January 5th, 2012· Added: Mailing lists now permit the SMTP Sender to be set.
· Added: Automatic SMTP Line wrapping for badly formatted mails.
· Added: SSL Certificate chains are now supported.
· Enhanced: SMTP Commands now permit spaces after some commands, improving compatibility with specific SMTP clients.
· Fixed: General Bind to IP didn't support IPv6 formats.
· Fixed: Adding new users using the admin interface no longer causes incorrect tree alignment.
· Fixed: ODBC drivers could crash on Windows Vista and 7 due to old DLLs being included with installation.
October 3rd, 2011· Enhanced: Updated software configuration to operate in release mode
October 3rd, 2011· Initial beta release of Ability Mail Server 2011.
· Added: Support for IP version 6.
· Added: Monitoring process to quickly and automatically recover main process if a failure is detected.
· Added: Version 2.xx to 3.xx transfer tool.
· Enhanced: Larger and more friendly admin interface.
· Fixed: NT service could occasionally prevent the computer from rebooting.
· Fixed: Backup tool could occasionally produce corrupted export files.
March 5th, 2011· Added: Mime type support for common office files.
· Fixed: Webmail created emails will add attachments using the appropriate mime type.
September 15th, 2010· Added: Newly created SSL Certificates now use 2048 or 1024 bit keys and are signed using SHA.
· Added: Auto-Responses will not be sent in response to mails filtered by SPAM related user filters.
· Added: User block list can now permit approximate matching (e.g. *@baddomain.com).
· Added: RBLs will automatically be by-passed for local connections.
· Added: The Grey List White List can now include email addresses.
· Added: New field tag ####REVERSEFROMIP#### which produces IPs in reverse order (e.g. 127.0.0.1 will become 1.0.0.127).
· Enhanced: Updated AVG presets for newer versions.
· Enhanced: Updated SSL support.
· Enhanced: Passwords now support the * character.
· Enhanced: By default new groups will allow up to 20 custom filters per user.
· Enhanced: Filtering action 'Copy All Attachments to Directory' will now include the message ID instead of a random number in the file name.
September 25th, 2009· Added: Many new optimizations that allow the mail server run several times faster.
· Added: Transfer speeds are now greatly optimized and will now use maximum available bandwidth.
· Added: WebMail unread message count will now ignore the Deleted and Junk folders.
· Added: WebMail will not attempt to deliver read receipts when viewing mails within the Junk folder.
· Added: Dynamic web pages requested from WebMail now contain additional header lines to help reduce disruptive caching.
· Added: Many WebMail pages will now automatically place cursor focus on the appropriate text box.
· Added: To help prevent POP3 Retrieval blockages, the system will only attempt to download the same mail 3 times before moving onto the next mail.
· Added: New Field Tag ####TOSUCCESSLIST#### which is used by Transmission Confirmation messages.
· Added: A new notification when editing SPAM Trap IP list, informing admins that changes can take up to 2 hours to take effect.
· Enhanced: Increased default log size to 500 KB.
· Enhanced: Improved security of WebMail session IDs.
· Enhanced: Extended available field tags in the refuse messages for all SPAM filters.
· Fixed: SPAM White List did not correctly apply Custom Events to mails.
· Fixed: Bayesian database corruption could result in SMTP service not loading.
· Fixed: SPAM Trap IP list is now correctly monitored for changes.
· Fixed: SMTP will now allow the RSET command to be used before an AUTH command.
· Fixed: It is no longer possible to create a POP3 Retrieval without any delivery information.
· Fixed: Outgoing mail queue can now operate at maximum capacity.
· Fixed: Transmission Confirmation messages are now only sent once per mail rather than per attempt.
· Fixed: IMAP4 commands were not always correctly parsed when containing quotes within parentheses.
· Fixed: IMAP4 Fetch command could cause the mail server to crash.
· Fixed: IMAP4 Fetch command will now correctly stop processing mails if the client disconnects.
· Removed: SPAM preset SPAMBag.
September 25th, 2009· Added: Outgoing Mail transmission confirmation. Does not guarantee delivery at the destination mail server
· Enhanced: Updated Norton Antivirus approved antivirus settings to work with the latest 2008 version
· Enhanced: Updated AVG approved antivirus settings to work with the latest version
· Enhanced: Sender Domain Check is now only enabled with high level filtering
· Enhanced: Grey Listing default and medium level accept window changed to between 1 and 360 minutes
· Enhanced: Raised IMAP4 mail format limits to reduce the chance of a Bad Mail being generated
· Enhanced: Admin interface now preselects String Contains as the default value for new filtering string match conditions and actions
· Enhanced: WebMail File Store modified date now also shows the year
· Fixed: IMAP4 commands with quotes could occasionally be parsed and processed incorrectly
April 23rd, 2008· Enhanced: ESET NOD32 preset antivirus scanner settings have been updated to work with the latest version.
· Enhanced: WebMail file store now opens text files in a separate window.
· Enhanced: LDAP database changes now prompt for a database file recompilation to avoid out of date database records.
· Enhanced: SSL certificate settings now allow the '&' character to be used.
· Enhanced: SPAM trap is now disabled via the SPAM wizard for low and medium level filtering.
· Fixed: SPAM RBL trigger count was not properly applied when setting the SPAM flag and custom events.
· Fixed: WebMail now correctly supports CSS files.
· Removed: SPAM Preset RBLs SPEWS and SORBS.
November 7th, 2007· Added: POP3 Retrievals can now use the SPAM White List and SPAM Black List.
· Added: SPAM White List can now add a custom event to the mail.
· Added: New field tags SPFRESULT and SPFREASON.
· Added: New WebMail template tags MAXMAILSIZEMB, MAXACCOUNTSIZEMB and ACCOUNTSIZEMB.
· Added: New WebMail template tags FILEUPLOADED and IS_FILEUPLOADED.
· Added: WebMail now automatically sets focus onto the user text box during login.
· Added: Notification of successful file uploads to the File Store in WebMail.
· Added: Any missing user account directories will be automatically be re-added should the user's config.ini file become corrupt.
· Enhanced: SPAM Transaction Delays now have more appropriate default settings.
· Enhanced: All SPAM Filter custom events are now disabled by default.
· Enhanced: F-Prot Antivirus preset settings have now been updated to work with the latest version.
· Enhanced: WebMail can now correctly handle unicode encoded URLs.
· Enhanced: SMTP now strips any bare LFs from mails to ensure other SMTPs accept the mails and also prevent POP3 downloading issues.
· Enhanced: Passwords now allow use of the ? character.
· Fixed: SMTP SPAM White List was not always correctly applied.
· Fixed: Static Route lifetime and resend delay values weren't always correctly applied.
· Fixed: Messages being changed to a blank string caused the application to crash.
· Fixed: WebMail Auto-Signups from a cloned user were given the clone's personal data and password reset information.
· Fixed: IMAP4 commands with malformed number list ranges could occasionally cause the application to crash.
· Fixed: User Exclusive List filter did not take into account Shared Address Book contacts.
· Fixed: Some settings weren't properly disabled by the license in the dialog admin and remote admin interfaces.
July 20th, 2007· Added: New SPAM filter White List.
· Added: New SPAM filter Black List.
· Added: New SPAM filter Grey List.
· Added: New SPAM filter SPAM Trap.
· Added: New SPAM filter Transaction Delays.
· Added: New SPAM filter Sender Domain Check.
· Added: New range of Preset RBLs.
· Added: New RBL option to control trigger count.
· Added: All SPAM filters can now be disabled with a single tick box.
· Added: New wizard to configured SPAM filters.
· Added: Two new field tags ####ATTACHMENTSCOMMALIST#### and ####ATTACHMENTSLIST####.
· Enhanced: RBLs are now performed on the first RCPT TO command to improve efficiency.
· Enhanced: Bayesian database token limit as been increased to 1,500,000.
· Enhanced: Tarpitting is now part of SPAM Filtering to enable the use of SPAM White Listing.
· Enhanced: WebMail login domain list now only shows enabled normal and alias domains.
· Enhanced: Auto-responses now use the WebMail charset.
· Fixed: Importing from version 1.xx could cause a crash.
· Fixed: Certain MX domains without MX records could cause a crash.
· Fixed: NT service start could fail due to no quotes being placed around execution path.
· Fixed: Links within read mail would not display correctly in WebMail when using Opera.
· Fixed: If computer clock was set back, Bayesian database could potentially be reset.
April 19th, 2007· Added: Support for Windows Vista.
· Added: New option for backup domains to control the list of allowed users. Allows front end SMTP support.
· Added: Anti-hammering white list.
· Added: New WebMail option to restrict the number of recipients in composed mails.
· Added: New SPF options to control behavior over the results NONE, NEUTRAL and TEMPERROR.
· Added: New SMTP security option to only allow acceptance of mail from clients with relaying access.
· Added: New IMAP4 option to automatically EXPUNGE/Purge deleted mails.
· Added: Automatic POP3 Retrievals can now be manually triggered from within the admin interface.
· Added: New Antivirus option to control thread priority of the antivirus application.
· Added: New Antivirus option to control behavior of failed scan attempts.
· Added: New Antivirus option to control scanning of mail body parts.
· Added: New Antivirus and Content Filtering action to rename the SMTP sender.
· Added: 'Kaspersky Antivirus' to approved antivirus scanners.
· Added: New log entry if an RBL causes a delay.
· Added: New option to all IP lists that allows detection of locally assigned IP's.
· Enhanced: The 30 day trial now permits 500 users.
· Enhanced: Displaying of only 10,000 mails per folder has now been increased to 50,000.
· Enhanced: Some mails with incorrectly formatted mail headers could prevent correct parsing of multipart mails.
· Fixed: Renaming a domain could occasionally cause user aliases addresses to be reset.
· Fixed: Trailing spaces after address book nicknames are now removed.
· Fixed: Minor IMAP4 STORE command issue.
· Fixed: Mails that are pure attachments are now correctly supported.
· Removed: Preset RBL ORDB.
March 23rd, 2007· Added: New WebMail charsets Windows-1250, Windows-1251 and Windows-1252.
· Added: New redirection option to allow the redirection address list to be cycled (disperse mail equally).
· Added: Admin interface now displays the number of users currently being shown.
· Enhanced: SSL connections now only permit strong ciphers.
· Enhanced: Outgoing mail connections now use all available IPs for a host name.
· Fixed: Outgoing mail connections which timed out could result in other addresses in the mail failing without a delivery attempt.
· Fixed: WebMail address books could only add a maximum of 1000 contacts to a group.