Windows Mail Server Software

Version 1.65.1727 (2004-09-23)

  • FIXED: A workaround was built that resolves the issue of duplicates getting sent to AOL.
  • FIXED: Mailing lists could not be administrated if they had an ampersand (&) in their name.
  • FIXED: Max message size setting in mailing lists was not correctly updating internal setting.
  • FIXED: Microsoft .Net 1.1 Service Pack 1 made logging stop on some SmarterMail servers.

Version 1.6.0004 (2004-06-01)

  • CHANGED: "Other" accounts are no longer included in reports when the account has no traffic for the time period specified
  • CHANGED: Reworked logging to be more efficient. Increases stability of large servers that log at a high level of detail
  • CHANGED: SMTP and deliver logs have been improved to allow better tracking of individual sessions
  • CHANGED: User files are no longer deleted when a domain is deleted with "delete files" unchecked
  • CHANGED: Using dedicated threads to handle local delivery. This avoids a locked mailbox from stalling the spool
  • FIXED: Mailboxes allowed 1MB over their disk space limit due to rounding
  • FIXED: Maximum domain limits can be set to negative numbers via web services
  • FIXED: Multiplication overflow possible when sending messages via web mail that prevents message from being sent
  • FIXED: Web mail error if message is missing and user not sorting by date
  • FIXED: When a domain search has no results, subsequent searches won't display the manage link

Version 1.6.0003 (2004-04-28)

  • CHANGED: Allow domain aliases to be added without an mx check if logged in as SmarterMail administrator
  • FIXED: Any search for contacts displays an error when there are no matches
  • FIXED: IMAP InternalDate field formatted incorrectly
  • FIXED: IP addresses on a server not always detected by SmarterMail
  • FIXED: Messages containing null characters cause POP3 sessions to stall for some networks
  • FIXED: Renaming doesn't set domain aliases to use the new name
  • FIXED: Spam RBL list address does not work when prefixed with 'http://'
  • FIXED: Spam RBL list lookups reported all sending ip's as spammers on some servers

Version 1.6.0002 (2004-03-29)

  • ADDED: A message-id field to the email header when composed through the web mail interface
  • CHANGED: POP3 UIDL values were changed to work around a Microsoft Outlook bug that caused messages to be retrieved repeatedly. This will cause some POP3 mailboxes to re-download messages to use the new UIDL. After this re-download there will be no additional duplicates as all new UIDL's will have been received by the mail client.
  • CHANGED: The spell checker was updated to disallow scripts for a security concern that could allow a malicious script to be run
  • CHANGED: Web mail hides full server paths
  • FIXED: A bug where general spam settings would get changed back to default values when other pages were saved
  • FIXED: A bug where Outlook using IMAP would exit on Send/Receive for accounts with certain sub folder names
  • FIXED: A bug where renamed domains reported incorrect disk space usage
  • FIXED: A bug where SMTP authentication required sending from the address that was used for the authentication
  • FIXED: A web mail bug where folders with apostrophes or backslashes could not be navigated
  • FIXED: An email with incorrect quoted-printable encoding would cause an error when viewing through web mail
  • FIXED: Incorrectly formated date in email headers on some non-English servers

Version 1.6.0001 (2004-01-14)

  • ADDED: 127.0.0.1 and Unassigned options to domain IPs
  • ADDED: SMTP auto blocking of IP addresses with specified number of bad sessions in specified amount of time
  • ADDED: Web Services: AddUser2 and UpdateUser2 now have ability to set user's max mailbox size
  • CHANGED: APOP checkbox removed; no longer relevant
  • CHANGED: Friendly addresses now available with multiple formats
  • CHANGED: Max Mailbox Size removed from domain setup; no longer relevant
  • CHANGED: Service exception if applicable log is denied access
  • FIXED: Auto responder issue with accented characters
  • FIXED: Bounce messages not behaving as expected if spool path did not end with a "\"
  • FIXED: Incorrect response given to IMAP FETCH command when requesting HEADER.FIELDS.NOT fields

Version 1.6.0000 (2003-11-24)

  • ADDED: Auto delete log files after specified number of days
  • ADDED: Auto login on new install
  • ADDED: Automatic notification of spam flooding a server
  • ADDED: Delete link in view messages page
  • ADDED: DNS fields to General Settings
  • ADDED: Launch executables to process incoming messages
  • ADDED: Sidebar quick start guide
  • CHANGED: Significantly lowered web mail disk access
  • FIXED: Domain renames not working
  • FIXED: domain.cfg file updated to more accurately show domain sizes
  • FIXED: Lists with reply to list option set, could potentially get caught in a loop with subscribers using auto responders
  • FIXED: More informative message displayed when adding a user beyond license limit
  • FIXED: Now consider postmaster@ip and postmaster@[IP] a local address if IP is local
  • FIXED: Spell checker using combined US\UK dictionary
  • FIXED: Spool path no longer requires an ending '\'
  • FIXED: Stack overflow in mime parser while parsing some multipart/digest messages
  • FIXED: Unable to view individual spool messages
  • FIXED: View Contacts page was incorrectly marking favorite contacts

Version 1.5.0002 (2003-10-21)

  • ADDED: Add page to view connections per server
  • ADDED: Cache domain size for quick access
  • ADDED: Check domain size limits during local delivery
  • ADDED: Check to verify correct fields for adding aliases
  • ADDED: Subject now supports foreign characters via UTF-7 encoding
  • ADDED: Web Services added: UpdateAllDomainSettings, GetGlobalUpdateStatus, ListGlobalUpdateFields, AuthenticateUser
  • CHANGED: Show disk space usage on stats page is automatic for System Admin domain statistics
  • CHANGED: Spam message no longer loaded into memory to rewrite
  • FIXED: Lists allow digest subscribers despite digest disabled
  • FIXED: Mailing list Post and Kill lists don't load on service start up.
  • FIXED: Passing unnecessary message parts through remoting to web site
  • FIXED: Spool gets backed up when processing extremely large lists

Version 1.5.0001 (2003-10-02)

  • ADDED: Ability to disable domains/users
  • ADDED: New Attachment Mime Types
  • ADDED: Option for auto-responder to only respond once per day
  • CHANGED: Auto-responders no longer respond to items deleted by content filtering
  • CHANGED: Incoming postmaster address is handled
  • CHANGED: List prefix adds a space prior to subject
  • FIXED: Pop GMT time zone issue specific to Outlook & Outlook Express
  • FIXED: Stats reporting bug in web services
  • FIXED: White list getting cleared on reboot

Version 1.5.0000 (2003-09-17)

  • ADDED: Add address book entries from read message screen
  • ADDED: After sending a message, web mail remembers what folder you came from and redirects you there
  • ADDED: Content filtering now supports “doesn’t equal”
  • ADDED: English spell check added to web interface
  • ADDED: International character sets can be used in web mail compose screen, but bear in mind that not all email clients can read these types of messages (UTF-7), and that appropriate language packs need to be installed on the server and client machine
  • ADDED: List export function that saves user list to a text file for download
  • ADDED: Orphan cleaner added to clean spool
  • ADDED: System administrators can rename domains
  • ADDED: System administrators may add a domain from the Manage Domains screen.
  • ADDED: Users may choose a reply-to address
  • ADDED: Web service functions for alias catch-all
  • ADDED: Web service functions for list management
  • ADDED: Web service to reload a domain
  • ADDED: Web service to rename a domain
  • ADDED: When delivering mail to remote recipients, 5xx error codes are now immediately bounced
  • CHANGED: Bounce messages are now more detailed
  • CHANGED: Plain-text messages now show up in a courier font for easier reading
  • CHANGED: The “Compose Message” and “Config” menus were swapped to match SmarterStats
  • FIXED: An issue was fixed with SMTP when a single recipient was addressed more than once in a single email
  • FIXED: AOL delivery failure messages are now displayed properly
  • FIXED: Attachments now work when sent from a Macintosh
  • FIXED: Auto-responder subject properly supports accented characters
  • FIXED: Compose window was displaying strangely when many recipients were in the email
  • FIXED: Handles messages where “content-disposition” is “attachment”
  • FIXED: Servers with a +GMT offset were not reporting their IMAP internal dates correctly
  • FIXED: Skin override to handle various browsers
  • FIXED: Very large attachments were timing out on retrieval through POP or IMAP
  • FIXED: When a folder was empty, the counter at the top of the folder window showed the incorrect count of messages
  • FIXED: When a large number of emails to invalid recipients were sent, they would clog the spool and delay other messages. This issue has been resolved

Version 1.2.0000 (2003-08-25)

  • ADDED: Accented characters are supported throughout program including the web mail compose window (for characters 0-255, ISO 8859-1)
  • ADDED: Automatic domain alias assumed: mail.yourdomain.com -> yourdomain.com
  • ADDED: Automatic login by form post or query string implemented with sample source in help file
  • ADDED: Configuration option added that allows deleted messages to be saved in a Deleted Items folder, now the default for new mailboxes
  • ADDED: Domain alias MX validation for security reasons
  • ADDED: Domains can add an alternate SMTP port to listen on in addition to port 25. Helps work around ISPs that block SMTP.
  • ADDED: Folder listing page now shows mailbox size usage, limit, and percentage
  • ADDED: Foreign character sets (ex: Chinese) are supported throughout the program except in the web mail compose window.
  • ADDED: In admin interface, enter may now be pressed to search for a domain
  • ADDED: Logging levels can now be chosen by protocol
  • ADDED: Mailbox and message cache times can be set by administrator to further optimize SmarterMail hardware usage
  • ADDED: Message listing now shows your current position in your mail folder
  • ADDED: Messages can be forwarded as attachment or text
  • ADDED: Messages unread now shows up in title of browser window so it’s easy to see on a task bar or minimized
  • ADDED: Messages with attachments now show a paperclip icon. This uses the MIME header, so it could show some messages as having attachments that do not. This is due to some email clients sending improper headers.
  • ADDED: Multiple email addresses can be added to an email from the address book at once
  • ADDED: New default skin
  • ADDED: Passwords may be locked by administrators so they may not be changed
  • ADDED: Performance counters now get registered in PerfMon to better optimize and manage SmarterMail
  • ADDED: Permissions lock-down check will ensure that the directory permissions on your site have been set correctly.
  • ADDED: 'Printer friendly' print option
  • ADDED: Registration system integrated for free version
  • ADDED: Skins can now be overridden by Browser and Browser/Version, to allow overrides when necessary
  • ADDED: Support for reading most other common language sets.
  • ADDED: Unread items are bolded in the web interface
  • ADDED: Unread messages display an icon next to them in the web interface
  • ADDED: When reading a message in the web interface, the size of the email is shown
  • ADDED: You may set the size you desire on the compose window, and that setting will be saved
  • CHANGED: “Header display on reply” option now defaults to Basic instead of full
  • CHANGED: Additional testing and optimization of browsers with updated help to specify compatibility.
  • CHANGED: Address book state field is now a free-form text field
  • CHANGED: Compose window is no longer a pop-up
  • CHANGED: Content filtering settings no longer look in attachments
  • CHANGED: Delete options have been simplified
  • CHANGED: DNS fields removed from general settings, as they are no longer used
  • CHANGED: Domain content filtering now runs before user filtering and forwarding
  • CHANGED: Friendly names now show up
  • CHANGED: If a message is marked for deletion, all parts of the message get crossed out in the message list
  • CHANGED: In the compose window, clicking on To, CC, or BCC will bring up the address book. The […] button is no longer present
  • CHANGED: Installer size reduced for those people who already have Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 installed. Microsoft .Net Framework is downloaded during install if needed.
  • CHANGED: List server responds with a result of subscribe/unsubscribe requests
  • CHANGED: Logging performance improved
  • CHANGED: Overall layout and feel
  • CHANGED: Passwords are not visible to domain administrators or users. They can be changed by administrators and the account’s user.
  • CHANGED: Purge command removed from action drop down box in web interface if deletion option is auto-purge or move to deleted folder.
  • CHANGED: Read message window is no longer a pop-up
  • CHANGED: Replies will only have one Re:
  • CHANGED: Select All/Deselect All buttons replaced with a top-level checkbox that does not require postback
  • CHANGED: Sorting of folders always has Inbox, Sent, & Deleted at the top.
  • CHANGED: Spool message status now more detailed
  • CHANGED: The subject of a message in the message list is now clickable to navigate to read a message
  • CHANGED: Unread message now Envelope Icon
  • CHANGED: White/Black Listing on a server is now separated by protocol (SMTP/POP/IMAP) to allow for more strict rules.
  • FIXED: A few stability issues were addressed
  • FIXED: Content filtering on sender IP
  • FIXED: Digest subscribers to a list were not recognized as having post permissions
  • FIXED: Digests for list server
  • FIXED: Domain aliases now work as expected
  • FIXED: Email attachments of type rfc822 may be downloaded from web interface
  • FIXED: Entourage for Macintosh would not work in IMAP mode
  • FIXED: Eudora only downloaded half of all messages
  • FIXED: Fixed a skin problem where a black bar sometimes appeared at the bottom of the window
  • FIXED: Issue where curly brackets caused exception with various other mail software.
  • FIXED: List boxes were not displaying at the correct width in Netscape.
  • FIXED: List server only prefixes messages once
  • FIXED: POP clients could have received more than one copy of a message that was only sent once
  • FIXED: POP failed on some clients when messages existed that were marked for deletion
  • FIXED: POP sometimes re-downloaded messages if “leave message on server” option was selected in some email clients
  • FIXED: Relay server could have a looping condition if relay server relays to itself
  • FIXED: Removed “Failed” folder in spool
  • FIXED: Reply to list option now functions as it should
  • FIXED: Server stats spool message counter was showing incorrect value
  • FIXED: Session timeouts are now handled gracefully
  • FIXED: Some pages became distorted when viewed by Netscape.
  • FIXED: Spam list settings were not saving the description of the spam lists
  • FIXED: Special characters in folder names will not cause reading emails to fail
  • FIXED: Spool will no longer get clogged if many messages fail to send
  • FIXED: View Headers displays correctly and completely. Font changed to make more readable

Version 1.0.0000 (2003-07-15)

  • NONE: Original Release
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