This page documents all feature enhancements and bug fixes included in the Mailsmith 2.2.5 release.
Data storage format: Mailsmith 2.2 introduced significant changes to the on-disk mail storage format. Although we have done our best to verify the correct operation of Mailsmith, the possibility remains that there may be bugs that cause data loss and/or whose resolution may require further changes to the storage format. For this reason, we recommend that you back up your Mailsmith User Data Folder before using each new version of Mailsmith. Mailsmith 2.2 contains automated tools for this purpose: if a substantive change is made to the storage format, Mailsmith will offer to make a backup copy of your Mailsmith User Data folder.
Apart from that, we recommend that you maintain a regular backup schedule that includes all of your critical data, not just your email. We recommend SuperDuper from our friends at Shirt Pocket Software.
Universal binary: This version of Mailsmith runs natively on Intel Macs.
System Requirements: Mailsmith 2.2 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. 10.5.8 or later is recommended: Mailsmith will run on 10.4 and is "officially" supported, but we really do recommend that you use at least a 10.5.x version of the OS if at all possible.
Mailsmith is compatible and supported on Mac OS X 10.5.8 and later (including 10.6).
You will not be able to run Mailsmith 2.2 on any version of the OS older than 10.4.
User data location: Beginning with 2.2, Mailsmith no longer
supports placement of the "Mailsmith User Data" folder in the same
folder as the application. If you have been following this practice,
you will have to relocate your Mailsmith User Data folder to a
suitable location (the factory default is ~/Mail/, and if
you choose to have it elsewhere, you must put an alias that points
to it in ~/Mail/).
Support folder migration: beginning with 2.2, Mailsmith will
duplicate a legacy "Mailsmith Support" folder that it finds in the
system-approved location (~/Library/Application/Support/). Note that
filters and notification preferences may refer to sounds, scripts,
and other items that are in the old support folder, so you should
either delete the old folder when you're done with it, or update
filters and preferences as necessary.
Because of substantial differences in the content and organization of the support folder, we recommend that you take this opportunity to clean out any old plug-ins, sounds, etc. that may be in your existing Mailsmith Support folder before repurposing it for use with 2.2.
This build contains no new features. Please see the Mailsmith 2.2 change notes for complete details on what was added for Mailsmith 2.2.
This build contains no behavior changes to existing features.
The following reported problems have been corrected:
Addressed overuse of fcntl(F_FULL_SYNC) which caused database
performance problems.
Fixed display glitch which would occur when making the message view visible via the splitter, after having opened the Mail Browser window with the message view hidden. (This also affects other windows which contain a message view and other lists, such as per-mailbox windows and query results.)
Fixed crash in the Spotlight metadata importer on some gratuitously malformed messages.