January 14th, 2012· Every time you exceed your quotas the Server Storage Manager is automatically displayed, complete with useful options to to help you manage storage space.
October 5th, 2010· (Quality Control - Server Storage Manager) Disabled Potentially Destructive "Auto Delete" Process: The option to automatically delete a user's excess messages has been temporarily disabled until a potentially destructive bug is fixed and thoroughly tested.
· Because this is a bug that can only potentially effect Gold accounts with substantial amounts of messages (over 4,000!), this disabled feature won't be noticed by too many people. This bug will be prioritized and fixed in v2.9.9.2.
· (Enhancement - VaultletMail) Added Server Storage Manager (SSM): Automatically displays storage space consumed on the server in the case of a user exceeding their VaultletMail storage quotas. The SSM also presents a list of user specific actions to take that make complying with VaultletMail quotas much easier.
· More good news: If you're a Gold account holder, you can even configure the SSM to automatically take care of server storage quotas for you - it's as simple as "set it and forget it" for those who have Gold accounts.
· (Enhancement - VaultletSuite) Added Maintenance Clock and Server Availability Check: The maintenance clock now checks for, and advises users of, upcoming scheduled maintenance events. Further, if a user is accessing the VaultletSuite 2 Go servers within the maintenance window, the VS2Go will now also check to see if the server is available for use, or if it's actually and currently down for maintenance.
· (Enhancement - VaultletSuite) Added Secure Automated Online Passphrase Reset Wizard: Up until now, users had to manually request, and often wait, for their account passphrase to be reset. Since that's too labor intensive and takes too long (especially on weekends!), a secure automated system was implemented. While the entire passphrase reset process has yet to be fully translated, at least the request confirmation email goes out in English or Spanish. Look for full i18n of this when v3.0 comes out towards the end of 2010.
· (Enhancement - VaultletMail Server) Added Spanish Overage Message Translation: The automated server advisory system is now bilingual, offering English and Spanish speaking users with a detailed accounting of the current state of server storage quotas, along with impending deletions to remedy them if the user doesn't intervene.
· (Enhancement - VaultletSuite Client and Server) Added Further Refinements to "Minimum Version" Compatibility Check: Version 2.9.9 is the last major upgrade to the 2.x series. As the only future changes to this series will be bug fixes and too many people are using out-of-date versions, a more rigorous way of moving people up to this latest stable release series (v2.9.9.x) was necessary. Within 30 days of putting v2.9.9 into production, all lesser versions will be flagged as incompatible and instructed to upgrade their installation to continue accessing the system.
(Quality Control - VaultletMail) Fixed Easily Scammed "Tell a Friend" Process : Because too many people abused this system to pile up enough Blue years and later convert them into free Gold accounts, the following two measures have been taken:
· 1) Blue to Gold year conversion has been temporarily suspended. If somebody wants a Gold account, they'll have to pay for it.
· 2) More free Blue years are now contingent upon somebody actually receiving the "Tell a Friend" message and signing up for a new account.
· (Quality Control - VaultletMail Server) Improved Excess Message Deletion Accuracy: Previous implementation of "deleteExcessMessagesByXxx" would delete unopened messages from their recipient's inboxes as a result of their sender exceeding system resource limits. The current version does not delete these messages.
· (Quality Control - VaultletMail) Fixed Roaming Mode w/o Local Data Store: Previous versions prompted incessantly for a non-existent local storage device when users attempted to roam w/o one. This update remedies this most annoying, but uncommon, problem.
March 17th, 2010· (Enhancement - VaultletMail SpecialDelivery) Added Withdrawable SpecialDelivery Messages: Gold account holders can now send withdrawable ScopeControlled or HalfLife'd messages and then withdraw them before they are read for the first time.
· (Enhancement - SpecialDelivery Viewer ) Added Automatic SpecialDelivery Viewer Updates (BETA): Using an improved VS2Go updater module, the new updater now keeps the SpecialDelivery Viewer up-to-date. This is a BETA feature that will used by the SpecialDelivery Webmail extension for Firefox (and eventually IE and Outlook). This always up-to-date viewer will allow recipients of SpecialDelivery messages to view their webmail messages without depending upon using or having Java applets enabled in their browser.
· (Bug Fix - Withdrawable SpecialDelivery Messages) Improved Consistency: In certain contexts, some constrained SD messages weren't being withdrawn correctly. v2.9.4.1 now works as you would expect it to.
· (Bug Fix - New User Wizard) Improved Referrer Detection: Previous versions allowed some users to serve as referrers for their own account creation. This has been remedied.
· (Bug Fix - Autoposted Bug Report) Improved Bug Post Filtering: Previous versions often reported minor issues as bugs. This update now filters for "NON-FATAL-ERRORS" before deciding to autopost a new bug report. This should help to reduce the "drinking from a firehose" bug report effect.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Improved Corrupted Message File Handling: This update makes the handling a bit less verbose than before.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Demoted a Number of Non-Bugs: This update also demotes a number of non-issue bug reports to NON-FATAL-ERRORS.
· (Bug Fix - OSX Quirks) Improved Detection of Java Quirks on OSX: This update now attempts to prevent a number of minor (non-fatal) errors from happening and being reported.
· (Bug Fix - AddressBook) Improved Handling of Out-of-Synch Condition: The user's and server's copies of AddressBooks can occasionally become desynchronized. Code for handling this condition how flushes a desynchronized local AddressBook cache upon exiting the VaultletMail client.
· (Bug Fix - Timed Confirmation Dialogs) Improved Handling of "No" Defaults: Previous versions had a bias for default answers of "Yes". Now that "No" is also being used as a default answer, those biases had to be adjusted.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail Client Search-by-Typing ) Disabled Overly Verbose Debugging Information Defaults: Since this was clogging up session logs, the volume had to be turned down a bit.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go Installer) Improved Handling on Arabic Versions of Vista and Windows 7: Previous versions would occasionally hang during the installation process, forcing users to install the zipped up portable version instead.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Improved Handling of Malformed Incoming Messages Generated by Outlook: Previous versions would occasionally choke on syntactically invalid email generated by Outlook. While this update actually allows the message to be viewed in its raw, unformatted format, future updates should include workarounds for this rare problem.
· (Bug Fix - SpecialDelivery Viewer) Added Missing SDV Launcher to Portable Versions: While the viewer was included by the standard installer, the portable versions omitted it.
March 17th, 2010· (Network Enhancement - VaultletMail SpecialDelivery) Added Remote Enforcement of ScopeControl Constraints: While this is another "behind the magic curtain" infrastructure piece, it does have the important and distinct advantage of allowing all VaultletMail users to communicate securely via SpecialDelivery (from any VaultletMail server on the Internet) with anybody in the world. This update also allows them to have their ScopeControlled messages"live" and be managed from within the legal jurisdiction served by the physical server that corresponds to their VaultletMail address.
· (New - VaultletMail Composer ) Added Email Address "SuperSearch" to the Composer: The new search-by-typing algorithm now matches all search text anywhere inside the entire "Name " email address. That means that you could type in "soft" in the email address field to see who in your AddressBook has an address that contains the word "soft". This is a great time saver, especially when a person's name and their email addresses aren't at all similar. This is a distinct improvement over earlier versions of the simplistic "starts-with" type of searching. And it's better than Gmail's search by typing too!
· (Enhancement - VaultletMail Composer ) Added Network Security Icons to Every Email Address Displayed by "SuperSearch": Every email address displayed by SuperSearch is also accompanied by an icon that describes the security path that a message sent to them by you would take. Very handy for people who are meticulous about security.
· (Enhancement - VaultletMail Composer ) Added Font Bolding and Underlining to Every Matched Email Address Displayed by "SuperSearch": Every matched email address displayed by SuperSearch is also enhanced by additional formatting that makes it obvious which part of the "Name " address matches your search criteria. Very handy!
· (Enhancement - VaultletMail Composer ) Added AutoSensing SpecialDelivery for Every Email Addressee's Domain: For every recipient in a VaultletMail message that you compose and send, the SpecialDelivery option is automatically selected if their email address corresponds to an email server's address that is SpecialDelivery enabled. That means you'll always send secure email to people whose email servers are set up to handle SpecialDelivery messages. Conversely, it also means that you'll never send insecure messages to people whose organizations use SpecialDelivery enabled email servers.
· (New - VaultletMail Filter) Added Email Address "SuperSearch" to the Message Filter: The new SuperSearch is available to all Gold account holders and makes using filters to find messages easier and faster. That's another reason to go Gold.
· (Network Enhancement - VaultletMail SpecialDelivery) Added Automatic SpecialDelivery Sender Key Verification: Recipients using VaultletMail can now have the contents of their SpecialDelivery automatically verified, even when these messages originate from outside their VaultletMail server's domain.
· (Security - VS2Go) Digitally Re-signed All Java Jar Files Used by the VaultletSuite 2 Go (VS2Go): VaultletSoft's digital code signing certificate expired recently, so everything needed to be resigned with the new certificate issued by GoDaddy.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go Account Mgr) Enabled All Communications Options: Users can now unsubscribe themselves from the "VaultletSuite 2 Go System Availability" mailing list.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go Account Mgr) Improved Layout of Options: Options are not as cramped as they used to be, and read easier as a result.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail Server) Improved Message Tickler Creation: Previous versions choked on subjects with "$" characters in them. The improved version now correctly treats this "magic" programming character as just another letter.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail Server) Improved Message Subject Length: Previous versions had an implicit message subject length that wasn't consistently implemented for incoming messages. Now limits incoming and outgoing subject lengths to 256 characters.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Improved "Indeterminate" Progress Meters: Previous versions caused a low-level (almost a non-event) bug message to be generated and automatically posted. Now the "cylon-ing" progress meters do the right thing.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Improved Cache Loading: Previous releases posted "FileNotFound" messages to the bug reports when this is really not a problem. New version downgrades this to a simple status line in the log, instead of a bug.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail Composer) Improved AddressBook Updates and Inserts: Previous versions had problems reconciling out-of-synch certain user's local and server AddressBooks. Now does the right thing in these situations, and doesn't complain about it.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Improved Dynamic Cache Management: Previous releases occasionally had problems when they couldn't find certain cached messages and required user intervention. This update now handles such cases automatically without complaining or requiring user intervention.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Improved Dynamic Popup Window Generation: Previous versions would sometimes have a hard ascertaining what their background color should be and would fail to display themselves as a result. As this is basically a non-issue, the way this condition is handled now allows "the show to go on" without causing any further problems.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Improved Handling of Corrupt Local Message Files: Previous versions didn't know what to do when encountering a corrupted message file on Windows. As a result, it would simply quit loading all other locally archived messages. Now notifies the user and asks them if they'd like to delete the corrupt file and continue loading the rest.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Improved Handling of Spam FlashFry Method: Due to low-level threading issues previous versions would sometimes become de-synched while flash frying the contents of the Spam folder. Now attempts to prevent and recover from this rare case.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Various: Now deletes old version 3 AddressBook; Fixed "null" error when using "Alt + Enter" on Linux to view a message while the "Get messages" button has the focus; Improved mail table deletion and synchronization; Fixed broken support forum URLs (after it was relocated at support.vaultletsoft.com); Resigned PDF license file; Fixed constrained msg rendering for locally generated msgs;
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Improved Window Restacking & Flashing on Windows: This long running Java bug was fixed once the new code base was re-compiled as Java 1.5 and an obscure, but crucial, Java window management method was made available to the VS2Go.
· (Bug Fix - PasswordValet) Added Workaround for Broken ScrollBars: The latest version of Java (v1.6.0_18) introduces a bug that effects the proper display of scrollbars, effectively hiding PV entries displayed "below" the viewable section of the PV tree. Now displays all PV files properly, complete with vertical scrollbars.
March 17th, 2010· (Enhancement - VaultletMail SpecialDelivery) Added First Use of International/Global Key Store: Added a simple public key store for use by all VaultletMail servers worldwide. While this is largely a "behind the magic curtain" infrastructure piece, it does have the distinct advantage of allowing VaultletMail users on two different email domain names (or servers) to communicate securely via SpecialDelivery for the first time.
· (Enhancement - VaultletSuite) Re-enabled "Tell a Friend" Service: Now prompts users to spread the word if they haven't yet been prompted. While previous versions had access to this service via the mail toolbar's "Help" menu, it required users to look for and pursue this, as opposed to simply reacting positively to a popup prompt. Result? Improved subscription signup rates and more free Blue years for most users
· (Security - VS2Go) Updated Bundled Java Runtime (JRE): Version 1.6.0_18 includes numerous bug fixes that don't directly affect VS2Go users (as it's installed for the VS2Go's exclusive use, instead of system-wide use), but has been included for the sake of being thorough. The current release of the JRE also contains numerous stability and performance improvements.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Fixed Broken Invalid SSL Certificate Dialog: Now presents user with *all* of a given invalid SSL certificate's information, including "wildcard" and certificate chains, such as those used on multiple VaultletSoft web servers.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail Composer) Improved Image Compression Error Handling: Previous versions quit processing of without warning when they encountered Java "OutOfMemoryErrors". The new version attempts to point out the problem, along with remedy (downloading and installing the latest version, v2.9.2, which addresses this problem).
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail Composer) Improved Server Timestamp Handling: Previous versions often waited until *after* they failed processing uploading large files to re-synch the VaultletSuite and server clocks. This improved version now preemptively re-synchs the clocks before attempting large attachment file uploads.
March 17th, 2010· (Enhancement - VaultletSuite) Added Simple Sale Dialog: Added a simple Gold account sale window that supports the current, and future, limited-time offers. The way it's currently implemented, users should only see this window once per sale. That means they won't see it again until the next sale is run when v3.0 is released.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Fixed Numerous Deletion/Purge Bugs: Analyzed and fixed a dozen small multithreading issues related to deleting, purging, and permanent deletion of multiple messages. Many of the bugs were small, non-destructive and non-problematic for end-users, but the did generate copious bug reports, which flooded the bug tracking system. Now that these bugs have been remedied, a second pass at bug analysis can take place on other less common bugs in the 2.9.x codebase to be addressed in v2.9.2 w/in the next couple of weeks.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Restored Keyboard Navigation: Restored keyboard navigation to the now numerous and dynamically created and sometimes disabled message folders. This will be quite a relief for those drive the VS2Go primarily with their keyboard. A big tip o' the sombrero to HRO.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Updated Russian GUI Translation: Put the polished Russian text into production, replacing the previous draft version.
· (Bug Fix - SpecialDelivery Viewer) Updated Russian GUI Translation: Put the polished Russian text into production, replacing the previous draft version.
· (Bug Fix - DropBox) Updated Russian GUI Translation: Put the polished Russian text into production, replacing the previous draft version.
December 2nd, 2009· (New! VaultletMail) Chronologically Ordered Message Folders: Instead of cramming hundreds of messages into one folder, we're now distributing them into sub folders ordered by year and month, with the current year and month at the top of the list.
· That's an easy, at-a-glance way to manage your messages!
· (New! VaultletMail) Easy to Use Message Filtering: We've added an easy way to find and filter your messages based upon their address (sender or recipient), along by date range too. The combination of these two enhancements means that you can now easily and securely manage thousands of messages.
· For Gold account subscribers only.
· (New! VaultletMail) Unlimited Storage: We've finalized our support for power users and businesses who need to manage thousands of messages, breaking the previous system limit of 1024 messages in v2.8.
· For Gold account subscribers only. 256MB storage limit still applies.
· (New! VaultletMail) Automagic Image Attachment Compression: All incoming and outgoing image attachments from the VaultletMail system are now automagically compressed, saving everybody incredible amounts of time and bandwidth. As a result, even large r image attachments can be ScopeControl and HalfLife constrained.
· For Basic account subscribers: Images are automatically compressed to 640 by 640 pixels.
· For Blue account subscribers: Images are automatically compressed to 800 x 800 pixels.
· For Gold account subscribers: Image compression is user selectable.
· (New! VaultletMail) Optimizable Bandwidth Strategies: Since every user's connectivity is different, we've added the ability to fine tune how VaultletMail behaves: you can now configure it to make the best of your internet connection, be it dialup, ADSL, or high-bandwidth connectivity.
· (New! Performance) Faster VaultletMail Startup: This version also includes a huge performance boost for users with thousands of messages to manage. Startup times are now 2 to 11 times faster than v2.8!
· (New! Performance) Faster VaultletFiler Encryption: Users with large compressed files to encrypt rejoice: Files that are already compressed can now be encrypted (unsigned) up to 5x faster and decrypted up to 2x faster than v2.8!
· (New! VaultletMail) "Security Status" Icons: Not all of your messages are to (or from) other VaultletMail accounts. Now we've made it easy for you to tell at-a-glance which messages are secure point-to-point VaultletMail messages, which ones are secured via DropBox or SpecialDelivery, and which ones are insecure plaintext messages.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) Simplified Login Screen: Believe it or not, sometimes two choices is one too many. Now the login screen sports one (and only one), button that says "Login". The "Create new account" has been converted into a URL style link, just like the "I forgot my password!" link. This is a example of KISS oriented design.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) Simplified "Options" Menus: The most commonly used and easier to understand options are now grouped together and represented with icons in each application's "Options" menu. More KISS in action.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) Support for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard (OS X): Installs, plays nicely, and looks right at home on both of these new operating systems.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) New VaultletSuite Icons for Windows XP and Vista: Both operating systems now get updated and better looking desktop icons.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) New VaultletSuite Window and Task Switching Icons for Windows XP, Vista, 7, and Linux: All of these operating systems now sport their own visually identifying icons both in their window frames and within the task switcher contexts.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) New "Growable Popups" for the VaultletSuite: Since not all languages require the same amount of visual space to display the same idea, we've added a neat feature that allows VaultletSuite 2 Go popups to grow to the size necessary to display their content.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) Anti Aliased Text Support for Windows 2000: Improved the consistency of presentation on this minority platform and dropped use of 3rd party AA support for obsolete Java 1.4.2 runtimes.
· (Enhancement - VaultletMail Composer) Dynamic Button Bar Resizing: Added on-the-fly "right-sizing" layout for the two button bars. Now, even though the VS2Go is designed for 1024 x 768 (or larger) resolution computer monitors, users with netbooks and other constrained devices get a smaller, less space-intensive layout. Also added more descriptive (literally!) "more" & "less" toggle buttons.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) Added Smoother Progress Dialogs: The new progress bars now flow more smoothly and more accurately reflect progress.
· (Enhancement - VS2Go) Added Multi-User Installation: The new installer now allows users with administrator rights to install the VS2Go for use by all accounts on their computer. Compared to v2.8's "Single-User" installation model, this is a great time and bandwidth saver. And you can still choose to install on a per user basis too.
· (Enhancement - System Administration) Improved Bounced System Msg Management: This enhancement to the system administrator's module means that we can spend more time adding the features you want, instead of spending it on VS2Go system broadcast mail queue administration.
· (Enhancement - VaultletMail) Simplified Ex-"SpamChallenger" Options: Our recently renamed and easier to use "Unknown Senders" feature includes fewer options and more explicit descriptions of them.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Recompiled VaultletSuite 2 Go for Java 1.5: By moving and recompiling the entirety of the VS2Go's source code base from Java 1.4.2 to 1.5 (including the SpecialDelivery Viewer and the DropBox), you'll see drastically improved and predictable Applet behavior on Linux and OS X, especially when dealing with popup dialogs and editable text fields.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Code Cleanup for Previous Local Deletion Bug: v2.8.7's bug fix has since been cleaned up, standardized and reformatted to make this fix permanent.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Standardized Fonts on All Growable Popups: Look and feel (LnF) is now consistent across dialogs.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Use System Time for Incoming Email: All versions prior to v2.9 allowed senders of email arriving from the "outside world" to set the time of publication, which led to some messages arriving to the present from the distant future (as in the year 3009). Now, no matter what the external message's origin, it receives the VM server's local time upon import.
· (Bug Fix- VaultletMail) Dialed Back Subject Line Dump in Debugging Mode: When debugging a production mode message, the subject was being dumped to the log. Since this information is not critical for debugging purposes, it has since been excluded from capture when in production mode.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Polished and Standardized Tree Rendering: v2.9 now contains improved tree drawing code that handles custom rendering of all hierarchical views of data. What's this mean to you? Prettier and more consistent tree rendering.
· (Bug Fix - PasswordValet) Polished Background Image Rendering: The PasswordValet image was not always redrawn in the proper location when the window was resized, now it is.
· (Bug Fix - SpecialDelivery) Replaced Missing Message Border on OS X: The message pane's border went missing a while ago, now it's back where it should be.
· (Bug Fix - SpecialDelivery) Fixed Premature "Options" Rendering: The "Options" menu was being redrawn before users were finished logging in. This spoiled the beautifully rendered transparent cloud overlay. What's this mean to you? SpecialDelivery: Now more Aesthetically Wonderful™.
· (Bug Fix - SpecialDelivery) Fixed Missing "Message Sending... Done!" Content: The missing localized text for this message has been restored.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Polished Keyboard Navigation w/in System Dialogs: Older versions didn't always shift the focus to where you would expect it to go when using the "Tab" and "Shift + Tab" key combinations. Now it works like you would expect.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Reformatted Presentation of SpecialDelivery and Constraints Dialogs : Older versions contained lower utility HTML: Now it's more Aesthetically Wonderful™ and easier to understand too.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail Composer) Implemented Saner Window Sizing: Older versions didn't quite layout the VMC as well as they could have, now they're sized according to the Golden Ratio. Additionally, if you were working on a resolution than 1024 x 768, you were constantly bumping into this hard coded minimum layout assumption. Now it's not only more Aesthetically Wonderful™ but it's more usable on low(er) resolution netbooks.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Implemented Consistent Use of "Condición Inesperada" in Error/Problem Dialogs: The Spanish version used two different ways of saying the same thing, now it's consistent across the VS2Go.
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Implemented Consistent Layout of Toolbars: Older versions used a different layout strategy, which resulted in "radio buttons" whose toggleability wasn't readily intuited (A good example would be the SpecialDelivery, Receipt, ScopeControl and HalfLife radio buttons in the v2.8's VaultletMail Composer). The new layout is not only more Aesthetically Wonderful™ on all platforms, but it's much easier to interpret a given toggle/radio button's selection state.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Smoothed out Incoming SpecialDelivery Rendering: The progress bars in older versions weren't as informative as they could be when rendering SpecialDelivery messages. Now it's smoother and more... you guessed it, Aesthetically Wonderful™ too!
· (Bug Fix - VS2Go) Fixed Packaging and Obfuscation: Older versions used a less efficient obfuscation strategy, while the latest version does a better job of "trimming the fat" from the deployed and occasionally updated system jar files. What's in it for you? We just gave you back a few seconds of your life to do with as you please while performing online updates.
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Implemented Consistent Mail Deletion, Undeletion, Purge and Table Display Strategies: Older versions contained more decentralized code to manage all these processes: Now it's centralized, easier to understand, and better prepared for the upcoming v3.0's major update and announcements... (but you'll have to wait until then to find out what they are)
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail & Composer) Fixed "Local Attachment Optimization/File Not Found" Bug: Older versions couldn't find the "large" attachments that had been automatically archived to their local storage device due to their size (a time saving optimization). The problem was that while the attachment was indeed saved locally, its name began with the recipient's msg id, instead of its sender's msg id. Usually it was off by 1, which is just enough to tickle this bug. Special tip o' the sombrero to GT for describing this bug so well!
· (Bug Fix - VaultletMail) Fixed "Save Attachment As...File Not Found" Bug: Older versions couldn't find locally archived "large" attachments when the sender used a "save as" file name that was different from the attachment's original file name. Not at all common, but really annoying when it popped up. Special tip o' the sombrero to GT for describing this bug so well!
August 28th, 2009· (Enhancement) More Reliable Messaging (Fine Grained VaultletMail Availability Monitor): This new module continually watches all incoming and out going mail queues, internal VaultletMail process, server "ping-ability" and "find-ability" and automatically alerts VaultletSoft when something's not working as well as it should.
· Now VaultletSoft will know long before anyone else that our VaultletMail system needs to be attended to. That means that you'll get more available and reliable secure email messaging with fewer hiccups.
· (Enhancement) Easier VaultletMail Viewing: We've added an expected behavior on Windows: hitting the "Enter" key while viewing an email list will automatically display the message selected. Thanks to ToV for pointing this out.
· (Enhancement) Renamed VaultletMail Folders: Our "Undelivered" mail folder took too much time to explain, so we changed the name to "Unopened by recipient".
· Now you'll be able to see if somebody's actually opened your VaultletMail message to them. And if you want documentation, then just choose "Request receipt" when you composed your messages to them.
· The former "SpamChallenged" folder has also been renamed to "Not in AddressBook" to more accurately reflect the contents of this folder too.
· (Enhancement) Improved VaultletMail Folder Tooltips: All of the VaultletMail folders now have tooltips in Spanish and English that help you to better understand just what's in each folder. Other languages coming soon.
· (Enhancement) Easier "Forgotten Password" Help (VaultletSuite Login Screen): We put a "I forgot my password!" link right where you'd need it most if you forgot your password: right there on the login screen.
· (Security) Updated Java Runtime Bundled with VS2Go: Version 1.6.0_15 includes numerous bug fixes that don't directly affect VS2Go users (as it's installed for the VS2Go's exclusive use, instead of system-wide use), but has been included for the sake of being rigorous.
· (Security Bug Fix) Disabled Overly Verbose Multipart Message Handling in VaultletMail Client: Our Multipart handler was dumping too much of a multipart recipient's message body to the current session's bug tracking log. Now only the metadata is logged for debugging purposes.
· (Bug Fix) Fixed VaultletMail Dynamic Font Resizing Menus: Implemented better enabling/disabling logic for the display of the "Increase/Reset/Decrease" options on both the popup and regular VaultletMail menus. A big t'anks to HRO for this one.
· (Bug Fix) Disabled VaultletMail Composer "Anonymous" Sender Option: There are two main reasons that we disabled the ability to send messages as "anonymous@vaultletsoft.com": 1) In legal terms, delivering anonymous message is a hard position to defend (as history has shown), and 2) It was never "truly" anonymous (merely pseudo anonymous) as it did not protect users from high-level "Traffic Analysis" attacks.
· This has been replaced by an exclusively VaultletMail to VaultletMail "Sender.Name.Witheld" option, which clearly identifies its lack of protection from Traffic Analysis attacks, while prompting recipients for explicit permission to receive messages from senders who withhold their names and identifying information from their VaultletMail messages.
· This change should address issues of liability and transparency.
· (Bug Fix) Fixed Local Message Deletion for VaultletMail: Our obfuscation library was breaking valid Java classes and causing the deletion routine to go into a race condition and create outrageously large bug log files.
· (Bug Fix) Added Plaintext Email Import Throttling to the VaultletMail Server: Importing thousands of plaintext messages after a temporary outage would cause a low-level Denial of Service (DoS) on the VaultletMail server, whilst also causing the server's batch processing of too many messages to timeout. To remedy this, we've added a maximum number of plaintext messages that be imported at one time when running in batch mode.
· (Bug Fix) Fixed "Document Not Found" Message for Users of Non-i18n Languages: The internationalization routine (i18n) for dynamically building URLs for displaying documents within the VaultletSuite was incorrectly generating URLs for documents when a user was from a language group outside the currently supported language groups (English, Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic). Now defaults to English if they're not in the group of the 5 supported languages.
· (Bug Fix) Fixed VaultletMail Folder Overloading: We're having our first experience with users who are managing thousands of messages. In some cases, the current implementation was attempting to download too many messages at a time and failing, leaving some users with partially populated inboxes.
· The fix involves two steps: 1) Establish a maximum number of messages that a Blue account user can manage per folder (256) and per account (1024), 2) Add the capacity for Gold account holders to download and populate their inboxes incrementally with no limit to the number of messages that they can manage with the VaultletMail client. Step 1 has already been implemented, while step 2 will be included in v2.9 when it's released.
April 28th, 2009· Reduced Installer Size: The new installers are anywhere from 1.8 MB to 3.4 MB smaller than the installers created for v2.8.2. That saves everybody time and bandwidth.
· Minimalist Installer (no JRE) for Windows and Linux: As a nod to our control-oriented, advanced users, we've just added two new installers to our build collection, which weigh in at 4.8 MB - 4.1 MB, respectively. These installers are small because they don't bundle Sun's JRE with them. This saves advanced users significant download bandwidth and time. On the other hand...
· (i18n) French Translation Finalized: v2.8.0 is now fully supported with the inclusion of the final version of the French UI translation. A big tip o' the old sombrero to "A" and "PC" up North for this one!
· (i18n) Russian Translation Finalized: v2.8.0 is now fully supported with the inclusion of the final version of the Russian UI translation. A big tip o' the old sombrero to "HRO" for the good questions, bugs found (and reported), and a fine eye for detail and consistency!
· VaultletMail Composer (VMC) Font Zooming: Added dynamic font resizing for the message editor window. Very handy on tiny computer screens or OS's with microscopic default font sizes! The last font size used is restored upon starting a new session. This functionality is accessible via the "Tools" menu, keyboard shortcuts, and by right clicking on the message display pane. Thanks to "Leonid" and "HRO" for the suggestion.
· Added "Select All" to Cut/Copy/Paste Popup Menus: Added right-click editing menus to VaultletMail, the VaultletMail Composer, AddressBook and PasswordValet. Thanks to CL for the original tap on the shoulder.
· PasswordValet (PV) File Sorting: Improved the utility of the PV file list by sorting them according to their name.
· PV New File Creation: Made it easier and faster to create new PV's, and also added a nice "best guess" approach as to where you would want the new PV posted: to your local storage, or VaultletSoft's servers.
· PV Font Zooming: Added dynamic font resizing for the PV editor window too, along with the same shortcuts as in the VM and VMC.
· Security in-a-box Tutorials: Added new links to the latest SecBox online publication - one to the high level "tools and tactics", and another pointing to the their VaultletSuite2Go tutorial. Currently available in the English and Spanish versions, will be available RealSoonNow™ in French and Russian.
· VaultletMail (VM) AlertBar: Finalized full notification and attention getting flashing of alerts for: ScopeControlled messages, in addition to the already present, HalfLife'd by views and time, along with ReceiptRequested and SpecialDelivery notification.
· VaultletMail (VM) ScopeControl: Added background and border highlighting for ScopeControlled documents, making it more obvious that the recipient was viewing a constrained document.
· SpecialDelivery (SD) AlertBar: Added the full complement of flashing alerts for constrained messages, along with using the VM's display colors for constrained messages.
· VM Performance Enhancements: Improved statistics generation time by a factor of 50x. Not only is it faster for system administrators, but it also frees up a considerable amount of server CPU time for simultaneously handling user requests.
March 20th, 2009· New Feature or Enhancement Details
· (i18n) French translation updated: v2.8.0 is now fully supported with the inclusion of the current French draft translation. A big tip o' the old sombrero to "A" up North for this one!
· VaultletMail (VM) Font Zooming: Added dynamic font resizing for the message display window. Very handy on tiny computer screens or OS's with microscopic default font sizes! The last font size used is restored upon starting a new session. This functionality is accessible via the "Tools" menu, keyboard shortcuts, and by right clicking on the message display pane. Thanks to Leonid for the suggestion.
· Cut/Copy/Paste Popup Menus: Added right-click editing menus to VaultletMail, the VaultletMail Composer, AddressBook and PasswordValet. Thanks to CL for the tap on the shoulder.
· PasswordValet (PV) Viewability: Vastly improved the visibility and contrast of displayed content when in "View" mode. Thanks to AA for pointing this out!
· Simple Subscription Status Bar and Account Updating: Added a really nice, yet unobtrusive, way to let everybody know the status of their subscription, and how to easily update or extend it. Also very handy for running "Seven Day" subscription sales :-)
· New Feature and Pricing Compliance: Began implementing some of the time, size and space constraints referenced in the new client licensing matrix. Go here to find out what's coming in v2.9-v3.1.
· Bug Fix Details
· VaultletSuite "SmartWindows": Neither the default size nor previous size were being properly restored for the VaultletMail window. By limiting Java's over-reporting of resizing events, this windows last position and size is now properly restored upon initiating a new session.
March 7th, 2009· VaultletSuite Startup: Fixed a bug in the Anti Alias (AA) text rendering library that was breaking startup on Ubuntu 8.04. Since Linux and OS X already have pretty good AA support, the only operating systems that get it are Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
· Updater and Launcher (UnL): Added same fix to UnL application.
· UnL Configuration Editor: Same as above.
· Native Look and Feel (LnF): Reverted to Metal LnF on Windows 2000, Sun's native Win2K LnF was unacceptable.
February 18th, 2009· VaultletSuite Updater and Launcher (UnL): Login dialog was attempting to authenticate users against the beta testing version of the VaultletSuite 2 Go. Now, users are authenticated against the production server.
· SpecialDelivery Viewer: Changed default preference from logging in to the beta server to the production server.
June 27th, 2008· beta translations for 3 more interface languages: French, Russian and Arabic
· multilingual and Right-to-Left text rendering
· so cleaned up the VaultletMail Composer interface
· added faster and easier updater streamlining to the Updater and Launcher module
February 22nd, 2008· Added the ability to easily manage multiple messages simultaneously.
· Users can control the Updater and Launcher's (UnL) behavior either on the fly or as a standalone application.
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