PostMaster Enterprise Changelog

What's new in PostMaster Enterprise 8.06

May 22, 2015
  • New Features:
  • PME Mail – Auto delete confirmed SPAM:
  • PME v. 8.06 automatically deletes mail detected as confirmed SPAM. Earlier such mail was placed in the deferred pool. The AutoDelete functionality is ‘Disabled’ by default. While enabling this feature, the Admin needs to specify the Response Code and action as applicable, so that users are aware of the reason(s) why such mail was deleted.
  • Location: PME Mail > Outgoing > Rules > Outgoing Mail > Advance Settings
  • PME Web – Domain-wise local account view:
  • PME v. 8.06 allows the Admin to search Local Users and Gateway Users by Domain Name. Additionally the admin can also see which user is mapped to which domain.
  • Location: PME Mail > Admin UI > PostMaster > Manage Accounts > Users > User Manager
  • PME Web – Ability to check rights of multiple users at once:
  • The new PME v. 8.06 allows the Admin to view rights of all users in one go. Earlier the Admin was only able to check the rights of a single user at a time.
  • Location: PME > Admin UI > PostMaster > Manage Accounts > Users > User Manager
  • PME AntiVirus – AntiVirus MIS Report:
  • With the new PME v. 8.06, the Admin can now check date wise MIS report of mails which are scanned by PME’s AntiVirus module. This will assist the Admin in determining virus detection patterns and take necessary pre-emptive measures to avoid future mishaps.
  • Location: PME > WebAdmin > PME Mail > AntiVirus > Logs > MIS
  • Feature Enhancements:
  • Email account mapping with multiple domains:
  • This feature enhancement enables the Admin to map an email account to multiple domains through the Basic account addition page. Earlier this was possible only through the Mapping page.
  • Copy/move mails to/from Public folder via IMAP:
  • PME v. 8.06 enables users to copy/move mails to/from Public folder to System/Personal folder using IMAP commands.
  • Ability to access AddressBook via LDAP:
  • This feature enhancement allows users to fetch PME contact details in AddressBook using LDAP. All contact details are fetched using Thunderbird email client. However, with PME LDAP server, MS Outlook currently displays the following fields only: First Name, Display, Alias (employee Id), Title (Designation), Company, Department, Business and Phone No.
  • Ability to print AddressBook details:
  • This feature enhancement enables the Admin and PME users to print the required personal details of email-ids present in their Personal, Local and Global AddressBook.
  • Location: WebMail > AddressBook
  • Account type displayed in user details:
  • PME v. 8.06 allows the Admin to check the users’ account type – Gateway/Regular – once they export user details.
  • Location: WebMail > AddressBook
  • Ability to export Alias account details in Excel:
  • With this feature enhancement, the Admin can export Alias details (Alias Name, Description, Email Address, Forwarding List, Allow Senders Type, and Sender List) to an Excel sheet for further processing.
  • Hide Forwarding Details:
  • With this feature enhancement, In-Forwarding and Out-Forwarding details can be hidden based on flag ‘hide_crossref_details’ Earlier, all In-Forwarding and Out-Forwarding details were displayed by default which delayed the loading of the display page. Hence the ‘hide_crossref_details’ flag was added to ‘pmswitches.prp’, which when set to set to ‘true’, hides all in/out forwarding details – resulting in the display page loading instantly.
  • Location -
  • WebAdmin > PostMaster > Manage Accounts > Cross Ref > Email In Forward
  • WebAdmin > PostMaster > Manage Accounts > Cross Ref > Email Out Forward
  • Responsive WebMail:
  • PME v. 8.06 comes with an entirely revamped User Interface that is highly responsive. The revamp is a 2 phase process. Phase1 focuses on WebMail features except AntiSpam, AddressBook, Spool and Public Folders functionality – these will be part of the Phase 2 revamp. The responsive UI is best viewed on Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 10 and above browsers.
  • Issue Fixes:
  • PME-WebMail:
  • The mail body was sometimes not displayed on email client on MAC machines. This issue has been resolved by revising the concerned code.
  • The ‘Move’ option has been added to WebMail to enable users to move mails to desired folders for better mail management.
  • An issue relating to meeting request reminder (via email) not functioning properly has been resolved.
  • PME-Mail:
  • An issue relating to validation of email ids with incorrect syntax has been resolved.
  • PME always showed ‘Authentication Failure’ for all erroneous scenarios of Outgoing SMTP server. This issue has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to attachments not being displayed when mail was sent in Rich Text Format through MS-Outlook has been resolved.
  • Mails sent by email ids containing special characters such as ‘=’, ‘/’ and ‘,’ were getting bounced as ‘Invalid Sender Email Address’. This has been resolved.
  • PME WebAdmin:
  • Earlier, while attempting to send multiple attachments, if users exceeded their allotted mail size quota, they received an incorrect bounce alert saying ‘Workflow License Does Not Exist’. To resolve this the Admin needs to reconfigure the Alert type through configuration settings from UI via the Admin console: Go to PostMaster > Core Settings > Alerts > Mail > Select the Alert Type as Upload Mail Restriction from the drop-box menu.
  • In Mail Body, enter the appropriate alert message related to quota exceed alert for oversize mails. On submission of this information, the respective alert shall be displayed for oversize mails.
  • An issue relating to the Password Policy not functioning as desired after failure of login attempts has been resolved.
  • PME-WebCal:
  • An issue relating to meeting request reminder (via email) not functioning properly has been resolved.
  • PME MailingList:
  • While conducting email campaigns, sometimes double images were displayed on Outlook Express. The issue has been resolved by fixing the concerned code.
  • PME Core:
  • When authentication mode in PME was set to ‘ADS’, the Admin was unable to reset password for users with authentication mode ‘Self’. Such users were also unable to reset their own password through PME Webmail. This issue has been resolved.

New in PostMaster Enterprise 8.05 (Apr 17, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • PME Core - Replace PME License:
  • PME v. 8.05 enables the Administrator to replace PME license through the WebAdmin interface. Earlier the Administrator was required to manually shutdown, unzip and copy the new license, and then restart PostMaster. With this new enhancement all this can be accomplished through a few simple clicks.
  • PME Core - HTTPS URL Prefix:
  • PME v. 8.05 allows the use of HTTPS as well as HTTP protocols for links within Workflow and Mail Moderation. This will enable users to perform moderation and workflow activities by clicking on the embedded links within the email even if PME is running on HTTPS (secure server).
  • Feature Enhancements:
  • Content-based Search in LDAP:
  • PME v. 8.05 enables users to perform content-based search for email ids using the 'CONTAINS' filter. Hence, if a user were to search for email ids using 'CONTAINS=master' in the LDAP, the result would shows all email ids containing the string 'master'. Note: To enable this functionality the Admin needs to set the flag 'contain_search_type' to 'true' in the 'pm_switches.prp' file.
  • Identify IP address in Last Access Detail Report:
  • This feature enhancement allows the Administrator to know exactly which IP had last accessed a particular service. It comes handy especially while determining the root cause of an issue and taking appropriate measures to resolve it.
  • Display primary Domain Name in SMTP Relay response:
  • Some SMTP Servers may require domain name to be sent along with SMTP relay response. With this new feature enhancement the Primary Domain name will get displayed in the SMTP relay response. Note: To enable this functionality, the Admin needs to edit the 'pme.bat/pme.sh' file and add the '-DSBWD=Y' flag.
  • Instant delivery of Moderated mail:
  • Earlier, post moderation, the mails used to get stuck in the 'Deferred' spool for almost 5 minutes. PME v. 8.05 sends these mails directly to active spool, reducing the in-between delays
  • Issue Fixes:
  • PME Core:
  • After restarting PME, users' status in PME's ChatServer was displayed as 'Offline' even when they were Online i.e. 'Available'. This issue has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to users not being able to engage in group chat through PME ChatServer has been resolved.
  • When the 'login_samewindow' flag was set to 'true' along with 'Reset Password on First Login' field for a user, the 'Reset Password' page wouldn't display after login into PME WebMail. This issue has been resolved.
  • When the 'login_samewindow' flag was set to 'true' and the user tried to login into PME WebMail, a pop-up blocker alert would get displayed. This issue has been resolved.
  • PME-Mail:
  • Earlier, Signature and Footer were appended to all mails pushed to PME SMTP server via MailPush. Ideally this should be happening only for remote outgoing mails. This issue has been resolved – now only the remote outgoing mails carry the Signature and Footer.
  • Even after restricting senders through SMTP Sender Block, any user could send mails to 'all-alias'. This issue has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to users being unable to view mail if PME IMAP account was configured in Nokia Lumia has been resolved.
  • Calendar invitations (events/meeting) sent from MS Outlook were not getting displayed in PME WebMail. They also showed an error message saying "Problem in Retrieving message. Please try again." This issue has been resolved and now all calendar invites are visible.
  • An issue relating to sender email ids not getting validated due to presence of special characters has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to users being unable to view mails if PME IMAP account was configured in Blackberry Z10 has been resolved.
  • PME-WebAdmin:
  • While adding a valid file extension under 'Attachment Control' section, PME popped an incorrect alert saying 'Email Address Blank/Invalid Enter proper email id'. This issue has been resolved.
  • PME-MIS:
  • An issue relating to the Web MIS Reports not getting displayed properly at times has been resolved.
  • PME-WebCal:
  • An issue relating to Thunderbird not being able to publish '.vfb' files if PME was installed on Linux OS has been resolved.
  • While downloading a message with 'Id length' greater than 200 characters, an 'Error Duplicate Message Id' alert used to pop up. This has been resolved – now messages with lengthier ids are also comfortably downloaded.
  • PME-WebMail:
  • When users attempted replying to mails from PME 'Sent Items', the system inserted the users' email ids in the 'To' and the other email ids in the "CC" field. This issue has now been resolved – only the email ids originally present in the email are inserted in the reply, in the respective 'To' and 'CC' fields.
  • PME- SyncML:
  • An issue relating to the inability to update/delete synced events has been resolved.
  • Earlier the Events/Contacts added in MS Outlook/Thunderbird before installing Funambol was not getting synced post the installation. Only those events created after the Funambol installation were getting synced properly. This issue has been resolved – now all events/contacts (created prior and post Funambol installation) can be synced effectively.

New in PostMaster Enterprise 8.03 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Abbreviations:
  • This guide contains the following abbreviations:
  • Abbreviation / Description
  • PME - PostMaster Enterprise
  • New Features:
  • Collab - Workflow:
  • The Workflow engine of the Collab Module in PME is now completely database driven, and provides complete flexibility in creating and modifying workflow processes based on your requirements. PME incorporates a powerful workflow engine that allows administrators to setup a complete workflow right from scratch, and customise and maintain it as required.
  • You can now create brand new database tables or modify existing ones, link tables to stages in your process, customise the business-logic of the flow based on your organisation's processes, all the way through to approval and integration with external applications.
  • So whether it's leave applications or Expense Reimbursement Claims, the Collab Module of PME allows you to digitise your processes and practices - thus going beyond just email to structured-email.
  • Feature Enhancements:
  • Quick Message User Status:
  • The Quick Message function of PME displays the current status of all PME users, to help you figure out whether you should use email, or use Quick Message to communicate with them in real-time. Quick Message lets you communicate in real-time with colleagues who are also logged in at the same time, for greater effectiveness.
  • Webmail automatically displays New Mail:
  • Web Mail in PME automatically displays new messages as soon as these are delivered for even greater convenience and ease of use.
  • Note: this feature will only work if the Preview Pane is disabled.
  • Insert Company Logo when printing from Webmail:
  • PME ensures a more professional touch for messages that are printed out (using Webmail) by automatically inserting your company logo/branding into the message in place of the default PME logo.
  • Location: Web Admin > PostMaster > Core Settings > Tools > Logo
  • Additional Theme Colours for Webmail (and Web UI):
  • Allow your users to personalise their webmail interface with a variety of colour themes.
  • Location: WebAdmin > PostMaster> Core Settings> Tools> Skins
  • Exception List for AntiSpam BAD URL Check:
  • The Antispam Module of PME v. 8.03 lets administrators add URLs that should be skipped when screening out malicious and objectionable content using the web-defs and spam-defs. For obvious reasons, this cannot be done in the UI, and requires editing the "AntiSpam-URLExceptionList" in the antispamconfig.ini file.
  • Note: Please consult QLC Technical Support before making any modifications to .ini-files.
  • Issue Fixes:
  • PME-Web Admin:
  • An issue relating to displaying user-wise information sorted on 'Space Used' has been fixed.
  • PME-Email MIS:
  • An issue relating to email ID's getting truncated when exporting MIS reports in .xls-format has been fixed.
  • PME-Web Mail:
  • The drop-down list for selecting the target folder for moving a message now displays the complete folder name on mouse-over as a tooltip.
  • The inability to resize the preview pane when working on Webmail on an iPad/tablet has been addressed; the preview pane is not displayed when Webmail is accessed via a mobile device.
  • The issue causing inline images to be improperly displayed when forwarding using PME Webmail has been resolved.
  • An icon has been provided for opening mail on mobile devices and tablets (including iPads), where the double-click action is not supported.
  • An issue with stylesheets that resulted in the Webmail interface getting impacted has been fixed.
  • An issue that affected the loading and display of a user's Personal Address Book has been fixed.
  • An issue that impacted the forwarding of messages having attachments with reserved/special characters has been fixed.
  • The issue that affected navigating to the next page when using the Priority Inbox functionality has been fixed.
  • PME-Mail:
  • An issue involving mail sent to the all-user alias by an approved ID not getting delivered has been fixed.
  • Outbound mail handling under Direct Delivery has been significantly improved via multi-threading, with the facility to configure the number for maximum threads.
  • A logical inconsistency in the manner of handling messages to a user who is not permitted to receive email (typically a disabled user) has been fixed; such messages will now be 'bounced' back to the sender.
  • Global Access Control restrictions relating to IP-addresses were not being honoured for outgoing mail, which has been fixed.
  • PME-Mailing List:
  • An issue in "self-create mail" option of Mailing List where Images inserted were not displayed properly to the recipient has been resolved.
  • A minor issue that prevented a user from uploading HTML content while composing mail within the module has been resolved.

New in PostMaster Enterprise 8.00 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Abbreviations:
  • This guide contains the following abbreviations
  • Abbreviation / Description
  • PME / PostMaster Enterprise
  • DNS / Domain Name Service
  • SMTP / Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • Feature Enhancements:
  • Web mail:
  • PostMaster Enterprise features a spanking new Web mail interface, that's going to delight your end-users. Making it even easier for you to migrate them away from desktop email clients in case you were considering this for the obvious security benefits.
  • The Web mail interface also incorporates the following enhanced functionality:
  • Priority Inbox:
  • This functionality allows your users to have 'important' messages displayed distinctly and separately from the rest of their email, with an easy-to-use mechanism of teaching the system what's important to them. For example, classifying a particular sender as important would ensure that messages from that sender would show up in the Priority Inbox, and thus stand out from the rest of the Inbox contents.
  • Handle Calendar Invitations:
  • Manage calendar invitations seamlessly from within Web mail, regardless of which client was used to send the invite. And when you accept the invitation, the meeting is now automatically published to your Calendar in PME
  • Note: The user must have the Calendar functionality enabled in PME for this functionality to work.
  • Enhanced HTML Editor:
  • Composing messages gets even more easy, with more formatting options, and support for Copy-Paste from Microsoft Word and Excel. So that you can cut down on attachments, and capture the information in the message body.
  • Enhanced Search:
  • The Advanced Search mechanism lets you use multiple criteria in and/or combinations for more precise searching across your messages.
  • Enhanced Action-Bar:
  • Acting on your messages gets even more easy with the new PME Web mail. Now when you select a message, the actions you can perform on the mail - Reply, Reply All, Forward, Forward As Attachment and Delete, appear on the top pane. So just choose your action and get going!
  • Forward Multiple Messages as Attachment:
  • Business users will have experienced situations where multiple messages, typically in a mail-trail, need to be forwarded out. PME Web mail makes this as simple as point and click - just select all the messages you need to forward, and then send them out as attachments in a single message.
  • Open Messages In Separate Windows:
  • There are situations where you need to refer to multiple messages simultaneously to compose your reply. So PME Web mail now allows you to open multiple messages, each in its own window so that you can access all of them conveniently, even as you compose your reply in a separate compose window.
  • Core Platform:
  • Some of the most important enhancements in PostMaster Enterprise are those at the core platform level, which by and large would be invisible to end-users, but will delight administrators and support staff.
  • Automated Cloud Backup of PME Configuration Files:
  • PostMaster Enterprise now comes with a built-in insurance to help you recover from unanticipated hardware failure or system crashes. All the essential configuration data can be backed up into the Cloud, so that if you're ever faced with a disaster situation of having to restore PME from scratch, your users and other configuration can be accessed from their 'disaster-proof' storage, and PME will be up and going in a few clicks.
  • Highly Optimized Mail Handling:
  • Some of the most significant improvements in PostMaster Enterprise ver. 8.00 are in the dramatic improvements in its throughput and efficiency in message handling, which, while being largely invisible, will delight both administrators and end-users.
  • While the downloading & remote sending of messages always happened in multiple threads, the handling of messages internally has gotten turbo-charged in PME, with multi-threading that can be configured by the administrator. If you have a large user-base, you're going to really appreciate the boost in delivery speed.
  • PME also provides for separate handling of large messages, ensuring that smaller but potentially more important messages do not get held up due to message size. Since the size limit can vary from one organization to another, PME lets the administrator define the normal size-limit, above which a message would be processed separately.
  • Enhanced Internal DNS for Improved Direct Delivery:
  • The internal DNS has been tuned up, thus ensuring improved mail-delivery speeds where PME is set to deliver directly, without an SMTP-relay.
  • All Internal Alerts Can Be Customized:
  • All internal and external alerts generated by PostMaster Enterprise can be rewritten and customised as per your organisation's requirements. So whether it is to make them more informative by letting people know who to contact, or to incorporate statutory content, you're in charge.
  • PME-Robot Can Now Act on Spam Mail:
  • Administrators can now set rules that will act on offending messages before they land into user mailboxes; this can be particularly useful in ensuring that offensive content gets trapped within the system, and is not allowed to impact your server-reputation.
  • User Level Limits on Outgoing Mail:
  • PostMaster Enterprise incorporates more functionality to distinguish between users for whom email is a critical part of their functioning and others; administrators can now set limits on the messages that can be sent out by a user in a day, to minimize casual/personal email. This also serves as a safeguard in the event of an end-user machine being compromised by malware and being used to broadcast spam/junk email.
  • Given the increasing incidences of security breaches by spammers, this feature in PME provides an additional level of safety to ensure that your sender IP does not get compromised by a compromised end-user machine - by limiting the number of messages that a particular end-user can send per minute, and blocking outbound messages if this threshold is breached.
  • Enhanced Mail Handling on Hybrid Networks:
  • If you're using PostMaster Enterprise along with any other mail-server(s), to make what we call a hybrid network, you'll be delighted with the improved functionality, efficiency and ease of configuration in routing mail among your users and domains.
  • Proxy:
  • Time-Based Access of Specified Sites:
  • The Proxy module now lets you allow time-based access to sites - so for instance, if you want to allow your users to access their personal email, or social networking sites during lunch or after office-hours, you can now do that. After all, a happy end-user is more likely to be a productive employee!
  • Enhanced Screening of Malicious & Objectionable Web-sites:
  • Malicious and objectionable content continues to be the biggest concern of organizations across the globe, and the Proxy module addresses this by increasing its filter definition categories by almost 200% - from 7 to 20! To ensure that you're even better protected from issues ranging from sexual-harassment to credit-card fraud!
  • Restriction Over-ride for Privileged Users:
  • All rules need to allow for exceptions, and so the Proxy module allows you to exclude users from the generally applicable rules; this allows for greater ease and flexibility in creating and maintaining your organisation's Internet usage policy - you no longer need to provide everyone with access to social networking sites, simply because the Marketing department needs to access them!

New in PostMaster Enterprise 7.17 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Release Notes for PostMaster Enterprise ver. 7.17 provides details about new enhancements and defect fixes in PostMaster Enterprise ver. 7.17.
  • Abbreviations:
  • This guide contains the following abbreviations
  • Abbreviation / Description
  • PME - PostMaster Enterprise
  • MX - Mail Exchange (record)/Mail Exchanger
  • Feature Enhancements:
  • Provision to add Alias-accounts to the Exclusion List of the 'All-User' alias account:
  • In previous versions, messages sent to the 'All User' alias account would get delivered to users mapped to other alias accounts, despite the individual users being in the exclusion list of the 'All-Users' alias.
  • Now an administrator can add alias accounts to exclusion list. With this, the users will not receive mails sent to 'All User Alias'
  • Where to Configure:
  • Web Admin > Accounts > Alias > All Users Alias > Excluded Users List
  • Web Admin > Accounts > Alias > Domain Alias > Excluded Users List
  • Defect Fixes:
  • An issue relating to database connections to the email archive getting exhausted due to older connections remaining open has been fixed.
  • An issue relating to messages (only) containing an attachment of the type 'Application-octet stream' landing into the Corrupt-spool has been fixed.
  • An issue relating to flawed behaviour of the 'Enable Forwarding' checkbox in the user settings has been fixed.
  • An issue relating to saving of Smart Auto-responder content, based on whether the setting was done by the administrator or the user, has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to local senders not being authenticated at the time of relaying messages, when PME is functioning as a Primary MX has been resolved.

New in PostMaster Enterprise 7.16 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Release Notes for PostMaster Enterprise ver. 7.16 provides details about new enhancements and defect fixes in PostMaster Enterprise ver. 7.16.
  • Abbreviations
  • This guide contains the following abbreviations:
  • This guide contains the following abbreviations:
  • Abbreviation / Description
  • PME - PostMaster Enterprise
  • CSV - Comma Separated Values
  • IP - Internet Protocol
  • SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • POP - Post Office Protocol
  • MIS - Management Information System
  • ADS - Active Directory Server
  • BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
  • RFC - Request For Comment
  • IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
  • FTP - File Transfer Protocol
  • LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  • Feature Enhancements
  • Facility to Delete Multiple Users Simultaneously:
  • In previous versions only one user could be deleted, as a deliberate step to minimise/eliminate accidental deletion of a large number of users, which could be irreversible.
  • Based on the requirement of our users, PME v. 7.16 now provides the facility to delete a number of users in a batch. This is done through a script that has to be run from the console, along with the list of users to be deleted in a CSV-file.
  • Facility to display Banner/Logo in Internal Mails:
  • In previous versions of PME, any banner/logo inserted in PME would only be inserted into external messages, and would not be displayed in internal messages.
  • Based on our users' requirement, PME v. 7.16 can be configured to insert the banner in internal communications as well.
  • Facility to restrict/specify Account Access by IP- and MAC-address Range:
  • In earlier versions, PME permitted only a single IP/MAC-address per user when configuring IP/MAC-address based access-restrictions for users to access their account.
  • PME v. 7.16 also allows access restrictions to be set at the Group-level, with a range of MAC/IP addresses which they can use to access their account.
  • Where to Configure - Web Admin > Accounts > Users > Edit > Group Prop
  • Facility to authenticate a user with any Email Address configured in PME:
  • For organisations with multiple domains configured in PME, users can now login using any of their email addresses and their password, as opposed to only using the 'default' email address.
  • This is a convenience feature for users.
  • Facility to Assign Users to Groups in a Batch:
  • PME v. 7.16 allows administrators to assign users to groups simply and conveniently - and at one go. Simply prepare a list mapping users to the group that they should belong to, save as a CSV, and a script will take care of the rest.
  • Facility for Users to Personalise their Signature Font:
  • PME v. 7.16 allows users to personalise their signature using fonts and colours of their choice, if permitted by the organisation. Apart from being used in messages sent out from the Web mail PME can insert this signature in messages sent using an email client (available in earlier versions also).
  • Where to Configure:
  • Web Admin > Tools > Others > Fonts
  • Web Admin > Tools > User Interface > Signature
  • Facility to Update Stored Server Security Certificates:
  • PME v. 7.16 provides a convenient mechanism for deleting an updating upstream server certificates that may have expired or have been modified.
  • Where to Configure:
  • For Outgoing (SMTP) : Web Admin > Remote > Outgoing > Primary
  • For Incoming (POP3) : Web Admin > Remote > Incoming > POP3 Account
  • Enhanced Information in ‘Last Access Details’ Report:
  • The ‘Last Access Details' Report now displays the Real-Name in addition to the other fields, making it more convenient for administrators.
  • Where to Access:
  • Web Admin > LogsReports > Core > MIS
  • Support for Earlier Versions of ADS:
  • The ‘Last Access Details' Report now displays the Real-Name in addition to the other fields, making it more convenient for administrators.
  • More Granular Permissions for Remote Users - Use of BCC:
  • PME v. 7.16 allows the administrator to allow/deny permission to remote users to use the Bcc field in their email. In earlier versions, this could only be configured for local-users; this enhancement should further improve the administrator's ability to maintain a sound email usage policy.
  • Where to Configure:
  • Web Admin > Local > Mail > Advanced Settings
  • More Granular Permissions for Remote Users - Restrict Mail Deletion:
  • PME v. 7.16 allows the administrator to restrict remote users from deleting messages, when using the Web mail interface. This enhancement should further improve the administrator's ability to maintain a sound email usage policy.
  • Smarter Integration with MS-Exchange (in a Hybrid Environment):
  • PME v. 7.16 tackles the issue of infinite mail-looping when a mail is received for a user who does not exist on both PME and MS-Exchange, in a hybrid environment.
  • Smarter handling of Non-Standard Message Headers:
  • PME v. 7.16 tackles blank lines in the message headers (an RFC-violation), removes the blank line and thus delivers the message in a manner that the same issue would not be encountered if it were to be further processed, e.g. replied-to or forwarded.
  • Facility to Log Password Change actions by Users:
  • PME v. 7.16 now captures password change actions by users in the webmail.log file, without recording the actual password. This is intended to assist administrators in troubleshooting user complaints relating to login problems.
  • Where to Access:
  • ..\pmev7\logs\webmail.log
  • Facility to move archive files to External Archive:
  • PME v. 7.16 now provides an external archive utility that enables you to shift archive files from month wise folders to date wise folders. This enhancement eliminates the error that used to pop up while processing ‘Archive Menu’ dataclicking ‘Archive Menu’ which is now eliminated with this script.
  • Where to Access:
  • External Script File
  • Facility for multiple custom queries:
  • Multiple custom queries have been provided for ADS Servers to fetch all ADS users without any hassles.
  • Where to Access:
  • Web Admin > Remote > Others > Authentication > ADS Query > Custom Query
  • Defect Fixes:
  • An issue relating to flag processing and archiving mails when ‘Incoming’ and ‘Forwarding’ options were disabled has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to working of canonicals for emails with round bracket present in ‘From Email’ field has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to marking mails with blank lines in email headers as standard pattern as spam by spam filters has been rectified.
  • An issue relating to different users’ name being displayed in ‘From’ field when mails were sent by particular user has been resolved; such that if email ids match the mail is sent or else a ‘Security Breach' message is displayed.
  • An issue relating to ‘Security Breach’ message appearing due to extra space in ‘User Login’ field when sorting mails has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to mails being held up due to presence of invalid IP address in ‘Received From’ header has been rectified by ignoring the invalid IP, and processing all mails.
  • An issue relating to synchronization of IMAP mails with PME’s check of ‘Folder From’ field on receiving NOOP command has been resolved. This issue occurred due to automatic change of folder name to “Sent Items” when the user sent mail from email client.
  • An issue relating to hiding particular user’s details in address book was not working when integrated with LDAP, due to hide flag being disabled has been resolved by enabling the flag by default.
  • An issue relating to alias ids of same domain not being fetched and displayed in address book on selecting domain-wise Address Book has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to PME’s ‘Multi Login’ feature, where Internet explorer wasn’t accepting ‘.’ (dot) in login name when the user logs in has been resolved by removing the dot.
  • An issue relating to failed mail delivery due to recipient email addresses being separated by semi colon as separators has been resolved, by defining semi colon as valid separator and retrieving recipient information correctly.
  • An issue relating to closing connections for ‘Direct Delivery’ of mails resulting in mail sending failure due to maximum connection has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to disabled ‘User Proxy Logs’ due to load generated on system by ‘User Level Logging’ has been disabled.
  • An issue relating to mails getting delivered to all PME users owing to wrong settings has been rectified.
  • An issue relating to failure of SMTP Mail Block when sending mails from email client has been rectified.
  • An issue relating to automatic delivery of mails to all PME users on finding words like ‘All User Alias/all/all.users’ in the mail has been rectified.
  • An issue relating to excess information being sent when sending header information with “.” (For TOP Command) which indicates end of data has been rectified. This has been rectified with PME retrieving information continuously until the server stops sending data for TOP command which is used to fetch header information.
  • An issue relating to QLC Web-defs not functioning due to expiry of Web-defs license has been resolved by disabling ‘License Expiry’ checkbox.
  • An issue relating to display of corresponding files instead of ‘Directory Listing Server’ on visiting http:///admin’ has been resolved by turning off ‘Directory Listing’.
  • An issue relating to ‘Alter Database’ error generation when restarting PME has been rectified. This was due to MySQL ver. 5.5 and above versions not supporting VARCHAR where size isn’t mentioned, and has been rectified by replacing MySQL “TYPE” with “ENGINE” in “Create Table Statement” as “TYPE” is not supported in MySQL ver 5.5.
  • An issue relating to mail download & delivery due to presence of extra header information with blank spaces when using Watch Guard Firewall has been resolved with these headers being handled separately.
  • An issue relating to PME not generating alert when SMTP server fails to send large sized mails, but defers to spool has been resolved, and PME generates an alert.
  • An issue relating to mail getting delivered to all PME users when alias name was same as domain name has been resolved.
  • An issue relating to FTP folders not being accessed using PME Proxy due to command errors has now been resolved.