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Aid4Mail Changelog

What's new in Aid4Mail 5.1.7 Build 904

Apr 23, 2024
  • Updated Column Configuration Editor: The Column Configuration Editor has been updated to include the new data extraction token: X-MS-Exchange-Parent-Message-ID (or Header.X-MS-Exchange-Parent-Message-ID). Use this token to extract X-MS-Exchange-Parent-Message-ID values from email headers.
  • Updated the GUI with several improvements and bug fixes.
  • Fixed an issue when extracting Gmail Labels from Google Vault exports to formats like CSV, PDF, and HTML.
  • User Guide Refresh: The Aid4Mail User Guide has been updated, providing users with the latest instructions, tips, and best practices to maximize the utility of Aid4Mail in their email processing tasks.

New in Aid4Mail 5.1.6 Build 902 (Feb 22, 2024)

  • EDRM MIH Hash Value Support: Aid4Mail now supports EDRM MIH hash values, aligning with our existing MD5 hash functionality that utilizes the Message-ID field. Should a Message-ID be absent, as in drafts and outgoing emails, the MIH value will be accordingly set to null.
  • Sender IP Address Extraction: A new capability has been introduced to extract the sender’s IP address, whether IPv4 or IPv6, directly from SMTP headers. It’s important to note that this feature operates independently of the integrity of the header, without assessing potential tampering.
  • Expanded Search Capabilities with New Operators: Introducing three new search operators to enhance your querying power: EntryId, FromIP, and MIH, designed to streamline and refine your search processes. EntryId applies to PST and OST files and contains the email PR_ENTRYID value in Base64 format. FromIP searches the sender’s IP address. MIH searches EDRM MIH hash values.
  • New Template Token for Enhanced Data Access: The {EntryId} template token has been added, offering direct access to the PR_ENTRYID value in Base64 format, facilitating easier data manipulation and retrieval.
  • Updated Column Configuration Editor: The Column Configuration Editor has been updated to include new data extraction tokens, such as Header.X-PR-ENTRYID, Address.IP, EDRM.MIH, and various Header tokens (X-PR-ENTRYID, X-From-IP, X-EDRM-MIH), enhancing the flexibility and depth of data extraction.
  • Accessibility Improvements: We’ve made significant enhancements to our software’s accessibility, featuring improved keyboard navigation and enhanced support for screen readers, ensuring a more inclusive user experience.
  • Resolution of Primary Folder Structure Identification Issue: An issue that affected the identification of the primary folder structure in non-English OST and PST files, notably identified in a Polish OST file, has been successfully resolved.
  • Multi-user Apple Mail Folder Processing Fix: A fix has been implemented to address a processing issue within multi-user Apple Mail folders, ensuring more reliable operation.
  • General Enhancements and Bug Fixes: A series of other minor fixes and improvements have been made, focusing on enhancing the overall performance and stability of Aid4Mail.
  • Updated Third-party Components: Several third-party DLLs and utilities have been updated to their latest versions, ensuring improved security, reliability, and compatibility.
  • User Guide Refresh: The Aid4Mail User Guide has been updated, providing users with the latest instructions, tips, and best practices to maximize the utility of Aid4Mail in their email processing tasks.
  • Incremental Processing: Due to improvements made to OST and PST (processed without Outlook) source formats, incremental processing with this update will not work if it resumes a session from a previous version of Aid4Mail.

New in Aid4Mail 5.1.5 Build 895 (Nov 20, 2023)

  • Adds support for searching the contents of unknown attachment types based on the PKZIP format.
  • Improves creation of PST and MSG files when the “Process using Outlook” option is unchecked. Message status information (read, unread, replied, etc.) is now displayed in the target Outlook files when available in the source format.
  • Improves error recovery when converting to or from MSG files using Outlook.
  • Improves some error messages.
  • Fixes issues with some alias search operators not being recognized.
  • Fixes an issue when a ZIP, 7z, or other compressed archive contains a long folder name that exceeds the default Windows-supported path length once extracted.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 5.1.4 Build 890 (Oct 20, 2023)

  • Adds a new search operator for comparing the day of the week when an email was sent. Specify the day names in English or their 3-letter abbreviation or their numerical value (Monday = 1, Sunday = 7). You can optionally include minutes by preceding them with a colon. Use comparison operators (>, <, =, <>, >=, <=) to test values. Here are several variations of a search that only lets through emails sent on the weekend:
  • SentDay:(Saturday OR Sunday)
  • SentDay:(Sat OR Sun)
  • SentDay:(6 OR 7)
  • SentDay>Friday
  • SentDay>5
  • You can combine SentDay with SentTime to refine your search even further. For example, the following search criteria will find all emails sent over lunchtime during workdays (Monday to Friday):
  • SentDay<6 AND SentTime>=12 AND SentTime<=14
  • * Fixes an issue related to the latest updates of Outlook. In some cases, folders created in a target PST file or Outlook profile are hidden from view.
  • * Fixes an issue when converting from Google Vault to Outlook. Some emails incorrectly showed the Drafts icon.
  • * Updates third-party utilities.
  • * Updates the User Guide.

New in Aid4Mail 5.1.3 Build 889 (Oct 2, 2023)

  • Adds three new values to the “has” filter operator. Use them for detecting the presence of remotely stored attachments on Microsoft OneDrive (onedrive) or Google Drive (drive or googledrive).
  • Adds a new search operator for comparing the local time when an email was sent. Specify hours using the 24-hour format. You can optionally include minutes by preceding them with a colon. Use comparison operators (>, <, =, <>, >=, <=) to test values. The following example will find all emails sent between 12h00 and 14h00:
  • Improves the “is:encrypted” filter operator. It now detects all emails using SMIME or PGP encryption.
  • Fixes an indexing issue causing emails to sometimes get saved in the wrong Google Vault target folder.
  • Fixes a Unicode encoding issue causing incorrect rendering of Google Vault folders names with diacritics and non-Latin characters.
  • Fixes a regression when converting mail to a target PST file without using Outlook.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.
  • Updates the User Guide.

New in Aid4Mail 5.1.2 Build 887 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Adds IsSent:true|false filter operator to distinguish outbound emails. Example:
  • IsSent:true
  • Adds -Monitor.LogsFolder command-line switch to specify an alternative location for progress and error log files. Example:
  • Monitor.LogsFolder:”D:EmailTargetLogs”
  • Reduces format rejection when encountering corruption in EML files with the .eml extension.
  • Improves handling of “NO [LIMIT] UID SEARCH has partial results” IMAP errors. Now continues processing account instead of aborting.
  • Improves handling of MAPI_E_OBJECT_DELETED errors when processing Outlook data using MAPI.
  • Fixes compatibility issue caused by recent changes in Google Vault’s mbox exports.
  • Fixes incorrect date time-zone when converting emails from OLM files.
  • Fixes incremental processing option for Google Vault, Mimecast and Proofpoint formats.
  • Minor other fixes and improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 5.1.0 Build 882 (May 16, 2023)

  • Adds workaround for IConverterSession errors when processing email through Outlook (PST, MSG and Outlook profiles).
  • Fixes issues in OST files that include a “Shared Data” folder. The alias folder name “Personal data” introduced in the previous update is no longer used; you will now see IPM_SUBTREE instead.
  • Fixes parsing issues in certain types of complex search scripts.
  • Many minor fixes and improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.22 Build 876 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • Adds support for duplicate folders in PST files created by Microsoft’s Purview eDiscovery Export Tool.
  • Adds access to “Shared Data” folder in OST files without requiring to show hidden folders – a setting that is not available in Aid4Mail Converter. Note that the “Personal data” folder is an alias for the main account root folder. It is only used to improve clarity in the GUI folder selection screen; you won’t see the name used on export.
  • Adds three new metadata fields to the email header. These are based on MAPI properties from Exchange and Outlook files (Outlook profile, PST, OST files):
  • – “X-PR-MESSAGE-FLAGS”, with values from the PR_MESSAGE_FLAGS property.
  • – “X-PR-FLAG-STATUS”, with values from the PR_FLAG_STATUS property.
  • – “X-PR-MSG-STATUS”, with values from the PR_MSG_STATUS property.
  • To extract these values, make sure the setting “Add extra metadata to email headers” is checked.
  • Improves extraction of message status information from Outlook mail (Outlook profile, PST, OST files).
  • Updates the way Aid4Mail starts. Now offers option to open the GUI on the Home screen or reopen last Project.
  • Minor fixes and improvements.
  • Updates the User Guide.
  • Updates installer software for creating the Setup app.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.21 Build 870 (Mar 3, 2023)

  • Adds News screen to notify you of updates, issues and other news. Currently only available when you close your project (File > Close project).
  • Significantly improves processing speed when converting OLM, OST and PST files without Outlook.
  • Fixes issues relating to Proxy settings.
  • Minor fixes and improvements.
  • Updates third-party utilities.
  • Updates the User Guide.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.20 Build 864 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.20 Build 863 (Feb 14, 2023)

  • Adds a new setting under App Settings > Advanced > Logging level. When you check the box for “Record minor errors”, Aid4Mail will log warnings and recoverable errors that affect minor elements of email processing. These do not cause a conversion to fail.
  • Improves responsiveness of Pause, Stop and Force stop commands.
  • Fixes a new MAPI system error (0x800CCE1F) that is caused by recent Outlook updates under Windows 11.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.19 Build 852 (Dec 19, 2022)

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.19 Build 851 (Dec 14, 2022)

  • New behavior when “Remove journaling envelope” option is set:
  • Sender and Recipient emails, which may be missing from the original SMTP header, are stored in the body of the journaling envelope. Aid4Mail now extracts them so that they are included when the search scope is set to All, Recipients and Participants. Those email addresses are also included when using the {EmailAccount} template token. Furthermore, when using the “Add extra metadata to email headers” option, recipient and sender email addresses from the journaling envelope are preserved in the target header through the new X-Journal-Recipients and X-Journal-Sender header fields respectively.
  • Adds “Open store on remote server” option for Outlook profile source format. When checked, Aid4Mail bypasses locally downloaded mail (stored in OST files) and collects mail directly from the remote account (i.e. Exchange or IMAP server). This option affects which hidden folders are shown by the “Include hidden system folders”. Note that collecting mail from a remote server is a lot slower than from a local OST file. However, an OST file may not reflect the contents of the account on the server, either because it hasn’t been synchronized or because it’s configured to purge older mail.
  • Adds “MapiCategories” search operator to email section. Use it to search category keywords assigned to emails in Outlook. This feature works with the following source formats: Outlook profiles, PST and MSG files with the “Process using Outlook” option checked. Example:
  • MapiCategories:"Red category"
  • Adds workaround to a Microsoft MAPI bug when collecting mail from an Exchange server and converting it to a non-MAPI format.
  • Improves organization of user interface menus and main screens.
  • Improves incremental processing for OST and PST files processed without Outlook.
  • Fixes a regression that caused incremental processing to fail with mbox, Google TakeOut and Vault source files.
  • Fixes a regression that saved files as regular PDFs when they were configured as PDF/A .
  • Many minor fixes and other improvements.
  • Updates third-party utilities.
  • Updates the User Guide.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.17 Build 829 (Aug 8, 2022)

  • Improves loading speed of projects that have many sessions.
  • Improves item transfers between source and target MAPI formats (PST, MSG and profiles using Outlook). You should no longer get IConverterSession errors if all the following conditions are met: Aid4Mail license is activated, “Add extra metadata to email headers” is unchecked, “Item filtering” is NOT set to “Search query”, and “Python filtering script” is set to (None).
  • Updates .NET framework used by GUI and bridge consoles to version 4.8.
  • Removes the Gmail delegate access option due to lack of support by the Google API.
  • Several minor fixes and other improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.16 Build 826 (Jul 1, 2022)

  • Adds support for the new Google Vault mbox-based export format.
  • Adds a workaround when using native date filtering on a MAPI profile connected to an Exchange server. Prior to this fix, only the first 4096 items matching a criteria in a folder were processed.
  • Adds a workaround when using native date filtering through the Graph API (Microsoft 365). Prior to this fix, only the first 275 items matching a criteria in a folder were processed. This is due to an undocumented limitation in Microsoft’s KQL search feature. We recommend you use the OData filtering feature instead.
  • Adds a workaround when using Windows PowerShell to execute Aid4Mail Console. PowerShell doesn’t support command-line switches that contain a dot (.), like -Source.Format=EML. You can now replace the dot with a plus sign (+) and Aid4Mail Console will run as designed. Example:
  • A4m-32.exe -cli -Source+Format=EML -Source+RootLocation=D:EmailSource -Target+Format=mbox -Target+RootLocation=D:EmailTarget
  • Fixes an issue displaying folders in certain PST files when accessing the contents without Microsoft Outlook.
  • Fixes a target PST file issue when appending emails without Microsoft Outlook.
  • Fixes an issue when decoding quoted-printable content in EML or mbox files originating from an Apple computer. When converted to PDF, HTML, or plain text, message text would show "=" signs interspersed in the message text.
  • Fixes an issue when redirecting the output from Aid4Mail Console to a file.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.16 Build 825 (Jun 25, 2022)

  • Adds support for the new Google Vault mbox-based export format.
  • Adds a workaround when using native date filtering on a MAPI profile connected to an Exchange server. Prior to this fix, only the first 4096 items matching a criteria in a folder were processed.
  • Adds a workaround when using native date filtering through the Graph API (Microsoft 365). Prior to this fix, only the first 275 items matching a criteria in a folder were processed. This is due to an undocumented limitation in Microsoft’s KQL search feature. We recommend you use the OData filtering feature instead.
  • Adds a workaround when using Windows PowerShell to execute Aid4Mail Console. PowerShell doesn’t support command-line switches that contain a dot (.), like -Source.Format=EML. You can now replace the dot with a plus sign (+) and Aid4Mail Console will run as designed. Example:
  • a4m-32.exe -cli -Source+Format=EML -Source+RootLocation=D:EmailSource -Target+Format=mbox -Target+RootLocation=D:EmailTarget
  • Fixes an issue when decoding quoted-printable content in EML or mbox files originating from an Apple computer. When converted to PDF, HTML, or plain text, message text would show "=" signs interspersed in the message text.
  • Fixes an issue when redirecting the output from Aid4Mail Console to a file.
  • Updates regular expressions PCRE2 engine to version 10.40.
  • Updates third-party utilities.
  • Updates the User Guide.

New in Aid4Mail 5.0.15 Build 817 (Apr 8, 2022)

  • Adds Source > Format > Email file carving.
  • Aid4Mail’s new carving feature can extract MIME emails from all kinds of files, including:
  • Uncompressed disk images (DD, E01, AFF, …)
  • Forensically extracted unallocated disk space
  • Natively unsupported mailbox formats like FoxMail, Incredimail and Juno
  • Corrupted mail files
  • The carving algorithm works without relying on a file’s internal format, such as a disk image Master File Table (MFT) or data placement markers. The only requirements for successful retrieval are:
  • The email is in MIME format (even if incomplete)
  • Its MIME parts are stored contiguously and sequentially
  • It is not stored in a compressed or encrypted container
  • As a result, carving won’t work with Eudora, Outlook Express 5, PST, OST and OLM files because emails are not stored according to the above requirements.
  • File carving is a slow and processor intensive task. If you need to carve emails from a large forensic disk image, consider using this feature only on the unallocated space. Most disk imaging tools let you extract and save the unallocated space to a file. Use that file as your carving source in Aid4Mail.
  • Whenever available, always prefer the native source format to process your files. Aid4Mail is not only faster, but also better able to determine folder names and status information when it handles a known format.
  • Note that this feature is only available with the Investigator and Enterprise licenses.
  • Several minor fixes and improvements.

New in Aid4Mail 4.64 Build 305 (May 22, 2019)

  • Adds workaround to several errors sometimes produced by IMAP servers, notably Yahoo! Mail.
  • Updates OpenSSL to version 1.0.2r
  • Using the plain text Export Format with conversion to ANSI unchecked now produces all email in UTF-8 encoding. This makes it possible to correctly render all email characters when viewing in a text editor.
  • Fixes issue when exporting to PDF using an Export Format based on rich contents and plain text.
  • Fixes several command-line switches failing in Aid4Mail Console under specific conditions.

New in Aid4Mail 4.63 Build 300 (May 28, 2018)

  • GDPR update for license management system.

New in Aid4Mail 4.62 Build 295 (May 28, 2018)

  • Adds workaround when converting HTML emails in Eudora mailboxes have an invalid charset value (like unicode or utf-16).
  • Missing emails on source IMAP servers are now counted as skipped "missing" messages instead of "unpurged" messages.
  • The Aid4Mail Migrator GUI (wizard) can now run from a USB key. Please contact our Help desk if you need assistance.
  • Fixes issue causing failure to extract attachments from Outlook 64-bit source mail (PST, MSG, profile) during conversion.
  • Fixes rare issue skipping files with just an extension and no name (e.g.: "C:Temp.msg").

New in Aid4Mail 4.61 Build 293 (Jan 23, 2018)

  • Adds workaround when converting HTML emails in Eudora mailboxes have an invalid charset value (like unicode or utf-16).
  • Missing emails on source IMAP servers are now counted as skipped "missing" messages instead of "unpurged" messages.
  • The Aid4Mail Migrator GUI (wizard) can now run from a USB key. Please contact our Help desk if you need assistance.
  • Fixes issue causing failure to extract attachments from Outlook 64-bit source mail (PST, MSG, profile) during conversion.
  • Fixes rare issue skipping files with just an extension and no name (e.g.: "C:Temp.msg").

New in Aid4Mail 4.60 Build 286 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Aid4Mail 32-bit edition: Includes a work-around for a Microsoft Office bug that appeared after the release of Outlook 2016 build 7967.2161. This bug causes Aid4Mail to crash when converting email to Outlook with the “Use MAPI RFC 1521 Converter” option set. As of this writing, Microsoft still hasn't fixed the bug (Outlook version 16.0.8326.2096). The work-around will ignore the “Use MAPI RFC 1521 Converter” feature if it detects an Outlook build with the bug.
  • Aid4Mail 64-bit edition: If you are using the Outlook 64-bit edition of Aid4Mail with Outlook 2016, it may crash when you convert to an Outlook target format (PST, MSG, profile). In this case, please visit this knowledge-base page for a solution.
  • Fixes an issue in the final count details. Under certain circumstances, the “messages analyzed” count is doubled and the excess is added to the “filtered” count.

New in Aid4Mail 4.51 Build 281 (Sep 7, 2017)

  • Aid4Mail 32-bit edition: Includes a work-around for a Microsoft Office bug that appeared after the release of Outlook 2016 build 7967.2161. This bug causes Aid4Mail to crash when converting email to Outlook with the “Use MAPI RFC 1521 Converter” option set. As of this writing, Microsoft still hasn't fixed the bug (Outlook version 16.0.8326.2096). The work-around will ignore the “Use MAPI RFC 1521 Converter” feature if it detects an Outlook build with the bug.
  • Aid4Mail 64-bit edition: If you are using the Outlook 64-bit edition of Aid4Mail with Outlook 2016, it may crash when you convert to an Outlook target format (PST, MSG, profile).
  • Fixes an issue in the final count details. Under certain circumstances, the “messages analyzed” count is doubled and the excess is added to the “filtered” count.

New in Aid4Mail 4.5 Build 278 (Jun 14, 2017)

  • New license management system for Aid4Mail Migrator. To activate this type of license, select the Aid4Mail Migrator option on the start-up trial screen and then click the Activate button. Fill-in your license details in the dialog box that pops up.
  • New Aid4Mail Console command-line parameters for the Aid4Mail Migrator license:
  • LicenseCode=OrderNumber
  • LicenseSK=SecurityKey
  • LicenseStatus
  • Use the /LicenseCode switch to specify the Aid4Mail Migrator order number, which serves as the license activation code. If a security key has been defined in the license control panel, use the /LicenseSK switch to provide its value. Use /LicenseStatus to check if the specified license is valid or not.
  • Improves performance and significantly reduces memory requirements of Aid4Mail Console Launcher.
  • Fixes a scaling issue when running Aid4Mail Console Launcher under high DPI resolution.
  • Fixes an issue in Aid4Mail Console with the /m switch failing to register under certain circumstances.
  • Fixes an issue in Aid4Mail Console with the /MD5name switch causing parameter misreading under certain circumstances.
  • Several other minor improvements and fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 4.3 Build 248 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Use this feature to communicate with Webhooks (Zapier, IFTTT, Slack, …). The URL format supported by these commands is as follows:
  • scheme:[//[user:password@]host[:port]][/]path[?query][#fragment]
  • Updates Regular Expressions engine (based on PCRE 8.40).
  • Updates OpenSSL to version 1.0.2j.
  • Fixes an issue creating PST files with a size limit when using Outlook 64-bit.
  • Several other minor improvements and fixes.
  • Adds following HTTP Request Methods (GET, POST, …) to scripting language:
  • URL.delete(URL[; Data])
  • URL.get(URL[; Data])
  • URL.patch(URL[; Data])
  • URL.post(URL[; Data])
  • URL.put(URL[; Data])

New in Aid4Mail 4.2 Build 244 (Jan 2, 2017)

  • Sets the Aid4Mail interface to French when it’s installed on a system using Windows in French.
  • Adds an option to process a message store connected to an Outlook profile that is different from the default store. This can be an online archive, a public mailbox, a delegated email account, or other type of mail store.
  • Adds in Aid4Mail Console and Launcher an option to process multiple message stores connected to a source Outlook profile.
  • Improves conversion of mailbox files created by German editions of Qualcomm Eudora.
  • This update includes several minor bug fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 4.10 Build 239 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Adds compatibility for latest Apple Mail mailbox format (EMLX files).
  • Fixes issues affecting recent Outlook 2016 updates.

New in Aid4Mail 4.0 Build 235 (Sep 22, 2016)

  • Adds a new Aid4Mail edition that is compatible with Outlook 64-bit. If the regular Aid4Mail edition detects Outlook 64-bit on your system, it will prompt you to download the compatible version. Please contact us if this feature fails to work for you.
  • Adds an option to receive timely license renewal reminders by email. This opt-in option is available immediately after your first successful one-year license activation. Note that the price discount is greater when you renew your license before the end of its subscription period than after.
  • Aid4Mail Migrator, Forensic, eDiscovery, Service, and Console add support for email notifications. These are used to alert you when a migration/conversion session starts and ends, as well as when an account fails to process. This feature frees you up from having to regularly monitor Aid4Mail’s progress on premise. See Help for details.
  • Aid4Mail Console adds support for migration/conversion settings stored in a CSV file. Each row represents an individual migration/conversion job. You can then easily run a series of migrations/conversions sequentially and unattended. Sensitive data in the CSV file can be encrypted with a password. See Help for details.
  • Bundles “Aid4Mail Console Launcher” with “Aid4Mail Console”. This new tool manages multiple instances of Aid4Mail Console and lets you migrate accounts concurrently. Under optimal conditions, it can cut down processing time by a factor of 5 or more.
  • Restores folder structure from Gmail Takeout files.
  • Adds “Add Metadata to Headers” to Advanced Options in Aid4Mail eDiscovery, Forensic and Service. When set, it adds or modifies header fields (like folder names and status flags) to preserve source metadata and conform to the target format. Uncheck this option to create an unmodified copy of the source SMTP header in the target MIME format. This option also affects the creation of PDF files; when unchecked it leaves out the source folder name from the page header section.
  • Updates Regular Expressions engine (based on PCRE 8.39).
  • Updates OpenSSL to version 1.0.2h
  • Updates EULA and documentation.
  • Several minor improvements and fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 3.8 (May 11, 2016)

  • Adds support for Outlook 2016 (32-bit edition).
  • Adds a feature to log search paths for missing attachments when using Tokens.ini. The information is stored in AttachmentsNotFound.log under the Windows Temp folder.

New in Aid4Mail 3.75 (Sep 16, 2015)

  • Adds full support for Google Takeout and Google Apps Vault mbox files. Aid4Mail now recovers emails along with their status information (unread, deleted, etc.).
  • Note that the Google Apps Vault option is not available in Aid4Mail Home.
  • Adds support for restoring folders (or labels) of emails stored in Google Apps Vault mbox files.
  • Improves processing speed of Backupify mbox files.
  • Aid4Mail Console: added \IgnoreInvalidFormats command-line switch and IgnoreInvalidFormats INI file option. Use it to ignore invalid file formats that Aid4Mail encounters when processing folders.
  • See the relevant sections in the Aid4Mail Help file for more details:
  • General Information > Information About Mail Formats
  • Several minor improvements and fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 3.71 (Aug 5, 2015)

  • Adds workaround to correctly interpret a date bug in mbox files created by Google Takeout
  • Improves support for Google Takeout and Google Vault mbox files

New in Aid4Mail 3.7 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • Improved reporting of invalid source file formats when using Aid4Mail Home, Professional and Migrator editions
  • Updated Regular Expressions engine (based on PCRE 8.38)
  • The advanced option “Strict mbox Mail Separator Check” is now replaced by “Complete mbox Mail Separator Test”. It is set by default and, in most cases, should produce the best results
  • The “MailSeparator” command-line switch is now replaced by “MailDelimTest”. Available values are “Strong” and “Weak”
  • Improved detection of a larger range of invalid email delimiters in non-standard mbox files
  • Fixed an mbox parsing issue that could result in two emails merging into a single target email
  • Fixed a time-zone discrepancy in outputs from several sample scripts
  • Several minor improvements and fixes

New in Aid4Mail 3.61 (Apr 15, 2015)

  • Updated Regular Expressions engine (based on PCRE 8.37)
  • Several minor improvements and fixes

New in Aid4Mail 3.6 (Apr 15, 2015)

  • Improves conversion of emails with international character sets to "MHT message files for viewing in Internet Explorer"
  • Fixes an issue with the conversion of Mac Mail.app folder names
  • Fixes an issue with the /DelSource command-line switch to delete successfully processed source IMAP mail
  • Fixes an issue That causes some non-Windows character sets to render incorrectly when “Sent Items” emails from Outlook are converted to the MIME format
  • Fixes a rare issue that causes HTML-based emails to export incorrectly from Outlook to the MIME format
  • Updates documentation and EULA
  • Several other minor improvements and fixes

New in Aid4Mail 3.5 (Apr 15, 2015)

  • Improves search for the location of Outlook 2013 PST files.
  • Improves handling of folder hierarchies on IBM Lotus Domino servers.
  • Repairs malformed emails in mbox and EML files that have important information missing from the message headers.
  • Fixes a fatal error that can occur while exporting email to PDF.

New in Aid4Mail 3.42 (Aug 9, 2014)

  • Adds an option to recognize non-standard mbox message delimiters.

New in Aid4Mail 3.4 (Apr 21, 2014)

  • This update includes a fix for the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug. Additional improvements include better detection of invalid message delimiters sometimes present in Thunderbird mbox files and better conversion of Draft messages from other programs to Office Outlook.
  • The previous update adds options to locally save emails and attachments that fail to upload to an IMAP server. As a result, you preserve all the data that is rejected by the IMAP server. For example, if an email exceeds IMAP’s size limits, Aid4Mail can remove its attachments, save them locally, and then try uploading again.
  • Note that Yahoo! Mail now requires secure access using the SSL protocol. The server port should be set to 993. Also, Outlook.com does not support folder names longer than 30 characters.

New in Aid4Mail 3.31 (Apr 3, 2014)

  • This update adds options to locally save emails and attachments that fail to upload to an IMAP server. As a result, you preserve all the data that is rejected by the IMAP server. For example, if an email exceeds IMAP’s size limits, Aid4Mail can remove its attachments, save them locally, and then try uploading again.

New in Aid4Mail 3.1 (Nov 12, 2013)

  • Improves support for Gmail and includes some minor bug fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 3.0 (Jul 1, 2013)

  • Now works with Outlook 2013 Click-to-run installations.
  • Added workaround for Yahoo! Mail "[TEMPFAIL] UID FETCH Client write buffer full" error condition.
  • Improved error reporting.
  • Improved user interface accessibility.
  • Improved support for mailboxes created with the Apple Mail (Mac OS X) "Export Mailbox" command.
  • Aid4Mail Console: improved transfer of calendar, tasks, notes, and contact items when exporting from a MAPI source to a MAPI target (MS Exchange, Outlook, PST).
  • Aid4Mail Console: added option in pdf.ini to not print header and footer information in PDF pages:
  • PDF_Settings]
  • HideHeaderFooter=1
  • File names are now incremented when the MD5 filename option is turned on and the duplicates option is turned off.
  • Fixed issue with special IMAP folders in PST files getting skipped when "Process only email messages" option was set.
  • Fixed too many attachments reported when creating MHT message files for importing into a database.
  • Fixed error in default target folder for Thunderbird mail.
  • Fixed issue converting partial EMLX files with multilevel .emlxpart files (e.g. "207810.1.2.emlxpart").
  • Fixed the Message.Export script method.
  • Updated module that converts email to PDF format.
  • Updated Regular Expressions engine.
  • Updated memory management engine.
  • Updated documentation.
  • Many other minor improvements and glitches fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 2.6 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • NameFilter.dat (see NameFilter.txt file) can now be used to fix invalid characters in folder names migrated to IMAP and MAPI accounts.
  • Improved migration of "malformed" emails to Exchange servers via IMAP.
  • Improved conversion of X.400 email addresses to SMTP when extracting outgoing mail (Sent Items) from Outlook/Exchange accounts.
  • Added new properties to Message object.
  • Fixed issue creating folder names on Cyrus, Courier, and Zoho Mail servers when they contain invalid characters.
  • Fixed issue when exporting MSG files to Outlook. In some cases they were misinterpreted as empty and skipped.
  • Fixed issue handling some command-line switches in Aid4Mail Console.
  • Other minor improvements and glitches fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 2.5 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Improves error recovery when accessing Microsoft Exchange servers via IMAP.
  • Apple Mail folder names are now correctly formatted on export.
  • Adds a count for skipped blank email messages in the final conversion report.
  • Adds a workaround that fixes emails corrupted on delivery by Dovecot servers using IMAP.
  • Fixes non-working “Header-based MD5 File Names” menu command.
  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Other minor improvements and glitches fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 2.41 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • Improvements to wildcard and regular expression searches.

New in Aid4Mail 2.4 (Jan 31, 2012)

  • Improved memory management allowing access to free RAM beyond 2GB on Windows 64-bit.
  • Status of EML message files from Windows (Live) Mail now treated as "Read" instead of "Unread".
  • Updated the regular expression engine.
  • Minor glitches fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 2.36 (Dec 28, 2011)

  • Improvements to reliability with IMAP accounts when processing large volumes of email.

New in Aid4Mail 2.3 (Aug 10, 2011)

  • Additional script functions.
  • Improves transfer of large message between two IMAP accounts.
  • Additional option in IMAP settings screen to limit folder depth on export.
  • Aid4Mail Console: New command-line switch to help distinguish multiple instances of the program.
  • Updated dna.dll to fix occasional program crashing when activating a new license.
  • Updated license terms to include section about Aid4Mail Console Server.
  • Updated Help file.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 2.22 (Aug 7, 2011)

  • Ability to limit maximum size of PST files by splitting mail into multiple PSTs on export.
  • Additional script functions.
  • Aid4Mail Console: New command-line switch to delete successfully processed source mail.
  • Aid4Mail Console: New Trial Mode option for performance tests on an unlimited number of emails.
  • Fixes an issue occasionally occurring when downloading mail from AIM.Mail (AOL Mail).
  • Updated Help file; adds many new Aid4Mail Console usage examples.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 2.21 (Jun 29, 2011)

  • Fixes an issue when transfering very large emails from one IMAP account to another.

New in Aid4Mail 2.2 (May 27, 2011)

  • Ability to limit maximum size of PST files by splitting mail into multiple PSTs on export.
  • Additional script functions.
  • Aid4Mail Console: New command-line switch to delete successfully processed source mail.
  • Aid4Mail Console: New Trial Mode option for performance tests on an unlimited number of emails.
  • Fixes an issue occasionally occurring when downloading mail from AIM.Mail (AOL Mail).
  • Updated Help file; adds many new Aid4Mail Console usage examples.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Aid4Mail 2.0 (Jan 29, 2011)

  • IMAP support. Aid4Mail can now export and import messages from or to a remote server. Works with popular services like Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Zoho Mail, AIM.Mail (AOL Mail), FastMail, and GMX Mail.
  • Export mail to PDF and PDF/A files (feature availability depends on edition).
  • Dedicated scripting language that can be used for sophisticated filtering tasks, detailed logging, data extraction, statistics, and custom export formats. See the "Writing Aid4Mail Scripts" topic in the Aid4Mail Help file to learn more about this feature.
  • Restore the hierarchy of Outlook Express folders on export.
  • Restore downloaded mail contained in Outlook Express DBX files linked to an IMAP account.
  • Append mail to an existing PST file.
  • Create password-protected PST target files.
  • Source and target PST password set through the GUI and console command-line.
  • Filtering using a word list can now be applied either to just the email header, or the message text (subject line + message body), or the whole email (header + message body).
  • Support for wildcards and regular expressions in the word list feature on the filter screen. The regular expression engine is based on PCRE 8.10. Its syntax is documented in the Regex.chm Help file.
  • The maximum supported email size has been increased by a factor of three. So if there is enough available contiguous RAM, an email of up to 768 MB can be handled by Aid4Mail.
  • Aid4Mail Console now allows exporting a PST file or Outlook profile to another PST file or Outlook profile.
  • Improved interface making it easier to understand.
  • Improved error reporting.
  • Aid4Mail Console available in trial mode.
  • License options are better defined and take into account a larger array of uses.
  • Licensing is now subscription-based and includes "one-time use" options.
  • All updates and major upgrades are available free of charge during the subscription period.
  • Updated documentation and EULA.

New in Aid4Mail 1.996 (Apr 29, 2010)

  • Many minor improvements and issues fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 1.995 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Some other minor improvements and issues fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 1.994 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • Uses more reliable method to mount source PST files. Adds new exit codes to Aid4Mail Console. Some other minor improvements and issues fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 1.993 (Dec 1, 2009)

  • Corrects some malformed email addresses found in mail exported from Outlook/Exchange. Fixes a minor date Time-Zone rounding error when exporting mail from Outlook/Exchange under Windows Vista. Some other minor improvements and issues fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 1.991 (Oct 27, 2009)

  • Some minor improvements and issues fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 1.99 (Aug 25, 2009)

  • Improves conversion of complex Outlook messages to RFC formats like EML and mbox.
  • Processing from or to large numbers of MSG files is significantly faster.
  • Some other minor improvements and issues fixed.

New in Aid4Mail 1.989 (Feb 25, 2009)

  • Exporting to Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail is now easier
  • The FAQ sections in the documentation have also been updated.

New in Aid4Mail 1.987F (Sep 3, 2008)

  • Improves accessibility with screen readers, improves detection of email duplicates, support for more than 750 MIME Types and related File Extensions, and more.

New in Aid4Mail 1.986 (Jun 20, 2008)

  • Improves accessibility with screen readers, improves detection of email duplicates, and more...

New in Aid4Mail 1.985 (May 8, 2008)

  • Improves processing of Office Outlook mail, reduces compatibility issues with some third-party products.

New in Aid4Mail 1.95 (Apr 2, 2007)

  • Many improvements including support for Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista.

New in Aid4Mail 1.92 (Nov 8, 2006)

  • Now handles files greater than 2 GB,
  • better support for emails using UTF-8 characters,
  • other improvements.