+* Changes in MH-E 7.95
+
+Version 7.95, the second 8.0 release candidate, fixes a single bug.
+It would be good to check this version ASAP since the Emacs pretest is
+coming in days: if no showstopper problems are found in this version
+it will be promoted to 8.0 before the pretest. Thanks for your help!
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.95
+
+*** Folder Completion Fails in fcc: Field
+
+This has been fixed (closes SF #1476270).
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.94
+
+Version 7.94, the first 8.0 release candidate, fixes a bunch of bugs,
+incorporates new features introduced in Emacs 22.1, improves folder
+completion, and spruces up the tool bar.
+
+** New Features in MH-E 7.94
+
+*** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
+
+This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
+Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
+keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
+options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
+version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
+as well (closes SF #1452724).
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.94
+
+*** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
+
+This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
+mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
+-component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
+
+*** "/ s" Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
+
+On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
+from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
+correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
+
+*** Incorrect Example in mh-folder-list Docstring
+
+This has been fixed (closes SF #1448498).
+
+*** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
+
+This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
+variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
+SF #1448604).
+
+*** Update Icons
+
+Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
+(closes SF #1452715).
+
+*** Can't customize tool bar for current session
+
+If you customized `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons' or
+`mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons', and clicked Set for Current Session, the
+tool bar was not updated. This has been fixed (closes SF #1452718).
+
+*** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
+
+This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
+
+*** mh-folder-completion-function Problems
+
+One could not longer browse folders outside of the standard MH Mail
+directory. This has been fixed. As a beneficial side-effect, you can
+once again use SPC to complete folders (closes SF #1470518).
+
+*** Rename Function and Variable Definers
+
+If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
+or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
+brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
+the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
+`mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
+`defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
+(closes SF #1472029).
+
+*** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
+
+If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
+your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
+message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
+SF #1473729).
+
+*** "echo -e" in Makefile Causes Solaris 10 Problem
+
+This construct has been replaced with printf, which is reputed to be
+more portable (closes SF #1467222, #1473908).
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.93
+
+Version 7.93, the fourth 8.0 beta release, fixes a handful of bugs in
+searching and limiting exposed during continued beta testing.
+
+** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.93
+
+*** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
+
+This flag was redundant and inconsistent with
+`goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
+customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
+address and URL highlighting.
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.93
+
+*** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
+
+The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
+Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
+
+*** XEmacs -nw Fails with number-char-or-marker-p Error
+
+Hopefully, this is the last we'll hear of problems associated with
+XEmacs' incompatible `device-color-cells' function (closes SF
+#1436924).
+
+*** Pick-based Searches Fail
+
+The command `C-c C-p' failed to find any matches. This has been fixed
+(closes SF #1435381).
+
+*** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
+
+The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
+characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
+#1432548).
+
+\f
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.92
+
+Version 7.92, the third 8.0 beta release, removes the "sed -i" in the
+Makefile (SF #1432060), tunes the setting of `mh-image-load-path',
+works around systems that do not have face inheritance, fixes several
+issues with searching on XEmacs, and creates the correct MIME type
+when including OpenOffice documents.
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.91
+
+Version 7.91 is the second 8.0 beta release and fixes several bugs
+that were uncovered in wider testing.
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.90
+
+Version 7.90 is the first 8.0 beta release and is a release that has
+finally broken away from some unfortunate legacy decisions in favor of
+something that will be easier to use and support. Many bugs were fixed
+and many features were added, including making the pick search
+equivalent to the other types of searches.
+
+The rewrite of the manual accelerated dramatically in recent months
+and drove the changes in this release. In order to make the
+manual--and hence the software--better, clearer, more consistent, more
+predictable, and easier to understand, many variables and functions
+were renamed. The changes to the user-visible variables are listed
+here. It is our hope that you, dear MH-E user, will embrace the
+changes for the better and forgive us from making so many incompatible
+changes.
+
+If you use undocumented functionality, be sure to read the ChangeLog
+for changes that might affect you.
+
+** New Features in MH-E 7.90
+
+*** Entry Points Have Moved
+
+Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
+entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
+different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
+inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
+to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
+maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
+
+*** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
+
+The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
+that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
+`install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
+
+*** Use run-hook-with-args
+
+We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
+`run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
+#643702).
+
+*** Merge mh-index.el and mh-pick.el
+
+We merged `mh-index.el' and `mh-pick.el' into a new file
+`mh-search.el'. As part of this process, the old `F s' behavior of
+adding messages to the search sequence has been removed. The `F i'
+keybinding was then renamed to `F s' (`mh-search'). The mode of the
+search-pattern buffer was renamed from MH-Pick to MH-Search. Within
+the MH-Search buffer, the command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now
+runs pick on the given folder recursively and displays the results in
+a search folder like the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
+
+*** Improve Security of mh-fetch-x-image-url
+
+The default has been changed to "Never Fetch." Those of you who like
+the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will have to customize this option
+(closes SF #831278).
+
+*** Remove Emacs 20 Support
+
+As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
+Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
+present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
+
+*** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
+
+MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
+a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
+are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
+is run (closes SF #1385571).
+
+*** Add Choices to mh-to-field-choices
+
+In MH-Letter mode, you can use the "C-c C-f (mh-to-field)" prefix to
+go to and insert fields. The fields "Reply-To:", "Mail-Reply-To:",
+"Mail-Followup-To:" can now be created via the "C-r", "C-a" (for
+author), and "C-l" keys respectively. The key for the "From:" field
+has been renamed from "C-r" to "C-m" for consistency with `mail-mode'
+(closes SF #1400139).
+
+*** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
+
+The function `mh-ps-print-toggle-mime' was never implemented and the
+functionality in `mh-ps-print-msg-show' was better afforded by
+`mh-ps-print-msg' and `mh-ps-print-msg-file'.
+
+Key 7.4.85 7.4.90
+
+F i mh-index-search -
+F s mh-search-folder mh-search
+P A mh-ps-print-toggle-mime -
+P M mh-ps-print-toggle-mime -
+P s mh-ps-print-msg-show -
+
+*** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
+
+The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
+keybindings. Some are interesting; experiment! Most of the changes
+have to do with the renaming of the functions with "mhn" in them to
+"mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were also made
+consistent with the the family of "mml" functions.
+
+Key 7.4.85 7.4.90
+
+C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
+C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
+C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
+C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
+C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
+C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
+C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
+C-c RET C-g mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
+C-c RET C-t mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar
+ mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
+C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
+C-c RET C-x mh-mhn-compose-external-type mh-mh-compose-external-type
+C-c RET g mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
+C-c RET t mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar
+ mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
+C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
+C-c RET x mh-mhn-compose-external-type mh-mh-compose-external-type
+
+*** MH-Search Keymap Changes
+
+These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
+`C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
+search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
+only better!
+
+Key 7.4.85 7.4.90
+
+C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
+C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
+
+** New Variables in MH-E 7.90
+
+*** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
+
+Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
+refile and delete requests.
+
+*** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
+
+Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
+`mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
+executed. We now provide both with clear names.
+
+*** mh-highlight-citation-style
+
+Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
+new name is also more descriptive.
+
+*** mh-insert-signature-hook
+
+Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
+hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
+equally clear.
+
+*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
+
+Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
+abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
+suffix.
+
+*** mh-mhl-format-file
+
+Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
+consistent with other similar options.
+
+*** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
+
+Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
+functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
+renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
+
+*** mh-new-messages-folders
+
+Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
+
+*** mh-path
+
+Additional list of directories to search for MH.
+
+*** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
+
+On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
+This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
+
+*** mh-search-mode-hook
+
+Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
+`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
+
+*** mh-search-program
+
+Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
+`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
+
+*** mh-sortm-args
+
+Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
+variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
+
+*** mh-speed-update-interval
+
+Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
+
+*** mh-ticked-messages-folders
+
+Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
+
+*** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
+
+Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
+
+*** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
+
+Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
+
+*** mh-yank-behavior
+
+Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
+
+** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.90
+
+*** mail-citation-hook
+
+This is already defined in `sendmail.el'.
+
+*** mh-edit-mhn-hook
+
+Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
+
+*** mh-folder-updated-hook
+
+Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
+
+*** mh-highlight-citation-p
+
+Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
+
+*** mh-index-new-messages-folders
+
+Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
+
+*** mh-index-program
+
+Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
+
+*** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
+
+Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
+
+*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
+
+Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
+
+*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
+
+Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
+
+*** mhl-formfile
+
+Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
+
+*** mh-pick-mode-hook
+
+Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
+
+*** mh-speed-flists-interval
+
+Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
+
+*** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
+
+Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
+same thing.
+
+*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
+
+Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
+
+*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
+
+Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
+
+*** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
+
+Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.90
+
+*** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
+
+This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
+
+*** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
+
+This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
+
+*** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
+
+This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
+
+*** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
+
+This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
+
+*** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
+
+If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
+header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
+We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
+(closes SF #725425).
+
+*** Speedbar Creating New Folders Instead of Visiting Existing
+
+This was actually fixed in 7.4.3 (closes SF #792300).
+
+*** Args Out of Range
+
+This compilation error was actually fixed in 7.4.3 (closes SF
+#806577).
+
+*** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
+
+MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
+SF #835192).
+
+*** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
+
+This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
+
+*** Missing Headers When Replying to All
+
+User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
+
+*** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
+
+MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
+uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
+
+*** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
+
+If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
+`M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
+folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
+
+*** XEmacs Compile Fails
+
+Compiling produced a "Symbol's value as variable is void: require"
+error on all files. This has been fixed. As a bonus, warnings have
+been reduced from hundreds to just a few (closes SF #1127595).
+
+*** buffer-offer-save Permanent Local
+
+There was a movement to make `buffer-offer-save' a permanent local
+which would have meant that we could not set it in `mh-letter-mode'.
+However, this movement was fraught with issues and was postponed
+(closes SF #1184756).
+
+*** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
+
+If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
+(`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
+first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
+
+*** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
+
+MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
+something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
+#1231483).
+
+*** Use Standard Default Notation in Prompts
+
+Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
+"Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
+comply with the new standard (closes SF #1275933).
+
+*** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
+
+Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
+fields (closes SF #1306141).
+
+*** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
+
+MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
+in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
+
+*** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
+
+Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
+images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
+has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
+
+*** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
+
+Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
+(closes SF #1399307).
+
+\f
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.85
+
+Version 7.85 heralds a migration of the CVS repository from
+SourceForge to Savannah only for those files that were already part of
+Emacs. As a result, two incompatibilities were introduced with this
+release: the location of MH-E in the load-path has changed, and
+mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to mh-autoloads.el. While this migration
+will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users: CVS Emacs users
+will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome faster MH-E
+updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E updates from
+Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the README for
+details.
+
+MH-E now works on a Mac. See section INSTALL in the README for details.
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.85
+
+*** Prompts Now Follow Current Conventions
+
+Instead of "Prompt: [<default>] ", the prompts now look like "Prompt
+(default: <default>): ".
+
+*** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
+
+The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
+
+*** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
+
+Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
+identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
+
+*** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
+
+mh-compose-forward will now default to the sent message in the sent
+folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
+messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
+#1205890).
+
+*** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
+
+The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
+problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
+
+*** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
+
+An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
+This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
+
+\f
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.84
+
+Version 7.84 contains no user-visible changes. This version
+incorporates changes made in CVS Emacs such as the removal of some
+deprecated software.
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.83
+
+Version 7.83 fixes a handful of bugs, adds colors to buttons for
+signed or encrypted messages, and contains some documentation changes
+related to the upcoming release of the manual. Some options were moved
+to other customization groups as a result.
+
+While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
+gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
+
+** New Variables in MH-E 7.83
+
+*** mh-show-pgg-bad-face
+
+Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
+
+*** mh-show-pgg-good-face
+
+Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
+
+*** mh-show-pgg-unknown-face
+
+Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
+face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.83
+
+*** Whitespace in pick Expressions
+
+The "C-u / s RET" command now works. In addition, you can now add
+whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
+
+*** auto-mode-alist Updated
+
+MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
+drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
+this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
+who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
+#1032353).
+
+*** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
+
+MH-E quotes the "From " header field that is inserted by MTAs.
+However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
+fixed (closes SF #1089870).
+
+*** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
+
+MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
+you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
+been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
+
+*** ! Doesn't Do Regions
+
+Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
+
+*** Swish Fixes
+
+Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
+gracefully.
+
+*** Spamassassin Fixes
+
+If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
+mail if the option mh-junk-background was set. This has been fixed.
+
+*** Mairix Support
+
+Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
+
+\f
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.82
+
+Version 7.82 continues to address the saga surrounding the use of CL
+macros in CVS Emacs and fixes the auto-detection of vanilla MH (closes
+SF #1014781).
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.81
+
+Version 7.81 fixes a `wrong-type-argument' argument error that
+sometimes occurred when processing the Message-ID, adds the ";
+(mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag)" command, and uses ":default" instead
+of "default" in `mh-identity-handlers' to avoid problems with
+"Default:" as a user defined field. If you have modified
+`mh-identity-handlers' in your .emacs, you'll need to rename "default"
+to ":default". This release also corrects the release numbering; the
+previous version number was intended to be 7.80.
+
+\f
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+Version 7.4.80 now supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons,
+which-func-mode, has an improved interface for hiding header fields,
+improves upon the MH variant detection, and contains many bug fixes.
+Those of you familiar with the GNU version numbering schemes will
+recognize this as an alpha release. This does not reflect on the
+quality of this release which is as high as it has always been.
+Although we are not ready to release 8.0, we want you to have access
+to the work that has been hiding in CVS. At the same time we want to
+make it clear that there are incompatible changes with previous
+versions.
+
+We are planning to release the long-awaited manual update synchronized
+with version 8.0. We are using documentation from the manual in the
+docstrings which is hoped to make "C-h f (describe-function)" really
+useful and create a seamless experience when switching back and forth
+between the manual and the docstrings. This has been done in about
+half of the variables and functions in this version.
+
+The writing of the manual has revealed a few inconsistencies in the
+software whose fixes have resulted in incompatible changes, and there
+may well be more. So, unlike version 7 which was chock full of new
+features, version 8's strengths will include complete documentation
+and higher quality.
+
+** New Features in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+*** GNU mailutils Support
+
+MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
+
+*** S/MIME Support
+
+MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
+
+*** Picon Support
+
+In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
+of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
+directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
+variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
+xfaces man page. [NOTE: need to make mh-picon-directory-list an option
+and add xfaces facedb documentation to it.]
+
+*** X-Image-URL Updates
+
+Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
+obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
+`mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
+option controls how the images are fetched.
+
+WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
+the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
+default.
+
+*** Updates to mh-identity-list
+
+Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
+the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
+way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
+to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
+your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
+
+You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
+Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
+key ID" field.
+
+Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
+or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
+your own function, variables that you can use include
+`mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
+and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
+
+The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
+`mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
+handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
+Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
+associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
+appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
+
+If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
+will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
+
+*** Catchup Command
+
+There is a new "F c (mh-catchup)" command that marks all unread
+messages in the current folder as read.
+
+*** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
+
+This has been implemented by adding the key binding "K e
+(mh-display-with-external-viewer)". For inline text/html parts,
+buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use "K t
+(mh-toggle-mime-buttons)" to display the button before viewing it with
+an external browser (closes SF #839318).
+
+*** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
+
+Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
+under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
+
+*** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
+
+This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
+the face used (closes SF #802722).
+
+*** New Print Map
+
+There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is "P".
+The command "l (mh-print-msg)" has been replaced with "P l". Other new
+functions in this keymap include:
+
+ P A mh-ps-print-toggle-mime
+ P C mh-ps-print-toggle-color
+ P F mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
+ P M mh-ps-print-toggle-mime
+ P f mh-ps-print-msg-file
+ P l mh-print-msg
+ P p mh-ps-print-msg
+ P s mh-ps-print-msg-show
+
+*** Draft Buffer Keymap Changes
+
+The keymap in the draft buffer has been modified slightly. The old
+anonymous ftp and tar composition commands have been reinstated and
+letter signing and encrypting keymaps have been added.
+
+The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
+is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
+is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
+S/MIME, or none.
+
+Key 7.4.4 7.4.80
+
+C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
+ mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
+C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
+ -
+C-c RET C-g - mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp
+C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
+C-c RET C-s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
+C-c RET C-t - mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar
+C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
+ mh-mml-secure-message-sign
+C-c RET C-x - mh-mhn-compose-external-type
+C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
+ Prefix Command
+C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
+C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
+C-c RET g - mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp
+C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
+C-c RET s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
+ Prefix Command
+C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
+C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
+C-c RET t - mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar
+C-c RET x - mh-mhn-compose-external-type
+
+*** Speedbar: Highlight Folders With Unseen
+
+The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
+which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
+
+*** Quick Key Help
+
+The "? (mh-help)" function now displays the help in its own buffer
+called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
+
+*** New Startup File mh-e-autoloads.el
+
+If you are installing MH-E yourself, then you can replace any
+autoloads you may have with "(require 'mh-e-autoloads.el)". See the
+README for details.
+
+*** Glimpse Support Removed
+
+Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
+removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
+
+*** mh-msg-is-in-seq Update
+
+Can now specify an alternate message number to "S s
+(mh-msg-is-in-seq)" with a prefix argument.
+
+** New Variables in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
+elsewhere are listed here.
+
+*** mail-citation-hook
+
+Hook for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer.
+
+*** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
+
+Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
+
+*** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
+
+Non-nil means to prompt before sending if fields in
+`mh-auto-fields-list' are inserted.
+
+*** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
+
+Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc'.
+
+*** mh-forward-hook
+
+Invoked on the forwarded letter by "f (mh-forward)".
+
+*** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
+
+List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
+are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
+to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
+can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
+#752045).
+
+The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
+
+*** mh-junk-background
+
+If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
+default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
+were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
+the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
+background.
+
+*** mh-signature-separator-flag
+
+Non-nil means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
+recommended that you change this option since various mail user
+agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
+differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
+letter into a draft.
+
+*** mh-variant
+
+Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
+is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
+first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
+listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
+you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
+initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
+this option to `mailutils'.
+
+When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
+`mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
+accordingly.
+
+If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
+that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
+rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
+their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
+
+** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
+discussed elsewhere are listed here.
+
+*** mh-alias-system-aliases
+
+System definitions should not be a user option.
+
+*** mh-junk-mail-folder
+
+Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
+renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+Many bugs were fixed in this version that aren't listed below.
+
+*** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
+
+Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
+
+*** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
+
+We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
+XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
+our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
+are using (closes SF #644321).
+
+*** Inconsistent Prompts
+
+Prompt formats are now consistent throughout the application (closes
+SF #730470).
+
+*** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
+
+If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
+would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
+
+*** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
+
+A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
+directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
+by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
+mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
+
+*** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
+
+The variables:
+
+ mh-note-cur
+ mh-note-deleted
+ mh-note-dist
+ mh-note-forw
+ mh-note-refiled
+ mh-note-repl
+ mh-note-seq
+
+used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
+the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
+These variables have been converted to character constants so that
+only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
+#770772).
+
+*** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
+
+If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
+user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
+has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
+the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
+
+*** Args out of range
+
+In rare and non-reproducible circumstances, compilation sometimes
+threw an "Args out of range" error. Nonetheless, this has been fixed
+(closes SF #806577).
+
+*** mh-forward hard-codes '-mime' Switch on nmh
+
+Added new option `mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag' that controls whether
+messages are forwarded as MIME attachments (closes SF #827203).
+
+*** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
+
+If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
+pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
+draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
+
+*** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
+
+If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
+separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
+to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
+be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
+#855479).
+
+*** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
+
+If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
+listed in your aliases file, "o (mh-refile-msg)" failed to suggest the
+correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
+
+*** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
+
+If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
+-noshowzero" is present in your ~/.mh_profile, you'd get an error. This
+has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
+
+\f
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
+
+Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
+MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
+are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
+don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
+their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
+on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
+code moved here from desktop.el.
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
+
+Version 7.4.3 fixes the problem where `mh-identity-list' was not getting
+set from .emacs.
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
+
+Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
+#791021).
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
+
+Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
+mh-unit.el.
+
+* Changes in MH-E 7.4
+
+Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
+range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
+as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
+added a handful of new variables.
+
+** New Features in MH-E 7.4
+
+*** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
+
+MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
+wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
+#728638).
+
+*** Remove Prompting in mh-send
+
+Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
+instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
+form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
+
+The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
+t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
+
+*** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
+
+When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
+quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
+`mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
+that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
+#745627).
+
+*** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
+
+Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
+(mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
+`mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
+(mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
+`mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
+will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
+
+*** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
+
+Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
+draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
+to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
+
+*** mh-index-tick-messages
+
+The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
+messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
+new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
+are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
+set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
+
+In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
+has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
+folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
+argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
+folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
+
+*** Narrow to Region
+
+If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
+those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
+folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
+arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
+#732823).
+
+*** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
+
+The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
+(mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
+
+*** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
+
+A new customizable variable,
+`mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
+buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
+current behavior (closes SF #741288).
+
+*** Identity Menu Changes
+
+A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
+header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
+
+** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
+
+*** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
+
+This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
+file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
+name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
+
+*** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
+
+Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
+separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
+
+*** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
+
+Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
+non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
+then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
+
+*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
+
+This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
+(mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
+with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
+should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
+This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
+
+The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
+generated by an index search.
+
+WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
+returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
+buffer, you will not be happy.
+
+*** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
+
+Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
+If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
+other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
+it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
+sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
+`mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
+
+*** mh-visible-header-fields
+
+Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
+This was done to mimic the relationship between
+`mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
+
+** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
+
+*** mh-visible-headers
+
+See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
+
+** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
+
+*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
+
+The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
+completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
+large (closes SF #693859).
+
+*** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
+
+When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
+that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
+deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
+rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
+by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
+#701762).
+
+*** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
+
+If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
+the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
+folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
+folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
+corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
+
+*** Custom Vars Set by a Function
+
+The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
+now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
+to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
+
+*** Folder Completion Slow
+
+The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
+SF #730426).
+
+*** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
+
+Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
+#737128).
+
+*** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
+
+For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
+X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
+you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
+(closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
+the X-Mailer field.
+
+*** Toolbar Spec Error
+
+The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
+
+ Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
+
+This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
+
+*** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
+
+Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
+still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
+words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
+#755718).
+
+\f