April 25th, 2012· Fixed saving Active Directory (LDAP) Integration settings.
· Fixed displaying messages in the Message Archive sent from @BUILTIN_SENDER built-in account on the communication server.
April 17th, 2012· A full installation package of the communication server now comes with built-in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express instead of MSDE 2000 included prior this version which makes possible to install the product with the SQL software on latest versions of Windows system.
March 30th, 2012· Fixed a lot of issues that occur if logging and archiving of Message History is disabled on the IM server (added to previous version 4.0.9).
· The Setup Wizard of the IM server added information on the TCP/IP port that is used by the communication server.
February 23rd, 2012· Added function to save selected messages and transfers from the Message Archive to a text file.
· Added option to turn off the archiving and logging messages on the communication server.
· Small improvements.
February 2nd, 2012· Small improvements.
January 14th, 2012· Starting from this version the software is offered with a free 45-day trial.
· The software price is reduced and now the server costs $190.00 US.
· Minor bug fixes and improvements.
January 13th, 2012· Added support to override built-in SQL account and password used for connection to the SQL database.
December 10th, 2011· Added manifest files to support registration-free COM on latest versions of Windows system.
November 23rd, 2011· Fixed delivering offline messages to Bopup Observer messaging client.
October 28th, 2011· This major release is built on a new communication protocol so it is incompatible with prior versions of the IM clients.
· Added new user account type: "Power User".
· A huge number of improvements, additions and interface changes.
April 28th, 2011· Minor improvements and changes.
April 9th, 2011· Minor big fixes and improvements.
January 14th, 2011· Fixed deletion of File Distribution Task in the left tree of the Management Console.
· Fixed issue on assigning users to File Distribution Task and News Message if an administrator cancels the Assign dialog box by clicking the Cancel button.
· Other minor big fixes and improvements
December 20th, 2010· This version fixes possible issues and errors in the instant messaging clients on establishing connection with the communication server.
November 30th, 2010· Added function to print a tree structure displayed on the right in the Organizational Unit view.
· Small improvements.
November 16th, 2010· Information on user's current/last session is shown under his account details on the profile page.
· User's account profile page contains the name of Organizational Unit and it's location (path) within parent units.
· This version gives another 30-day trial if it is installed above an existing version.
September 13th, 2010· Added support to send instant messages to users and groups directly from the Management Console and from a command line interface.
· Minor improvements.
August 26th, 2010· Fixed possible issues with connectivity from IM clients to the communication server.
August 9th, 2010· Added SQL database maintenance options to backup, restore and clean up the program database.
July 26th, 2010· Increased speed and performance of the server on MS SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
· Fixed and improved option of rebuilding users' Contact List on the server.
· Fixed issues with stopping the service.
· The Management Console added a section to view www.bopup.me blog.
May 30th, 2010· Improved debug information, now the service logs Class::Method into the Event Log when an exception occurs.
· Fixed and improved Active Directory Import Wizard, now it supports and finds more than 1000 user account objects in the same OU/Group.
· Fixed error on deleting a user from a group when the group disappears on other users.
· Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
March 19th, 2010· Improved support of Windows Firewall on Windows 2008/7.
· Fixed error with searching messages and file transfer from Management Console.
February 17th, 2010· Minor interface improvements regarding displaying assigned groups for administrator accounts and administrators on group profile pages.
February 9th, 2010· Fixed error on cancelling file transfer on a recipient's side.
January 27th, 2010· Fixed error on accepting and saving offline files.
· A lot of changes and improvements.
December 29th, 2009· Added "Search for Messages and File Transfers" functionality.
· A lot of changes and improvements.
December 25th, 2009· Added functionality of non-public user groups.
· Fixed small issues with a user' personal authentication.
· A lot of improvements.
November 30th, 2009· Added personal authentication to authorize a user using different authentication mode.
· Added option to manually rebuild users contact lists.
· Added option that restricts users from changing their contacts.
· Added Branding feature that lets upload and show company logo in the messengers.
September 11th, 2009· Added ability to run the console and manage the server under a non-administrator Windows account
August 10th, 2009· Added File Distribution and File Transfer features.
· Small bugfixes and improvements.
June 10th, 2009· This major update comes with the File Distribution and File Transfer features.
June 6th, 2009· This major update comes with the File Distribution and File Transfer features.
May 9th, 2009· This major update comes with the File Distribution and File Transfer features.
April 14th, 2009· Added File Distribution feature to assign and distribute documents and folders to users from the IM server
· Added File Transfer functionality
January 20th, 2009· Fixed error when nothing happens on assigning users to News message from the Management Console.
December 17th, 2008· Improved Active Directory Import Wizard.
November 30th, 2008· Now the Active Directory Import Wizard successfully imports Organizational Units even if they have the same name but located in different leaves.
· Fixed error on deleting an Organizational Unit from the Management Console that has one or more child units.
· Other minor bugfixes and improvements
November 17th, 2008· Fixed error when a user account could be renamed to an existing account name.
· Improved upgrade and uninstallation procedures: Setup Wizard automatically closes Management Console (if open).
November 13th, 2008· Fixed error on saving users' contacts on the server.
November 6th, 2008· Fixed error on uploading setup.ini configuration file from the Management Console.
November 1st, 2008· Fixed error when the service may hang up on it's restarting after the Active Directory Import Wizard finishes.
· Fixed option in the Import Wizard that verifies enabled/disabled user accounts.
· Minor bugfixes.
October 23rd, 2008· Improved overall performance of the server. Now it works much better and faster.
· Added option to disconnect currently connected users from the Management Console (Presence Status view).
October 16th, 2008· Fixed error when the message has been successfully sent but the messenger on a client-side reports on an error.
· A lot of changes and improvements.
October 10th, 2008· A lot of bugfixes and improvements
September 11th, 2008· This version delivers a list of group users to messenger clients.
· Fixed error when IM client may hang up on receiving changes in assigned groups list from the server.
· Fixed error when the service may hang up on receiving "Presence Status" request from a client.
· Fixed delivering and saving large lists of contacts/groups.
· Minor bugfixes and enhancements.
September 8th, 2008· This version delivers a list of group users to messenger clients.
· Fixed error when IM client may hang up on receiving changes in assigned groups list from the server.
· Fixed error when the service may hang up on receiving "Presence Status" request from a client.
· Minor bugfixes and enhancements
August 13th, 2008· Fixed delivering messages to multiple recipients (by selecting several users from the Contact List).
· Fixed delivering message attributes such as text font and color.
August 6th, 2008· Fixed connectivity issues.
· A lot of small bugfixes and minor improvements.
August 4th, 2008· Fixed connectivity issues.
· A lot of small bugfixes and minor improvements.
July 25th, 2008· Added private login/password functionality to authenticate users.
· Fixed and improved Active Directory Import Wizard: it may hang up while creating a OU's tree, and now the wizard checks and does not import computer objects from the LDAP catalog.
June 21st, 2008· Fixed and improved IM client connectivity issues.
June 8th, 2008· A lot of enhancements and improvements in the Active Directory Import Wizard.
· Added option to do not import disabled accounts.
· Added option to create Messaging Groups similar to the LDAP Groups to which imported users belong.
May 19th, 2008· This version comes with major changes in the IM protocol which now supports client connections from outside a LAN, behind proxy servers, home networks, etc.
· Added new Windows Authentication mode based on standard SSPI architecture to authorize users on the server.
· Added Active Directory (LDAP) integration options that support importing users accounts from the catalog "on-the-fly".
· Fixed startup error when the service could not connect to the SQL server and load required data.
· A large number of interface and program improvements and new enhancements.
May 8th, 2008· This version comes with major changes in the IM protocol which now supports client connections from outside a LAN, behind proxy servers, home networks, etc.
· Added new Windows Authentication mode based on standard SSPI architecture to authorize users on the server.
· Added Active Directory (LDAP) integration options that support importing users accounts from the catalog "on-the-fly".
· A large number of interface and program improvements and new enhancements.
May 7th, 2008· This version comes with major changes in the IM protocol which now supports client connections from outside a LAN, behind proxy servers, home networks, etc.
· Added new Windows Authentication mode based on standard SSPI architecture to authorize users on the server.
· A large number of interface and program improvements and new enhancements.
January 8th, 2008· Added support to use email address as IM account when the user account is created from the messaging clients. This option overrides default functionality to use Windows logon ID as IM account.
· Fixed delivering offline news messages.
January 7th, 2008· Added support to use email address as IM account when the user account is created from the messaging clients. This option overrides default functionality to use Windows logon ID as IM account.
December 17th, 2007· Added the "Automatically rebuild users' Contacts List" option.
· Fixed deletion messages from Pending list on the server.
· A lot of minor bugfixes and improvements.
November 3rd, 2007· Added support for SQL servers that enable Windows Authentication only.
· Fixed delivering available users and messaging groups to IM clients (occurred on administrative accounts only).
· Added minor improvements.
April 11th, 2007· Fixed deleting user accounts from the server.
· Now double-click on the tree in the Management Console opens an object's properties.
· Added ability to assign/remove messaging groups and news messages by user.
September 27th, 2006· Small bugfixes in Group Manager.
· User could not be assigned to existing network groups in a most of user display modes in the tree.
June 15th, 2006· Improved Active Directory Wizard. Added option to automatically create user groups according to the selected Organizational Units. Added Account and Group Policies features. New "Check for updates" module.