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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MDaemon Server v6.X Release Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that as of July 1, 2002, Alt-N Technologies no longer distributes products through Deerfield.com. Service and support for customers who purchased our products direct from Deerfield.com in the past will now be handled by us here at Alt-N. Please see http://www.altn.com/thefuture for more information or contact transition@altn.com with questions. Thank you! ----------------------------- MDaemon 6.78 - April 15, 2003 ----------------------------- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ---------------------- o This file has not yet been completely localized. MAJOR NEW FEATURES ------------------ * POCKET PC SUPPORT INTEGRATED INTO WORLDCLIENT * A new Pocket PC theme was added to WorldClient. WorldClient will detect when an incoming connection is being made by a Pocket PC device and automatically use the Pocket PC theme. The Pocket PC theme will not be accessible to standard web browser users. You must access WorldClient with a Pocket PC to reach the new theme. * IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR GROUPWARE USERS * Several enhancements were made to aid GroupWare users. First, the default public and shared folder prefixes were changed to "Public Folders - " and "Shared Folders - ". These defaults allow a much more attractive and user friendly heirarchy of folders within Outlook. Next, when a new domain is added MDaemon will automatically create a complete set of GroupWare folders and set it up for sharing amongst all GroupWare users within that domain. You can switch this behavior on and off using a new switch within the Setup|Secondary Domains GUI. The system polices these automatically created domains and will change/delete them when the domain changes or is removed. * IMPROVED CONTENT FILTER * A new Content Filter rule condition was added which tests to see if key words exist in a text file. Here are some tips on the usage of this new condition: 1) The text file may be of any extension as long as there is one word per line within the file. 2) The matches are NOT substring matches but are matched based on word boundaries (tab, space, etc..). 3) Regular expressions are allowed. For example, if you wanted to test to see if the FROM header contains "@spammer.com" then an entry in the file would look like ".*@spammer.com.*" (minus the quotation marks). 4) The file path to the text file may contain macros. For example, if you specify the path as: C:\SpamFiles\$RECIPIENT$\Spam.txt then the Content Filter will expand it to: C:\SpamFiles\user@mydomain.com\Spam.txt. Please refer to the help docs to get a list of acceptable Content Filter macros. CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES ----------------------------------- o A mechanism has been put in place to prevent local forwarding loops. MDaemon will count each time a message has been forwarded and stop forwarding the message if the count reaches a certain value. You can set the value by editing the following key in the MDaemon.ini file: [Special] MaxRedirects=10 Once a message has been forwarded this many times it will be removed from the local mail queue and placed in the bad message directory. o The amount of initialization logging displayed on screen during startup has been reduced when using Easy (Simple) mode. o ComAgent now support silent updates. When ComAgent detects that MDaemon has a newer version available it will ask the user whether they want to download and install it. If they say yes then the installer will be downloaded from MDaemon/WorldClient and installed completely silently not asking the user any questions. o It is now possible to disable ComAgent's auto update function. To do this, edit WorldClient's Domains.ini and set the following INI key: [Default:Settings] DisableComAgentAutoUpdate=Yes (default is No) Note: This setting is only recognized by ComAgent version 6.78b or newer. Previous versions of ComAgent will always auto update. o Numerous installer changes were made to give customers access to all our complimentary products and services and update it a bit. o Added a 'not contained in file' condition to the content filter. o The maximum command line length that the IMAP server can process has been increased FIXES ----- o fix to content filter gui bug that creates malformed reg exp rules o fix to CF non-english versions translating content-type strings o fix to domain bug when suppression entries contained ] char o fix to several bugs related to lists using public folders o fix to delivery sequence error causing transcript and other problems o fix to sometimes not getting complete transcripts with del error msgs o fix to ComAgent's address book synchronization deleting local contacts when it could not receive the entire address book from WorldClient o fix to WorldClient-generated calendar emails not always using the correct time format o fix to IMAP server crash when parsing certain messages with malformed Content-Type headers o fix to ComAgent address book synchronization problems o fix to ComAgent's tradional mail client support not working correctly ---------------------------- MDaemon 6.77 - April 1, 2003 ---------------------------- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ---------------------- o None MAJOR NEW FEATURES ------------------ o None CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES ----------------------------------- o The content filter editor will now allow more than 5 test strings to be entered. o ComAgent will show your nick in blue and the other nick(s) in red and double clicking on the buddy list page will move entries back and forth. o Added a content filter rule condition to test to see if words exists in a text file. o When MDaemon sends the list of GroupWare users to GroupWare users it now includes "anyone" and "anyone@domain.com" to make setting default permissions easier. o When enabling MultiPOP for a particular user account the overall service will also be enabled. o WorldClient now outputs the character set in the HTTP Content-Type header so it doesn't need to be specified in the templates anymore FIXES ----- o fix to GroupWare Auto Add not always working o fix to incorrect WorldClient Help links in non-English versions o fix to WC not always displaying all GW calendar events o fix to WC not displaying GW calendar events if GW was enabled after WC had started o fix to a content filter editor crashing problem o fix to WC corrupting some Chinese file attachment filenames o fix to IMAP GETACL command not returning default Public Folder access o fix to incorrect URL to LookOut's Setup Wizard o fix to ComAgent Auto Update message not always appearing in foreground o fix to ReloadCache.sem not reloading domains.dat in GUI o fix to domains not showing up when importing from NT SAM o fix to GW counter not decrementing when accounts deleted o fix to MDConfig crash when selecting help when not connected o fix to account quotas not being applied using ESMTP SIZE command o fix to mailing list ODBC not working in French version o fix to errant warning message associated with Attachment Linking o fix to auto-resp loop when local users forwarding to each other o fix to GW events not being shown if it is a multi-day event o fix to GW events not being shown if it is a recurring event ----------------------------- MDaemon 6.76 - March 12, 2003 ----------------------------- o fix to cosmetic issues in French version o fix to MDConfig bug when selecting About|MDaemon ----------------------------- MDaemon 6.75 - March 11, 2003 ----------------------------- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ---------------------- o The function of the following key in the MDaemon.ini file was changed: [Special] AllowPOPAliasLogon=Yes (or No) This key is now called: [Special] AllowAliasLogon=Yes (or No) The old key can be deleted from the MDaemon.ini file. This key will now control whether alias logons are allowed for POP and IMAP users. Previously, it only applied to POP users. MAJOR NEW FEATURES ------------------ * FURTHER MDAEMON GROUPWARE INTEGRATION * MDaemon GroupWare is a separately licensed product available from http://www.altn.com which allows your Microsoft Outlook users to share their Calendar, Tasks, Journal, Notes, and Contact folders with other Outlook users without the expense or need for Microsoft Exchange server. MDaemon has several new visual aids for GroupWare users within its main GUI. You can stop/start the GroupWare server, see the number of license used, and receive information on acquiring GroupWare all from within the main MDaemon GUI. Also, WorldClient has been enhanced to read GroupWare calendar folders. If you click on a Calendar type folder from within WorldClient the data will appear in Calendar form rather than as normal email messages. You can disable WorldClient's use of GroupWare folders by editing WorldClient's Domains.ini and setting the following key: [Default:Settings] ShowGroupWareCalendars=No (default Yes) CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES ----------------------------------- o MDaemon will better support SMTP senders who pipeline SMTP commands. o MDaemon has a switch setting which requires AUTH if a message is from a local user. A new switch has been added which will allow you to exempt messages from this requirement if the recipient is a valid local account. This switch is disabled by default. To enable it edit the MDaemon.ini file and set the following key: [Special] ForceAUTHExemptLocal=Yes (default No) FIXES ----- o fix to IP binding not restarting the server properly o fix to quotas not always applied correctly for DomainPOP o fix to MD not loading up all domains at startup o fix to MD freezing when scrolling long WorldClient log files in GUI o fix to potential crash when processing return receipts o fix to blank IMAP ACL responses not being quoted o fix to prevent more invalid characters in mail directories o fix to ComAgent sometimes deleting address books when disconnected -------------------------------- MDaemon 6.72 - February 20, 2003 -------------------------------- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ---------------------- o none MAJOR NEW FEATURES ------------------ o none CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES ----------------------------------- o MDaemon will accept (but not use) an AUTH parm provided with the MAIL command during SMTP delivery. Previously, this causes the command to be rejected or processed incorrectly. Actualy use of this MAIL parm might come in a future version. o ComAgent can launch your traditional mail client. We added the ability to pass command line parms to this mail client as well. Previously, command line arguments were not passed. o Added the ability to use the $ENDL$ (end line) macro with the content filter actions such as 'send note to', 'add line to text file', etc... FIXES ----- o fix to installer migration not always moving the Content Filter rules o fix to bug processing the APOP command o fix to non-English installer not creating correct link to .pdf file o fix to ? wildcard not being accepted in IP Screening GUI o fix to several content filter GUI problems o fix to del err and warning messages not always including transcripts o fix to the 'Accounts used' number not always being updated o fix to installer not including non-English .pdf manuals o fix to CF 'move to public folder' action to include subfolders -------------------------------- MDaemon 6.71 - February 13, 2003 -------------------------------- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ---------------------- o none MAJOR NEW FEATURES ------------------ o none CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES ----------------------------------- o The ">>>" and "<<<" protocol direction indicators were changed to "-->" and "<--" to make them easier to read. o Some redundant Spam Blocker logging was eliminated. o The 'service.faq' file is out-dated and so was removed from MDaemon. o If no domain is specified in the message archival email address then the primary domain name will always be assumed. This change was necessary to clear up an inconsistancy in which gateway mail was always archived to a recipient at the gateway domain while other mail was not. o The default list of hosts for Spam Blocker exceptions was updated to include 10.*.*.*, 127.*.*.*, 192.168.*.*, and 172.16/31. If you would like MDaemon to rebuild this file for you, delete your existing SpamXcpt.dat file and restart MDaemon. o MDaemon will be able to read accounts that have a blank space at the start of the name field now. FIXES ----- o fix to a bug that when you try to switch from userlist.dat to ODBC back end the GUI will report an error and not allow you to switch o fix to a bug that would not save changes to a user's account information when using WebAdmin and the ODBC account back end o fix to MDStats log analyzer not being able to parse From/To, etc o fix to MDStats Report page not displaying the Content Filter rules -------------------------------- MDaemon 6.70 - February 11, 2003 -------------------------------- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ---------------------- o This file was not translated into German, French, Spanish, or other languages in time for the February 11 deadline. Check back at http://www.altn.com in the near future for a version of this file in your language. o The Calendar/Scheduling API functions were removed from the 'User' DLL and are now found in their own DLL (MDCalendar.dll). We will be expanding on this functionality in the future so we needed to isolate it. You will need to recompile any custom applications to call LoadMDCalendarDll() and FreeMDCalendarDll() or your apps will crash! MAJOR NEW FEATURES ------------------ * SUPPORT FOR MDAEMON GROUPWARE (MDaemon PRO only) * MDaemon has been enhanced to support MDaemon GroupWare. MDaemon GroupWare is a separately licensed product which will be available in 2003 from Alt-N Technologies. With MDaemon GroupWare you will be able to share your Outlook calendar folders, contacts, and more with other MDaemon GroupWare users. * BANDWIDTH THROTTLING (MDaemon PRO only) * A basic system for policing the consumption of bandwidth has been added. A new option available from the Setup menu will allow you to throttle the rate at which sessions (or services) progress. The system is calibrated in kilobytes per second (KB/s). A value of ZERO means apply no limit to the speed at which a session (or service) progresses (thus making use of the maximum amount of available bandwidth). A value of 10 will force MDaemon to deliberately throttle back on the speed of transmission so as to remain at or slightly above 10 KB/s. You can set different rates for each of MDaemon's major services on a per-domain basis. You can also set limits on local connections by selecting "Local traffic" from the drop down box. This will allow you to create special bandwidth settings which will take effect if the connection is either from or to a local IP or domain name. Screens have been created to allow you to configure your own list of local IP and domain name addresses. It is possible to configure bandwidth throttling for Gateway domains as well. Since Gateway domains do not have a specific IP address associated with them, MDaemon must use the value passed in the RCPT command to determine if an inbound SMTP session is bound for a Gateway domain or not. If it is, then inbound SMTP bandwidth throttling will be applied. Due to the limitations of SMTP, if even one recipient of a multiple recipient message is destined for a Gateway domain then the entire session will be throttled. Finally, you can elect to apply throttling settings on a per-session or per-service basis. When using the per-session mode each session will be independently throttled to the associated rate. The total bandwidth consumed by multiple instances of the same session type (for example, 5 inbound SMTP sessions to the same domain) could exceed the configured value. The limitation in this case is per-session. When configured to throttle bandwidth on a per-service basis MDaemon will monitor the combined use of all instances of the same session type and allocate fractions of the total bandwidth allowed in equal amounts to each. This will allow you to set a limit on an entire service (for example, outbound SMTP to or from a particular domain). Multiple sessions will then share the configured maximum bandwidth equally. Bursts of activity at the beginning of a session can and will exceed the fixed limits. Throttling takes place and becomes more defined as the session progresses. * ATTACHMENT LINKING (MDaemon PRO only) * A new tab has been added to the WorldClient/GroupWare GUI which will allow you to enable the Attachment Linking feature. Attachment linking works by removing all the attachments from incoming local email messages and replacing them with URL links. When users read the email they will see that it contains a URL link to the file rather than the file itself. Accounts must have the 'automatic extraction of MIME attachments' switch enabled and use a mail client such as WorldClient which understands how to render HTML formatted email messages. Normally, automatically extracted attachments are placed within the account's FILES directory. However, it might be useful to group all the attachments for all accounts into a single directory (such as an accessible directory on your web server). The Attachment Linking feature allows you to do this. When you specify the location to store extracted attachments you can use account macros to create multiple shared directories. For example, '$ROOTDIR$\\Attachments\\$DOMAIN$\\' will group all attachments by domain. The key here is that attachments are extracted and placed into a directory you specify. You should make certain that the directory is accessible via URL's in HTML formatted email. It could also be accessed via shared drives. When users delete or expunge messages with POP, IMAP, or WorldClient, MDaemon will automatically remove all linked attachments to free up the disk space. In order to achieve all this some modification of the auto-extraction algorithm was required. MD no longer extracts attachments leaving you with a text/plain message as a result. The multipart nature of the original file is preserved - minus the base64 and non-html quoted-printable attachments. Also, multipart/alternative is not recognized. This preserves as much of the original file as possible. MDaemon no longer extracts 7bit encoded attachments - only base64 and non-html quoted-printable. * EASY/ADVANCED MODE * Many customers have stated to us that they love our products but are intimidated by the massive volume of configuration possibilities. To help address this concern we've created an 'Easy' operational mode in which MDaemon will hide non-essential GUI elements. 'Easy' mode retains all the account and list settings but hides many other settings in the interest of simplicity. For over 90% of our customer base MDaemon can run on the installation defaults. Toggling between 'Easy' and 'Advanced' mode can be done via the FILE menu. * IMPROVED SPAM BLOCKER (MDaemon PRO only) * When you toggle the option in the Spam Blocker which flags messages with the X-RBL-Warning header, an option to create an IMAP filter rule for each of your accounts will be presented. The process will create a rule for each account that filters mail into the Spam folder. The Spam folder will also be created. If an account already has a rule which checks for the existence of the X-RBL-Warning header then no action will be taken and no rule created for that account. By default, the name of the IMAP folder that the rule creates and uses is 'Spam'. You can change the default by editing the following key in the MDaemon.ini file: [Special] DefaultSpamFolder=Spam (20 chars maximum) * SPAM BLOCKER FOR MULTIPOP USERS * By popular demand, mail collected via MultiPOP will go through the Spam Blocker now. The Spam Blocker option which previously forced DomainPOP collected mail through the Spam Blocker will also push the MultiPOP collected mail through it. So, the GUI was changed slightly for this. Like with DomainPOP collected mail, messages coming in via MultiPOP which match a known spam source will be deleted without trace if so configured via the Spam Blocker options. Take care that this is what you want. * REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT FOR CONTENT FILTERING * The content filter now includes the ability to do string matches using regular expression. 'Regular expressions' is a powerful method of specifying patterns to search text for. With regular expression support your content filter rules can be more powerful and better targeted. * HTTP COMPRESSION FOR WORLDCLIENT * WorldClient now supports HTTP gzip and deflate compression. This will provide a noticeable increase in performance for everyone, part- icularly dialup users. The compression/decompression consumes minimal extra CPU time on the server and clients and typically achieves a 50 to 80 percent compression ratio. HTTP compression is enabled by default but can be disabled by editing the WorldClient.ini file and changing the following setting: [Special] UseHTTPCompression=No (default Yes) This new feature will go a long way toward enhancing the WorldClient experience. NOTE: Some versions of IIS have native support for HTTP compression. If you are running WorldClient under IIS and IIS is configured to "Compress application files", you must disable WorldClient's comp- ression or its output will be compressed twice, making it unreadable. CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES ----------------------------------- o A new option was added to the Tarpitting feature which will allow you to exempt authenticated mail sessions from being tarpitted. o A new option was added to the logging options which will allow you to have MDaemon delete existing log files when the log file names change at midnight. For example, when logging into Sunday.log, Monday.log, etc. you can enable this switch and have old Sunday.log, Monday.log, etc. files deleted. The default is to append to any existing log file. o Spam Blocker lookups will take place AFTER other security related functions have taken place. This will allow for more efficient CPU usage. For example, if a user is unknown and you have configured MDaemon to reject mail from unknown sources then a Spam Blocker lookup is pointless since the message is going to be rejected anyway. o Forwarded messages will honor the fast local and remote mail delivery checkboxes now. Previously, all forwarded mail remained in the queue pending the next queue run. o DomainPOP will no longer strip existing Return-Path: headers from downloaded messages. Stripping out this header can lead to delivery problems when the From: and Return-Path: do not match. o Numerous configuration changes require a restart of MDaemon. MDaemon can now restart itself as needed. o Added switch to disable the "AUTH=LOGIN" ESMTP EHLO response. If you have Netscape mail clients that cannot authenticate to the SMTP server, disable this by editing MDameon.ini and setting: [Special] EnableAuthEqualsLogin=No (default Yes) o Including x-flag=FromCheck into RAW messages will cause MDaemon to check the from<> value when parsing the RAW message. If the value is not a valid account then the RAW message will be left in the queue and not sent. The Form2Raw project has been modified to take advantage of this new security checking (see the Readme.txt in the Form2Raw directory). o When the API is used to add an IMAP filtering rule for an account the DLL will create the IMAP directory. o A new option was added to the Setup|Primary Domain|DNS tab. The option will allow you to configure MDaemon to stop processing MX records if a RCPT command gets a 5XX response. Normally, MDaemon's philosophy is to continue to attempt delivery of the message to each MX host. o Within ComAgent's properties you can specify a path to a traditional mail client such as Outlook or Outlook Express. When ComAgent is configured in this fashion it will launch the mail client rather than WorldClient when folders are clicked. However, you will not be able to direct the launched mail client to specific folders like you can with WorldClient. Also, the ComAgent option to Compose a new message/fax will just launch the mail client. It won't be able to go directly to a "new message" dialog. Use "Outlook" to launch Outlook or "msimn" to launch Outlook Express. o When changing domain names MDaemon will iterate through all the public folders and update permissions. o The ACCOUNTS.CSV file created by exporting user information will start with an EMAIL field now. Previously, no EMAIL field was present in this file. o A new switch in the mailing list editor will allow you to hide the list from the global address book(s). Previously, this was only possible when combined with the list's privacy checkbox. o Added an "All Buddies" option on Online Buddies list for messenger o LookOut theme now has various styles (Normal,pastel_blue, desert_rose) which will allow people using Windows XP to select an alternate look. o The installer will stop the WebAdmin service before installing MD. o Modified the account editor to not update the global address book if the user's email or full name was never changed when editing accounts. o Increased the responsiveness of the GUI during message shuffling. o Added a Restart MDaemon and Disconnect Ghost option to the File menu. o Optimized the ODBC backend functionality which greatly speeds up MD startup time, account lookups, etc. when using ODBC. o Automatic attachment extraction will ignore messages that are not multipart/mixed. o In ComAgent, added a combo box for account name on logon dialog box; history of last five logon users. o Content filter rules have been moved from the cfilter.ini to cfrules.dat file. This is to overcome the 64KB size limitation of INI files in Win9x. Settings and configurations still reside in the cfilter.ini file. o WorldClient uses SMTP AUTH to authenticate to MDaemon when sending a message. This can be disabled by editing WorldClient.ini and setting [Special] UseSMTPAuth=No. o It is now possible to add email addresses to the Spam Blocker exception list. Changes to the Spam Blocker GUI were made to reflect this. o Numerous internal changes were made to assist our distribution partners with redirected internal software links. FIXES ----- o fix to LIST command not returning list members o fix to several list commands not working properly o fix to message archival not working with some list mail o fix to ODBC list not pulling real names in LIST command o fix to messed up messages with auto extraction of attachments fails o fix to auto extraction failing if destination DIR doesn't exist o fix to installer running ADDRLDAP.EXE when not installing MD o fix to lockup when automatically decoding attachments from messages o fix to Global admin setting being lost when applying account defaults o fix to MDStats crashing when parsing certain SMTP log sessions o fix to API allowing rules to be added to the MDaemon system account o fix to ComAgent preconfigured incorrectly when running the web server on a 5-digit port number o fix to ComAgent crashing on Win9x machines when receiving file transfers o fix to a content filter parsing problem with uuencoded attachments when it is embedded inside an embedded rfc822 message. o fix to a bug in the content filter when decoding a base64-encoded attachment. o fix to POPBeforeSMTP switch being on sometimes leading to no mail sent o fix to "Go to my calendar" menu item showing up in ComAgent for MDaemon Standard o fix to list messages not going into the public folder system properly o fix to the MDUserCOM list functions being broken in the MD 6.5x versions. o fix to list digest hour settings not appearing properly in the GUI o fix to list "notes" recipient address not appearing properly in the GUI o fix to ComAgent icon being nonresponsive, freezing up, or disappearing o fix to themes so that folders with apostrophes will not cause js err o fix to edit ACL button being enabled when more than 1 folder selected o fix to reverse lookups not always working properly o fix to aliases being messed up when changing certain domain name values o fix to quoted-printable auto-extraction not honoring '=' at line end o fix to the mduserodbc.dll not reconnecting to SQL Server if SQL Server was restarted o fix to some IMAP server crashing problems when connections are closed unexpectedly o fix to forced AUTH requiring no-Relay type configurations o fix to a content filter bug that corrupted attachments if the message had no message body. o fix to ComAgent's version always reporting 6.0.0.h in file properties. o fix to a bug in the content filter logic for the "does not contain" and "is not equal to" conditions. o fix to the content filter not being able to copy a message to local mailing list. o fix to extra white spaces being added to file names when using the file compression utility of the content filter. o fix to IMAP server returning deleted folders in the LSUB response o fix to IMAP Lookup permissions being lost for subfolders when a parent folder is renamed o fix to the content filter erroneously stripping the message body if the body is an inline attachment. o fix to a problem using ODBC account backend when the table names are case sensitive on some DBMS. o fix to WC allowing folders to be renamed to invalid names o fix to immediate remote mail delivery not triggering external process o fix to MDaemon accepting * ? chars in account's mail directory path o fix to an account creation problem when a new domain has just been created and using the ODBC backend. o fix to IMAP rule 'exists' and 'does not exist' actions not working right -----------------------------------------------------------------------------