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		  CHANGES IN THE 1.4 RELEASE
		  --------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.4 release.

4107342	parameterList class should support non US-ASCII parameters
4252273	support the IMAP UIDPLUS extension
4377727	allow applications to dynamically register address type mappings
4403733	MimeMessage read from a byte stream loses modifications
4623517	add ByteArrayDataSource class
4971381	add mail.mime.multipart.ignoremissingendboundary System property
6300765	add MimePart.setText(text, charset, subtype) method
6300768	add mail.mime.encodefilename and decodefilename properties
6300771	add Service.connect(user, password)
6300811	add MimeMultipart.isComplete() method
6300814	add mail.mime.multipart.ignoremissingboundaryparameter property
6300828	add MimeMultipart getPreamble and setPreamble methods
6300831	add MimeMessage.updateMessageID() protected method
6300833	add MimeMessage.createMimeMessage() protected method
6300834	make the "part" field of MimePartDataSource protected
6301381	folder.getSeparator should not require the folder to exist
6301386	add PreencodedMimeBodyPart class
6301390	add MimeBodyPart attachFile and saveFile methods
6302118	add MimeUtility fold and unfold methods
6302832	allow more control over headers in InternetHeaders object
6302835	allow applications to dynamically register new protocol providers
6304051	standard interface for Stores that support quotas
6304189	add SharedByteArrayInputStream class
6304193	add SharedFileInputStream class
6332559	REGRESSION: Bug in JavaMail (1.3.3 !) base64 decoder
6401071	Deadlock in IMAP attachment handling
<no id>	handle very large IMAP responses more efficiently
<no id>	changed default for mail.smtp.quitwait to true
<no id>	mailcap multipart entry is a JAF 1.1 fallback entry
<no id>	improve MIME multipart parsing performance by 30% - 40%
<no id>	add com.sun.mail.dsn package for parsing multipart/report DSN messages


		  CHANGES IN THE 1.3.3 RELEASE
		  ----------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.3.3 release.

4239782	add IMAPFolder.getUIDNext
4288393	add IMAPMessage.setPeek to allow reading message without setting SEEN
6214426	POP3Folder.isOpen may return false even though folder is open
6214448	IMAPStore.isConnected may return true even though server is down
6236588	Duplicate Message IDs are generated when mutiple threads create messages
6287582	ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when "Sender" field exists with no value
6288399	IMAP Problem parsing bad envelope address format
<no id>	improve base64 encoding performance 5X (thanks to John Freeman)
<no id>	improve base64 decoding performance 3X
<no id> ignore invalid encodings for composite MIME parts
<no id> add mail.mime.multipart.ignoremissingboundaryparameter
<no id>	if IMAP store times out, force folders closed without waiting
<no id>	don't check if an IMAP folder exists before subscribing/unsubscribing
<no id> add IMAPMessage.getSender(), getInReplyTo() and getContentLanguage()
<no id> add IMAPFolder.getAttributes to retrieve LIST response attributes
<no id> add IMAPStore.hasCapability to check for IMAP server CAPABILITY strings
<no id> add IMAPMessage.invalidateHeaders for memory management
<no id> when opening IMAP folder, don't do LIST before SELECT
<no id> add mail.pop3.disabletop property to disable use of the TOP command
<no id> add mail.pop3.forgettopheaders property to forget headers from TOP cmd
<no id> add POP3Folder.getSizes() method to return sizes of all messages
<no id> add POP3Folder.listCommand() method to return raw results of LIST cmd
<no id> add SMTPTransport.connect(Socket) to enable ATRN support in server


		  CHANGES IN THE 1.3.2 RELEASE
		  ----------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.3.2 release.

4358984	POP3 provider should support APOP, courtesy of "chamness"
4711696	Mapping of nested Exceptions of a SendFailedException
4863399	JavaMail should support specifying the SMTP bind address
4900116	NotifyResponseHandler in Protocol.java throws an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundExc
4924077	folder.getDeletedMessageCount() reports number of undeleted messages
4934814	SASL authentication doesn't default to server specified realm
4945852	Folder exists() function does not handle well folder names that
	contains * or %
4945868	Potential infinite loop in com.sun.mail.imap.protocol.BODY
4945901	Folder.copyMessages() throws wrong exception in case of deleted messages
4971383	[RFE] javamail should allow easy access to last smtp response
4971391	BASE64DecoderStream handling error in encoded streams is too strict
4996040	SharedInputStream stream closing policy is inconsistent
4996543	IndexOutOfBoundsException when using SharedInputStream
4996863	in the com.sun.mail.iap.Response bitfield constant "BAD" is set wrongly
6041271	APPEND does not consider DST when computing timezone offset
6067307	Mime-Version capitalization should match MIME spec
6172894	MIME messages with missing end boundary are not reported as an error
	(added mail.mime.multipart.ignoremissingendboundary System property)
<no id>	accommodate some RFC3501 IMAP protocol changes
<no id>	support RFC822 group lists when parsing IMAP address lists
<no id>	don't read past end of IMAP part, for buggy servers that don't handle it
<no id>	fix IMAP NAMESPACE support
<no id>	allow different SMTPTransport objects to have different localhost names
<no id>	make sure server is really alive in POP3Folder.isOpen()
<no id>	support RFC2554 AUTH= submitter via mail.smtp.submitter and
	SMTPMessage.setSubmitter
<no id>	added SMTPSendFailedException, SMTPAddressFailedException, and
	SMTPAddressSucceededException
<no id>	mail.smtp.reportsuccess causes an exception to be thrown even on
	successful sends, allowing access to the return codes for each address
<no id>	fix IMAP isSubscribed in case where LSUB returns a \Noselect folder
<no id>	parse invalid messages with non-ASCII characters in boundary string
<no id>	add IMAP AUTH=PLAIN support, courtesy of Sandy McArthur
<no id>	add SSL support to all protocols, see SSLNOTES.txt for details
<no id>	add STARTTLS support to IMAP and SMTP protocols, see SSLNOTES.txt
<no id>	handle IMAP email addresses composed of empty strings
<no id>	add SASL support to IMAP provider
<no id>	rename mail.stmp.saslrealm to mail.smtp.sasl.realm


		  CHANGES IN THE 1.3.1 FCS RELEASE
		  --------------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.3.1 release.

4416417	IMAP alerts and notifications are not sent in all cases - more fixes
4702410	header formatting incorrect for long multibyte
4707106	AuthenticationFailedException not thrown in some cases with POP3
4708655	IMAPNestedMessage.getContent without partialfetch
4709848	message_rfc822 DataContentHandler can cause NPE
4711606	uudecoder fails when reading more than a byte at a time
4726447	InternetHeaders.getHeader() doc. doesn't document null pointer return
4726629	Java Mail very slow with large attachment
4741812	IMAPFolder can deadlock
4750514	REGRESSION: MimeBodyPart.getContent fails on image/gif if no X11 present
4750519	using SSL, SocketFetcher.getSocket0() throws incorrect Exception
4762643	JavaMail does not support search in all message's parts.
4780255	Message subject not encoded according to 'mail.mime.charset' property
4787814	accessibility 508 non-compliance:  api/javax/mail/Session.html
4790700	JavaMail Store.connect() throws wrong exception when already connected
4820025	IMAPStore.getPersonalNamespaces throws a ProtocolException
4874787	InternetAddress.toUnicodeString throws NPE, personal not initialized
4882554	Line breaks in subject text break message format
<no id>	don't close connection if open fails, put it back in the pool
<no id>	don't always fetch entire envelope in IMAPMessage.getSize
<no id>	fixed demo webapp to work with servlet 2.3 and newer
<no id>	add DIGEST-MD5 support to SMTP provider, courtesy of Dean Gibson
<no id>	added mail.smtp.quitwait property to wait for response to QUIT
<no id>	added mail.imap.auth.login.disable prop to disable AUTHENTICATE LOGIN


		  CHANGES IN THE 1.3 FCS RELEASE
		  ------------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.3 release.

4112002	IMAP provider hangs if APPEND is prohibited
4201203	I18N: Incorrectly encoded MIME header can't be decoded
	(set the *System* property "mail.mime.decodetext.strict" to "false")
4413498	InternetHeaders should add Received headers in front
4416417	IMAP alerts and notifications are not sent in all cases
4483125	Multi-line mail header processing is slow
4483158	null pointer exception for MessageContext.getMessage()
4483206	Please add a public POP3 TOP method in the next release of the POP3 api
4484098	IMAP PREAUTH does not work
4516973	doPrivileged blocks needed for javamail
4517683	new Flags("FOO").contains("FOO") fails
4517686	want JavaMail-specific debug output stream
4638743	JavaMail does not properly parse dates containing folding white space
4638741	JavaMail does not handle in-spec Internet group addresses properly
4650940	InternetAddress parsing should be more tolerant of bad addresses
4650949	wrong encoding chosen for non-text data in rare cases
4650952	should be able to extract group address members
4672308	InternetAddress.toString () throws a NullPointerException after creation
4679516	"NO" Response from IMAP server causes NPE from getSubject()
4684040	Calling Folder.fetch twice may cause to header duplication
<no id>	make uudecoder more tolerant of incorrect input
<no id>	improve performance of SMTP for small messages
<no id>	handle connection failure during open of POP3 folder
<no id>	ensure ASCII, not EBCDIC output for POP3 protocol on IBM mainframes
<no id>	add POP3Message.invalidate method to invalidate cached message data
<no id>	fix thread safety bug in date formatting when appending to IMAP folders
<no id>	fix parsing bug in QUOTA support
<no id>	add mail.imap.allowreadonlyselect property to support shared mailboxes
<no id>	use thread's context class loader for loading classes
<no id>	add IMAPFolder.FetchProfileItem.HEADER and SIZE
<no id>	don't try to logout store connection twice
<no id>	IMAPFolder.close(false) read-only folder doesn't need to EXAMINE first
<no id>	add support for group addresses to SMTP transport
<no id>	use builtin defaults to allow JavaMail to work in netscape 4
<no id>	tolerate trailing semicolon in Content-Type header (requires JAF 1.0.2)
<no id>	add x-uue as another synonym for uuencode Content-Transfer-Encoding
<no id>	set default charset for text parts
<no id>	properly escape CRLF in MimeUtility.quote
<no id>	fix NPE in MessagingException.getMessage


		  CHANGES IN THE 1.2 FCS RELEASE
		  ------------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.2 release.

4107752	need MimeMessage(MimeMessage msg) constructor to allow copying message
4112065	Need API to list and set/remove ACLs on folders (IMAP-specific)
4119681	MimeMessage should allow creation of light-weight messages
4124022 Two connections required to IMAP server to open a folder
4124840	A mechanism to get the raw (unencoded) data from a MimePart is needed
4126013	javax.mail.search terms should be serializable
4129743	MimeMessage.parse() and MimeMessage.modified should be protected
4132029	SMTP Submit is limited to 7bit; does not use ESMTP/8BITMIME
4140579 MimeUtility.encode() does not allow for filename when using UUEncode
4163360 Need a suitable MessagingException subclass to indicate read-only folder
4181144	InternetAddress should be Cloneable
4230553	AuthenticationFailedException should include error message from server
4259211 exception constructors inconsistent
4266390 MailDateFormat class should be part of the public API
4281729 AddressStringTerm.match bug
4319895	POP3 provider doesn't enforce read-only mode
4319957	Ambiguous documentation in Javamail 1.1.3 early access edition
4328824 string based methods to add recipients
4328826 getDefaultInstance method with no Authenticator
4330580	MimeMultipart.getBodyPart(String CID) throws exception
4333694	NullPointerException in version 1.1.1 of the POP3 Provider
4336435	quoted right angle bracket not handled in InternetAddress
4339203	writeTo should automatically call saveChanges
4340648	MimeUtility.getEncoding(DataHandler) method should be public
4364827	Support IMAP NAMESPACE extension
4366373	ContentDisposition class should be public
4371862	improve performance of MimeMessage
4372700 ParameterList.toString method should allow for returning folded results
<no id>	most control characters must be encoded, not sent as "7bit"
<no id>	appending very large message to IMAP folder uses too much memory
<no id>	changed multipart boundary generation to not include email address
<no id>	support IMAP LITERAL+ extension (RFC 2088)
<no id>	allow SMTP multiline reponses with no text (e.g., "250-")
<no id>	fix many potential locking bugs in IMAP provider
<no id>	add mail.smtp.sendpartial property to send msg with some bad addresses
<no id>	add mail.pop3.rsetbeforequit property (see NOTEST.txt)
<no id>	throw IllegalStateException instead of MessagingException when folder
	is not open (or closed, as appropriate)
<no id>	added support for IMAP QUOTA extension
<no id>	added support for IMAP PREAUTH greeting response
<no id>	added DataContentHandler for text/xml data
<no id>	added SMTPMessage class to specify SMTP options on a per-message basis
<no id>	added javadocs for Sun protocol providers
<no id>	mail.pop3.message.class property allows POP3Message class to be replaced
<no id>	mail.{smtp,imap,pop3}.connectiontimeout property for connection timeouts



		  CHANGES IN THE 1.1.3 FCS RELEASE
		  --------------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.1.3 release.

4248755	Problem loading a custom provider
4249046	don't put space after SMTP FROM: and TO:
4249058	IMAP appendMessages() should include the message Flags as well.
4263185	JavaMail and JAF can't find properties when used as std ext
4271714	DEBUG message always printed when providers loaded from <java.home>/lib
4276080	getEncoding method doesn't parse MIME header
4279603	RFC822 and MIME specials does not include period "."
4292793	using Message.reply(true) twice on the same IMAP message causes NPE
4293605	javax.mail.MimeMultipart boundary string contains invalid characters
4296711	JavaMail IMAP provider doesn't set SEEN on messages with 0 length body
4305687	JavaMail speaking SMTP fails to quote dots in some cases
<no id>	add support for SMTP Authentication, see NOTES.txt
<no id>	add support for SMTP Delivery Status Notification, see NOTES.txt
<no id>	SMTP return address is now set in mail.smtp.from
<no id>	fix bug in InternetAddress when parsing ``<x@foo.com> (Mr. X)''
<no id>	improve javadocs in many places based on questions to javamail@sun.com
<no id>	avoid JDK 1.2 bug 4208960 in SimpleTimeZone.getOffset
<no id>	canonicalize the URLName before fetching saved PasswordAuthentication
<no id>	convert SimpleClient to swing 1.1 package names (javax.swing.*)
<no id>	folder.getURLName() should return native separator, not /, per RFC 2192
<no id>	use JDK 1.2 ClassLoader.getResources() method (if available) to find all
	META-INF/javamail.providers and META-INF/javamail.address.map files in
	the CLASSPATH, to better support protocol provider jar files
<no id>	encode/decode username and password fields of URLName to allow (e.g.)
	usernames with "@"
<no id>	added DataContentHandler for text/html, to simplify creation of HTML
	messages and body parts
<no id>	remove escapes from personal name when parsing in InternetAddress
<no id>	cache results of IMAP STATUS command for 1 second, to improve
	performance of back-to-back calls to getMessageCount,
	getNewMessageCount, getUnreadMessageCount
<no id>	fix InternetHeaders Enumeration to work even if hasMoreElements isn't
	called
<no id>	support mail.smtp.timeout property



		  CHANGES IN THE 1.1.2 FCS RELEASE
		  --------------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.1.2 release.

<no id> Fixed bug where IMAP server connection hangs around even though
	the connect() method failed.
4199595	force quoted-printable encoding of long text lines
<no id>	fix bug in SMTP output that sometimes duplicated "."
<no id>	close SMTP transport on I/O error
4230541	don't send SMTP NOOP unnecessarily
4216666 IMAP provider INTERNALDATE formatter error, causing 
	problems during appendMessages()
4227888 IMAP provider does not honor the UID item in its FetchProfile


		  CHANGES IN THE 1.1.1 FCS RELEASE
		  --------------------------------
The following bugs have been fixed in the 1.1.1 release.

4181143 personal can't be null in constructor
4134273 more careful & picky address parsing in InternetAddress parser
4183700 SMTPTransport fails to close socket under certain situations.
<no id> IMAP provider retains appended message's internal date during
	Folder.appendMessages(Message[] m);
<no id> More efficient server-side search for MessageIDTerm in the
	IMAP provider
<no id> Fix RFC2047 decoding bug in InternetAddress.getPersonal()
<no id> Be more tolerant of illegally formatted dates in date parsing.
<no id> ignore empty lines in loadMappings
<no id> forgot to use javaCharset() in MimeUtility.decodeWord()
<no id> Allow addresses without hostnames in InternetAddress parser
<no id> unrecognized charsets can cause IllegalArgument runtime
	exception when invoking getContent().
<no id> Authentication failure when connecting to Sun IMAP server.
<no id>	Reset SMTP connection after invalid address to allow future
	sends to succeed
<no id>	Any response to an SMTP NOOP command means we're still connected
