Language Translations

With version 1.93, we introduce translated versions of Agent for LANG_AGENT_193. In these versions, the complete Agent user interface and the installer are translated. (Sorry! We haven't translated the online help yet, but we're working on it...)

To learn more about the international versions of Agent, visit our International Page.

• We added an option to change the user interface language, on the Options | Display Preferences | Main Window dialog box. This option allows you to choose which language Agent should use if you have downloaded and installed more than one international language resource DLL from Forte.
• We added the name of the user interface language (e.g. "English (American)") to the Agent version number included in the X-Newsreader and X-Mailer header fields for messages that you send. This additional information will make it easier for us to provide support to people using the international versions of Agent.

Improved Line Count Behavior

In order to support larger message line counts, we changed the way line counts and message nesting levels are stored in Agent's database. If you upgrade to version 1.93 and then revert to an older version, you may find that the line counts and message nesting display are incorrect for some messages.

In response to the complaints we received about version 1.92, we changed the way message line counts are stored and displayed:

• Agent now stores exact line counts for values of less than 2 million lines. For larger counts, Agent stores an approximate value that is accurate to 4 decimal digits.
• You have the option to specify how Agent should display line counts that are too large to fit in the line count column. On the Options | Display Preferences | Messages dialog box, you can choose either to display large counts in an abbreviated format (e.g. "123 M"), or to display "******". You can also increase the width of the column to accommodate larger numbers.
• If a line count is approximate (over 2 million), Agent displays the phrase "[Approximately lines]" in the body pane. In the message list pane, Agent rounds all but the most significant digits to zero.

Enhancements

• Agent now allows you to sample up to 1 million messages. Previously, the limit was 32,767 messages. (This change applies to 32-bit Agent only.)
• When comparing subjects for threading, Agent now ignores leading and trailing space and tab characters, and treats sequences of more than one space or tab between words as a single space. This should help Agent correctly group messages with subjects that differ only in the formatting of whitespace.
• When composing a reply, Agent now uses the actual subject from the original message, not the subject retrieved in the message header. This ensures that the correct subject is used in the reply if there is some discrepancy between the two.
• After you print multiple copies of a message, Agent now reverts the count to one copy the next time you print. Agent used to retain the previous count.
• If you unsubscribe from a newsgroup and tell Agent to purge all messages and properties, Agent now switches the group's sort back to Thread sort.
• Because the UTF-7 MIME encoding is being phased out, we removed it from the choices available for the "Western Allow Unicode" language option.
• We added a Getting Started option to the Help menu, to make it easier for new users to get the information they need.
• Agent now allows the | vertical bar character to appear in email addresses.

Bug Fixes

• We fixed a bug that could cause a database to become corrupted if it grew larger than 2 gigabytes.
• We fixed a bug that caused Agent to crash if you tried to save an attachment with a very long filename extension.
• We fixed a bug that caused Agent sometimes to incorrectly format the Subject and other header fields when they were formatted with certain MIME encodings, such as UTF-7 and UTF-8.
• We fixed a bug that could cause Agent to crash when encoding header fields with the UTF-7 character set.
• We fixed a bug that caused Agent to fail to mark messages read if you tested a new kill filter and selected the option not to have Agent delete the selected messages.
• We fixed a bug that allowed a non-trash folder to continue using the Date Deleted sort if you selected a different folder to be the trash folder.
• We fixed a bug that made it possible to inadvertently close the browser window after performing a spell check and sending a message from the composition window.
• We fixed a bug that caused the status bar not to display descriptions for all top-level menus.