What's new in Automatic Email Processor 3.2.6

Feb 23, 2024
  • Problem fixed: When saving digitally signed or encrypted messages (with attachments) as a PDF file, the attachments were only listed in the header (in the message details) with a certain setting.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.2.5 (Feb 23, 2024)

  • Save message as PDF file: Improved handling of emails that cause problems with umlauts

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.2.4 (Feb 16, 2024)

  • Smaller optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.2.3 (Feb 10, 2024)

  • Additional support for encrypted emails that are not digitally signed.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.2.2 (Jan 29, 2024)

  • Profile list: the last catch-up time was not updated directly after performing the catch-up.
  • Profile import from v2: compatibility improved.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.2.1 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • Fixed regression: Previous work on improved support for encrypted emails caused problems with the processing of emails that were digitally signed but not encrypted.
  • Missing translation added.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.2.0 (Jan 8, 2024)

  • Extensive revision of support for encrypted and digitally signed messages (S/MIME).
  • Bug fixes and optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.1.3 (Dec 15, 2023)

  • The "Part of the subject" filter criterion is now available for CSV mappings. Previously, using a part of the subject as a filter criterion was only possible with a regex.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.1.2 (Oct 23, 2023)

  • When the profile search filter was active, some actions did not relate exclusively to the filtered entries (as expected).

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.1.1 (Oct 18, 2023)

  • Search for profile names, comments and monitored folders: selecting list entries only worked if at least one profile was filtered out.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.1.0 (Oct 15, 2023)

  • Improved scaling for high-resolution monitors
  • Placeholder support also for post-processing
  • Search field for profile names, comments, watched folders
  • Custom text when forwarding
  • Filter for categories
  • Filter for date of receipt supplemented by older/newer than x days, weeks, months, years
  • Filter using a list - (filter values opt. from 1st column of a CSV file)
  • Horizontal scroll bar for log list
  • Options -> Log: Option to show subject shortened to 40 characters in the log area
  • Options -> Other: Option to prevent message 'No active tasks'
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.42 (Oct 2, 2023)

  • Missing translations added.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.41 (Sep 28, 2023)

  • Problem related to delayed processing fixed.
  • Missing translations added.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.40 (Sep 4, 2023)

  • When embedding objects from digitally signed emails into a PDF file, there was an access error under certain conditions.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.39 (Sep 3, 2023)

  • Forwarding a saved message file only worked if the 'Forward attachments' option was also enabled.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.38 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • There was an access error when embedding objects from digitally signed emails into a PDF file.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.37 (Aug 10, 2023)

  • When embedding an MSG file into a PDF file, the name of the MSG file was truncated to the last alphanumeric characters.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.35 (Aug 4, 2023)

  • When catching up with the 'Ignore previously successfully processed messages' constraint, only the first active task was executed.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.34 (Jul 27, 2023)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.33 (Jul 19, 2023)

  • Fixed regression:
  • The measures to avoid duplicate processing resulted in only the first attachment being saved when using the catch-up function on emails with multiple attachments.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.32 (Jul 15, 2023)

  • Fixed potential crash related to log data.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.31 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • Fixed regression: Since v3.0.29 only the first active task of a profile was processed when catching up.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.30 (Jul 10, 2023)

  • MSO files are now excluded from printing.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.29 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • Avoidance of potential double processings in certain constellations when using the Catch-up function.
  • The license expiration date is now displayed in the window title bar.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.28 (Jun 27, 2023)

  • Avoidance of potential double processings in certain constellations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.27 (May 11, 2023)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.26 (Apr 24, 2023)

  • On some systems, the display of the printer settings was incorrect.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.25 (Apr 22, 2023)

  • Fixed a problem with outdated printer settings

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.24 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • Options -> Other -> 'Ignore printer settings - use default printer settings' was without function.
  • Improved compatibility when importing profiles from version 2.
  • Placeholder for previous year (with 4 and 2 digits).

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.23 (Feb 16, 2023)

  • When using the virtual add-in and Exchange in online mode: since the Outlook July update, MSG files could be created without some properties (such as subject, sender, etc.) when saving messages in MSG format.
  • Save message as PDF file: support for images in CMYK color profile when attaching images as pages.
  • Faster decryption of very large messages (10 MB and larger).
  • Some optimizations and bug fixes.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.22 (Jan 31, 2023)

  • When using the virtual add-in and Exchange in online mode: since the Outlook July update, MSG files could be created without some properties (such as subject, sender, etc.) when saving messages in MSG format.
  • Save message as PDF file: support for images in CMYK color profile when attaching images as pages.
  • Faster decryption of very large messages (10 MB and larger).
  • Some optimizations and bug fixes.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.21 (Dec 22, 2022)

  • When using Word temporarily, files are no longer added to the list of recently opened files.
  • Fixed a potential problem when using Word.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.20 (Nov 23, 2022)

  • Profile import: Improved compatibility when importing profiles created with very old versions of the 2 series.
  • SMTP: Improved compatibility with different providers.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.19 (Oct 4, 2022)

  • An obsolete resource that was no longer needed could occasionally cause an error message.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.18 (Oct 4, 2022)

  • Outlook instances that are already hanging when the program is being started are now also restarted automatically.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.17 (Sep 28, 2022)

  • Delayed processing did not work if an attachment filter was set for saving or printing.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.16 (Sep 27, 2022)

  • Outlook items without recipients could not be printed.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.15 (Sep 13, 2022)

  • Under certain circumstances, temporarily created files were not deleted.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.14 (Sep 13, 2022)

  • A sporadic error related to process restarts will now be handled.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.13 (Sep 11, 2022)

  • Some optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.11 (Sep 5, 2022)

  • Version 2 profiles can now be imported via More -> Import profiles -> Created with version 2

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.10 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • The placeholder for the original attachment name was incorrectly hidden.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.9 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Problem solved: if an entry was present at "Recipient address -> does not contain", valid recipient addresses were also excluded.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.8 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Fixed problem with resuming processing after waking up from power saving mode.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.7 (Aug 30, 2022)

  • "Recipient address -> does not contain" was only queried if there was also an entry for "Recipient address -> contains".

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.6 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • In very rare cases, Outlook could not be accessed when opening the dialog for selecting the watched folders, even though this was possible during the test shortly before. This error is now caught.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.5 (Aug 19, 2022)

  • When filtering, regular expressions and number ranges can now be combined with an OR in addition to a logical AND.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.4 (Aug 18, 2022)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.2 (Aug 11, 2022)

  • If an automated Outlook instance is opened and closed several times by the user, Outlook may "forget" that it is automated and try to exit in a regular way. In such cases, the Outlook process hangs, and Outlook can no longer be automated or started. The new version detects hanging Outlook processes and terminates them autonomously.

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.1 (Aug 1, 2022)

  • Support for unmapped network locations

New in Automatic Email Processor 3.0.0 (Jul 18, 2022)

  • Outlook and Word instances are reused.
  • For folders, a regex-extracted part of the message text can now be used.
  • File names can now also use a regex-extracted part of the subject or message text.
  • Image and PDF attachments can be attached as new pages to the message when saved as PDF file.
  • Filters for embedding images: Name, minimum dimensions, size.
  • Separate filters to identify messages and attachments to be processed.
  • Output of page number when printing messages.
  • New option when saving attachments/messages: destination folder must already exist.
  • Optional specification of an error directory if the destination folder did not exist.
  • Placeholders can be used for the entire path - the separate base folder has been eliminated.
  • Simple mappings allow individual placeholders - for example a mapping 'Drive' with the content 'C:' can be created or a mapping 'Path' with the content 'C:File 1'.
  • CSV mappings allow using CSV files for filter criteria in combination with the respective result if the criteria are met. This eliminates the need to create different profiles for different filter criteria. Ideally, one profile is sufficient.
  • Mappings can be used: for the path, file name, recipients of forwardings, e-mail folders when moving or copying messages.
  • New placeholders: number of attachments, user name part of e-mail address.
  • The saved message file can be forwarded.
  • Copies of saved message file or attachments can be created.
  • Additional filter for the task status.
  • Images and PDF files embedded in the message text can be optionally processed.
  • HTML images are automatically embedded when sending automatic replies.
  • Postpone processings - apply profiles to messages only after a configurable period of time (e.g., after 2 weeks, based on the message receipt date).
  • Program help updated.
  • And much more.
  • Note: Due to the many changes, profiles from previous versions cannot be imported this time.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.22.3 (Nov 8, 2021)

  • Smaller correction.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.22.2 (Nov 8, 2021)

  • In the category Monitored Folders, very long paths were not displayed completely.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.22.1 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • Unfortunately, under certain circumstances, older messages were processed again (an error introduced in v2.21.2).

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.22.0 (Nov 1, 2021)

  • When using the dynamic name of a ZIP archive (in the names of the extracted files), it is no longer mandatory to save the archive.
  • New in Options -> Other: Show option "Print only the first of attachments with the same name" in profile print settings.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.21.2 (Oct 28, 2021)

  • If the recipient could not be read, there were problems with the display of some log information.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.21.1 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • Smaller correction.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.21.0 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • The selected profile remains selected after editing.
  • When duplicating profiles, it is now possible to specify in the button menu whether the new profile should subsequently be selected and/or opened for editing.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.20.0 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • New option: Print only the first of attachments with the same name.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.19.0 (Oct 18, 2021)

  • Two new filter criteria available: path of the email, message read status
  • Bug fixes
  • Some optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.18.0 (Sep 12, 2021)

  • The program behavior for embedded messages can now be configured in the profile settings on the tab General. By default, these are still treated as standalone messages.
  • The following options are available:
  • Treat as message:
  • Embedded messages can be printed and saved in various formats.
  • Treat as attachment:
  • Embedded messages can only be saved as MSG files and cannot be printed. They will be saved as well when enabling the option "Save all attachments to the same folder".
  • Treat as attachment and message:
  • Embedded messages can be printed and saved in various formats. When enabling the option "Save all attachments to the same folder", they will also be saved as MSG file.
  • Ignore:
  • Embedded messages will be excluded from processing.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.17.5 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • Performance optimizations for specific configurations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.17.3 (Aug 19, 2021)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.17.2 (Aug 17, 2021)

  • Some missing translations added.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.17.1 (Aug 16, 2021)

  • Some missing translations added.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.17.0 (Aug 11, 2021)

  • Extension for printing messages: optionally, a custom font name and size can be specified.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.16.2 (Jul 27, 2021)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.16.1 (Jul 27, 2021)

  • Some missing translations added.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.16.0 (Jul 19, 2021)

  • Automatic restore of the application window if application is already running.
  • Print settings have been enhanced with: center content, size specification (fill page, actual size, manual scaling).
  • New option in the Auto-reply dialog window - remove replied status from email.
  • New option in Options --> Processing - send email if no processing within x minutes.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.15.2 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Forwarding of files extracted from ZIP archives failed if the ZIP archive file extension contained uppercase letters.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.15.1 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Improvement in determining the default email account.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.15.0 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • There is now a new, separate backup of application data for transfer to a new PC (Menu --> More ...).
  • The log filter now supports the profile name.
  • Last application date of a profile is now always up to date.
  • Fixed issue - in some cases it could happen that after 5 minutes a process did not run continuously.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.14.5 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Optimizations for the centrally managed profile file.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.14.4 (Mar 15, 2021)

  • A crash could be caused when retrieving information for the user placeholders.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.14.3 (Mar 9, 2021)

  • Additional options when catching up: Send notifications, Send automatic replies.
  • Catch-up function with additional limit: hour, minute.
  • Email properties available as placeholder for automatic replies.
  • Placeholders in email folder selection dialog for: Outlook default email address, Windows username, principal name, principal email address.
  • Email folder selection dialog resizable and faster folder listing.
  • You can now provide text content from plain text attachments as placeholder for storage location.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.13.5 (Jan 27, 2021)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.13.4 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • In some cases, the 64-bit version was installed instead of the 32-bit. This limited the compatibility.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.13.3 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • Some optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.13.1 (Dec 22, 2020)

  • Bug fix: Incompatible category determination when using Outlook 2007.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.13.0 (Dec 17, 2020)

  • For the sender and recipient name, initials can now also be used as placeholders.
  • On some systems, only the recipient address could previously be determined instead of the recipient name.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.12.0 (Dec 16, 2020)

  • Options --> Other: New option to ignore custom recipients when using recipient placeholders.
  • Fixed bug: Messages without subject could not be embedded in PDF files.
  • Some optimizations and bug fixes.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.11.0 (Dec 3, 2020)

  • In the options (category Log), there is now a new option for the log area to display the actual recipient in addition to the email inbox folder. This is especially useful when monitoring the Sent Items folder.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.10.2 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • An error related to items imported from Outlook Attachment Extractor was fixed.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.10.1 (Nov 9, 2020)

  • New task type Click Confirmation Link.
  • Support of regular expressions when using the subject for dynamic subfolders.
  • New filter Sender Type to distinguish internal and external senders.
  • Messages can be flagged for follow up.
  • Categories can be assigned to messages.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.9.4 (Sep 28, 2020)

  • Enhanced support of HTML format for automatic replies.
  • New option for automatic replies: Force sending in HTML format.
  • Enhanced detection of the original code page when sending automatic replies.
  • Small optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.9.3 (Sep 22, 2020)

  • A problem with CSV import/export was fixed.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.9.2 (Sep 11, 2020)

  • An error related to the automatic creation of email folders has been fixed.
  • Small optimization.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.9.1 (Sep 9, 2020)

  • When quickly printing emails or attachments with the same file name, an error could occur in connection with deleting the (temporary) file with the same name.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.9.0 (Sep 6, 2020)

  • When moving emails, folders in the fixed part of the path are now also automatically created. Previously, this was only true for the part of the path declared as dynamic.
  • The .NET framework in version 4.7.2 is now required.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.8.2 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • For automatic replies, profile-specific business hours can now also be defined.
  • Problem fixed for use in multi-user environments.
  • Optimizations for use on Windows Terminal Server.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.8.1 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • Additional problem fixed for use in multi-user environments.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.8.0 (Aug 18, 2020)

  • For automatic replies, profile-specific business hours can now also be defined.
  • Problem fixed for use in multi-user environments.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.7.1 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • When using a centrally managed profile file, the local profile file was loaded when Admin Mode was activated and the profile file was unavailable. Although this was helpful when creating the centrally managed profile file for the first time, it could later lead to the profile file being overwritten with the local profile file. The local profile file is now no longer loaded when using a centrally managed profile file.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.7.0 (Jul 7, 2020)

  • When using a centrally managed profile file, an admin mode can now be activated in the program options, which allows you to change and create new profiles. Additionally, there is now a button for copying the profile file to any destination directory.
  • Enhanced recognition of attachments with incorrect size information.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.6.6 (Jun 18, 2020)

  • Fixed: Problem with restoring attachments with umlauts in the file name.
  • Regression fixed: Invalid characters in the user-entered part of the file name were no longer replaced automatically.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.6.5 (Jun 3, 2020)

  • New option "Start an external program when all operations are finished" for the category Subsequent. Activating this option will cause the external application to be called only after the run is finished and not after each processing.
  • New option Redirect in the category Email Operations. When using this option, the email is forwarded without any noticeable forwarding characteristics.
  • New option in Profile Settings -->General: Ignore all subsequent profiles after applying this profile. This option enables, among other things, the simplification of the processing of messages with ambiguous properties and the creation of a catch-all profile.
  • New option in Program Options --> Processing: "Use font Arial when creating PDF files". This can be used to reduce the size of PDF files significantly.
  • Problem solved: Recipient name could only be added manually.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.5.5 (May 8, 2020)

  • Problem solved: Word error "Horizontal line cannot be selected"

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.5.4 (May 7, 2020)

  • The working directory can now be customized. When used on a terminal server, each user should have an individual working directory.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.5.3 (May 1, 2020)

  • The day before the email date of receipt can now be used as a placeholder.
  • Error fixed: Email receipt date could not be added anymore.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.5.2 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • A deprecated option was removed.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.5.1 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • Additional note in the activation dialog.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.5.0 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • To perform an email operation like moving messages, it is no longer necessary to have at least one task enabled.
  • Info number also for email operations, replies and notifications.
  • An automatic reply is now also possible if there are not exactly x attachments, or the number is smaller or larger than the given limit.
  • Automatic reply enhanced - Tabs for standard reply and out-of-business-hours reply.
  • Holidays can be specified in the options to define processing and business hours more precisely.
  • New option when saving attachments and using parent folder names: Ignore parent folder names from certain folders on.
  • Additionally, the month preceding the receipt date of the email can now be used.
  • New option for saving emails: Save email as EML file.
  • Some optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.20 (Mar 5, 2020)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.19 (Mar 3, 2020)

  • The maximum deviation of the number of spaces when saving emails as PDF file is now adjustable in: Options --> Other.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.18 (Feb 28, 2020)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.16 (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Newly introduced problem with saving messages fixed
  • Translation corrected.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.15 (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Translation corrected.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.14 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.13 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.12 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • When printing multi-page TIFF files, only the first page was printed.
  • The filters for the message text and header were without function due to a recent update.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.11 (Jan 30, 2020)

  • When printing digitally signed messages, only placeholders were printed instead of images.
  • When printing extra-wide images, they are scaled down to the maximum available space. This only applies to images that are embedded directly in the page and aligned to the left margin.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.8 (Jan 14, 2020)

  • When setting the dates for the catch-up function, it is checked that start and end date actually correspond to thesmaller or larger value, otherwise they will be exchanged

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.7 (Jan 13, 2020)

  • The corresponding tab page is highlighted if no task has been set active.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.3 (Nov 18, 2019)

  • Improved scaling when printing images that exceed page dimensions
  • For the option "E-mail operations --> Move e-mail", there is now an additional suboption "Do not process message again", which is set by default. This serves as a replacement for saving messages as MSG files with outsourced attachments.
  • Problem fixed: When using the Catch-up function or the Restore Attachments, the associated process was restarted when exceeding a certain duration (interval for checking for new messages + 5 minutes) due to a security measure. This interrupted the respective function.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.4.0 (Nov 18, 2019)

  • New option for extracting ZIP files: Save files only

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.3.1 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Some error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.3.0 (Sep 25, 2019)

  • New option: Remove decryption and digital signature from copied emails.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.2.3 (Sep 24, 2019)

  • Fixed a problem regarding the printing of PowerPoint files.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.2.2 (Sep 21, 2019)

  • Fixed a problem with delayed outsourcing of attachments.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.2.1 (Sep 19, 2019)

  • The maximum delay for the outsourcing of attachments has been increased to 2 years.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.2.0 (Sep 9, 2019)

  • Optimizations and error corrections
  • New: Filter for receipt date of emails
  • New email operations after successful processing:
  • Add prefix to the subject of the email e.g.: *ARCHIVE* or Archived_
  • Copy email to another Outlook folder

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.1.6 (Aug 10, 2019)

  • Autonomous retrieval of messages was under certain conditions without function.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.1.5 (Jul 23, 2019)

  • Optimized use of the available RAM.
  • Program options --> Other - New option: Maximum number of entries displayed in the log area (default setting = 25000).

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.1.4 (Jul 7, 2019)

  • Some error corrections and optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.1.3 (Jul 5, 2019)

  • Outlook Attachment Extractor 3 profiles can now be imported.
  • Some error corrections and optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.1.1 (Jul 3, 2019)

  • Some error corrections and optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.1.0 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • Profile settings --> ZIP archives - When using the name of the ZIP archive, you can specify whether the original name (name of the attachment)or the dynamic name (name of the saved file) should be used.
  • Menu --> More --> Restore attachments - Recover all attachments of all or a selected email folder.
  • Menu --> More --> Adjust path of outsourced attachments - Replace path components of outsourced attachments in .attlnk files.
  • Program options --> Processing - New option: Set file date to date of email receipt.
  • New option for .msg files: Save emails with detached attachments.
  • New placeholder: Limit length of sender's name.
  • New placeholder: Limit length of recipient's name.
  • New placeholder: Option to use the Outlook parent folder when generating path and file.
  • Profiles --> Other: Export/Import profiles as JSON files.
  • Additional information in the progress display: Successfully processed, Error, Not overwritten, No match.
  • Some error corrections and optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.12 (May 29, 2019)

  • Bug fixed: after unlocking, the text in the title bar of the program window was not updated. Only at the next start of the program the actual edition was displayed.
  • Some further error corrections and optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.11 (May 21, 2019)

  • New option in the category "Print settings" in the program options: Ignore page settings of the printer (only useful if the scaling of the printed pages is incorrect)

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.10 (May 17, 2019)

  • An error has been fixed.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.9 (May 15, 2019)

  • Optimizations for the Word Security Update

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.8 (May 15, 2019)

  • Problem solved - some systems issued a warning after a Word security update

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.7 (May 13, 2019)

  • Simplification of editions

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.5 (May 9, 2019)

  • Support for the printing of XLSM files and DOCM files added
  • In the profile settings for saving e-mails, the file extension was displayed incorrectly when previewing the file name

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.4 (Apr 17, 2019)

  • New filter: "Number of attachments" - allows to process messages without or with a certain number of attachments.
  • A bug has been fixed.

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.3 (Apr 11, 2019)

  • A bug has been fixed: Despite successful processing there was an error message if a ZIP file to be unpacked contained folders

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.2 (Apr 9, 2019)

  • The attachment file size filter is now evaluated even if a message has no attachments; i.e., if this differs from the default setting "Without evaluation", messages without attachments are not processed and count as "No match"
  • An error occurred when exporting a profile because a required DLL was not provided
  • Some optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.1 (Apr 5, 2019)

  • Error when using the "Save all attachments to same folder" option fixed

New in Automatic Email Processor 2.0.0 (Apr 2, 2019)

  • Option: Independently invoke the Outlook function "Automatically send/receive" - you don't need to have an Outlook instance open anymore
  • Better progress display when running the catch-up function (absolute number of mails to be processed "Processed: 5/1200 messages of the period")
  • Filter for message text added
  • Support of ZIP archives for the tasks "Save attachments" and "Print"
  • Status display: Next check in x seconds...
  • Option: Pause after processing a message
  • Option: Replace non-alphanumeric characters in email properties used for naming with an underscore.
  • Option: Remove the following prefixes from the subject if used for folder names
  • Catch-up, Activate, Deactivate and Delete for multiple profiles
  • Backup/restore application data
  • Receive notifications in case of successful processings, errors, non-fulfillment of filter criteria, missing attachments
  • Forward messages
  • Replace extracted files with link
  • Automatic reply, if no attachments are included or after successful processing
  • Regex support for filters
  • Filter with new placeholder for a range of numbers
  • Excel report with overview and detailed information
  • Option: Receive Excel report regularly by email (with overview as email text)
  • Backup functionality improved: Automatic backup of the entire application directory
  • Profile list is now sortable (inactive profiles are listed at the end of the list by default)
  • Option to restrict the program time window (processing only on certain days and at certain times)
  • New options on catch-up - ignore emails that have already been successfully processed/where errors occurred during processing
  • Copy text of the selected log entry to the clipboard
  • Command line parameters - only one run, quit, catch-up
  • Create email sub-folders based on email properties when moving
  • Import profiles from CSV file or export them as template
  • Use of an embedded database
  • Division of the log area into the tabs "Successful processings", "Errors", "No match"
  • Division into editions
  • a.m.m.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.16.1 (Mar 28, 2019)

  • Some optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.16.0 (Mar 24, 2019)

  • When configuring the page range to be printed, you can now specify the minimum number of pages that the document to be printed must have.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.15.0 (Mar 4, 2019)

  • There is a new and better PDF printing library included. Therefore, there are some changes regarding the restriction of the page range. If you always print all pages, you will not notice any difference. However, if you have a restriction on the page range like print pages 1, 3-5, 7 etc., that will not work anymore. The program tries to adjust those settings to the new option settings. You still can restrict the page range quite flexible but there are some differences now.
  • Some optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.9 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • Problem with printing Excel files solved

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.8 (Feb 4, 2019)

  • Error fixed: When using the access method "Direct access" for saving messages as MSG file, they were saved with the status Unsent, i.e. editable, without date of receipt, etc.
  • Error fixed: When printing messages, the filter for the name of attachments was ignored.
  • Robustness improved: If the access method "Use Add-in" is not available for the Outlook installation, the system automatically switches to the access method "Direct Access".
  • Some optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.7 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Support for emails with active content.
  • In certain circumstances, the digital signature was additionally saved as "Untitled Attachment".

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.6 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • Translation of the PDF options was incomplete

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.5 (Dec 8, 2018)

  • Some optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.4 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • The .NET framework version 4.6.2 is now required.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.3 (Nov 15, 2018)

  • On some systems, it was not possible to use the IPC communication channel.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.2 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • Necessary adjustments for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809).
  • Some optimizations and error corrections.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.1 (Jun 25, 2018)

  • Problem solved: When activating the Outlook option "Add digital signature to outgoing messages" the following security prompt had to be confirmed "You are about to save a digitally signed e-mail message in a non-secure format. Would you like to continue?".

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.14.0 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • New option for saving emails as MSG file: Retain encryption/digital signature
  • New option when saving emails as PDF file:
  • Embed email
  • Embed embedded emails (top level only)
  • Embed other attachments (top level only)
  • Automatic switching of the access method for encrypted and signed emails
  • Deactivation option for saving error information (program options --> processing)
  • Error logs can be emptied (Menu --> Other --> Empty error logs)
  • The month name can now also be used for the naming

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.13.0 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • Dependency on profile creation date and log period removed (additional regular processing of messages received outside the log period)
  • Program options --> Outlook: Subdivision of the check interval into Quick Check and Full Check
  • During the quick check, the emails of the last 30 days are checked for messages that have not yet been processed. During the Full Check, all emails in the respective folder are checked. For a larger number of emails, the full scan may take some time and processor power, so the default interval is 15 minutes.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.13 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • When using the file name length limit, file names with multiple dots in the name were handled incorrectly.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.12 (Mar 14, 2018)

  • Problem in optimizing parameters for execution of programs after extraction fixed (for example, it was not possible to automatically print extracted email attachments with Acrobat Reader)

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.11 (Mar 8, 2018)

  • Internal changes and optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.10 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • A potential error related to the profile change date has been fixed.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.9 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • A bug has been fixed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.8 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • Additional information in the profile overview: "creation date" and "last application (subsequently)"
  • Some error corrections, changes and optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.7 (Jan 29, 2018)

  • Internal changes and optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.6 (Jan 16, 2018)

  • Optimization of the printing process

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.4 (Dec 27, 2017)

  • A bug has been fixed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.3 (Dec 22, 2017)

  • Some bug fixes, optimizations and improvements

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.2 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • A smaller bug has been fixed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.1 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Internal changes and optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.12.0 (Oct 17, 2017)

  • New configuration options when saving an email as PDF (page format and orientation)
  • New filter for the file size of attachments
  • New group filters in the program options

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.11.4 (Oct 2, 2017)

  • When using the "catch up" function, under certain circumstances not all emails were moved
  • Internal optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.11.3 (Aug 29, 2017)

  • If an error occurred while sending notifications, no log entry was added for the task being performed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.11.2 (Aug 29, 2017)

  • Support of slashes and backslashes in email folder names
  • Compatibility improvement

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.11.1 (Aug 21, 2017)

  • Compatibility improvement

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.11.0 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • Additional PDF renderer (AGG) as well as option for the preferred PDF renderer (AGG or GDI +). AGG is recommended as it is more compatible with the PDF standard and offers improvements such as full transparency support, shading pattern support, image enhancements and additional image scaling filters.

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.10.0 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • The program now automatically creates a backup of the most important application data for each day of the week
  • Some corrections and optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.9.0 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • When using the "Add-in" access method, signed and encrypted e-mails are now also supported
  • Some corrections and internal optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.8.5 (Jun 12, 2017)

  • Fixed a problem related to log filter entries
  • Fixed a problem related to reading embedded emails

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.8.4 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • An error has been corrected

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.8.3 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • Improved concept for writing certain application data

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.8.2 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • The filename filter was not applied when saving emails

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.8.1 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Internal Exchange addresses are now evaluated as SMTP addresses

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.8.0 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • New option in the filter settings: Evaluate leading and trailing spaces of the filter values
  • (By default, this option is disabled)

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.7.0 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • New: Optionally, all subfolders of the added email folders can now also be monitored

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.6.3 (Feb 17, 2017)

  • A potential issue related to special characters has been eliminated

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.6.2 (Feb 16, 2017)

  • An error regarding the use of special characters has been corrected
  • Some optimizations for larger font sizes

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.6.1 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • New option - use own or user's Outlook instance
  • Canceling the task after 1 minute is now optional (improved compatibility)
  • An error has been corrected
  • Some optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.6.0 (Feb 8, 2017)

  • Filter extended by the comparison operator "Does not contains"
  • Task type "Print" - start and end page can now be set
  • Printing of messages - page margins were slightly reduced

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.5.0 (Feb 8, 2017)

  • Option to save all attachments to the same folder (useful, if a filter is set to the filename of an attachment)
  • New filter: message header
  • Optimizations for working with Outlook when using Exchange Server

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.4.0 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • New: name, email address, and domain of the recipient can now be used for storange location and file name
  • Internal changes regarding the storing of a message as PDF file
  • Error corrected - storing a PDF file containing a dot in the filename
  • Two other minor errors corrected

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.3.3 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Version information corrected

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.3.1 (Sep 5, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug regarding debug information

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.3.0 (Sep 5, 2016)

  • You can now also use any part of the subject for the folder or file name
  • Fixed a bug related to the storing of messages without attachments
  • Potential problem when sending notifications to multiple recipients eliminated

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.2.0 (Aug 22, 2016)

  • New: Filter option for recipient name and address
  • Hanging Word instances are automatically terminated
  • Fixed a bug related to the sending of notifications

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.1.0 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • In the configuration dialog for print tasks, the selected printer is now displayed next to the button to open the printer selection dialog
  • The country-specific format is now used for displaying dates
  • The profile creation date is now included in the check for new emails

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.9 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Smaller bug fixed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.8 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Under certain conditions, display errors could occur in the status bar

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.7 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Log entries were not removed after expiration of the retention period set in the program options

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.6 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Better page scaling for certain PDF and XLS attachments

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.5 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Error correction - on multipage PDF attachments, the last page was not printed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.4 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Some default settings were changed
  • Smaller optimizations

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.3 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • A problem regarding the log has been fixed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.2 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • An issue regarding moving emails when using the direct access to Outlook has been fixed

New in Automatic Email Processor 1.0.1 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • An issue concerning the RPC functionality has been fixed
  • Some optimizations