When it comes to security, Apple Computer's report card reads like that of a gifted child: high marks for achievement, but needs to communicate better with others.

In general, the Mac operating system has seen far fewer bugs than its Windows counterpart. But some say a recent vulnerability demonstrates that the notoriously tight-lipped company must communicate more openly on security issues and move more quickly when it comes to plugging holes. "I think there's room for improvement with their response speed on problems with their own code," said Chris Adams, a Mac user and system administrator for San Diego's Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a research center that's played a part in training five Nobel Prize-winning scientists. "The general pattern is complete silence for months and then a terse announcement when the update is released."

Adams said Apple has done a pretty good job of updating the operating system to fill holes found in various Unix components. But what is needed, Adams and others contend, is more dialogue about what the company is doing with regard to security. "At the very least, they need to communicate with the people who report these problems, so it's obvious that work is happening," Adams said in an e-mail interview. "Depending on the problem, it may also be a good idea to announce a workaround if a fix won't be available quickly."

News source: C|Net News.com

What's New in This Release:

· [+] Mail Chat (Tools|Mail Chat)
· [+] Chat Virtual folders for watching conversation threads or waiting for replies to specific messages
· [+] "Utilities|Create a Quick Template" menu command in the message editor to quickly create a QT based on the selected text
· [+] (#0001869) New Window Split Mode - Full-width Message List
· [+] Automatic filtering on IMAP
· [+] Customizable hotkeys for next/prev folder tab (Edit shortcuts/MainMenu/Specials)
· [+] It is now possible to re-filter only selected messages
· [+] Message Editor (using MicroEd) has new status - AutoFormat, AutoWrap, JustifyOnWrap, AutoSpell
· [+] Possibility to insert a line divider in HTML editor
· [+] URLs of incoming messages are added to the log
· [+] Possibility to open URLs by double click from the account's log viewer
· [+] Smartpad.ini: [Options] Taskbar = 1 - shows smartpad in taskbar
· [+] Support of ImagesPDSF.MSL file for translating smileys (see the Beta distribution file)
· [+] VF message DblClk - opens VF folder view; Ctrl+DblClk - Follows message; Shift+DblClk - opens folder view
· [+] Viewing account's log window is no longer modal
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  • (#0001307) Tab order in the Folder Maintenance Centre is now working more correctly
    · [ * ] (#0002992) UTF-7/8 decoding is now much faster
    · [ * ] It is now possible to log manual refiltering
    · [ * ] Search options in the Accont Log View pop-up menu
    · [ * ] The current folder was removed from the Unread tab when new mail was received
    · [-] (#0001633) Character set detection bug in PGP/MIME messages
    · [-] (#0001742) Unread messages were loaded and treated as read during refiltering process
    · [-] (#0002259) Embedded image files were multiplicated at each [auto] save
    · [-] (#0002653) Account tree nodes' states were not stored correctly
    · [-] (#0002673) Selected shortcuts for Send/Queue in the message editor weren't remembered
    · [-] (#0002716) Access Violation error while search in a deleted folder
    · [-] (#0002764) The "l" LDAP attribute was not processed
    · [-] (#0002922) Deleted messages counters were not updated in the Folder Maintenance Centre
    · [-] (#0002951) Access Violation error when selecting folders for search in message reminder
    · [-] (#0002955) Generic view mode setting is not saved, previous setting is used after restart
    · [-] (#0002972) Account tree expand, when you open the account properties
    · [-] (#0002997) Split mode - full width msg list - msg preview toggle one way
    · [-] (#0003005) Virtual Folders think they're Normal Folders is VF name and Directory are not the same
    · [-] (#0003026) Option "Edit | Select all" doesn't work in HTML editor, Ctrl+A works
    · [-] (#0003027) MessageFinder does not "Follow"
    · [-] (#0003038) Using "IMAP Folder management" deletes account level VFs
    · [-] IMAP folder management could fail to see some folders on some IMAP servers
    · [-] No duplicates of message in chat folders
    · [-] Some other minor fixes


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