DeskNow - Mail and collaboration server

Release history - 2.0 to 2.3.x

Version 2.3.13

Fixed problem when downloading emails from Merak POP3 server (problem related to particular limits on TCP packet boundaries)
Fixed problem that could cause false alarms when scanning multiple attachments that have the same name and were received at the same time, and the system clock has a low precision

Version 2.3.12

This version is a maintenance release fixing some minor problems.

Fixed German translation
Implemented workaround to prevent memory leaks in SQL Server that were occurring when using MS JDBC driver.

Version 2.3.11

This version is a maintenance release fixing some minor problems.

Fixed problem that prevented disabling the sending of a bounce message to the sender if a virus was found in the message
Fixed problem when picking recipients of an email from the contact list and trying to change the list size, or using the 'Next' button
Added Slovak translation
Fixed problem when forwarding HTML messages sent by some newsletters, where the message was not encoded as MIME attachment
Fixed problem occurring when pressing OK after viewing a contact that was found through the search box in the Contacts page (not the advanced search).

Version 2.3.10

This version is a maintenance release fixing some minor problems.

Fixed import of emails in mbox format from Unix/Linux
Fixed problem opening files with international characters in the new UI
Checking of duplicate Message-IDs is no longer enabled by default
Fixed problem in copying contacts to another folder
Added 'Download' link to download files instead of opening them. Previously it was necessary to access the file's Properties and click Download.
It is now possible to use the Configuration Wizard to make DeskNow listen for HTTP and HTTPS connections on a specific network interface (previously this was possible only by manually editing the configuration files).

Version 2.3.9

This version is a maintenance release fixing some minor problems.

Fixed minor issue with unnecessary logging in log.InternalError
Fixed loggin issue in MailIngestionDebug (all filters were logged as matching)
Skipping DNSBL lookup for IANA private IP addresses
Added anti-duplication logic to prevent multiple copies of the same message to be delivered when mail for all the accounts is retrieved from a single POP3 inbox and a message was sent to multiple recipients in that inbox
System alerts are no longer sent to accounts that are not enabled to use mail
Fixed problem when searching for contacts containing an apostrophe
Fixed error occurring when marking a message as spam, and the mail preferences were set to delete emails immediately
Fixed problem that could occur in MySQL and SQL Server with duplicate entries in the whitelist and calendar reminders
Fixed display error in monthly calendar view, if the default view is set to month.

Version 2.3.8

This version is a maintenance release fixing some minor problems.

Fixed problem that prevented deleting a block of messages from a message board
Fixed problem in changing a recurrent event into a non-recurring one
Fixed problem that caused the user's disk usage to not be updated correctly when using the embedded McKoi database

Version 2.3.7

This version is a maintenance release for 2.3.3, fixing some minor problems.

Fixed problem in SMTP service when only one network interface was used and SMTP forwarding was set to another server on the other interface
Fixed problem in Mail preferences page that could occur when upgrading from previous installations
Fixed problem affecting login of users from older installations when the user's userclass had mail filter editing disabled
Fixed problem affecting the ForceSMTPSend configuration setting not being picked up correctly after a server restart
Fixed unlikely but possible loop condition involving a combination of bounce messages and broken forward actions in mail filters
The EmbeddedServer.Server property (optional) is now also used in outgoing SMTP connections to declare the name of the server, regardless of local name settings
Fixed problem with SMTP authentication with some mail clients

Version 2.3.3

Added Bayes antispam filter. This filter analyzes incoming messages and assign them a spam probability factor. Messages with high probability of being spam are automatically stored in a 'spam' folder. Old messages are periodically removed from the spam folder. Users can train the filter to better distinguish between spam and non-spam
Added support for spam detection using configurable DNSBL services
Added IP blacklist for SMTP server, to reject connections from offending IPs
Added user-based whitelists, to allow messages coming from known senders to never be classified as spam
Added 'Deleted items' folder. When a user deletes a message, the message is not deleted immediately but moved to a deleted items folder, which is cleaned of old messages periodically. This can be disabled, to have immediate delete as in previous versions
It is now possible to import mail messages from the most popular mail clients (Outlook, Eudora, Mozilla, etc.)
Added support for recurrent events
Added support for event reminders via email
Added support for SSL encryption of the SMTP and POP3 services
It is now possible to set the SMTP and POP3 services to bind only to a specific network interface (useful on server that have multiple network cards)
added user class permission to send emails outside the system (only webmail - for SMTP, usual relay settings apply)
it is now possible to specify group addresses in the forward action of mail filters
many more fields available for contacts
more search options for contacts
fixed problem with the display of HTML messages when encoded with some east-asian charactersets and containing META-TAG encoding information
it is now possible to define DeskNow as default mail client, so that clicking on every mailto link automatically opens a DeskNow email compose window (see documentation on how to configure this in Windows systems)
it is now possible to enable/disable logging of specific classes of events from the Administration control panel, without having to restart DeskNow
added font-family to Preferences/General
when the administrator sends a broadcast message, the message is now sent as system message, and the messenger applet does no longer allow typing a reply to it
when user acccounts are created by importing data from CSV, the default email address is set in the user directory
it is now possible to configure most of the mail server options from the Administration panel
it is now possible to change default interval, start and stop times for the day calendar view
fixed SQL problem with updating share settings when using MySQL as database
several UI changes
added command to delete a domain to the Administration API
changed auto-refresh behaviour when viewing a mail folder: if one ore more message checkboxes are selected, the folder will not be automatically refreshed (prevents losing the current selection)
added Russian translation
added Chinese translation
the mail encoding ISO-8859-8-i (Hebrew, non-standard) is now treated as ISO-8859-8
added option to login using a new window, without browser address bar, buttons, etc. to increase space available to DeskNow.
fixed problem that caused logo to overlap with text fields in login screen in some circumstances. The logo must now be a gif or jpg image.
new events and tasks are now edited in a new window. This can be disabled from the Preferences
fixed bug that caused incorrect highliting of text in mail messages after a mailto: link
fixed bug that affected searches using the in-line search box when searching in a folder owned by another user.
added configuration option to specify default time format
changed default time format for new users to American style 5:30 PM
added configuration option to specify the default character set to use to decode emails that do not specify an encoding in their headers - this to manage emails that do not conform to the SMTP standards
changed autologin for DeskNow Messenger. No more prompt to confirm password after a disconnection
added EmbeddedServer.ServerName configuration parameter to set the name used by the mail server to greet clients
it is now possible to define mail footers/disclaimers for emails sent via webmail. Every domain can have a different mail footer
the messenger applet now displays (and opens) correctly on Mac OS X
JDBC drivers can now be stored in \desknowdata\lib . This to avoid reinstalling them when DeskNow is upgraded to a new version
added calendar preference to set the default calendar to use for new events and tasks
added configuration parameters to enable/disable the spam report, and to set at what time it should be sent
fixed problem that prevented disabling the startup tips for users that did not have 'Edit preferences' permission

Version 2.2.7

Fixed (hopefully - needs more device testing) problem with WAP login page on some devices
Fixed problem Automation API for creation of mail folder
Fixed problem that caused the browser to display a JavaScript error message in some circumstances

2.2.6

Fixed incorrect paging of contact folders in WAP interface
Fixed problem with antivirus scanning for external accounts when the message was also copied in DeskNow's POP3 inbox

2.2.5

Fixed bug that prevented disabling Messenger from the user Preferences
Fixed bug that caused 'No session' error during self-registration in some circumstances
when sending an email to a folder of contacts, now the full name of every contact is included
added support for Icelandic language
Upgraded version of NSIS installer software for Windows to fix installation problems on dual CPU and Hyperthreading processors
the Google toolbar is now detected in the login page, and a message is displayed recommending to disable popup-blocking for the web site
improved caching of user directory (noticeable when there are thousands of users in a domain)
added delay parameter to antivirus invocation, and instructions to configure Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition with DeskNow
quarantined files are now excluded from backups, to prevent conflict with antivirus software
fixed problem with international characters in mail signature
fixed problem with international characters in uploaded files
fixed problem with mail composition in new window when the mail was saved in the drafts

2.2.4

performance improvement in tree refresh (static images are not reloaded)
auto reply action for filter: it is now possible to send auto reply messages corresponding on different criteria on incoming mails
by default, a new window is opened to compose an email
option to enable/disable saving copy of sent messages to sent folder
improved handling of messenger buddylist when special characters are encountered in user's names
fixed bug (from 2.2.1) that caused forwarded messages to lose the original attachments

2.2.1

improved user interface with new menu tree
it is now possible to define mail subfolders, with unlimited depth
manual and scheduled online backup of files and database (embedded)
it is now possible to pick users that are authorized to a share
it is now possible to share an object with a folder (group) of contacts/users. Groups are integrated with the Contacts, and can be shared
it is now possible to share objects with users of another domain
it is now possible to view all the headers of received emails (headers of emails received with older versions of DeskNow are not available)
it is now possible to enable/disable the display of the full email addresses in mail headers
every user can now choose the preferred encoding to use when sending emails
added branding options. It is now possible to change window title and logo via the administration web interface
removed 127.0.0.1 from SMTP headers for mails sent via webmail
added configuration setting EmbeddedServer.SMTPMaxMessageSize to Mail.cfg , to limit the size of messages accepted by the SMTP server
fixed bug that displayed wrong hyperlinks in email body if the link contained a % character
links in emails can now be opened in a new window (see Preferences/Mail)
fixed problem with content type of downloaded files and attachments
emails deleted by a filter are now removed from the POP3 inbox as well (if EmbeddedServer.SynchronizeWebmailWithPOP3Delete is set to TRUE)
added virus scanning for mail received from external POP3 accounts
separated 'Home' and 'Homepage' in the translation file
when editing a calendar event, the hour listbox now displays the hour using the time format set in the user's preferences
fixed bug that caused messenger to not display non-latin characters in exchanged messages correctly
new languages supported: Czech, German, Danish, Hungarian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Swedish. (some of them may miss the translation of the latest features). Thanks to all the users that contributed the translations!
prevented directory listing to appear when using http://localhost/desknow
added option (EmbeddedServer.EnableReverseDNS) to enable/disable reverse DNS lookup for the SMTP server. Currently switched off by default (It was on, but it could cause delays if your network was not configured properly).
added option (EmbeddedServer.EnableBounceMessages) to enable/disable sending a bounce message ("Message Delivery Error") to the sender if an email could not be delivered. The default is TRUE (send bounce message)
added command to delete an user account to the Administration API
fixed bug that affected mail filters when saving attachments to a file if the first line of the message was a space
fixed bug that affected mail filters to miss a match on the Cc field of incoming messages
fixed a bug that caused an error message when unlocking a file shared by another user
fixed a bug occurring when linking to 'My Calendar' when it was shared in a non-english language
Re: is not appended to the subject in mail replies, if the subject already started with Re:
DeskNow now can store messages in users' inboxes even if POP3 is disabled. Useful to disable POP3 only temporarily and still be able to retrieve all the messages later

2.1.1

support for MySQL 4.0+ as external database
support for user classes: the administrator of each domain can now define user classes specifying which features are enabled for each class. This replaces the obsolote user types
improvements to the support for internationalization (missing translations for some messages)
expanded backoffice automation API. It is now possible to post events to a calendar via a script, create communities and domains in addition to user accounts, and more
new sccript tool that can be executed from command line to perform all the backoffice tasks
added logging of source IP address for failed login attempts
added preference to choose which default view to use for the calendar
added option to set preferred position of the divider in the split pane (mail preview, etc)
fixed bug that caused messenger to not display correctly names that contained non-english characters
added xx-smal font size in the general preferences. x-small font size has now improved readability

Version 2.1

internationalization. DeskNow now supports the following languages: English, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Dutch. The following languages, in test, are available on request: German, Danish, Swedish, Czech. Thanks to our translators!
UTF support. The web interface of DeskNow is now entirely encoded using UTF, to support virtually any known character
configurable mail encoding. It is now possible to select which content encoding DeskNow will use for text, when sending emails
antivirus integration. DeskNow can now scan incoming emails and uploaded files for viruses using one of the major antivirus software, and block infected mails and files
shared mailing lists. It is now possible to pick (or just enter the name) of a contact folder to send an email to all the contacts in the folder

Version 2.0

added support for Instant Messaging (chat), using the Jabber/XMPP protocol - compatible with any Jabber client
when a new email is received, a popup window is displayed with sender and subject. The mail folder is immediately refreshed
it is now possible to mark multiple emails as spam in a single operation, even without opening them
the mail server now prevents SMTP misconfiguration errors that could cause loops
the mail server now autodetects all the local addresses/interfaces, and delivers emails for them to the default domain (unless a proper virtual domain is setup)
it is now possible to define a catch-all alias that receives all incoming emails when the intended recipient is not an existing user
fixed bug with Mozilla/Netscape that caused the highlighted row to not change when the user was browsing through emails with Prev/Next
it is now possible to define a specific default timezone for the DeskNow server. Useful when the DeskNow server is hosted for a company that is located in a different timezone than the one where the machine is located.
an user can now be manager of a community he/she does not belong to
new anti-spam Time Limited email addresses: now users can leave on messqage boards an email address like joe.030618@mycompany.com and the email address will be valid only until 18th June, 2003
new "forward" mail filter action: it is now possible to forward incoming emails to one ore more addresses (internal or external), based on the email fields
imroved performance by reduction of SQL activity during SMTP and POP3 connections
fixed bug that occurred when editing External POP3 account details
new announcements space in home page. Announcements can be created by the admin user or by other users given permission
now DeskNow accepts SMTPForward to the same host, if SMTP ports are different
POP3 synchronization now works symmetrically: if a message is deleted from the webmail, it is deleted from the POP3 inbox
added new Preferences to change menu width
improved management of multiple communitites for a community manager
improved security by encrypting login password even when not using SSL
added option to force all emails to be delivered via SMTP - even internal ones