Poppy for Windows started out as a project for personal use, but was released publicly when some friends started asking for the application. Over time, a number of improvements and additions have been made that have been listed in the table below.
| Version |
Date |
Revision |
| 5.9.1 |
04 Dec 2008 |
I think I finally fixed the problem in Windows Vista
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| 5.9.0 |
23 Nov 2008 |
Added experimental SSL support
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| 5.8.3 |
16 Nov 2007 |
Changed domain to www.jsonline.nl
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| 5.8.2 |
29 Jul 2007 |
Small modification to the headers dialog toolbar
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| 5.8.1 |
04 Jan 2007 |
Internal release (screensaver menu)
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| 5.8.0 |
01 Jan 2007 |
Added the 'automatic delete' option (use with extreme caution)
Fixed a problem with the selection rule dialog introduced in 5.7.0
Fixed a number of minor cosmetic issues
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| 5.7.0 |
29 Dec 2006 |
Added decoding of MIME encoded From and To
Fixed a crash caused by errors in the 'Date' header
If delete of a message on one account fails, continue with other accounts
Added a delete confirmation option
Added the 'Cc' Matches selection rule
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| 5.6.1 |
06 Feb 2006 |
Make error information available to screensaver
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| 5.6.0 |
05 Feb 2006 |
Only temporarily show the taskbar error icon if the 'Do not notify when an error occurs' option is on
Changed the taskbar tool tips due to limited text size
Added the Preview Partial Message item in the headers dialog popup menu
Added the Unselect All option to the Headers dialog
Re-introduced the Friends icon in the Headers dialog
Added ExportPoppySettings.bat to the Setup
Added support for the screensaver
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| 5.5.2 |
31 Dec 2005 |
Small changes to the logging functionality
Increased the limits on fields on the account dialog
If configured, reset mail count after starting mail program from the notification window
Corrected problem with scroll lock notification
Added /c command line option to disable DNS cache
Notification window uses configured tooltip color
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| 5.5.1 |
31 Dec 2005 |
Internet beta release
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| 5.5.0 |
07 Nov 2005 |
Prevent windows from saving their position when minimized or maximized
Solve crash due to problems with tooltips on the notification window
Solve problems on Windows 98 machine
Changed taskbar- and header dialog icons
Format date/time in headers dialog according to regional settings
Added 'Check All Now' menu item
Added 'Logging' menu item
Added sorting options to the headers dialog
Added decoding of MIME encoded subjects
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| 5.4.0 |
03 May 2005 |
Close the headers dialog if no more messages after delete
Show button on the taskbar for dialogs
Fix a problem that would incorrectly remove empty lines from messages
Sort order of headers dialog is now:
- unselected messages according to the selection rules
- messages from friends
- messages from the same account
- date/time message was sent
Added button to view headers to notification window
Added button to start mail program to notification window
Prevent Poppy from starting twice
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| 5.3.1 |
28 Mar 2004 |
Fixed a problem in the 'Subject Suspicious' rule
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| 5.3.0 |
20 Mar 2004 |
Changed a number of tooltip messages
Highlight the item that is selected/unselected in the headers dialog
Fixed a problem with the DNS cache
Added attachment icon to headers dialog
Added 'Attachment(s)' selection rule
Added 'Subject Suspicious' selection rule (experimental)
Positioning of popup window is more accurate on lower resolutions
Restore the taskbar icon after an Explorer crash
Check for duplicates before importing a friends e-mail address
Added Export function to Friends list
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| 5.2.1 |
05 Jan 2004 |
Fixed a problem with the 'Only notify based on the selection rules' option
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| 5.2.0 |
01 Jan 2004 |
Fixed a problem occuring when the POP3 address was an IP address
Fixed the 'Reset message counts after starting the mail program' option
Fixed a problem with the 'From' address parsing
Added 'Received On Blacklist' rule to check e-mail headers against an anti-SPAM DNS blacklist
Added 'Only notify based on the selection rules' option
Bring dialogs to the front when the icon is clicked
Fixed a problem in the resize code of the headers dialog
Allow positioning of popup message including multi-monitor support
Added option to change the font of the popup message
Optimized retrieval of e-mail headers to increase speed
Double clicking an item in the headers dialog will preview the e-mail
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| 5.1.0 |
02 Dec 2003 |
Internal beta release
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| 5.0.0 |
01 Dec 2003 |
Added automatic selection based on selection rules to the View Headers dialog
Added Selection tab to the Options dialog
Added toolbar button to start mail program to the View Headers dialog
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4.3.0 |
04 Oct 2003 |
Changed the 'View Headers' dialog.
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4.2.2 |
31 May 2003 |
Changed the way the web browser is started from the menu.
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4.2.1 |
29 May 2003 |
Notification by executing an external program was not working.
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4.2.0 |
26 May 2003 |
Display account names in tooltip if an error occured
Headers dialog will automatically scroll to the last message
Added size of the message to the headers dialog
Added 'Add to Friends' item to menu of headers dialog
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4.1.4 |
11 May 2003 |
Solved a major memory leak
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4.1.3 |
18 Apr 2003 |
Made a little mistake in the previous change
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4.1.2 |
18 Apr 2003 |
The status window was not updated in some situations
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4.1.1 |
08 Apr 2003 |
Fixed a problem in the save window position routine.
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4.1.0 |
31 Mar 2003 |
Fixed some timeout related problems.
Fixed a memory leak in tooltips of some dialogs.
Fixed a memory leak in common dialogs.
Set default menu item according to Options dialog.
Save window position of the headers dialog.
Improved error handling for non-behaving POP3 servers.
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4.0.18 |
24 Dec 2002 |
First public release of version 4.0 of Poppy for Windows.
Total re-write of the POP3 interface.
Much more accurate, because Poppy now uses message ID's i.s.o. message counts.
Options categorized into a new tabbed dialog.
Friends list to identify e-mail from friends.
Option to only notify when you have mail from a friend.
Dialog to display 'From' address and subject of each message.
Preview the source of an e-mail message.
Delete e-mail messages from POP3 servers.
etc. etc.
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3.8.0 |
22 Nov 2002 |
Added the 'Do not notify when an error occurs' option.
It's now possible to start an external program when new mail arrives.
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3.7.0 |
05 Sep 2002 |
Added the 'Reset count after restart' option.
Reorganized the options dialog a little bit.
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| 3.6.0 |
13 Jul 2002 |
Added tooltips to the configuration dialog.
Increased the maximum number of second until the firsty check.
Sounds are now played sequentially.
Popup window will be hidden when mail program is started.
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| 3.5.1 |
18 Jan 2002 |
Fixed a bug causing wrong number of messages reported.
Mail Program can now be any file or URL. Not only executables (.exe).
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| 3.5.0 |
29 Sep 2001 |
Added an option to switch on Scroll Lock when new mail is waiting.
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| 3.4.0 |
24 Sep 2001 |
If the popup window is visible, it will be hidden if the message count becomes zero (e.g. the messages have been downloaded) or if any error that caused the popup window to be displayed, has been solved.
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| 3.3.0 |
04 May 2001 |
Added option to reset count after starting the mail program.
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| 3.2.0 |
09 Apr 2001 |
Added the 'Number of seconds before the first check' option.
When an error occurs, Poppy will tell a bit more about the reason of the error.
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| 3.1.0 |
02 Apr 2001 |
Added the 'Enabled' menu item to quickly enable/disable Poppy.
Changed the homepage to www.jsonline.nl (finally my own domain).
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| 3.0.2 |
15 Jan 2001 |
Now uses the January 5th release of VWCL.
Better support for 'intermediate responses' displayed by some POP3 servers.
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| 3.0.1 |
04 Jan 2001 |
Changed the homepage address to http://home.hccnet.nl/jan.sijm
Some internal performance improvements.
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| 3.0.0 |
24 Dec 2000 |
It's now possible to specify a separate sound for each account.
Some internal maintenance updates.
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| 2.9.0 |
16 Dec 2000 |
Fix a minor bug that may result in ports not being closed.
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| 2.8.0 |
03 Dec 2000 |
Fix a bug in the Account sub menu.
A singe click on the taskbar icon now displays the last status.
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| 2.7.0 |
12 Nov 2000 |
Added the Accounts menu item to quickly enable/disable accounts.
Added the Visit Web Site menu item.
Improved loading of configuration when run for the first time.
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| 2.6.0 |
11 Nov 2000 |
Internal maintenance release. Now uses the October 16th release of VWCL.
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| 2.5.0 |
29 Oct 2000 |
The POP3 server timeout can now be configured using the Options dialog
Added an option to enable/disable automatically hiding the notification window.
Some minor other changes.
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| 2.4.0 |
11 Oct 2000 |
Finally Poppy can be configured to only play the sound and/or display the notification when NEW mail has arrived since the last time Poppy checked the POP3 server.
Added a Help option to the menu and created the corresponding Help file.
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| 2.3.0 |
23 Sep 2000 |
Increased the maximum length of the account name and POP3 server fields.
The mail program field in the Options dialog is now editable to make sure that command line options can be appended.
The input focus now remains with the active program when the status window is displayed.
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| 2.2.0 |
13 Sep 2000 |
The POP3 port number is now configurable.
Changed the user interface (Thanks to Leo Gagne again).
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| 2.1.0 |
11 Sep 2000 |
Do not play a sound when only errors have occurred and there are no new messages.
Changed the Options dialog (Thanks to Leo Gagne).
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| 2.0.0 |
24 Aug 2000 |
Fixed a failed assertion in a very unusual situation.
Errors are now reported per account in the notification window.
Changed major version number, because i wanted to skip 1.13.0 :-)
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| 1.12.0 |
31 Jul 2000 |
Fixed a problem that could cause Poppy to wait forever for a response.
Added debug and error logging (through /l command line and debug build).
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| 1.11.0 |
08 Jul 2000 |
Added an option to enable / disable accounts.
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| 1.10.1 |
03 Jul 2000 |
Maintenance release : Modified for the latest release of VWCL.
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| 1.10.0 |
17 May 2000 |
Some POP3 servers produce intermediate responses before the actual response. Added a fix to handle these situations.
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| 1.9.1 |
02 Apr 2000 |
Fixed a problem that would prevent the icons to be displayed on some systems.
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| 1.9.0 |
15 Mar 2000 |
Popup menu will now be displayed relative to the current mouse position toaccommodatee users that have their taskbar on the top of the screen.
The status window will bedisplayedd near the taskbaras welll.
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| 1.8.0 |
05 Mar 2000 |
Added the 'Mail Program' option in the popup menu and the ability to start this mail program when the icon is double clicked.
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| 1.7.0 |
03 Jan 2000 |
Increased the size of the User ID field.
Modified for the latest release of VWCL.
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| 1.6.0 |
04 Nov 1999 |
Classes developed for Poppy have been added to the VWCL library. Poppy now uses the official release versions of these classes instead of my own pre-release development versions.
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| 1.5.0 |
02 Nov 1999 |
An account can now be assigned a name that will be displayed in the options dialog and in the popup window.
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| 1.4.0 |
31 Oct 1999 |
Added popup window used to display the message count per account when mail is available. Use of this popup window is configurable through the option dialog and can be displayed manually using the 'Last Status' menu item.
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| 1.3.0 |
27 Oct 1999 |
Added check to make sure that only one instance can be started.
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| 1.2.0 |
25 Oct 1999 |
Added option to call 'Check Now' function when icon is double clicked.
Fixed bug that would prevent saving the account information.
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| 1.1.0 |
23 Oct 1999 |
Added option to play sound when mail is available.
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| 1.0.0 |
21 Oct 1999 |
Public release of Poppy for Windows.
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