Het programma inlook wordt geschreven in Perl en is in staat om e-mail te ontvangen en te versturen. Daarnaast is er een adresboek aanwezig voor het opslaan van adressen en een spambox voor ongewenste berichten. Het programma ondersteunt de welbekende pop3/smtp-combinatie en heeft geen X-omgeving nodig. Hierdoor draait het op bijna alle POSIX- en BSD-besturingssystemen. Versie 0.9.6 is deze week verschenen en voorzien van de volgende lijst met veranderingen sinds de vorige vermelding in de Meuktracker:
Version 0.9.6:Version 0.9.5:
- Added usage of $^X while running inlook with '--version'
- Added waranty before configuring inlook
- Added reply to all (Cc/Bcc) if the user wants to
- Added searching for more text-editors while configuring inlook
- Minor fixes
Version 0.9.4:
- Added searching for available text-editors while configuring inlook
- Added $^O (operating system) while displaying the logo
- Added date to messages in the sent mail inbox
- Added support to checking for updates
- Added that after configuring inlook, it won't die/exit, but return to &main(), thus making inlook ready-to-use right after the configuration
Version 0.9.3:
- Removed the included text-editor
- Improved functions while sending a message
- Bug fix with sending a message with a name from the address book
- Added "From" and "Subject" on sent mails
Version 0.9.2:
- Security-release: Now removing POP3-password from the system memory, using Perl's undef-function
Version 0.9.1:
- Fixes with the configure/Makefile-system
- Updated configuration system, now with support for your favorite browser
- Added support for viewing messages in favorite browser
- Added support for viewing a related URL from the address book in favorite browser
Version 0.9.0:
- Support for receiving attachments by POP3 thanks to metamail
- Bug fix: now using a proper way to display the URL from the address book
- Modified configuration-script
- Improved inbox system
- Fixed a bug while replying to a message
- Improved address book, now added support for adding phone number and a related URL
- Now using Mail::Sender v0.8.16 as the recommended version of it
- Now usinng 'configure' and Makefile instead of 'install.sh'
- Other minor fixes