Affixa Changelog

What's new in Affixa 3.2024.1.2

Jan 3, 2024
  • Support TLS 1.3 for all mail providers.

New in Affixa 3.2023.5.31 (Jun 6, 2023)

  • Gmail - retry on 502 (bad gateway) responses from the Gmail API.

New in Affixa 3.2022.5.25 (May 25, 2022)

  • Gmail - support plus symbols in email addresses.

New in Affixa 3.2022.4.8 (Apr 9, 2022)

  • Force the use of TLS 1.2 HTTPS connections.
  • Microsoft 365 - use the Outlook REST API instead of EWS.

New in Affixa 3.2021.7.28 (Jul 29, 2021)

  • Microsoft 365 - Further OAuth2 fixes.

New in Affixa 3.2021.4.9 (Apr 11, 2021)

  • Microsoft 365 - Further OAuth2 fixes.

New in Affixa 3.2021.1.8 (Jan 9, 2021)

  • Microsoft 365 - OAuth2 fixes.

New in Affixa 3.2020.12.18 (Dec 18, 2020)

  • Microsoft 365 - use OAuth2 for authentication.
  • Update email provider icons to match current branding.

New in Affixa 3.2019.07.25 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • OWA - better detection of Exchange settings for non-Office 365 accounts.

New in Affixa 3.2019.07.01 (Jul 3, 2019)

  • Better compatibility with TLS 1.1 and 1.2, mainly for Zimbra and Exchange.

New in Affixa 3.2019.04.16 (Apr 16, 2019)

  • Gmail - force re-authorisation when updating to new version.

New in Affixa 3.2019.02.04 (Apr 15, 2019)

  • Gmail - now requires less permissions.

New in Affixa 3.2018.10.12 (Oct 13, 2018)

  • Gmail - tweaks to the new message identifiers used in the new Gmail interface.

New in Affixa 3.2018.09.27 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • Gmail - bundled Chrome extension with installer. The extension is now required rather than optional because of changes in the new Gmail UI.

New in Affixa 3.2018.08.17 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • Gmail - implemented the new message identifiers used in the new Gmail interface.

New in Affixa 3.2018.04.04 (Apr 4, 2018)

  • Further attempt to resolve a conflict created by the Office 365 software from the Microsoft Store.

New in Affixa 3.2018.3.13 (Mar 13, 2018)

  • Workaround for conflict created by pre-installed Office 365 software by Dell on new PCs.

New in Affixa 3.2017.07.22 (Jul 23, 2017)

  • Office 365 - fixed a few account setup bugs.

New in Affixa 3.2017.07.13 (Jul 13, 2017)

  • Office 365 - ensured the signature is always refreshed on each send, and also that inline signature attachments are supported.

New in Affixa 3.2017.05.26 (May 29, 2017)

  • Gmail - fixed a crash that occurred if an attachment was in use by another application.
  • Gmail - fixed a crash that occurred when parsing the Gmail signature details.

New in Affixa 3.2017.05.19 (May 22, 2017)

  • Gmail - resolved a proxy issue when communicating with Google's servers.
  • Gmail - fixed a crash that occurred when no email signature was in use.

New in Affixa 3.2017.05.09 (May 9, 2017)

  • Gmail - resolved an issue with character encodings.
  • Yahoo! - removed last remnants of code base.
  • Email address validation - relaxed to cope with new TLDs, such as .cloud

New in Affixa 3.2017.01.03 (Jan 4, 2017)

  • Gmail - attempt to fix a crash using the new means of authenticating (via web browser).

New in Affixa 3.2016.12.21 (Dec 26, 2016)

  • Gmail - new means of authenticating (via web browser) and now uses Gmail API to obtain signature.

New in Affixa 3.2016.07.14 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • Office 365 - fixed an issue configuring accounts when auto-discover fails.

New in Affixa 3.2016.04.18 (Apr 19, 2016)

  • Zimbra - fixed delays to Affixa startup
  • Signed with a SHA2 code signing certificate

New in Affixa 3.2016.02.08 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • Made the key name used by Affixa to lookup email addresses in Active Directory configurable.

New in Affixa 3.2015.09.02 (Sep 2, 2015)

  • Zimbra - fixed a bug caused by ampersands in a recipient name.
  • Zimbra - updated draft message creation to reflect changes in Zimbra 8.
  • Office 365 - fixed a bug that caused a 401 error if the user declined to save their credentials.

New in Affixa 3.2015.06.23 (Jun 24, 2015)

  • Better support for Sage BusinessWorks and 'WhoAmI' MAPI calls.
  • Critical update for Windows XP users due to impending SSL changes on our web server.
  • General update of web URLs in the software.
  • Zimbra - unable to authenticate if the password contains an ampersand.

New in Affixa 3.2015.04.08 (Apr 9, 2015)

  • Better handling of comms failures while creating drafts or sending emails.

New in Affixa 3.2015.03.17 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Fixed a problem with licence activation on renewed subscriptions.

New in Affixa 3.2015.03.09 (Mar 10, 2015)

  • Yahoo - we can no longer support Yahoo! Mail

New in Affixa 3.2015.03.01 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Gmail - fixed an issue with commas in email recipient display names.

New in Affixa 3.2014.11.10 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • Fixed a problem loading email content with non-English (Windows-1251) characters.

New in Affixa 3.2014.10.01 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Fixed problem with line spacing for all webmail providers
  • Zimbra – resolved an issue whereby font size was set incorrectly in draft/sent email

New in Affixa 3.2014.08.13 (Aug 13, 2014)

  • Gmail – removed IMAP and “classic” HTTP modes. Affixa now uses Gmail’s RESTful API.

New in Affixa 3.2014.05.14 (May 17, 2014)

  • OWA – fix to handle ForeFront security.

New in Affixa 3.2014.04.22 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Gmail – critical fix for HTTP mode.

New in Affixa 3.2014.03.27 (Mar 28, 2014)

  • Yahoo! – Affixa’s consumer key (which identifies Affixa to Yahoo) has changed. Additionally, HTTPS is now used for all transactions.

New in Affixa 3.2014.03.23 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Yahoo! – corrected the maximum attachment size to be 25MB.
  • Zimbra – corrected the maximum attachment size to be 37MB.

New in Affixa 3.2014.03.10 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Fixed a problem getting a user’s email address from Active Directory.

New in Affixa 3.2014.02.08 (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Gmail – fixed a problem whereby users on the non-subscription version had to grant access twice when first setting up an account.
  • Gmail & Yahoo – fixed a bug that arose when the user closes the mini web browser window manually.

New in Affixa 3.2014.02.05 (Feb 6, 2014)

  • Gmail – fixed a problem whereby the browser didn’t close while granting access to an account in HTTP mode

New in Affixa 3.2014.02.02 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Gmail – ensured that the Apps domain is cleared after changing an account to a gmail.com account.
  • Fixed problems caused by a third party obfuscation product

New in Affixa 3.2014.02.01 (Feb 1, 2014)

  • Gmail – fix to support changes in signatures.
  • Further bug fix for HTTP redirects with relative URLs.

New in Affixa 3.2014.01.31 (Jan 31, 2014)

  • Gmail – fix for HTTP mode to respond to Google’s new URLs.

New in Affixa 3.2014.01.30 (Jan 31, 2014)

  • Bug fix for HTTP redirects with relative URLs.

New in Affixa 3.2014.01.22 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Reverted a threading-based change on the mini web browser. Was causing freezes for some users.

New in Affixa 3.2014.01.16 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Yahoo! – OK button wasn’t enabled after successful OAUTH authorisation.

New in Affixa 3.2014.01.15 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Yahoo! – resolved an issue where logging in using the mini web browser didn’t work under Windows 8.1
  • Improved the overall performance of the mini web browser.

New in Affixa 3.2014.01.02 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Resolved performance problems in Windows 8 and 8.1 granting access to a Gmail or Yahoo account.

New in Affixa 3.2014.01.01 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Gmail – rewrote HTTP authentication approach to prepare for the “new sign-in experience” for Apps customers
  • OWA – better handling of an Exchange server exception while Affixa is running
  • Browser Extensions – completely rewritten Chrome and Firefox extensions; retirement of the IE Browser Helper Object
  • Performs a run-time check for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and alerts if not present
  • Stopped the software from prompting about software updates when an error occurs if the user is an enterprise user
  • Updated copyright dates throughout software for 2014

New in Affixa 3.2013.11.17 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue launching the web mail account under Windows XP.

New in Affixa 3.2013.10.15 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Zimbra – fixed HTML signature support and also the inclusion of images within signatures.
  • Resolved a bug with the mini web browser under Windows Server 12 and Windows 8.1.

New in Affixa 3.2013.10.12 Beta (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Gmail – remove erroneous question marks from signatures. This was caused by the presence of Unicode Byte Order Marks.
  • Gmail – improved the robustness of error handling around OAUTH authorisation.
  • Gmail – refined error handling for IMAP connections.
  • Zimbra – support SSO with Windows Authentication. Can be activated via the registry only.
  • Improved mailto preference setting on Windows XP.
  • Better handling of connection errors during subscription activation.
  • Better registry access handling on Windows XP x86.
  • Better x64 platform detection.

New in Affixa 3.2013.08.09 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Better support for MAPIResolveName
  • Better error-handling for the process where pre-configured settings are written

New in Affixa 3.2013.08.07 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Office 365 – fixed an issue that prevented adding accounts without Autodiscovery.

New in Affixa 3.2013.08.06 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Gmail – prevent a crash which occurred after granting access to an account
  • Gmail – handle a situation where the OAUTH refresh token hasn’t been stored
  • Office 365 – support the latest update to the API and web interface
  • OWA / Office 365 – alert the user when account information is “broken”
  • OWA / Office 365 – resolve situation where the version of the Exchange server hasn’t been stored correctly
  • Yahoo! – support a Captcha request during email sending
  • Ensure that the mailto preference is re-established after a software update
  • Prevent a situation whereby Internet Explorer would open tens of windows when clicking on a “mailto” link when a particular registry key was missing

New in Affixa 3.2013.07.02 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Support for non-Gregorian calendars in the licensing module. Was experiencing problems with the Thai Solar Calendar where the year is currently 2556.

New in Affixa 3.2013.04.21 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • Zimbra - added a new option to prevent /zimbra/ being added into the URL for a draft message.

New in Affixa 3.2013.04.14 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • Gmail - fixed a crash that occurred when the user chooses “No Thanks” on the OAUTH screen.
  • General - added an option to suppress the launch of AffixaTray.exe upon installation.

New in Affixa 3.2013.04.01 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • OWA / Office 365 - support for Exchange 2013.

New in Affixa 3.2013.03.26 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • General - fixed a problem where renewals were not being processed automatically when the license issued didn’t require license server checks and the software wasn’t deployed by pre-configured MSI.

New in Affixa 3.2013.03.17 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • General - ensured that the current year is always shown in the copyright message on the “About” screen.
  • General - when performing a pre-configured MSI build, the same version MSI as the installed software will now be downloaded.

New in Affixa 2.2010.12.28 (Jan 12, 2011)

  • Added better support for HTML4 forms in SSO implementations.

New in Affixa 2.2010.9.18 (Sep 28, 2010)

  • Resolved Gmail signature problem when escape characters present.

New in Affixa 2.2010.1.23 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Better handling of Internet Explorer's "Protected Mode" when displaying a draft.
  • Added the capability to cope with Textareas to the Single Sign On module.
  • Added greater detail to activation problem messages.
  • Better handling of login problems with SSO environments.

New in Affixa 2.2009.9.24 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • More changes to resolve an occasional problem uploading files (incorrect content length in header).

New in Affixa 2.2009.9.20 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Hopefully resolved an occasional problem uploading files (incorrect content length in header).
  • Small fix for Windows 7 x64 users. Windows 7 seems to always use x86 MAPI DLLs.
  • Added extra guidance for Google Apps Single Sign On users. While Affixa does support SSO, it requires custom configuration.

New in Affixa 2.2009.9.15 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Minor changes to the login scripting engine to support Single Sign On configurations.

New in Affixa 2.2009.9.12 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Added extra debugging logs in order to trap occasional problems.

New in Affixa 2.2009.8.17 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Tray application can now be opened with a single click in Windows 7 and above in order to be consistent with the Windows 7 experience.
  • Added better status reporting during the upload of files to Yahoo! and Drop.io.
  • Fixed some logic around when the "about to use Drop.io" message should appear.

New in Affixa 2.2009.8.15 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Resolved the issue with the executables. It was actually caused by an uninstall gone wrong.
  • Added better progress reporting during upload of files.

New in Affixa 2.2009.8.14 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Further debugging to track down the issues with Affixa's accompanying executables.

New in Affixa 2.2009.8.13 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Some users unable to launch accompanying Affixa executables. No fix for this, but added debugging logs to try and determine the cause.
  • One user reported a POST issue with Gmail. This recently got rewritten, so want to confirm whether it is an anomaly or a problem. Added debugging logs to determine the cause if this happens again.

New in Affixa 2.2009.8.11 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Better memory management during HTTP posts of files. A maximum 512k buffer will be used to send files.
  • Google Apps cookies are starting to change a bit - updated Affixa to reflect this.
  • Affixa is now closed down automatically if you choose to uninstall it.
  • Firefox extension now installed automatically during Windows logon if Firefox is the default browser in enterprise deployments.
  • Message about the Firefox extension installation will now only be shown if Firefox is already running.
  • Fixed a crash which would arise if there was no "default" account and only one account was configured.
  • Added a second check to see whether the user is an administrator after problems on a Novell network.
  • Fixed a problem in the automatic updater where it would attempt to run the update from the root of the C:\ drive.

New in Affixa 2.2009.7.12 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Increased the Gmail maximum attachment size to 25MB.
  • Better support for travelling Yahoo! Mail users. Accessing Yahoo! Mail from a country other than your domestic one could have potentially caused a crash.
  • Resolved a long-standing 500 error for Yahoo! Mail users. Many, many thanks to Fred Roth for allowing his account to be used for testing!
  • Added an alert for computers running a non-standard Segoe UI font. This was causing the theme component to crash.
  • Added a bit more resilience for incorrect command line parameters (e.g. passing a mailto: string to AffixaHandler.exe without a /MAILTO switch)
  • Re-wrote login scripts for Google and Yahoo!. Also added Single Sign On scripting engine for enterprise use.
  • Revised "Configuration for Business Environments" document.
  • Refactored user interface code to avoid cross-threading accidents.

New in Affixa 2.2009.6.7 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Some minor changes needed to work with some Yahoo! Mail service updates.
  • Removed the "I'll give my details to Google via my web browser" option for Gmail for Firefox 3.5 users. Changes in Firefox 3.5 will mean that this no longer works (it's impossible to read Firefox's cookie database when Firefox is running as an exclusive lock is now placed on the file).

New in Affixa 2.2009.5.4 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Rewrote the Affixa extensions for Firefox following issues with the beta of Firefox 3.5 and cookie database locking.
  • Tested Affixa with a range of Labs and Firefox Extensions for compatibility. No problems found.
  • Minor tweak for corporate use in flat-file usage mode.

New in Affixa 2.2009.4.21 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Stopped automatic updates when update button is hidden in network deployments.

New in Affixa 2.2009.4.19 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Fixed potential Yahoo! timeout issue.
  • Maximum Gmail message size was set to 10MB - corrected to 20MB.

New in Affixa 2.2009.4.14 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Various minor bug fixes and better reporting of non-Affixa problems (e.g. computer configuration).

New in Affixa 2.2009.3.22 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue with the Firefox extension that emerged with Firefox 3.0.7.
  • Fixed the capability to read mail via a desktop mail application.
  • Better notification of files that cannot be read because they're in use.

New in Affixa 2.2009.3.1 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Resolved bug handling unnamed MAPI recipients.
  • Ensured temporary files are cleaned up on cancellation of process.
  • Better management of Yahoo! builds.
  • Add network resilience to drop.io calls.
  • Further minor modifications for business networks.
  • Ensured that drop.io wasn't used for simple "mailto" links.

New in Affixa 2.2009.2.17 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Minor modification for business networks.

New in Affixa 2.2009.2.11 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Fixed bug where Drop.io is used regardless of user choice
  • Tweak to ensure that Google Apps users are taken straight to their draft message
  • Fix to cope with malformed cookies
  • Fixed a bug that occurs when "cutting" and no items selected
  • Fixed Yahoo! Mail config parsing issue.

New in Affixa 2.2009.2.9 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue with some Yahoo! Mail redirects;
  • Fixed a problem where subscription IDs would not stick;
  • Re-entry of passwords is mandatory upon this release.

New in Affixa 2.2009.2.3 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Fixed problem whereby attachments were locked and unreadable when sent from basket
  • Resolved a System.TypeInitialization exception reported by one customer. Web service proxies will now be pre-compiled.
  • Modified the tray application notification to explain that the tray application is only required for Attachment Baskets.
  • Added a one-time warning that drop.io will be used when sending something your email provider won't allow (e.g. .exe's, attachments over 10MB, etc)
  • Fixed a crash when trying to copy the contents of an empty basket to another basket.
  • Themes now available, including Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Silver, Office 2007 Black and Default Windows.
  • Fixed a potential null reference exception in the default mail application check.
  • Fixed a subscription activation problem for one customer.
  • Improved handling of malformed email addresses in "mailto" links;
  • Improved handling of duplicate account names;
  • Improved reporting of locked files when trying to upload.
  • Resolved mail delivery problems due to SPF failure.

New in Affixa 2.2009.1.29 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Fixed a parsing issue for Yahoo! Mail
  • Added additional checks for web browser detection to try to mitigate faulty Windows configurations

New in Affixa 2.2009.1.28 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Added a link to the drop.io "how to" video to explain what it's all about
  • Made re-starts automatic instead of manual
  • Fixed a signature identification problem for some Google Apps accounts

New in Affixa 2.2009.1.27 - Release (Soft Launch) (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Includes better x64 support
  • Includes MSI Deployment Solution Generator for organisations
  • Administrator password on Drop.io drops is now mandatory

New in Affixa 2.2009.1.8 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • There was a bug using HTTPS with Gmail accounts in Firefox
  • You'll only see one Affixa icon in your system tray at all times now (the application has been made single instance)
  • The installer now checks if Affixa is already running before going ahead with the install
  • The installer now checks if gAttach! or yAttach! are installed (Affixa's predecessors) and asks the user to uninstall these as they are incompatible with Affixa

New in Affixa 2.2009.1.6 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug whereby the software crashed on setting Affixa to launch with Windows
  • Removed credentials bugs in Gmail and Yahoo accounts
  • Re-organised the Gmail / Google Apps account settings screen
  • Ensured starred baskets and account names were sorted alphabetically

New in Affixa 2.2009.1.5 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • New basket-related functionality added
  • Bug fix for desktop mail application handling where more than one recipient or attachment
  • New branding and user interface
  • Licence model now included

New in Affixa 2.2008.12.18 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Maintenance build, incorporating bug fix for "mailto" issues.

New in Affixa 2.2008.12.10 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Maintenance build, incorporating fixes for error reporting.

New in Affixa 2.2008.12.4 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Bug fix for Yahoo! Mail accounts.

New in Affixa 2.2008.11.30 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Maintenance build, incorporating bug fixes from gAttach!.

New in Affixa 2.2008.11.23 - Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

  • First build including installer. Internal and VIP release only.