Release notes for IMail Server 2006.04 (v9.04)
[These notes also apply to version 2006.04a]
Ipswitch, Inc.
http://www.ipswitch.com
Copyright 2006
Important: If you are using a custom ODBC.dll file developed by a 3rd party vendor, contact the vendor for information about an updated ODBC.dll file for IMail Server. Failure to update the ODBC.dll file could result in a message being misdirected or users unable to access their accounts.
Highlights of What's New in Version 9.04
. Web Client: Now supports sending and viewing emails with non-English character encodings
. Web Client: Now ships with French, Italian, German, English, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Japanese templates
. Web Admin: Active Directory support is now available for use as user data in IMail. Users who currently are using NT domain support in Active Directory environments can now choose to use Active Directory instead. Using Active Directory in place of NT domain support provides much improved performance for environments with >1000 users.
See the full Release Notes for 2006.04
Known Update Issues
. Web Admin: The Command Line Utility LDAPer will not work with Active Directory Domains.
New in Version 9.03
Known Update Issues
. Web Mail: The UID format has changed in this release; all UIDs will be rebuilt. There is a minimal risk that IMAP users who have deleted messages but not purged could see these messages reappear. POP3 users who leave their messages on the server could see these "re-Popped" after upgrade. This is equivalent to the administrator manually deleting the .UID file for a user's mailbox(s).
. Checking the Registry: Regcheck.exe is a new utility that runs automatically during a repair or upgrade, and can also be run from the command line and troubleshoots registry conflicts. For detailed information, see Checking the Registry, below.
. Web Mail: Added ability for users on IP-less Virtual Domains to login using only their userid without the domain portion. Important: The host name portion of the URL in the user's web browser is used to append to the end of the user's ID. This host name MUST exist either as the Official Host Name or as a host alias for this to work. If this is not the case, the user will need to continue to use the Official Host Name of the domain they want to login to, for example: user@mail.domain.com.
. The install will overwrite any customizations you may have made to the templates. If you wish to keep these files, please back them up prior to installing this update.
See the full release notes for 9.03.
In This File
• Description
• IMail Server 2006 Features
• System Requirements
• Optional Enhancements
• Installing/Upgrading/Repairs
• Uninstalling
• Downgrading
• Starting the Web Server Admin and the Web Client
• Changing the Web Client Default Directory (setting a redirect for Web Messaging)
• Web Messaging Notes for Upgraders
• Web Calendaring Notes for Upgraders
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Notes
• Release Notes
• For More Information
Description
IMail Server is an Internet standards based mail server
system for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows 2003. IMail Server includes powerful antispam and antivirus management tools, a new Web-based administrator and client, and implements a series of
programs that run as services
including:
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service for sending and receiving mail over the Internet or in an internal TCP/IP network.
• Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3) service to allow POP3 clients (such as Microsoft Outlook Client and Qualcomm Eudora) to download mail from the IMail Server.
• Internet Message Access Protocol, version 4 (IMAP4) service to allow IMAP4 clients (such as Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer) to access mail on the IMail Server.
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 3 service for publishing user information in an LDAP directory.
• Language support: English.
IMail also provides features such as a List server for creating and managing mailing lists and a mail to pager/beeper feature that lets you set up aliases on the IMail Server that forward mail from a mail client to preconfigured pager or beeper address.
IMail Server 2006 Features
• Web Messaging (Web mail client) lets you send and receive mail using a web browser. You can log on to the Web Messaging from a browser on any computer with a supported browser and manage email without installing email client software. IMail Web Messaging uses the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4) to manage mail on the server. When a user creates a mailbox in the Web client, the mailbox is created on the mail server and mail folders and messages reside on the server.
• IMail Web Administration (server) provides local or remote access to IMail Server administration features via a Web browser. You can administer all email functions, including users, groups, services, shared calendars and contacts, and anti-spam and antivirus settings.
- If ICS WorkgroupShare is implemented in current ICS version, Microsoft® Outlook contacts automatically transfer and sync with IMail Web Messaging.
IMail Web Messaging, Web Administration, and Instant Messaging supports:
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
- Mozilla 1.7 or later
- Firefox 1.0.6 for Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 and later
- Microsoft® .NET Framework 1.1
Required Hardware |
For best results |
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An Intel Pentium® 4, 1 GHz or higher or an equivalent processor |
· Pentium 4, 3+ GHz · For high mail traffic, use multiple processors |
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512 MB RAM minimum |
· 1+ GB of RAM |
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TCP/IP enabled network interface card (NIC) with a static IP address |
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A broadband or dial-up connection to the Internet |
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For mail-to-pager and IMonitor notifications, a modem and phone line are required |
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Required Software |
For best results |
Where to get it if you don't have it |
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Microsoft® Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
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Apply latest service packs Use NTFS file system (not FAT) Do not deploy IMail on a Windows 2000 Domain Controller in an Active Directory environment. Do not deploy on a 64 bit OS. IMail Server has not been tested with 64-bit operating systems. |
For service packs: www.windowsupdate.com Advice on NTFS vs FAT: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsnt/4/workstation/reskit/en-us/file_sys.mspx |
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Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 |
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/ |
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Windows Script 5.6 (part of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6) |
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Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) |
· Version 5.0 or higher |
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Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) 2.6 or later |
Optional Enhancements
• IMail AntiVirus Premium
IMail AntiVirus Premium is fully integrated with IMail Server
and is powered by Symantec CarrierScan Server, a high performance,
scalable, reliable solution to protect against viruses.
• IMail Premium Antispam
Premium Antispam filtering (optional in the ICS Premium Edition Suite only) provides additional automated
spam protection to the Standard Antispam filtering included in IMail and ICS Standard Edition.
Installing/Upgrading/Repairs
Ipswitch IMail uses InstallShield® Wizard to install the IMail components on your computer. Use the on-screen instructions to select the installation features that set up the mail server to your preferences.
The installation program automatically configures Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later and Microsoft® .NET Framework 1.1 or later. It also sets user permissions automatically; however, if you need to configure permissions manually, the following Default IMail Permissions and Configuration must be set on your mail server to make it fully functional or for administrators who do not want to use the default configuration, you can use the Non-default IMail Permissions and Configuration.
Default IMail Permissions and Configuration
Folder Rights
Product |
Folder |
User |
Rights |
Web Admin |
Product Folder (C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Collaboration Suite) |
computername \IUSR_ computername Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000: Note: If a user exists prior to installing ICS or IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders. |
Full |
Web Admin |
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Softalk Note: If WorkgroupShare was installed on a previous version of IMail or ICS, this folder should be given IUSR permissions. If not previously installed, you do not need to set IUSR permissions on this folder. |
computername \IUSR_ computername Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000: Note: If a user exists prior to installing ICS or IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders. |
Full |
Web Admin |
WorkgroupShare install folder, if outside of ICS folder |
computername \IUSR_ computername Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000: Note: If a user exists prior to installing ICS or IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders. |
Full |
Web Admin |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch (Registry) |
computername \IUSR_ computername Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000: Note: If a user exists prior to installing ICS or IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders. |
Full |
Web Client w/ IIS 6+ |
Product Folder (C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Collaboration Suite) |
computername \IUSR_WPG Note: If a user exists prior to installing ICS or IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders. |
Full |
Web Client w/ IIS 6+ |
Product Folder (C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Collaboration Suite) |
IIS_WPG |
Full |
Web Client w/ IIS 5 |
Product Folder (C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Collaboration Suite) |
Important: If using Microsoft Windows 2000, use IWAM_<machinename> instead of ASPNET. Also provide the user with with registry and folder permissions. Any user must be given rights to Act as part of the operating system. |
Full |
Web Client w/ IIS 6+ |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch (Registry) |
IIS_WPG Note: Typically, in Windows 2003, Network Service is the member of the IIS_WPG group. |
Full |
Web Client w/ IIS 5 |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch (Registry) |
ASPNET Important: If using Microsoft Windows 2000, use IWAM_<machinename> instead of ASPNET. Also provide the user with with registry and folder permissions. Any user must be given rights to Act as part of the operating system. |
Full |
IIS Settings
Enable ASP and ASP.NET (Version 6+ only) |
Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. Click on Web Service Extensions. Allow Active Server Pages and ASP.NET v1.1.4322 (Assuming .NET v1.1.4322 is the current version.) |
Create Virtual Directory: |
Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Collaboration Suite\WebDir\WebAdmin Default Document: default.asp Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool Application Protection (IIS 5): Medium |
Create Virtual Directory: |
Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Collaboration Suite\WebDir\WebClient Default Document: default.aspx Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool Application Protection (IIS 5): Medium |
Create Virtual Directory: ig_common |
Path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ig_common Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool Application Protection (IIS 5): Medium |
Disable Anonymous Access |
Disable anonymous access to the following directory: Directory: IMail/Services Under the Virtual Dir: IAdmin Disable anonymous access to the following file: File: IIM/Status.asp |
Enable Parent Paths |
Enable Parent Paths for the following virtual directories: IAdmin IClient |
1. Click the .exe install file.
2. On the installation screen, select the components you want to install, then click Install. IMail or ICS installs each selected component. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Important:
• If Microsoft .NET is installed, but not configured to work with IIS, run the following command: x:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe -i -enable (where x: is the appropriate drive letter).
• If your mail domain is using an external user database, then you must set user permissions for the external database for it to function correctly in ICS.
• When you configure a DSN to an SQL data source in the Microsoft Windows ODBC Data
Source Administrator, it may default to Named Pipes network library. Make sure that
you set the connection type to TCP/IP in order for the external database to work
correctly.
• If you are currently using an external user database with
an earlier (pre-v7.0) version of IMail, you must add
a new set of required columns to the database table in
which user information is stored. Please refer to the
"External Database Changes" entry in the Release Notes
section of this document for details.
• If you are upgrading from IMail Server prior to version 8.1, an LDAP database conversion occurs during installation. The
conversion can take a lengthy amount of time depending on the number of domains to convert. If the LDAP data is not available after the upgrade, run the LDAP Convert utility to correct the issue. In the command line utility, type: ldaper /CONVERT /Y
For more information, see the IMail Administrator Help.
• If you select an install directory other than the default install directory, make sure that the IIS IUSR_<computer name> user has Administrative access to that install directory. For more information, see the Folder Rights section.
Regcheck.exe is run automatically during a repair or upgrade, and can also be run from the command line. Regcheck troubleshoots registry conflicts during upgrades and repairs.
- Basic Command Syntax: regcheck
| Message | Example | Translation |
| Missing primary domain %Official Host Name% | Missing primary domain imail.ipswitch.com | The hostname defined in the 'HostName' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Global does not match a key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains. |
| Primary Host %Official Host Name% address is %IP Address% | Primary Host imail.ipswitch.com address is 192.168.1.1 | This tells you the Primary Domain defined by the 'HostName' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Global and its IP defined by the 'Address' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%OfficialHostName%. |
| Could not find address for primary host %Official Host Name% | Could not find address for primary host imail.ipswitch.com | The 'Address' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%OfficialHostName% does not exist. |
| Could not find Global HostName, host key check failed | Could not find Global HostName, host key check failed | The 'HostName' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Global does not exist. |
| Could not find IMail Global key, host key check failed | Could not find IMail Global key, host key check failed | The Global key under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail does not exist. |
| Could not find IMail Domains key, domain registry check failed | Could not find IMail Domains key, domain registry check failed | The Domains key under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail does not exist. |
| Dup Official %Official Host Name% Official %IP Address% and %IP Address% | Dup Official imail.ipswitch.com Official 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 | There are multiple Address keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains that contain the same 'Official' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%IP Address%. |
| Domain / official mismatch: official - %Official Host Name% Address - %IP Address% | Domain / official mismatch: official - imail.ipswitch.com Address - 192.168.1.1 | The 'Address' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%OfficialHostName% is %IP Address%, but other Address keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains contain the same 'Official' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%IP Address%. |
| Domain / official mismatch: missing address key in domain %Official Host Name% | Domain / official mismatch: missing address key in domain imail.ipswitch.com | The 'Address' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%Official Host Name% does not exist. |
| Address %IP Address% Official key %Official Host Name% domain does not exist | Address 192.168.1.3 Official key mail3.ipswitch.com domain does not exist | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%IP Address% contains an 'Official' value of %Official Host Name% that does not contain a key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains. |
| Dup Address %IP Address% Domain %Official Host Name% and %Official Host Name% | Dup Address 192.168.1.1 Domain imail.ipswitch.com and mail2.ipswitch.com | The Address value for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%Official Host Name% and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%Official Host Name% are the same. |
| Dup TopDir Domain %Official Host Name% and domain %Official Host Name% | Dup TopDir Domain imail.ipswitch.com and domain mail2.ipswitch.com | The 'TopDir' value for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%Official Host Name% and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%Official Host Name% are the same. |
| Domain entry %Official Host Name% has no IP entry | Domain entry mail4.ipswitch.com has no IP entry | The 'Address' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%Official Host Name% references an address that does not contain a key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains. |
| Domain IP / system IP mismatch - %Official Host Name% Address - %IP Address% | Domain IP / system IP mismatch - mail4.ipswitch.com Address- 10.10.10.1 | The 'Address' value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\%Official Host Name% references an address that is not bound to the NIC. |
| System IP found - %IP Address% | System IP found - 192.168.1.4 | The IP that is bound to the NIC. |
1. Open the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Windows Control Panel.
2. Select the IMail or ICS Edition you want to uninstall.
Notes:
• Removing IMail Server using the Add/Remove Programs applet does not delete the IMail directory or the subdirectories and files it contains. To remove these, you must delete them manually.
• Everything is deleted in the Windows registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch\IMail (but the Ipswitch key is not removed).
• Directories and files created by setup.exe are removed if they have not been modified. For example, if you have not added any users (and root never gets mail), the Users directory is removed. If these directories have been modified (i.e. the root or users accounts have received mail),you must remove them manually.
You can downgrade the ICS 2006 back to the original ICS installation (v2.0, 2.0A, 2.01, or 2.02) without uninstalling as follows:
1. Open the Registry Editor and locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{42A05E51-7514-4330-A784-B4C45412F04D}
2. Change the Version value to 2000000 (hex)
3. Launch the ICS 2.0x install and proceed as normal.
4. When asked if you would like to convert your LDAP database, select no.
Note: The IAdmin and IClient virtual directories and web files will still be on the computer.
Starting the Web Admin and the Web Client
After installation, you have the option to launch the IMail Web Admin automatically. If you choose not to launch IMail Web Admin automatically, in your browser address box, type the IP address or domain name of the IMail Web Server followed by the path where you installed ICS Web Admin. For example: http://mail.domain.com/IAdmin, then press ENTER. The Ipswitch Web Admin login page appears.
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Click Start > Programs > Ipswitch IMail Server > IMail Server Administration. The Ipswitch Web Admin login page appears.
To launch the Web Client, in your browser address box, type the IP address or domain name of the IMail Web Server followed by the path where you installed ICS Web Client. For example: http://mail.domain.com/IClient, then press ENTER. The Ipswitch Web Client login page appears.
Important: To use the Web Client, the IMAP Service must be running. Turn on the IMAP Service in the Web Admin, under the Services tab.
Changing the Web Client Default Directory (setting a redirect for Web Messaging)
To set a redirect so Web Messaging users do not have to use \IClient in the URL for Web Messaging:
1. Click Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services. The IIS console opens.
2. Right-click IClient (usually located under Web Site > Default Web Site).
3. Select Properties. The IClient Properties dialog box opens.
4. In the Execute Permissions list, click Scripts only.
5. Copy the directory path in the Local Path box.
6. Click OK.
7. Right-click Default Web Site.
8. Select Properties. The Default Web Site Properties dialog box opens.
9. Click the Home Directory tab.
10. Paste the directory path you copied from the IClient dialog box Local Path box into the Default Web Site Properties dialog box Local Path box.
Web Messaging Notes for Upgraders
The Web Messaging templates have been redesigned and no longer support the Web template infrastructure implemented in previous versions of Web Messaging (included in IMail 8.2 and earlier). When you upgrade to IMail v9.0/ICS 2006 or later, the previous versions of the Web templates are not functional.
Web Calendaring Notes for Upgraders
There were no updates to the Web Calendaring templates in this release.
The Web Address for IMail Web Calendaring:
By default, the IMail Web Calendaring server is assigned a Web address that consists of the
domain name of the IMail Server and a Web server port number. The default port number is
8484. For example, if your mail host has a name of host1.ipswitch.com, then the address is: http://host1.ipswitch.com:8484
IMail users can start IMail Web Calendaring by entering the address in the browser’s address field. If you are not running another Web server on the same host, you can set the port number to the normal HTTP (Web) server port of 80. In this case, users do not have to specify the port with the Web address. For example, users enter: http://host1.ipswitch.com.
Important: Some firewalls may block the 8484 port, in which case you need to change the port number.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Notes
• The private key file is protected using a password specified in SSL Configuration Utility. This password is required for decoding the key file while loading the SSL server. This password is stored in the registry and automatically retrieved during the loading process of SSL Server. The registry path for IMail is usually SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\imail\ssl. The registry path must be correct; otherwise an error message is generated and the files will not be created.
ICS 2006.04/IMail Server 2006.04 (v9.04)
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect where the Client could not properly display certain ISO ISO-8859-1 encoded attachments
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect in which accented characters displayed improperly
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed problem in which accented characters displayed improperly in Contact list
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect in which exception was thrown trying to decode CP1252
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect in which double byte characters in the friendly name of the address don't display correctly in the TO or CC lines of the compose page
. Internationalization - Web Client: Certain Chinese messages will not display is the Web client but will display in Outlook
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect where there was a problem with accented characters in the Contact list
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect where Client not supporting some Greek characters
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect for Contacts not being properly UTF-8 encoded. As a result, double byte characters were not being properly displayed
. Internationalization - Web Client: Fixed defect where if UTF-8 encoding was used, the To field was blank (the headers showed =?UTF-8?Q??=) if there was no friendly name
. Web Client: Fixed defect in which a message encoded in GBK or GB18030 is converted to GB2312 in order to display properly.
. Web Client: Fixed defect in which Spell Check did not work in French, Italian, German, or Spanish
. Web Client: Fixed defect for inconsistent unread count when responding in another window
. Web Client: Fixed problem where Web Client didn't display inline images
. Web Client: Fixed defect in which the Client wouldn't send to users having a single character userid (k@ipswitch.com)
. Web Client: Fixed defect where Save to Drafts overwrote the first message in the drafts folder
. Web Client: Fixed defect in which corrupt UIDs can cause an exception in the Client upon loading a mailbox
. Web Client: Fixed defect in which replying to or forwarding a message with an inline image results in either the image disappearing or in
a broken image link being sent
. Web Client: Fixed defect where, when connected via SSL, you are warned on the Compose page that it contains Non-Secure Content
. Web Client: Fixed defect in which users cannot login using UID without domain if URL contains :port#
. Web Client: Added Web Calendar Link back to Web Client
. Web Client: Fixed defect in which spaces were not showing up correctly with encoding (Eudora)
. Web Client: Fixed server time when changing to Daylight Savings Time
. Web Client: Draft and Reply icons no longer disappear after upgrade with IMail Only
. Web Admin: Fixed defect in which Adduser.exe will now allow adding of 1 and 2 character user names
. Web Admin - AntiSpam: Fixed defect in which Enable Content Filtering for Authenticated Users wasn't working where authenticated messages weren't being scanned by Content Filtering
. Web Admin: Fixed defect in Regback: users now have the ability to restore backups in 2006.04
. Web Admin: Fixed defect in which an admin can't change the password of a user if the user's setting for " Allow user to change password"
is disabled
. Web Admin: Fixed defect in which a User's folder is left behind after deleting user from IAdmin
. Web Admin: Fixed defect in which a hyphen ( - ) was not allowed as a character in aliases
. Web Admin: On a Windows 2000 Domain Controller, if you receive the following error message:
"Server Application Unavailable. The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser to retry your request," make the following changes recommended at http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.support.microsoft.com%2fkb%2f315158%2f#appliesto
. IIM: Problem: When using the IMail user database for authenticating Instant Massager users, AND IMail is using Active Directory for user authentication, users may not be able to log in to IIM if IIM and IMail are located on a remote server (off the Domain Controller) and "Show External Authentication Database Users in Public Contact List" is enabled in IIM under the Public Contact List section of the IIM administration. Solution: Change the IIM user database from IMail to either NT Authentication or LDAP authentication. If you choose LDAP authentication you need to enter your Active Directory information.
ICS 2006.03/IMail Server 2006.03 (v9.03)
. Web Mail: The UID format has changed in this release; all UIDs will be rebuilt. IMAP users who have deleted messages but not purged will see these messages reappear. POP3 users who leave their messages on the server could see these "re-Popped" after upgrade. This is equivalent to the administrator manually deleting the .UID file for a user's mailbox(s).
. Web Mail: Added ability for users on IP-less Virtual Domains to login using only their userid without the domain portion. Important: The host name portion of the URL in the user's web browser is used to append to the end of the user's ID. This host name MUST exist either as the Official Host Name or as a host alias for this to work. If this is not the case, the user will need to continue to use the Official Host Name of the domain they want to login to, for example: user@mail.domain.com.
. Web Mail: Settings related to Dictionary Attack Blocking now all default to 0.
. Queue Manager: Added spool directory performance enhancements when reading large numbers of queued messages.
. Queue Manager: Added performance logging enhancements to better handle large amounts of logging data.
. Queue Manager: Added performance enhancements to reduce high CPU utilization.
. Web Mail: Added performance enhancements to improve mail box loading response times.
. Web Mail: Added performance enhancements to improve message sorting response times.
. Web Mail: Added performance enhancements to improve response times when switching between mailboxes.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where nothing is displayed in the TO: column of the Sent folder if the friendly name is not set (i.e.,"").
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where Web Mail returns a session state exception when accessed from the network.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect which causes the worker process group to become unresponsive.
. Web Mail: Added ability to customize header on home.asp page.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where certain message type causes everyone logged into Iclient to bounce back to login screen on next click.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where inline attachments within messages aren't always displayed.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where the web.config file was missing culture information (language issue).
. Web Mail: Made the Inbox the default mailbox in the list box for the auto responder.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where the attachment flag is shown for multipart/related email in the message list.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where Save to Drafts does not work for some foreign language emails.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where multipart/signed emails show up as attachments in the Web Client.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where checking mail by clicking on the mailbox isn't always updating the new message count.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where Web Mail gets an error when a certain message is viewed.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where a file attachment with a # in the file name will not open in Web Client.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where user preferences will not save if user is on a domain with host name only (e.g user@domain), due to validation failure on reply address.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where trying to create a mailbox called Inbox creates a directory called Inbox and a "New Folder.uid" inside.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where login fails, "Server Application Unavailable" error message appears.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where composing a message that contains angle brackets like <xxx> will cause the <xxx> to be removed from the message before it's sent.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where Sent items does not show To: but show From: only.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where "Object reference not set" error message appears for a .jpg image in a spam.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where Web Mail would display @ for From Address only, for messages before the date of upgrade.
. Web Mail: Added ability to Print one message at a time from Web Mail.
. Web Mail: Fixed defect where no alert is given when file has been chosen for attachment, but not inserted and "Save to Drafts" is clicked.
. Web Admin: Fixed defect where standard alias is getting corrupted with more than four entries.
. Web Admin: Fixed defect where 'Web Admin' link in the Web Mail does not maintain a secure connection.
. Web Admin: Fixed defect where users can no longer change default host in Web Admin.
. Web Admin: Fixed defect where adding an Outbound rule is saving 'Delete' action as NULL.
. Install: Added ability to allow user to change the Web site location of the Web clients within IIS during a reinstall or repair.
. Web Admin: Added the ability to include one or more periods (.) in the Alias name.
. Web Admin: Fixed defect where running the convert utility on the aliases.txt file doesn't add the contacts in correctly.
. Web Admin: Added regcheck.exe utility to troubleshoot registry conflicts during upgrades and repairs. For detailed information, see Installing/Upgrading/Repairs.
. IIM: Fixed defect where IIM using NT DB can login to Web Admin but not Web Client.
. AntiSpam: Fixed defect where Enable Content Filtering for Authenticated Users where authenticated messages aren't being scanned by Content Filtering.
. IMMSGEXP: Provides a syntax error if the "M" is accidentally left out of -M variable.
. POP3: Improved performance issue when POP3 deletes messages so that it uses fewer CPU resources.
. IMAP: Improved performance issue when IMAP deletes messages so that it uses fewer CPU resources.
. IMAP: Corrected a vulnerability issue where a properly crafted Fetch command causes IMAP to crash with a buffer overflow (disclosed by TippingPoint, a division of 3Com).
ICS 2006.02/IMail Server 2006.02a (v9.02a)
. Install: IMail 9.0 install now detects the current path where IMail is installed when upgrading.
. Web Admin: Corrected the issue with adding IP addresses in Relay Mail for Addresses in the SMTP Settings.
. Web Admin: Web Messaging Public Contacts list has been added back into the IMail Web Messaging.
. Web Admin: Changes to LDAP Port are now being added to registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OpenLDAP\Parameters\Urls. Additional ports, other than port 389, now work.
. Web Admin: Instant Messaging user administration: After prompted to add a user, the install program no longer goes into a loop that shows the Add User screen, allowing the same user to be added multiple times.
. Web Admin (Antispam): Fixed the insertion of X-Headers and Subject modification due to connection filtering and SPF.
. Web Client: Corrected the issue with corrupt file attachments (with spaces in the filename) in FireFox.
. Web Client: Corrected the issue with attachments (with an apostrophe (') in the filename) that caused a problem in Web Messaging.
. SMTPD: Corrected the slow DNS response delays and the 250 response at the end of the message.
. SMTPD: Corrected problem that could cause excessive CPU usage.
. Queue Manager: Corrected issue with improper handling of certain MX records.
ICS 2006.01/IMail Server 2006.01 (v9.01)
. Install: The Create Admin User dialog now runs if AntiVirus (AV) only is installed on a server box and IMail is later installed.
. Install: Corrected ICS-Secure errors that occur during upgrade from ICS 2.0A.
. Install: The IIM install now enables ASP pages on Windows 2003/IIS6 Collaboration for User Setting password in WorkgroupShare (WGS) database.
. Install: The current user on the IIS Web site is used rather than assuming IUSR_xxxx as the IIS setting.
. Install: Permissions on the root of a Web site in IIS are now set properly if user chose to install to non-default web site.
. Install: Developed workaround for permission issues where, on Windows a 2000 server used as a domain controller, no ASPNET user was created. For more information about the workaround, see the information in the Folder Rights table.
. Install: Corrected HTTP 500 error that occurred when trying to add an IP address to the Access Control for Server Control Access or Client Control Access on IIM Privacy.asp page.
. Install: Created an Install Log for software install troubleshooting.
. Install: Changed Install Wizard content to state that IIS 5.0 or higher is required.
. Web Admin: Corrected the undefined menu items seen when users first log into the Web Admin.
. Web Admin: List names with all numbers now display in the Web Admin.
. Web Admin: Log sorting is now working.
. Web Admin: You can now authenticate vs Active Directory (AD) NT if Server 2000 is used.
. Web Admin (Installed via the IIM standalone install): The 500 Internal Server Error no longer occurs (unable to load the Index Page).
. Web Admin: The tab order is now correct when adding a new user.
. Web Admin: You can now edit User Attributes for users (IIM HTTP404 error).
. Web Admin: Users no longer get a generic error message on the "Error Message" page when adding a new user, as a Collaboration User, to a domain that already exists in Collaboration.
. Web Admin (IIM Help): Added additional help for the issue of no specific help for configuring the Authentication Database types for IIM (IMail, NT, and LDAP specific) as there was previously in IIM 2.0x.
. Web Admin: The Collaboration User setting password is now added to the WGS database.
. Web Admin: Corrected the UI labeled "Disable SMTP Auth Reporting;" changed to "Disable SMTP Auth."
. Web Admin: Dictionary Attack settings in STMPD and the Web Admin are now correct.
. Web Client: Added an "Empty Folder" feature to delete all messages in a selected folder.
. Web Client: When a message in the message list is selected and deleted, after the message is deleted, the message above the previously deleted message is selected and highlighted.
. Web Client: When search text is entered into the Search text box, you can now press Enter to initiate the search.
. Web Client: System admins only were provided access to the IMail Web Admin from Web Messaging. Now, List admins and Domain admins have the IMail Web Admin link in their Web Messaging application.
. Web Client: Large vacation.snt file no longer causes buffer overflow.
. Web Client: Contacts now convert correctly when foreign characters are in the aliases.txt file.
. Web Client: The Web Client now recognizes Contact Groups
properly when converting aliases.txt.
. Web Client: Corrected issue with NT DB in an Active Directory (AD) environment with 2000+ users, lsass.exe no longer uses excessive amounts of CPU time.
. Web Client: Contacts now show in Web Messaging after upgrade, when the Reply To address is different than
user login.
. Web Client: Corrected issue where 1000 or more users causes the error "too many users to display" when logging
into the Web Client.
. Web Client: If a session times out while on the compose page, exceptions
are no longer thrown and you do not have to close the browser to clear up the issue.
. Web Client: Several email addresses in the TO or CC line no longer push the field
out past the edge of the browser. The text now wraps the line.
. Web Client: The unhandled exception error no longer occurs when creating Web Mail subfolders.
. Web Client: Corrected the issue that occurs when a user saves a message to Draft. The Unread messages count does not display
on the Draft Folder (draft messages not being saved as unread).
. Web Client: Spell check now works in Firefox.
. SMTPd: STARTTLS was updated to not be enabled by default.
. WGSCVT: Corrected the issue that occurs when converting a group from old Web Messaging. The
Group Name that
is > 54 chars no longer causes the convert utility to throw an exception with the error
message "Not an instance of an object."
• The function of the 'Hide from Information Services' feature has changed. There is currently no way to hide information within an OpenLDAP database. When this option is applied, LDAP information for the user is deleted from the LDAP database and must be re-added if you want to show LDAP information for this user again.
• The X-IMail-Rule header can be disabled by adding the following registry key:
HEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Global\BlockRuleHdr
This should be a DWORD value and should be set to non-zero value to block this header from being created. This is a server wide setting and affects all domain and user rules on the server.
• Using IIS Virtual Directories
IMail Administrator and IMail Web Messaging (Web client) use Microsoft Internet
Information Services (IIS) virtual directories to identify where the administrator
and client Web files are located. By default, the installation program Install the
admin files in the IAdmin virtual directory and the client files in the IClient virtual
directory.
Changing IIS Virtual Directory names
If you want to change the IMail Administrator virtual directory, you need to change
the following registry key entries to the new virtual directory name that you changed
in the IIS Console:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Global\WebRoot
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\Messenger Server\Settings\WebRoot
If you want to change the IMail Web Messaging virtual directory, no registry key
change is required.
See the IIS help for additional information about renaming virtual directories.
• External Database Changes:
IMail supports multiple database connections.
Enabling this feature will improve performance
when using an external database. This can be
enabled by creating and setting two registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Global\UseMultiConnect
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Global\MaxConnect
The first key, UseMultiConnect should be set to 1 to
enable multiple database connections. The second key,
MaxConnect should be set to the maximum number of
connections allowed; 10 is recommended.
When installing IMail v8.2 or later over any version earlier than 7.1 in which one or more hosts are configured to use an external user database, new columns must be added to the database tables. This is due to additional user-level data which must be stored for use with the new Web Messaging features and for Web Calendaring. These new columns must be added to the user table for each IMail host configured to use an external database.
Notes:
If a custom ODBC driver was used with an earlier version of IMail, the driver must be modified to accommodate the new columns. Source code for the basic ODBCUser.dll driver (tailored for SQL Server and Access) may be obtained by download from the IMail Support Center:
http://ftp.ipswitch.com/Ipswitch/Product_Support/IMail/odbcuser.dll
These database column additions must be made before installing IMail v8.2. Also, if a custom ODBC database driver will be used with IMail, it must be created and ready for use. New columns and their types are as follows:
IMail Server v7.1 New Columns
| Database Column Name | Type | Default Value |
| NUMNOTIFY | INTEGER | 0 |
| LASTNOTIFY | INTEGER | 0 |
IMail Server v7.0 New Columns
| Database Column Name | Type | Default Value |
| NUMTRIES | INTEGER | 0 |
| LASTNOTIFY | INTEGER | 0 |
| ATTEMPTTIME | INTEGER | 0 |
| NUMTIMESSUSP | INTEGER | 0 |
| SPNDUSRACCT | INTEGER | 0 |
| IWOPTIONS | INTEGER | 0 |
| SPELLCHKG | INTEGER | 0 |
| ICALENBL | INTEGER | -1 |
| SPELLENBL | INTEGER | -1 |
| NUMSGSTNS | INTEGER | -1 |
| IWDEPTH | INTEGER | -1 |
| PRVWSIZE | INTEGER | -1 |
| STRTDAY | INTEGER | -1 |
| ENTRYGRNL | INTEGER | -1 |
| STARTTIME | INTEGER | -1 |
| ENDTIME | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXEVNTDISP | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXTSKDISP | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXNOTEDISP | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXDLYRCURCNT | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXWKLYRCURCNT | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXMONRCURCNT | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXYRLYRCURCNT | INTEGER | -1 |
| DISPCMPLTDTSKS | INTEGER | -1 |
| HOURSCLOCK | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXSRCHRESPPG | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXEVENTTITLELEN | INTEGER | -1 |
| MAXTASKTITLELEN | INTEGER | -1 |
| CONFIRMONDELETE | INTEGER | -1 |
| TIMEZONE | VARCHAR(255) | "" (empty string) |
| DEFVIEW | VARCHAR(40) | "" (empty string) |
| DEFCALNM | VARCHAR(40) | "" (empty string) |
For all existing user records, these columns should be set to the default values shown in the table above.
Please note that when all domains use the IMail and/or NT user databases, these changes do not apply. Also, when creating a new external database, these columns will be automatically generated as the table is created.
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