[ANN] Eudora F6.0.2

La rustine de francisation, F6.0.2, de Eudora est désormais
disponible à <ftp://ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be/pub/Eudora/6.0/>.

Et bientôt sans doute sur un des miroirs :

<ftp://ftp.calvacom.fr/pub/mac-fr/>
<ftp://ftp.oleane.fr/pub/mirrors/version-francaise/>
<ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be/>
<ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/Mac/UCL/>
<ftp://ftp.cidif.org/mac/>
<ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be/pub/>

Et à l'attention spéciale de Franck :

> * This 6.0.2 release Primarily addresses 4 Panther-related problems in
> Eudora:
> 1) Attach Dialog "Attach" button not enabled
> 2) Network reachability check causing long delays (spinning cursor)
> 3) Crash sending mail if using MX Records
> 4) Failure to add SSL certificate to Keychain if Keychain does not
> already contain a certificate.
>
> 1) When you attach a file using the attach dialog (versus dragging the
> attachment onto the message), the "Attach" button in the dialog is not
> enabled. Due to a change in the standard file dialogs under Panther,
> Eudora's method of enabling the button no longer works. You can still
> double click the attachment in the dialog to attach a document. We
> have changed our dialog code to work around this problem.
> 2) By default, Eudora asks the OS every minute if there is a network
> connection. Eudora uses a standard OS call that Apple indicates we
> should use. The problem is that under certain circumstances, Panther
> takes an inordinate amount of time to respond to this call, while
> Eudora is forced to wait. We have turned this check off by default,
> except for users who have explicitly turned this setting off and back
> on. Please see this Answer Card
> (http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/2487hq.html) for more
> information.
> When Apple has fixed the problem, we will investigate changing the
> defaults back to our original behavior.
> 3) Panther introduced a bug that causes a crash when Eudora attempts to
> use MX records when sending mail. We have worked around this problem by
> disabling the use of MX records under Panther. When Apple fixes the
> problem, we will investigate turning this option back on under OS
> versions that do not have the problem.
> 4) Eudora has long used the Apple Keychain to store SSL certificates.
> Under Panther, if the Keychain does not contain any certificates,
> Eudora is unable to add a certificate. Unfortunately, the Apple
> Keychain does not return an error to us, so we do not know that the
> certificate failed to be added. Next time you check mail, Eudora will
> again attempt to add the certificate and fail. Once a certificate
> exists in the Keychain, Eudora is usually able (there are a few
> exceptions) to add certificates to the Keychain, and thus successfully
> negotiate SSL connections. We have worked around this problem by
> performing our own check to detect a failure to add a certificate,
> instead of relying on the OS to report the error. If adding the
> certificate fails, we revert to an older method of adding the
> certificate to the Keychain that requires some user interaction, but
> should work. Please see this Technical Support Answer Card
> (http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/2492hq.html) for more
> information.
> * When Apple fixes the Keychain we should be able to once again add
> certificates without user interaction, and should be able to
> report errors to the user.
> * Added additional logging during DNS lookups and connection
> attempts.
> * Performance improvement in HTML rendering.
> * Fixed silent failure to connect to SSL-enabled hosts on some
> systems.

Et à l'attention particulière de Laurent dit NoNo :

> En matière de courrier électronique pour Macintosh, Eudora est
> certainement le logiciel incontournable. Il a été conçu par Steve
> Dorner à l'Université d'Illinois à Urbana-Champaign (USA).

--
Jean-Pierre Kuypers

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