Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

v3.0.2 - 2022-07-04

Note: We had to abandon the 3.0.1 release, see the blog post What happened to 3.0? for details.

Changed

arm Docker builds now rely on amd64 frontend build stage
Frontend build migrated from npm+webpack to yarn+parcel, node 16

v3.0.1-rc2 - 2022-01-23

Added

Builds for arm7 and arm64 platforms

Changed

Abandoned git-flow process, the master branch renamed to main

v3.0.1-rc1 - 2022-01-17

Fixed

GitHub built packages (rpm, deb, tarball) no longer missing UI files (#250)

Changed

Update Go dependencies
Update NPM dependencies

v3.0.0 - 2021-09-19

Unchanged from rc4.

v3.0.0-rc4 - 2021-08-22

Fixed

Various MIME header decoding improvements

Changed

Bump Go version to 1.17 (#233)

v3.0.0-rc3 - 2021-08-01

Unchanaged from 3.0.0-rc2. This release is to update our build automation and tags for Docker Hub and ghcr.io.

v3.0.0-rc2 - 2021-07-31

Added

Support for SMTP AUTH (#197, thanks makarchuk)
Dark mode support (#218, thanks nerones)

Fixed

Prevent potential click jacking (#190, thanks stuartskelton)
Error on 8 character long SMTP commands (#221)
Allow empty username and password during AUTH (#225)

v3.0.0-rc1 - 2020-09-24

Added

Refresh button to reload mailbox contents
Improved keyboard (tab) focus highlights

Changed

The UI now includes the Open Sans webfont instead of relying on browser/OS fonts

v3.0.0-beta3 - 2020-09-04

Added

Docker HEALTHCHECK
Mouse-out delay to improve pop-up menu navigation
Support for configurable URL base path with INBUCKET_WEB_BASEPATH

Changed

Updated frontend and backend dependencies, Docker image base

Fixed

Improved layout on mobile and wide displays
Prevent unexpected input for modal dialogs
Allow empty SMTP MAIL FROM:<>

v3.0.0-beta2 - 2019-08-17

Added

Ability to name mailboxes after domain of email recipient, set via INBUCKET_MAILBOXNAMING, thanks MatthewJohn.

Changed

Updated JavaScript dependencies.
Updated Go dependencies.
Updated Docker build: Go to 1.12, and Alpine Linux to 3.10

Fixed

URLs to view/download attachments from REST API, #138
Support for late EHLO, #141

v3.0.0-beta1 - 2019-03-14

Added

posix-millis field to REST message and header responses for easier date parsing.

Changed

Rewrote the user interface from scratch, it's now an Elm powered single page application.
Moved the Inbucket repository to its own GitHub organization.
Update to enmime v0.5.0

v2.1.0 - 2018-12-15

No change from beta1.

v2.1.0-beta1 - 2018-10-31

Added

Use Go 1.11 modules for reproducible builds.
SMTP TLS support (thanks kingforaday.)
INBUCKET_WEB_PPROF configuration option for performance profiling.
Godoc example for the REST API client.

Changed

Docker build now uses Go 1.11 and Alpine 3.8

Fixed

Render UTF-8 addresses correctly in both REST API and Web UI.
Memory storage now correctly returns the newest message when asked for ID latest.

v2.0.0 - 2018-05-05

Changed

Corrected docs for INBUCKET_STORAGE_PARAMS (thanks evilmrburns.)
Disabled color log output on Windows, doesn't work there.

v2.0.0-rc1 - 2018-04-07

Added

Inbucket is now configured using environment variables instead of a config file.
In-memory storage option, best for small installations and desktops. Will be used by default.
Storage type is now displayed on Status page.
Store size is now calculated during retention scan and displayed on the Status page.
Debian .deb package generation to release process.
RedHat .rpm package generation to release process.
Message seen flag in REST and Web UI so you can see which messages have already been read.
Recipient domain accept policy; Inbucket can now reject mail to specific domains.
Configurable support for identifying a mailbox by full email address instead of just the local part (username).
Friendly URL support: <inbucket-url>/<mailbox> will redirect your browser to that mailbox.

Changed

Massive refactor of back-end code. Inbucket should now be both easier and more enjoyable to work on.
Changes to file storage format, will require pre-2.0 mail store directories to be deleted.
Renamed themes directory to ui and eliminated the intermediate bootstrap directory.
Docker build:
- Uses the same default ports as other builds; smtp:2500 http:9000 pop3:1100
- Uses volume /config for greeting.html
- Uses volume /storage for mail storage
Log output is now structured, and will be output as JSON with the -logjson flag; which is enabled by default for the Docker container.
SMTP and POP3 network tracing is no longer logged regardless of level, but can be sent to stdout via -netdebug flag.
Replaced store/nostore config variables with a storage policy that mirrors the domain accept policy.

Removed

No longer support SIGHUP or log file rotation.

v1.3.1 - 2018-03-10

Fixed

Adding additional locking during message delivery to prevent race condition that could lose messages.

v1.3.0 - 2018-02-28

Added

Button to purge mailbox contents from the UI.
Simple HTML/CSS sanitization; Safe HTML and Plain Text UI tabs.

Changed

Reverse message display sort order in the UI; now newest first.

v1.2.0 - 2017-12-27

Changed

No significant code changes from rc2

Added

rest/client types MessageHeader and Message with convenience methods; provides a more natural API
Powerful command line REST client
Allow use of latest as a message ID in REST calls

Changed

rest/client.NewV1 renamed to New
rest/client package now embeds the shared rest/model structs into its own types
Fixed panic when monitor.history set to 0

v1.2.0-rc1 - 2017-01-29

Added

Storage of To: header in messages (likely breaks existing datastores)
Attachment list to GET message JSON
Go client for REST API
Monitor feature: lists messages as they arrive, regardless of their destination mailbox
Make @inbucket mailbox prompt configurable
Warnings and errors from MIME parser are displayed with message

Fixed

No longer run out of file handles when dealing with a large number of recipients for a single message.
Empty intermediate directories are now removed when a mailbox is deleted, leaving less junk on your filesystem.

Changed

Build now requires Go 1.7 or later
Removed legacy integral theme, as most new features only in bootstrap
Removed old RESTful APIs, must use /api/v1 base URI now
Allow increased local-part length of 128 chars for Mailgun
RedHat and Ubuntu now use systemd instead of legacy init systems

v1.1.0 - 2016-09-03

Added

Homebrew inbucket.conf and formula (see README)

Fixed

Log and continue when unable to delete oldest message during cap enforcement

v1.1.0-rc2 - 2016-03-06

Added

Message Cap to status page
Search-while-you-type message list filter

Fixed

Shutdown hang in retention scanner
Display empty subject as (No Subject)

v1.1.0-rc1 - 2016-03-04

Added

Inbucket now builds with Go 1.5 or 1.6
Project can build & run inside a Docker container
Add new default theme based on Bootstrap
Your recently accessed mailboxes are listed in the GUI
HTML-only messages now get down-converted to plain text automatically
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Changed

RESTful API moved to /api/v1 base URI
More graceful shutdown on Ctrl-C or when errors encountered

v1.0 - 2014-04-14

Added

Add new configuration option mailbox.message.cap to prevent individual mailboxes from growing too large.
Add Link button to messages, allows for directing another person to a specific message.

Release Checklist

Create a release branch
Update CHANGELOG.md:
- Ensure Unreleased section is up to date
- Rename Unreleased section to release name and date
- Add new GitHub /compare link
- Update previous tag version for Unreleased
Run tests
Update goreleaser, and then test cross-compile: goreleaser --snapshot
Commit changes and merge release into main, tag vX.Y.Z
Push tags and wait for GitHub actions to complete
Update binary_versions option in inbucket-site/_config.yml

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