SMTP details from any account and quickly Paste them onto any other account for rapid changes of outgoing server
New option on Incoming tab of Edit Account window: now you can opt out accounts from being processed through Junk Mail filters, for trusted accounts that get no spam
Quick Search
New and more user friendly field for text entry
Automatically shows other Focus options below
Some old Focus fields have been eliminated
New fields added that should get more use
Completely revised rules for Quick search (Focus): they are now exclusive, so enabling "Unread" and "With Attachments" options will now show only messages that are both unread and have attachments, not either like before; this applies to every display option
Ctrl+L will now also put the cursor in the text field (similar to browsers), ESC will clear the field
Search
Search This Folder added to the right click menu of the Folders sidebar
Search will no longer open Search mailbox if nothing was found
Search history is now going to be saved
New Clear History link added to the Search window
Changes in terminology
the Bounce feature has been renamed to Redirect and Focus to Quick Search.
New Accounts Sidebar in Barca
Allows you to quickly show mail from only certain accounts
Lets you check any of your accounts with a single click
Double click the account to Edit properties
