OE Classic 1.8 released (Spell Check, Windows Mail import)
Dec 27th, 2013
Here is our last update for this year.
New features
Import from Windows Mail (Windows Vista) and alternative import from Outlook Express (Windows XP 64-bit)
Spell checking as you type in message editor (available only on Windows 8 for now)
New POP3 authentication type option - Automatic (automatically uses the most secure method after querying supported methods from server), recommended option if you don't know what to choose
Address Book - custom sorting direction and sorting by Last Name, First Name
Column editor for enabling/disabling columns in message list and address book - main menu View/Columns or right click over the columns header (Note: Columns can still be rearranged by dragging as before)
Address book window now also remembers position and size
Help button in Send/Receive window (when clicked, automatically appends error log) and Contact in the Help menu (no error log added), both used for requesting user support
Support for BGSOUND tag (only Internet Explorer supports this tag, for better compatibility use AUDIO tag instead)
To/Cc/Bcc drop-down lookups now also search through email addresses, not just names
Message editor TAB key press now keeps focus inside editor (and inserts 4 spaces) while SHIFT + TAB moves focus out of the editor to another control (subject line)
Visual improvements in import window
SMTP authentication type is gone from account properties and from account wizard (it only had one option so that option is now automatic)
Secure Password Authentication (SPA/NTLM) is gone from account properties and account wizard because it is rarely used and unsupported on new servers
Bug fixes
Relaxed restrictions on email validation, email format errors are now treated as warnings (warns you, but allows you to send email anyway)
Instead of reporting an error, automatically creates store folder at default location (%LOCALAPPDATA%\OEClassic) if user installs program under different Windows user account
Default editor font size increased from 8 to 10 points
Access violation when moving mouse wheel over drop-down items
Dialog boxes no longer appear centered between two monitors on dual-display but are centered over the parent window instead
There is no longer a need to click on message editor to start writing a reply because cursor is now properly positioned inside of the editor
Messages are refreshed immediately after they are downloaded, fixes automatic marking messages as read
Fixed a few logging bugs which caused incorrect coloring, logging message raw data, slowdowns etc.
POP3 - APOP and SASL authentications were not working at all, now working as expected
The use of SMTP servers that didn't require password wasn't possible because password was always sent
Clicking Previous/Next buttons in message viewer also selects new message in main window list and marks it as read
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