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The following roadmaps summarize the important changes planned for future releases. They do not list all changes, only changes that are considered significant from the end user's point of view. In addition to the changes listed, most releases will probably contain at least some of the following changes:

Bug fixes, performance tweaks, code cleanups, etc.
New and/or improved translations.
New preferences or configuration options.

IMP 7.0

Status: In development

Planned release timeframe: None

Features currently planned for the next release:

Feature	Status
Dropped basic and minimal views	Done
Mailbox sub-headers in search results	In Progress
Different S/MIME certifcates for encryption and signing	Done
Progress bar when uploading attachments	Done
Improved support for e-mail groups and the address book	Done
Link to sent message replies	Done
Optionally store remote account passwords	Done
Lazy loading of images in HTML messages	Done
Improved support for vTodo iTip handling	Done
Improved display of ZIP/TGZ attachments	Done
Uniquely identifiable sent-mail mailboxes in folder tree	Done
Option to more accurately determine attachments in message list	Done
Purge Deleted button in smartphone view	Done

IMP 6.2

Status: Released

Planned release timeframe: July 8th, 2014

Features currently planned for the next release:

Feature	Status
Allow direct access to remote accounts	Done
Signature display and editing in compose window	Done

IMP 6.1

Status: Released

Planned release timeframe: June 4th, 2013

Feature	Status
Allow direct access to remote accounts	Postponed

IMP 6.0

Status: Released

Planned release timeframe: October 30th, 2012

Features currently planned for the next release:

Feature	Status
Composing and message management in smartphone view	Done

IMP 5.0

Status: Released

Planned release timeframe: April 5th, 2011

Features currently planned for the next release:

Feature	Status
Saved Filters/Complex Search Elements	Done
HTML Signatures	Done
Provide vertical 3-pane view option in DIMP	Done
Improved search user interface	Done
Improved inline display of HTML message parts [IMP now passes the Email Standards Project Acid Test]	Done
Login code moved to Horde	Done
Use PHP temporary streams to process message data	Done
Configurable custom flagging/labels	Done
Native PHP 5 code	Done
MIME code refactoring	Done
New native PHP IMAP library	Done
Full support for advanced IMAP caching extensions [CONDSTORE (RFC 4551) and QRESYNC (RFC 5162)]	Done
Move alternative display frontends (DIMP, MIMP) into IMP	Done

IMP 5.0 successfully parses both the original UW-IMAP MIME torture test and Ryan Finnie's updated MIME torture test. These tests can be found at ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/imp/test/.