MTDN Star Developer Marc Blank has released the long awaited version 1.0.4 of his remarkable Treo email client, ChatterEmail. This version incorporates many improvements, changes, and more importantly, significant new features such as filtered mailboxes, SMS “pseudo-push” and the first tentative steps towards POP3 functionality.

“I’ve released Chatter 1.0.4 as a stable build; those of you who have been waiting to upgrade (from 1.0.3.1) might want to try out the new release.

Here, for your convenience, are the release notes for 1.0.4:

v1.0.4 (3/23/05)

** If you are upgrading from 1.0.2 or earlier, I recommend rebuilding Mailboxes and Accounts from scratch to avoid potential problems.
Please consult the manual (ChatterEmail.pdf) for details regarding new features.

• Added a “Disable Background SSL” preference in Connection prefs; using this option makes SSL stable at the cost of being unable to get updates on SSL Mailboxes while outside of Chatter. Running Mailboxes using SSL without this option guarantees occasional resets.
• Added “Filtered Mailboxes”, while allow for 1) searches of an entire server folder and 2) Mailboxes that are filtered on certain criteria (date, content of message, and unread so far)
• Fixed a problem that prevented PRC and PDB files from being opened in Chatter
• Added a feature in which returning to Chatter after leaving in Message View, returns to that message when you next re-enter Chatter. This is handy for, say, tapping on URLs within messages and then wishing to return when done.
• Added SMS “pseudo-push” to Chatter’s options. This may be a good alternative
  for those wanting a push-like experience but either don’t have a server supporting IDLE or want to save on battery life.

• Added preliminary POP3 support. Attachments and “Load More” are not implemented at this time.
• Added Notifications preference to use the Attention Manager (snowflake)
• Added “All Online” and “All Offline” menu commands to Sys menu
• Increased limit of online folders to 12 on T650 (from 8)
• Fixed a problem with QuickSync and sleep
• Fixed a problem with truncated subject/to/cc fields
• Messages deleted in “Message View” are now greyed out as they are in “Mailbox View”. This can be changed to the “old” way with a new preference in “Message View” prefs.
• Added “Undelete” menu command in Message View (this relates to the previous item)
• Fixed many, many small problems.”

ChatterEmail v1.0.4 can be downloaded from the MTDN download section here.
Discusss ChatterEmail at the MTDN forum here.
Visit the ChatterEmail website here.

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