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Changelog

May 18, 2026

The Bat! v12.2

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New features

  • Internal PGP engine (gpmInternal): full OpenPGP without GnuPG — Ed25519, ECDSA, ECDH, RSA, AES-256
  • PGP key server support: HKP/HKPS and WKD (Web Key Directory) with auto-fetch on encrypt/verify
  • PGP Subject protection (ProtectSubject) — encrypts Subject inside PGP/MIME and S/MIME messages
  • Theme switching added to Options → Preferences (light/dark/auto/by time)
  • Color groups: configurable background opacity and corner mark indicator
  • + 5 more

Improvements

  • Improved Microsoft Word-like sticky font/size persistence when navigating adjacent to formatted text in the HTML editor
  • 0002296: Added mouse wheel scrolling in the emoji picker
  • Added full interface translation updates for Bulgarian, Finnish, Italian, and Serbian, fixing many missing translations across various menus

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with an invisible caret while typing in the HTML editor
  • Fixed quote splitting in the HTML editor
  • Fixed Ctrl+A not working in header fields
  • Fixed an issue with mouse-based field selection in message headers
  • Fixed an issue where adding spaces in Quick Reply (Conversation View) was not possible
  • + 2 more
Mar 31, 2026

The Bat! v12.1

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New features

  • Automatic spell checking and right-click suggestions in message editor's Subject and other text header fields
  • Manual spell check now checks header fields before the message body
  • Option to check for beta releases alongside regular update checks (DNS TXT + version-info-beta.xml)
  • Updater downloads translated "What's New" changelog for the UI language and shows it in the update dialog
  • Ctrl+right-click on address fields selects the address under the cursor

Improvements

  • New component for message print preview
  • Syntax highlighting for previews of attached text files (.ini, .md, .html, .xml) in Conversation View
  • Improvements to the interface customization dialog (search and drag-and-drop support)
  • MSI installer now removes the previous same-bitness installation before installing
  • The active area around the close button for tabs in the account/folder tree and message list has been increased

Fixes

  • Error messages appeared when previewing .xlsx files
  • Icons in the "Options" menu in the Editor were not highlighted when active
  • Certain strings in the Address History were truncated
  • Incorrect initial display of iCalendar (.ics) file contents led to improper event import into the Calendar
  • Message list tabs appeared smaller on 4K monitors
  • + 15 more
Feb 13, 2026

The Bat! v12.0.3

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Improvements

  • Updated CEF to version 144
  • Made numerous improvements to High DPI support throughout the application

Fixes

  • Russian strings were not displayed in the Preferences window
  • The background color of color groups was overridden by the folder tree background
Jan 20, 2026

The Bat! v12.0.2

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Improvements

  • Added missing translations on the header pane in the Conversation View

Fixes

  • Tags' and color groups' colors were missing in the context menu
  • Certain national characters were not properly displayed in the Conversation View
  • Font size settings for Source Viewer in "Preferences" were not applied in the "View Message Source" window
  • Resolved an issue that caused unintended font size changes in the classic message preview and the plain text editor after opening the "View Message Source" window
  • Further fixes to the font size issues related to the message source viewer
  • + 2 more
Dec 30, 2025

The Bat! v12.0

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New features

  • New Compact mode in the Conversation View
  • Option to hide recipients in Compact mode of the Conversation View
  • Support for rich text actions for quick reply editor in the Conversation View
  • DNS service autodiscovery data can now be used for account creation

Improvements

  • Major UI updates in the new design of the Address book
  • Interface improvements changes in the Conversation View

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused a crash when attempting to drag and drop contacts between address books
  • Fixed an issue where “Save photo” button in the photo selection dialog was outside the clickable area
Dec 24, 2025

The Bat! v11.5.2

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Improvements

  • A minimum size was added to the Account Properties window to keep all content visible
  • Cosmetic improvements in the interface

Fixes

  • Files with "/" in the name cannot be saved to disk
  • Long attachment's name was improperly handled
  • Certain .eml files could not be displayed in the Conversation View mode when opened from Windows Explorer

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