CommuniGate Pro History

4.1.8 17-Nov-03

CLI: the WML parameter is added to the CreateWebUserSession command.
WebUser: the multi-card vCard MIME parts are shown as attachments now, so they can be downloaded and imported.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1.7: Attempts to send a Read Receipt could lock the session and the mailbox.
Bug Fix: Cluster: 4.1.4: the CreateGroup operation worked, but returned the "unimplemented in this domain" error.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1.7: Attempts to add elements from Directory-based Address book could crash the server.

4.1.7 15-Nov-03

Migration: the MS Exchange migration utility is released.
MAPI: the documentaion is updated.
IMAP: the RFC3503 ($MDNSent flag) is implemented.
WebUser: support for the $MDNSent message flag is implemented.
WebUser: the Recipients Limit setting (for composed messages) is implemented.
Helpers: the time-out and autorestart functions have been added to the External AUTHenticator.
PIPE: the Envelope-Notify header field is supported now.
Personal Site: upload file limit increased to 64MB, an error is generated when the limit is exceeded.
CLUSTER: FTP operations in a Static Cluster are supported now.
Bug Fix: ACAP: 4.1b: dropping a connection in the middle of certain operations could crash the server.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: 4.1: extremly long Alerts sent via POP could crash frontend servers.
Bug Fix: Kernel: 1.0: URL encoding for the space symbol has been fixed.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1.1: Directory Address Books did show records with multi-value "mail" attributes, but could not retrieve those attributes properly.
Bug Fix: Rules: 4.1.5: when a dataset had more than 500 elements so the Rule actions did not add new elements to it, the dataset was not released.
Bug Fix: Platform: 4.0: OS/2 "no inheritance" bit was set incorrectly, causing "non-closing" stdin channels in child programs.

4.1.6 24-Oct-03

Kernel: now the default Client IP Addresses list includes the networks the server belongs to.
SMTP: the Relay to Non-Clients setting is now set to "If received from Clients only" by default.
Calendar: VTIMEZONE processing has been modified to support the Lotus Notes format.
Calendar: now the Import function processes multiple VCALENDAR objects (required by Mozilla client).
Calendar: iCalendar composing routines have been redesigned to support various EOL symbols.
WebAdmin: the Remove Key and Certificate button has been added to the WebUser Prefs page.
WebUser: additional reply/accept/decline operation cause freebusy updates.
MAPI: MAPI connector 1.0.71 is included.
TLS: write operations optimized.
IMAP: now a RECENT response is sent to the client when RECENT-marked messages are removed from the selected mailbox.
DNR: the SRV records (RFC 2782) are supported now.
RPOP: the "source address" data is recorded now.
RPOP: the Default IP Address setting is implemented.
PIPE: the "source address" data is recorded now.
SMTP: the .smtpq Router suffix is implemented.
CLUSTER: the Cluster Admin Log Level setting is implemented.
CLUSTER: FTP authentication is implemented via PWD now, no need to enable FTP services on the backends.
Platform: MS Windows: the Event Log records are properly formatted now.
Bug Fix: CLI: 4.1.4-4.1.5: the UpdateAccounts command did not work for domain admins.
Bug Fix: CLI: 4.1.4-4.1.5: the Rename* commands did not understand the domain name in the second paramter
Bug Fix: LOCAL: 4.1.4-4.1.5: the "Suspend Message" option did not work correctly on non-cluster systems.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.0-4.1: messages sent encrypted but not signed had incorrect EOLs in the encryped part.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 3.5-4.1: mailto: links in messages displayed using WML were replaced with compose.wssp links (instead of wcompose.wssp links).
Bug Fix: DataSets: 3.4-4.1: under heavy ACAP load sub-datasets could be mishandled, sometimes resulting in server crashes.
Bug Fix: Foundation: 2.0-4.1: the remove-from-array procedure could access released objects.

4.1.5 30-Sep-03

CLUSTER: HTTPU proxying simplified, upgrades from pre-4.1 versions require full cluster restart.
Account: 64-bit numbers are used for the mail store size calculations (removing the 2GB limit).
DNR: the Dummy IP Addresses setting has been added (see the Obscure Settings page).
HTTP: the HTTP_USER_AGENT data is passed to CGI programs.
WebUser: now the new File As field value is replacing the old FN VCard attribute, too.
Rules: the Remember 'From' action does not store more than 500 addresses now (to avoid server overloading).
WebUser: now the freebusy.vfb file is always stored using CR-LF as the line separator.
MAPI: MAPI Connector 1.0.68 is included.
Bug Fix: DIRECTORY: 4.0-4.1: specially [mis]formed DNs could crash the server.
Bug Fix: Statistics: 4.1b2-b4: the webMail* elements were calculated incorrectly.
Bug Fix: CLI: 4.1.4: SET[SERVER|CLUSTER]WHITEHOLEIPS commands did not work.
Bug Fix: SNMP: 3.5-4.1: the snmpInPkts and other elements of this group were reported as COUNTER64 (as opposed to Counter32) elements.

4.1.4 20-Sep-03

CLI: the network CLI processor has been redesigned.
CLI: the CREATEWEBUSERSESSION operation now updates the LastLogin and LastLoginTime Account-info elements.
CLI: the CREATEWEBUSERSESSION, GETWEBUSERSESSION, KILLWEBUSERSESSION command parameters and required access rights have been changed.
LOCAL: the Suspend setting is implemented.
RPOP: the Use Domain IP Addresses option is implemented.
RADIUS: CHAP authentication is supported now.
RADIUS: multi-threaded processing is implemented.
WSSP: the HASPARENTMAILBOX function and MAILBOXLASTNAME, URLMAILBOXPARENT prefixes are implemented.
Bug Fix: UTF-8 "BOF tag removing" did not work correctly.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1.2-4.1.3: ability to refer to arbitrary .wssp pages in sessionless requests disabled the sessionless Personal Site management functions.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1.b-4.1.3: Task composer set the Due Date parameter to the Start Date one.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b-4.1.3: storing a Note with a specified original mailbox, but without original message ID could crash the server.

4.1.3 27-Aug-03

Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1.2: attempts to open a non-existent mailbox crashed the server.

4.1.2 26-Aug-03

New Platform: the Linux/AMD-64 (x86-64) version is released.
CLI: the [GET|SET][SERVER|CLUSTER]INTERCEPT commands are implemented.
WebAdmin: Skin Editor now removes the "UTF-8 BOM" starting symbols from the uploaded files.
Intercept: interception of messages sent from the monitored accounts is implemented.
Intercept: the monitoring type settings are implemented.
MAPI: the MAPI Connector 1.0.67 is included.
Account: the "Created" date element is added to account .info data when the account is created.
GROUPS: now headers added to the original message using the server/cluster-wide Rules are copied to the distributed message.
LOCAL: direct-mailbox addressing now supports mailbox aliases (and all variations on the INBOX name).
WebAdmin: non-ASCII names of Custom and Rename attributes are supported now.
WSSP: PERIOD-expression optional clause is added to CALENDARTIME, CALENDARLOCALTIME, and DAYTIMEMENU structures.
WebUser: the CalendarTimePeriod parameter (specifying the steps in the time menus on the Compose page) is added to WebUser Prefs/Settings.
WebUser: the ListApprove request parameter and ListApproval dataset elements have been added to the Mailbox.wssp and Message.wssp pages.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1-4.1.1: "bracketed" E-mail addresses in dataset-type AddressBooks were displayed incorrectly.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b3-4.1.1: if the "Notes" folder was created automatically, by storing the first note, it did not get the "Notes" mailbox class assigned.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: 4.1b5-4.1.1: the "mail disabled" and some other temp-error codes generated on backend while performing local delivery were interpreted as "flow control" errors.

4.1.1 11-Aug-03

Kernel: the "lawful interception" functionality has been implemented (see the SysAdmin section of the manual).
GROUP: the Reject Automatic Messages option processing changed to default to "No" for existing groups created with older versions.
Kernel: format=flowed (RFC2646) processing has been improved.
WebUser: AddressBook: Directory books now show the first E-mail address if a record contains several "mail" values.
WebUser: the "Pty" (X-Priority) header can be used in mailbox views.
WSSP: ^y and ^d symbol combinations can be used in Date "pictures".
WSSP: DAYTIMEMENU, CALENDARTIMEMENU, LOCALCALENDARTIMEMENU elements are documented.
MAPI: the MAPI Connector 1.0.65 is included.
WebUser: adding records to Directory-based Address Books is implemented.
WebUser: if a message has multiple To: and/or multiple Cc: header fields, all their addresses are displayed.
Skins: the WML files have been modified.
RPOP: MSN AUTH is used if the host account name ends with "*.msn.com".
Bug Fix: Directory: 3.5-4.0: non-printable symbols in RDN values were decoded incorrectly.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1: new cookie processing caused troubles for CGI applications and Cluster environments.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b6-4.1: new records created in a mailbox-type Address Book via the Address Book panel did not show up immediately.

4.1 20-Jul-03

IMAP: the LOGIN-REFERRALS keyword has been added to the CAPABILITY list.
DataSets: a faster Dictionary file writing method is used.
CLI: the REJECTQUEUEMESSAGE and GETTEMPCLIENTIPS commands are implemented.
CLI: the REMOVEACCOUNTSUBSET command is documented.
RULES: the [RCPT] and [ORCPT] Execute prefices can be used with Account-level rules.
RULES: the [ACCNT] prefix is implemented.
RULES: the ^R macro can be used in Reply and React actions to include the original To: header field.
RULES: the Submit Address condition is implemented.
DOMAIN: Directory-based: Domain Rules are implemented.
LIST: the Moderate Guests posting policy option is implemented.
HTTP: Cookie processing has been changed to support buggy browsers (Apple's Safari).
WebUser: messages sent with the Password Recovery component now have a non-empty Return-Path.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 3.5-4.1b9: when a WebUser Preference setting was set to the "default" value, the old value was not deleted from the dataset file.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b8-b9: requests for the contactgroup.wssp page w/o the OrigMailbox parameter could crash the server.
Bug Fix: Security: 4.1b9: the MD5Crypt routine (used to process $1$-passwords) was broken
Bug Fix: WebAdmin: 4.1b1-b9: custom WebAdmin files uploading did not work inside subfolders.
Bug Fix: DOMAIN: 4.0-4.1b9: Default WebUser Preference could not be created in new Directory-based Domains.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b7-b9: server could crash when opening a Mailbox-type Address book if the mailbox could not be opened.

4.1b9 09-Jul-03

Foundation: non-blocking sockets are implemented (enabled with the --UseNonBlockingSockets option).
Foundation: the Blowfish encryption cipher is implemented.
the MAPI Connector 1.0.62 is included (Tasks/ToDo support and other changes).
RADIUS: the RADIUS server is implemented (See the SysAdmin->RADIUS section of the manual). The "RADIUS" Service has been added to Account and Domain Settings.
DIRECTORY: now Remote Units can connect to remote LDAP servers securely.
Skins: tar-archive uploading in implemented.
Security: the "WebUser" SASL method is implemented.
Security: the UB-crpt (Unix Blowfish-based) password encryption method is implemented.
HTTP: the /CalendarData/ realm is implemented to support subscribe/publish HTTP operations for groupware applications.
LOCAL: the "Delay" settings have been added, the "percent full" processing has been changed to use the current size + new message size in computations.
IMAP/MAILBOX: internal UID processing has been changed to support unsigned 32-bit numbers.
FTP: secure (TLS) data connections are supported now.
WebUser: now Reply/ReplyAll operations use the text/html part of the original message if a text/plain part cannot be found.
RULES: non-ASCII mailbox names are now encoded into the "modified UTF-7" charset.
LIST: non-standard Yahoo bounce reports are processed now.
ACAP: data strings with binary zeros are now converted to "data" elements, so they can be stored and sent out without string cutting (required for phone numbers in Mulberry address books).
WSSP: the DATE: and other date/time prefices now use formatting "pictures". These pictures can be altered using the DatePictures dictionary.
CLI: the SETMAILBOXCLASS command is implemented.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b8: mailbox-type address books did not display their records.
Bug Fix: MAILBOX: 4.0-4.1b8: the "Concurrently used large buffers" Obscure setting was reset on server restart.
Bug Fix: LDAP: 4.0-4.1b8: STARTTLS command was processed incorrectly.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b8: requests for the contact.wssp page w/o the OrigMailbox parameter could crash the server.
Bug Fix: RULES: 4.0-4.1b8: string objects with the ADDHEADER external filter data were not released.

4.1b8 12-Jun-03

WebAdmin: the Clear 'Replied Addresses' List command is added to the Account Rules page.
WebUser: the Recurrent Events editor is implemented.
WebUser: Tasks support is implemented.
WebUser: the Notes editor is implemented.
WebUser: now the To header field can be included into the Mailbox Viewer field set.
HTTP: the Request Size Limit setting is implemented (WebAdmin:Settings->WebUser).
HTTP: the Default Page Name setting is implemented (WebAdmin:Settings->WebUser).
WSSP: the MAILBOXMENU processing has been changed from a enum-type menu to a string-type menu.
Kernel: the Euro sign has been added to ISO-8859-x charsets.
PWD: the STLS command (similar to POP3 STLS command) has been implemented.
PWD: the challenge-response SASL methods are supported now.
HTTP: now the HTTP_COOKIE envir-variable is passed to CGI scripts.
Account: the WebCal Service setting is implemented. This Service controls availability of the WebUser Calendaring functions.
RULES: the Accept Request action is implemented. It allows to set up accounts for shared resources like conference rooms and schedule them automatically.
RULES: the Enable Vacation button is supported now (it enables the Vacation Rule and clears the Reply Addresses dataset).
LIST: headers and footers are converted into HTML if they are inserted into an HTML text.
LDAP, Directory: the "greaterOrEqual" and "lessOrEqual" operations are implemented.
HTTP: "local part" Routing result is processed now, allowing an administrator to reroute Domain-level URLs to subdirectories inside Personal Web Sites.
Platform: a new method for local IP Addresses discovery is implemented.
Kernel: if a message file with bare-LF gets into the Queue on a 2-byte-EOL platform (Win, OS/2), bare-LFs are not sent out.
MAILBOX: TextMailbox Manager now uses the fsync() call for all mailbox update operations. This is required in Dynamic Clusters based on certain Cluster File Systems.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b4-b7: All-Day events were processed incorrectly.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b7: When an "own event" w/o attendees was removed from the Calendar, the server could crash.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b4-4.1b7: MDN messages did not have the "To" header field.

4.1b7 02-Jun-03

IMAP: RFC3516 (Binary Content Extension) is implemented.
CLI: the DELETEDIRECTORYRECORDS and INSERTDIRECTORYRECORDS commands are implemented.
WSSP: LOCALCALENDARDATE and LOCALCALENDARTIME constructs are implemented.
LIST: if the "notify owner" option is switched on, now the owner gets a message if a subscription was terminated due to confirmation time-out.
MAPI: the MAPI Connector 1.0.59 is included.
Directory: Local Units: "top" entries (with empty DNs) can be created and removed.
Migration: MoveIMAPMail: the --copyMailboxClass option is implemented.
Migration/Security: the {LANM} and {MSNT} passwords (LAN Manager/Microsoft NT password hashes) are supported now (to simplify migration from Microsoft servers).
External Programs: the QUIT command has been implemented.
External AUTH: the ROUTED and FAILURE responses to the NEW command are supported now.
WebUser: now the TakeAddress, TakeCertificate operations are applied to the currently selected address book.
WebUser: the Export Calendar Data operation is implemented.
WebUser: the Export vCard Data operation is implemented.
WebUser: the Cancel operation is implemented.
WebUser: S/MIME: various encryption methods are implemented. The Encryption Method settings has been added to the WebUser Settings.
LIST: several routines have been changed to tie the owner account to the Cluster controller, and to support the owner renaming operation in a Cluster.
CLI: the GETCURRENTCONTROLLER command is implemented.
GROUP: the Reject Automatic Messages option is implemented.
MAILBOX: the anyone@domainName special ACL name is implemented to allow users to grant mailbox access rights to all accounts in the specified Domain.
Kernel: now MIME parser accepts empty lines in embedded uuencoded files.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b4-4.1b6: composed All-Day events could be stored with incorrect dates.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b1-4.1b6: browsing a Calendar with events extending outside the "visible window" could crash the server.

4.1b6 07-May-03

WebUser: the Contact Editor is implemented.
WebUser: the Contact Group Editor is implemented.
WebUser: Address Books support Groups now.
Kernel: processing of ORCPT parameters has been changed. It should fix the problem with the new [RCPT] prefix processing introduced in 4.1b5.
WebUser: multiple Directory-type Address Books are implemented.
WebUser: the WebUser settings now include Contacts settings.
WebUser: vCard import is implemented (the mailboxsettings.wssp page).
HTTPU: if the Personal Web Site "freebusy.vfb" file does not exist, the module creates a dummy FreeBusy dataset and returns it to the client.
WebUser: the "in frame" option for viewing HTML message parts is implemented via the htmlpart.wssp file.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b5: the effective "Default Calendar Mailbox" setting value was taken from the "Save Sent" setting.
Bug Fix: RULES: 4.1b5: Server-wide Reply and Redirect operations could crash the server.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b5: the CalendarEvent parser was broken.
Bug Fix: 3.0-4.0: Misformed URLs for message parts could crash the server.

4.1b5 30-Apr-03

SMTP: the SMTP input module is redesigned.
CLI: the GETEFFECTIVEWEBUSER command is implemented.
MAPI: the MAPI Connector 1.0.57 is included.
Platform: Solaris: the default "application directory" has been moved from "/usr/local/sbin" to "/opt".
Account Manager: the listMailboxes functions returns mailbox aliases, even if the search pattern is specified as "~myaccount/...".
Kernel: now From:/Sender: addresses for auto-generated messages have the "RealName" <address> format.
MAILBOX: the anyone@ special ACL name is implemented to allow users to grant mailbox access rights to all accounts in their own Domains.
WebUser: additional "sanity" checks for HTML code were added to disable <script> elements in misformed HTML data.
WebUser: the Trash and Default Calendar mailboxes can be selected now (for example, the "Deleted Items" mailbox can be used as the WebUser "Trash").
WebUser: the "Address Book" panel has been redesigned to provide access to "ACAP dataset", Directory, and Contact-type mailboxes. The Filter functionality is added.
Rules: now the EXECUTE action passes the headers added by other rules and actions to the external task.
PIPE: the headers added by Server-wide rules are passed to the external task.
TLS: session caching scheme has been redesigned. Old scheme was not properly releasing unused TLS session data under heavy TLS load.
Foundation: the PKCS7 "EnvelopedData" objects with non-constructed encrypted data elements are supported now.
MAILBOX: CLUSTER: now the virtual mailbox manager does not send empty UID ERASE commands.
CLUSTER: new log settings have been added.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b4: the MDNs were generated if an MDN request header field was found in an embedded message (for example, inside DSN reports).
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b1-b4: the Compose.wssp page ignored the initial To,Cc,Bcc,Subject URL parameters.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b1-b4: dates shown on the freebusy.wssp and calendar.wssp pages were shifted by one if the server time zone was ahead of GMT.
Bug Fix: WSSP: 4.1b1-b4: the CALENDARDATEMENU construct incorrectly formed non-ASCII elements.

4.1b4 18-Apr-03

WebUser: now when users are disconnected from the server, they can login again and resume their work. The "disconnect.wssp" page is removed, the "login.wssp" page has been modified.
Kernel: the MDN generator is implemented.
WebUser: the MDN setting (Never, Manual, Auto) is implemented.
WebUser: the DisableIPWatch and DisableUseCookie options are added to the login.wssp page.
The All-Domain Aliases settings are moved from the Local module settings to the Router settings.
CLI: The GETROUTERSETTINGS and SETROUTERSETTINGS commands are implemented.
QUEUE: the Outgoing Flow Control option is implemented (to block your own spammer users).
Foundation: OS/2: timezone processing has been changed.
Directory Integration: now the "cn" and "sn" attributes are generated as non-empty strings, to allow integration with OpenLDAP and other LDAP servers.
Events: now the special symbol combination "^2" can be used to include the actual SNMP element value into the event messages.
CLI: the [GET|SET][SERVER|CLUSTER]WebUserDefaults commands are documented.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.1b3: opening the Mailbox Management page could crash the server.
Bug Fix: Calendar: normalizing empty FreeBusy data could crash the server.
Bug Fix: IMAP: when searching foreign accounts with "special" INBOXes, the INBOX name was returned without the "foreign account" prefix.
Bug Fix: WebUser: S/MIME: 4.1b1-4.1b3: signed letters on platforms with one-symbol EOLs (Unix) were composed incorrectly.
Bug Fix: Directory: The Remote Unit manager incorrectly encoded the trivial "TRUE" and "FALSE" search conditions.

4.1b3 11-Apr-03

Kernel: VCard objects are supported now (RFC2425, RFC VCard 2.1)
Kernel: algorithms used in "picture" comparison routines ("*"-wildcarded operations) have been improved.
Kernel: Calendar: the old (VCal 1.0) format is supported now.
WebUser: new calendaring options on the compose.wssp page.
WebUser: the mailbox.wssp processor now adds the "notText" element to messages with Content-Type different from "text/*" (so the "attachment" icon can be displayed).
WebUser: the settings.wssp page can be divided into serveral pages (settings.wssp, settings1.wssp, settings2.wssp, settings3.wssp), all with the same processing code.
WebUser: calendar settings are implemented.
WebUser: mailboxSettings.wssp: vCal/iCal data import is implemented.
WebUser: now the Free-Busy information is updated automatically.
HTTP: the Personal WebSite management page is renamed from Index.html into Index.wssp.
HTTP: the "freebusy.wssp" Personal WebSite page processor has been implemented. It can be accessed as http://server:8100/~user/freebusy.wssp
Migration: the MoveIMAPMail command now copies mailbox ACLs (if supported).
Kernel: on some platforms (BeOS) the OS could return an empty system name, causing "Internal Router Loop"s.
DEQUEUER: the "Warning" message text can be customized now.
CLI: the ROUTE command now has an optional "MAIL" parameter.
Bug Fix: 4.1b2: WebAdmin: some "Domains" realm links were not working.
Bug Fix: 4.1b2: WebAdmin: the Template page crashed the server if the Account Template did not have any "Initial Mailboxes".
Bug Fix: PIPE: 3.4-4.0x: if a submitted file had the Envelope-ID header field, the message header was corrupted.

4.1b2 26-Mar-03

WebUser: when the Alerts page is displayed instead of some other page, the Alerts page now returns back to that page.
Protection: a new option is added to specify if a special Header field should be added to messages from blacklisted addresses, or if those messages should be rejected.
SMTP: the "temporary blacklist" is implemented.
SMTP: the Disconnect Sender options are implemented.
RULES: the Header Field condition can use the "in" and "not in" operations.
RULES: the Domain-wide Rules are implemented.
RULES: the Source Rule condition is implemented (and documented).
CLI: GETDOMAINRULES and SETDOMAINRULES commands are implemented.
WebUser: the "generic mailbox" Web Application code now detects the X-Color message header fields and places them into the "color" element of message dictionaries. This feature can be used to highlight certain messages in mailboxes.
WebAdmin: now the Account Template page allows you to specify "classes" for automatically created mailboxes.
WebAdmin: the Account Template and Account Default page references have been changed.
ACCOUNT: now when an Account is being renamed or removed, all WebUser sessions with that account are closed first.
WebUser: the "Use Cookies" option (WebUser Preferences setting) is implemented.
MAPI: the 1.0.53 version of the MAPI Connector is included.
Bug Fix: 3.5x-4.0x: WSSP: the ISINDEX function call caused parser errors.
Bug Fix: 3.1x-4.0x: ACAP: responses for multi-value entries contained excessive space symbols.
Bug Fix: 4.1b1: WebUser: an attempt to store an Event with an empty Summary field could crash the server.
Bug Fix: 4.1b1: WebAdmin: the AccessRights.html page code incorrectly processed account names.
Bug Fix: 4.1b1: RPOP: the "Leave" record parameter value could be displayed incorrectly.

4.1b1 16-Mar-03

The old (pre-Skins) WebUser Interface has been phased out.
WebUser: now the "Edit Draft" operation processes attachments in the draft message.
WebUser: the Calendar.wssp page is implemented.
WebUser: Mailboxes.wssp: the "folder class" menu is implemented.
WebUser: the calendarpart.wssp message part viewer page is implemented.
WebUser: Message.wssp: the Calendar Event operations (Accept/Decline, Update Calendar, Remove from Calendar) are implemented.
WebUser: the compose.wssp page can create and update Events.
WebUser: HTML->WML message body translation is implemented.
WebAdmin: the General->Spelling page with spell checker settings is added.
WebUser: spellchecker functions have been added to the compose.wssp page.
SMTP: the Default IP Address setting is implemented.
WSSP: the "ISEVEN" function is implemented.
Foundation: Unix: now the fsync()/fdatasync() call is used to flush "rewritten" files to disk.
LDAP: the "LDAP" 'service' is added to the set of Account/Domain services.
CLUSTER: LDAP: the account-based BIND operation can now be used in a Cluster.
MAILBOX: renaming of mailbox X into X/Y is allowed again, if the rename operation does not involve submailboxes (renaming mailing list mailboxes into list achives).
SNMP: "trafficIn" and "trafficOut" elements have been added, the RPOP and LDAP elements have been added.
MAPI: the 1.0.51 version of the MAPI connector is included.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: IMAP/ACAP: login operation failed if the password contained non-printable symbols or symbols '\' and/or '"'.
Bug Fix: 4.0-4.0.6: RPOP: users could create new RPOP records with poll period smaller than the specified limit.
Bug Fix: 4.0-4.0.6: when deleting a Domain, the server tried to re-create an Index.data file after the Domain directory has been removed.

4.0.6 09-Feb-03

External AUTH: now the INTF command is always sent to the application as soon as the application is started.
WebUser: WML support has been extended. WML code has been placed into separate wlogin.wssp, whello.wssp, wbye.wssp, wmailboxes.wssp, wmailbox.wssp, and wmessage.wssp Skin files.
Directory: Suffix manipulation for "mounted Units" has been changed to support non-canonized DNs.
Directory: Local Units: now RDNs are not converted into lowercase before storing into the database.
MAPI: off-line mode supported, the Deleted Items mailbox is always mapped onto the user own Deleted Items mailbox.
Bug Fix: de-synching could occur when releasing a dataset file (such as an address book), causing server crashes.
Bug Fix: WebADMIN: an EXTFILTER could be renamed with a trailing space in the new name, and then that filter could not be removed.
Bug Fix: the sendmail program could loop when renaming a .tmp file into a .sub file.

4.0.5 10-Jan-03

Rules, PIPE: the addresses added to the command line with the [RETPATH] and [RCPT] headers are enclosed in double quotes now.
WebUser: WML-related sections were added to .wssp files and wssp processors.
Bug Fix: Rules: 4.0.4: the charset verificiation utility could enter an infinite loop.

4.0.4 08-Jan-03

HTTP: CGI: the HTTPS environment variable (with the value "on") is added if the connection is made via the SSL/TLS protcool.
Directory: RDNs containing the quote mark and comma symbols are supported in Local Units now.
WSSP: the HTMLUTF8: prefix is implemented.
WebAdmin: now domain administrators can login using non-qualified aliases.
MAPI: MAPI Connection v1.0.43 is released.
Bug Fix: HTTP: CGI: if the port number was not specified in the URL coming via an HTTPS connection, the SERVER_PORT envir-element was set to "80" (instead of "443").
Bug Fix: Skins: the "stock" Rules.wssp page did not contain the value "9" in the Rule Priority menu.
Bug Fix: LIST: 4.0b-4.0.3: moderated subscriptions did not work (because the X-LIST-Report: header was added to pending requests).
Bug Fix: Admin: 4.0.3: the Reject Queued Message function could crash the server if the message was enqueued into several queues.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.0b2-4.0.3: viewing a letter with a zero-length text/plain part could crash the server.
Bug Fix: WebUser: clicking Update on the Rules.wssp page removed rules with non-ASCII names if the page was not displayed in the UTF-8 charset.
Bug Fix: WebUser: S/MIME: importing a PKS file w/o a signature could crash the server.
Bug Fix: External Filter: the server reported its supported Interface version as "1", while it should be "2".

4.0.3 16-Dec-02

WebAmin: the Reject Queued Message function is implemented.
IMAP: the nesting depth of SEARCH expressions is now limited (to 30) to avoid stack overflows when processing extremely complex SEARCH expressions.
IMAP: mailbox access mode for the FETCH operations has changed to avoid resource locking when an IMAP connection is broken.
Bug Fix: WebAdmin: 4.0.2: the Domain List limit and Object List limit settings always had the same value.
Bug Fix: WebAdmin: 4.0-4.0.1: the Domain Admin entrance page displayed only one "Other Domain".
Bug Fix: CLI: 4.0-4.0.2: the GETSUBSCRIBERINFO command did not return the "mode" data.
Bug Fix: SECURITY: 4.0b-4.0.2: WebUser Interface: some file-path check routines incorrectly checked for the ".." path elements thus providing access to files outside the target directory.

4.0.2 26-Nov-02

Security: the MSN SASL method is implemented.
WebAdmin: the Admin Preferences for the Domain List page are implemented.
WebUser: RC2-CBC is now used as the default S/MIME encryption cipher (to support older versions of Netscape).
Charsets: ISO-8859-10 and ISO-8859-15 charsets are supported now.
MAPI: the basic "off-line mode" is implemented.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.0-4.0.1: the webSiteEnabled session element was not set if the WebSite quota was set to "unlimited".
Bug Fix: WebAdmin: 4.0b4-4.0.1: the Refresh Rate for WebUser Sessions monitor could not be set via WebAdmin.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 4.0b8-4.0.1: embedded images were not displayed in the HTML texts inside multipart/related messages.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: specifying '*' as the forwarding host (to relay mail via frontends) did not always work (the port number was not set).
Bug Fix: Log: 1.0-4.0.1: certain "unusual" data elements could cause the Log engine crashes.
Bug Fix: WebUser: 3.0-4.0.1: the "message open" procedure could cause deadlocks.

4.0.106-Nov-02

Foundation: condition locks are re-implemented for all platforms. Old implementation could cause excessive thread waiting times on an overloaded system.
Protection: DNR error codes can be processed with the Blacklisting by DNS option (making it possible to blacklist all hosts that do not have reverse DNS records).
EventHandlers: the Frequency parameters have been added.
EventHandlers: now events are recorded in the CommuniGate Log.
Skins: the DeliveryReport code and the .wssp file have been added.
Skins: the Notify when Read option has been added to the Compose code and .wssp file.
Mailbox Manager: the RENAME operation now automatically creates all "outer" mailbox folders needed to create the target mailbox.
MAPI: many changes and bug fixes (see the MAPI status page).
LIST: mail header composing routines have been changed.
CLUSTER: now the cluster-wide RFC822 Filters are not applied when a message is transferred between cluster members for local delivery.
WebAdmin: the internal Domain Administration realm has been changed to "/DomainAdmin/" to fix various URL access problems.
Bug Fix: S/MIME: WebUser Interface refused to send an encrypted message to a recipient with a longer public key.
Bug Fix: SNMP: HTTPAdmin module wrote its stat information into the HTTPUser data structures.
Bug Fix: SNMP: 64-bit COUNTER data in responses had the APP 1 type instead of the APP 6 type.
Bug Fix: RULES: the Remember From action could crash the server if no parameter was specified.
Bug Fix: MAILBOXES: in some rare situations concurrent access to a mailbox could crash the server.
Bug Fix: DEQUEUER: if a message had a pending request to generate a "delayed warning" report, and the delayed address failed/succeeded at the same time, the server could crash.
Bug Fix: Rules: ROUTE conditions could crash the server if an incoming message was rejected because it had "too many hops".

4.0 18-Oct-02

CLI: the GETSUBSCRIBERINFO command is implemented.
LDAP: binary data are supported now.
LDAP: if the "Substitute with uid in conditions" option is enabled, the "equals to" search operation ignores the "@domain" part of the search string.
Directory: Remote Units: binary data are supported now.
Directory Integration: now the userCertificate attribute is automatically stored in the Directory (together with the RealName/cn attribute).
CLUSTER: extremely large responses that cannot be read by a requesting cluster member are replaced with an error code on the serving member.
TLS: a workaround for programs that incorrectly send TLS data in the block-cipher mode (such as Exim MTA) is implemented.
EXTFILTER: the version 2 API is implemented: the ADDHEADER response code is supported now.
WebMail: Secure MIME certificate and key page has been reimplemented and documented.
WebAdmin: the Show Aliases option is implemented.
WebSites: now the default.html file is retrieved for all types of "directory links" (http://server/~user/dir1/dir2/).
WebSkins: several new SESSION dataset elements have been added.
WebSkins: the EmptyTrash HTTP parameter has been renamed into EmptyTrashNow; now it is processed for all session requests.
WebSkins: default charset processing has been changed.
WebSkins: .wssp pages for stateless requests can (and should) use the %%filesRef%% variable to form file reference URLs.
WebUser: the "use Letter charset" option is implemented.
WebUser: the Store Attachments (Files) function is implemented (the message.wssp page has been extended).
Kernel: Ukranian KOI8-U charset is supported now.
Statistics: the "Dynamic Cluster requests" SNMP elements have been added.
WebAdmin: Directory: the Browser can display non-ASCII data now.
WebAdmin: "disabled" RPOP periods are supported now.
CLI: the LISTADMINDOMAINS command is implemented.
MAPI: support for Outlook Rules has been added.
Bug Fix: LIST: 4.0b9: digest generator did not calculate the collected message size correctly, and could include too few messages in each digest.
Bug Fix: Domains: 4.0b7-b9: the Index.data file could fail processing the "removed" (tagged with "-") records.
Bug Fix: Skins: 4.0b9 "message part" application codes incorrectly processed charsets.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: the CREATEWEBUSERSESSION, GETWEBUSERSESSION, KILLWEBUSERSESSION CLI commands could fail in a cluster.
Bug Fix: External Program parameters were parsed with a wrong parser (adjacent quoted strings were catenated).
Bug Fix: S/MIME: signatures did not include all attributes required by some mailers.
Bug Fix: S/MIME: some signatures could not be verified because of an incorrect buffering technique used.
Bug Fix: S/MIME: signed and encrypted messages larger than 4K were composed incorrectly.
Bug Fix: images downloaded from Personal WebSites via WebAdmin Interface could be damaged.
Bug Fix: MAPI: Windows spooler could crash if the CommuniGate MAPI Connector was used.
Bug Fix: MAPI: embedded/nested Calendaring messages were processed incorrectly.
Bug Fix: MAPI: some composed headers were not MIME-encoded.
Bug Fix: MAPI: drag-and-drop text-type attachments did not work correctly.

4.0b9 07-Oct-02

New Platform: OS2/Intel version is released.
Foundation: many new cryptography routines are implemented.
Foundation: binary data can now be stored in directories, datasets, and other basic objects.
Directory: now when the Direct LDAP Provisioning is enabled, BIND operations can use the Account Manager.
Migration: now the MoveIMAPMail program supports the --byOne parameter.
Admin: the SMIME Access Mode option is implemented.
IMAP: message set and UID message set processing has been changed, to treat an M:N range as the N:M range if M > N.
ENQUEUER: the Hop Counter Limit settings is implemented.
Cryptography/TLS: block ciphers are supported now.
Platform: Win32: under Windows NT/200/XP "OS Log" messages are now stored in the "System Event Log".
Platform: OS/2: external program launching is implemented now.
LIST: digesting algorithm has been changed to avoid "message dropping" when the number of collected messages is higher than the digest limit.
WebSkins: message rendering is controlled by .wssp files now.
WebSkins: the HTMLTRUNCATED prefix is implemented. Mailbox field values are not truncated by the server code itself.
WebUser: Settings: the SecureMail settings page is implemented. It can be used to import PFX (.pfx) and PKCS12 (.p12) files with personal private keys and certificates.
WebUser: Message: decryption of S/MIME encrypted messages is implemented.
WebUser: Message: digital signature verification of S/MIME signed messages is implemented.
WebUser: Message: the "Take Certificate" function is implemented (you can now add certificates from signatures to the Address Book)
WebUser: Compose: the "Send Encrypted" option is implemented.
WebUser: Compose: the "Send Signed" option is implemented (it can be used to send digitally signed letters)
MAPI: the Windows Registry routines have been changed to avoid the "access denied" problems.
MAPI: the MYRIGHTS IMAP operation is used to check the user access rights for the selected mailbox.
MAPI: counters are implemented for non-IMAP mailboxes (Outbox)
MAPI: the \Answered \Flagged \Redirected IMAP flags are supported now.
MAPI: "voting" letters are sent in the TNEF format now.
MAPI: messages stored in the "Sent Items" mailbox are stored with the SENT flag.
MAPI: the Reply-To field is supported now.
MAPI: Outlook 2002: when a new Contact is stored, an RTF part is composed, too.
MAPI: the Sensitivity header field processing has been changed.
MAPI: Internal EntryID processing has been changed.
MAPI: "categories" are supported now.
MAPI: background pictures in HTML-formatted messages are supported now.
MAPI: mailbox caching method has been changed.
MAPI: when a submailbox is moved, the "+" indicator on the parent mailbox is removed properly.
Bug Fix: MAPI: multi-line MIME header fields were not generated correctly.
Bug Fix: MAPI: E-mail address and Display As fields were not stored properly in received Contact items.
Bug Fix: MAPI: empty Full Names could cause Connector crashes.
Bug Fix: MAPI: the "Mark All as Read" operation did not reset the unread message counter.
Bug Fix: MAPI: Notes and Calendar items were not transferred correctly.
Bug Fix: MAPI: 4.0b8: retrieval of other user free/busy information was broken.
Bug Fix: SMTP: 4.0b8: the new RFCWriter did not process the "Add Header" data correctly.
Bug Fix: RPOP: 4.0b8: could crash in the WebAdmin RPOP Monitor.

4.0b8 15-Sep-02

New Platform: QNX/Intel version is released.
New Platform: FreeBSD/Alpha version is released.
SMTP, POP: the RFC822 encoder has been redesigned.
Personal Web Sites: max directory nesting level has been increased to 6.
WebUser: the PublicInfo page has been implemented
WebUser: MIME->HTML converter checks for binary 0 symbols now.
Rules: the EACH ROUTE and ANY ROUTE condition processing has been changed.
EXTFILTER: support for multiple External Filters is implemented.
CLUSTER: now all inter-cluster connections are initiated using the specified "local cluster IP address".
CLUSTER: failover algorithms have been imporved.
The --closeStuckSockets command line option has been implemented.
Accounts: passwords in newly created accounts are encrypted using the effective password encryption method.
Bug Fix: RPOP: account-level records could become "abandoned" and the server stopped polling them.
Bug Fix: Account: the "oldest message" timestamp calculation routine was not properly used.
Bug Fix: the Rules.wssp page incorrectly processed "uneditable" rules.
Bug Fix: Events: Event Elements were not removed when their Threshold values were reset.
Bug Fix: Events: thresholds for counter-type Events were not calculated correctly.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: failure of a cluster member on a heavily loaded cluster could cause a deadlock in the current Cluster controller.

4.0b7 22-Aug-02

New Platform: HPUX/Itanium version is released.
RULES: "string lists" are implemented. The Auto-Reply Rule has been modified to send only one reply to each sender.
SMTP: the Recipients/Message setting has been implemented.
CLUSTER: SMTP: the "*" forward to option (meaning "to all frontends") is supported now.
Directory: the DNs of found records are now checked against the Access Rights. If the RDN is not allowed to be read, the record is not returned to the client.
Directory: to comply with RFC2256, the cn and dc attributes have been moved from the organization objectClass to the communiGateDomain objectClass.
CLI: the SETPOSTINGMODE command is implemented.
LOCAL: now distribution to all@domain is prohibited for the messages with an empty return-path (to stop the "bounce mail distribution" attacks.
Admin: the MAPI Connections setting has been added to the Limits panel on the Domain Settings page.
WebAdmin: now the Server Up-Time is displayed on the Settings -> General page.
MAPI: if a newly created message does not have a plain-text part, the RTF part is used (these RTF-only messages were sent as empty messages before).
MAPI: if a message has an HTML part, other parts are "disabled" (these messages were copied as empty messages before).
MAPI: non-system locales are supported now.
MIME: strings: the '\' symbol processing has been improved.
Skins: the default Skin HTML code has been "cleaned".
RPOP: internal scheduling mechanisms have been re-designed.
Platform: the MacOS X package now includes the Uninstall.sh script
Bug Fix: MAPI: there could be a deadlock in the spooler, causing Outlook to hang when the Send button was pressed.
Bug Fix: MAPI: ITable interface bugs could crash Outlook.
Bug Fix: DOMAINS: the Index.data files have been processed incorrectly if there were account names starting with the "-" sign.

4.0b6 30-Jul-02

LDAP: SASL authentication for mail=accountName BindDN is implemented.
Charsets: data encoded using Korean charsets can be converted to and from the UTF-8 charset.
WSSP: the DATE:, DATETIME:, LOCALDATETIME:, DATETIMESHORT:, LOCALDATETIMESHORT: prefices are implemented.
WebApp: the "mailbox" processing code has been changed, so the Sent and Received column values are now returned as "date"-type elements.
WebApp: the "mailboxes" processing code now adds the "parent" element to the mailbox elements.
WebAdmin: now administrators without the CanCreateGroup access right cannot modify any group data.
WebAdmin: GROUP: several member addresses can be entered in one field now.
WebMail: now moving a message between "own" mailboxes (including moving a message to the Trash) temporarily disables storage quota checks.
HTTP: CGI: the SCRIPT_NAME parameter does not contain the "additional path" data now.
HTTP: CGI: now an external program receives the PATH_INFO and REQUEST_URI parameters.
IMAP: RFC3348 (CHILDREN extensions) is implemented.
MAPI: the version-checking schema has been changed.
MAPI: ReadReceipts are working now.
MAPI: now messages are always sent via the spooler.
MAPI: Win95 systems are supported now.
MAPI: Unseen message number calculation is improved.
MAPI: non-default text encodings are supported now.
MAPI: X-Mailer header is inserted into the composed messages.
MAPI: "simple" calendar requests are stored and transferred in the Outlook-compatible form.
MAPI: now the EXPUNGE command is sent to the selected mailbox.
Platform: the "application directory" for Linux systems has been changed from /usr/local/sbin to /opt
Foundation: the cryptography routines have been optimized to increase SSL/TLS performance.
Bug Fix: 4.0b: CLUSTER: failure to open an account on a backend server could crash the frontend server.
Bug Fix: the "copyMessages" Mailbox Manager routine ignored errors when it was copying large (over 1MB) messages followed by a smaller message.
Bug Fix: the "oldestMessage" info was not updated when a new message was added to a mailbox.
Bug Fix: SMTP: 4.0b5 could not open the Listener WebAdmin page.
Bug Fix: WebUser: the text/enriched converter did not replace single EOL with a white space symbol.
Bug Fix: MAPI: the "Remember password" setup option did not work correctly.
Bug Fix: MAPI: the Date: field is now composed correctly, using the current daylight saving time settings.
Bug Fix: MAPI: generated messages could contain empty bodies.
Bug Fix: MAPI: RTF EOL processing has been fixed.
Bug Fix: MAPI: iCalendar data now contains the UID attribute.
Bug Fix: MAPI: in some situations the Inbox mailbox was displayed twice.

4.0b5 08-Jul-02

Events are implemented (see the SysAdmin->Events section for more details)
HTTP: the module has been divided into two modules (HTTP Admin and HTTP User).
Admin/Directory Integration: the Public Info Custom Settings are implemented.
Admin: the MaxMailboxes Account Setting is implemented.
WebAdmin: the Threads Monitor has been implemented.
WebAdmin: the Access Monitor pages have been re-implemented. LDAP, FTP, ACAP, PWD monitors are implemented.
SMTP: the actual address of the blacklisted host is now included into the negative (591) SMTP server response.
SMTP: now the Send Secured and Hold Mail names can include the wildcard (*) symbols.
SNMP: the "AUTH" group of statistic elements has been implemented.
WebAdmin: name filtering is implemented on the SNMP Element List Monitor page.
WebUser: HTTP responses for .wspp requests now have explicitly specified charsets in the Content-Type headers.
WebAdmin: HTTP responses now have explicitly specified charsets in the Content-Type headers.
WSSP: now the Auto-signup component code can put Custom Attribute values into the new Account settings.
FTP: LIST and NLST command parameters (strings staring with the "-" signs) are skipped.
FTP: the CWD "/" command is allowed now.
CLUSTER: the account info is now displayed on Account list and Account Settings WebAdmin pages of all Cluster members.
MAPI: processing has been changed to utilize only one IMAP connection per client.
MAPI: new Read Receipts (MSN) are generated and sent.
MAPI: now the Setup program has the Install/Upgrade/Uninstall options.
MAPI: the Outlook Setup mode (Corporate/Internet) is detected now and the user is warned if the Corporate mode is switched off.
MAPI: Addres Book: apostrophes are removed from recipient names
MAPI: now the Contacts info is stored in the standard vCard format, too
MAPI: the X-MAPI-Message-Class header is now added to "special-class" message objects.
MAPI: Free-Busy information processing has been changed to support shared Accounts.
Bug Fix: EXTERNALFILTER: in 4.0b4: the INTF command replies where not processed correctly.
Bug Fix: the MIME parser could return negative part size values for misformed MIME messages.
Bug Fix: MAPI: message header encoding has been fixed.
Bug Fix: MAPI: quoted-printable message body encoding did not work correctly;

4.0b4 18-Jun-02

Foundation: Windows: OS privileges needed to enable external program termination are enabled explicitly now.
External Filtering: the API has been extended (the INTF command added, the DISCARD response is supported now).
Mailbox: the "oldest message" info is now stored in the mailbox meta-data dictionary.
MAPI: several minor bugs are fixed.
Admin: the Rename In Folder option is implemented. The "renameInPlace" attribute has been added to the Directory Schema.
WebAdmin: Login page for Domain WebAdmin Interfaces now lists "Other Domains" that this Domain Admnistrators can open.
Bug Fix: 4.0b3 could crash when checking mailbox access rights.

4.0b3 16-Jun-02

The Linux/Itanium version is released.
MAPI Connector is released.
Admin: the MAPI and TLS Account and Domain "Enabled Service" options are implemented.
CLUSTER: Virtual Mailbox manager did not read the UID information for appended messages. As a result the IMAP APPEND and COPY operations applied to virtual mailboxes did not return the extended UIDPLUS codes.
Security: the WebAdmin "Security" page now accepts multi-certificate CA Chains.
Security: the Advertise NTLM SASL Method option has been added to the Obscure Settings page.
SMTP: the Advertise NTLM AUTH option has been removed from the SMTP module settings.
Rules: now the Subject and From Name fields are MIME-decoded and converted into UTF-8 before processing.
WebAdmin: the Server-Wide and Cluster-Wide "default WebAdmin" pages are supported now.
LIST: now the ^I macro can be used in the Hello and GoodBye messages.
ALERTS: Account-level Alerts have been implemented.
CLI: the GETACCOUNTALERTS, SETACCOUNTALERTS, POSTACCOUNTALERT, and REMOVEACCOUNTALERT commands have been implemented.
CLI: the GETSNMPELEMENT command has been implemented.
WebUser: now Named Skins can be used in Stateless requests (such as login.wssp requests).
WebMail: the GBK charset is supported now.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: SMTP: successful client authentication did not reset the "blacklisted IP" flag.
Bug Fix: MAILBOX: the "Recent" flag was not always processed correctly in the concurrent access environments.
Bug Fix: the Big5->UTF-8 convertion routine did not process all Big5 symbols correctly.

4.0b2 02-Jun-02

CLUSTER: the GetAccountInfo CLI command is "clusterized" now.
MIME: search for body strings now works for non-ASCII strings specified in various charsets.
Security: the Advertise secure SASL Methods option has been added to the Obscure Settings page.
Directory: new Unit names are now checked for "bad symbols".
IMAP: now the GETQUOTA/GETQUOTAROOT commands can be used to retrieve mailbox store information for foreign mailboxes.
Protection: now "Unblacklisted" (White Hole) addresses can be specified using their DNS Names.
PIPE: now the module does not try to "fix" multi-line From: and Sender: header fields in submitted messages.
Security: the External Authentication API has been changed (see the Security section for more details).
Domains: now the Index.data file is kept in sync with the Domain Accounts (rather than created on server shutdown).
Domains: now the Index.data file can be stored in the "Index" subdirectory (to simplify symlink processing).
Foundation: Tru64: the system mode allowing 65000+ file descriptors is enabled now.
Bug Fix: IMAP: the QUOTA STORAGE responses now specify sizes in 1K units.
Bug Fix: IMAP: UID-based non-range messagesets were formed incorrectly if a message with the specified UID did not exist.
Bug Fix: FTP: the SIZE command could crash the server.
Bug Fix: FTP: the QUIT command was not process correctly after an unsuccessful login attempt.

4.0b1 02-May-02

FTP: the FTP module is implemented. See the Access->FTP section of the manual for details.
WebMail: the WML requests are supported now.
MAILBOX: the information about the number of Unseen messages is cached now.
WebUser: the information about the number of Unseen messages in now available on the mailboxes.wssp page.
MAILBOX/IMAP: additional extensions are implemented to simplify communication with the MAPI Connector.
CLUSTER: now users with the Require Secure Login setting enabled can login using secure connections to frontends.
RULES: the ^S and ^F macros are now implemented as ^S/^s and ^F/^f macros.
Router: update procedue has been modified to avoid crashes during Router Table updates under heavy load.
LOCAL: the Always Add the Envelope Addresses Field option is implemented.
CLI: the RELEASESMTPQUEUE command is implemented.
CLUSTER: SMTP: ETRN commands and Wake-up E-mails release queues on all Dynamic Cluster members.
HTTP: the OPTIONS method is implemented.
WebUser: the text/enriched format is supported now.
RPOP: the secure (TLS) option is implemented. The WebSkin, WebAdmin, WebUser RPOP files are updated to accomodate the new option.
Directory: LDAP provisioning now detects the unixPassword attribute and stores its value as a U-crpt'ed Password.

3.5.9 05-Apr-02

POP: the '#' symbol processing has been changed to allow re-routing of 'user#domain' account names into 'user@domain' names.
MAILBOXES: MailDir mailboxes under Windows are now opened in the Shared mode, allowing several clients to read the same message at the same time w/o the --SharedFiles option.
Bug Fix: MAILBOXES: deleting messages from MailDir mailboxes used by several clients could crash the server.
Bug Fix: PIPE: the 3.5.8 version incorrectly enqueued messages directed to the PIPE module.
Bug Fix: on some platforms timezone switches (such as daylight saving time switches) have not been detected correctly.

3.5.8 23-Mar-02

LIST: now the administrative message subjects can be specified in the List Settings. The Stock Skin listsettings.wssp file has been modified to include these new settings.
LIST: if a posted message does not have the charset specified, the Feed mode header and trailer are added to the distributed message in the List Preferred charset.
LIST: newly created lists now have the same preferred charset as the effective WebUser preferred charset for the list owner account.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: the HTTP Keep-Alive option enabled on backend servers could cause user disconnects.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: SSL connection proxying could pass incorrect data to the server, causing (mostly) IMAP APPEND errors.
Bug Fix: IMAP: under certain OS'es (AIX) the fetch command could return "syntax error" when it was issued for an empty mailbox.
Bug Fix: message batch enqueueing routines could cause crashes during the server shutdown procedure.

3.5.7 11-Mar-02

Protection: the Blacklisting by IP Domain Name feature has been implemented.
CLI: the LISTSUBSCRIBERS command now needs the FILTER keyword.
CLUSTER: now cluster members do not disconnect from the backup controller even if the failover transition takes more than 3 minutes.
CLUSTER: now the LIST and LISTSUBSCRIBERS commands can be used on any cluster member and they can deal with mailing lists in shared domains.
MIME: MIME header decoder now removes unencoded white spaces between encoded atoms.
HTTP: optional support for the Keep-Alive method is implemented.
HTTP: a workaround for Microsoft Internet Explorer browser bug is implemented.
LIST: now if the posting policy is set the "Moderate all", non-subscribers can submit their posts, too.
MAILBOXES: now the TextMailbox scanner can scan several large mailboxes at the same time.
Bug Fix: 3.5.6: MIME header encoding module did not encode spaces separating encoded atoms.
Bug Fix: 3.5.3-3.5.6: the "host queue splitting" operation did not properly release error message object and could cause memory leaks.

3.5.6 18-Feb-02

Bug Fix: 3.5.5: mailbox size check routine could crash the server if a message was being added to an empty mailbox in the "parsed" state.

3.5.5 14-Feb-02

LIST: settings are stored in the UTF-8 charset now.
CLUSTER: message object attributes ("trusted source", "auth-ed") are now sent to backends.
SMTP: low-level logging for incoming connections is improved.
Bug Fix: WebAdmin: the Server-wide defaults were displayed instead of Cluster-wide defaults for the shared Domain WebUser Prefs defaults.
Bug Fix: Directory: if no Unit existed, the Browser could crash the server.
Bug Fix: Skins: skin file uploading can cause crashes on heavily loaded systems.
Bug Fix: WebUser: the "HTML message cleanup" module could enter a loop blocking a WebUser session and its open mailbox.

Note: In a dynamic cluster, each frontend must be restarted (during or after its upgrade) AFTER all backends are upgraded.

3.5.4 03-Feb-02

HELPERS: time-out and auto-restart settings are implemented, the HELPER object internals have been re-written.
Skins: file upload algorithms has been changed, now CLI commands clear caches.
CLI: the VERIFYACCOUNTPASSWORD command is implemented.
LIST: if a list subscriber is a local account, the account password can be used to browse "subscriber-only" list archives.
WebAdmin: the Admin Prefs now can specify the default limit for the number of List Subscribers to display.
SMTP: reversing the channel after ATRN is sent now works even when the connection is secured using TLS/SSL.
SMTP: ATRN 4xx response codes have been changed to the values specified in RFC2645.
Bug Fix: SMTP: receiving ATRN over TLS could crash the server.

3.5.3 17-Jan-02

New Platform release: BeOS/PowerPC.
CLUSTER: algorithms have been improved to better handle situations when an account create/rename/remove operation is being executed at the same time when the account list is being built. For domains with more than 200,000 users these situtations could block access to hash tables for several minutes, causing cluster break-ups.
LOCAL: distribution rights for the all@ adresses are now checked before the account list is being built.
LIST: the "listserver" address processing has been changed. The new processing method does work in the Dynamic Cluster environment, too.
SMTP: the Relay to Client IP Addresses = simple option processing has been changed to check the original addresses, not the resulting, re-routed addresses.
SNMP: WebAdmin pages now display 64-bit numeric values.
Bug Fix: LIST: the "cleanup procedure" closed list owner accounts on the Cluster Controller, allowing them to migrate to other cluster members and lose connections with their lists.

3.5.2 05-Jan-02

Bug Fix: IMAP: 3.5b-3.5.1: the CAPABILITY response did not have a space before the first AUTH= parameter.
Bug Fix: Account: when a mailbox without submailboxes was removed using 3.5x versions, the mailbox size was not substructed from the account total message storage size.
Bug Fix: McAfee License Limit Expiration was not always calculated correctly.
Big Fix: LIST: subscription via the "listserver" address could fail because of incorrect confirmation string processing.
Bug Fix: WebUser: the last symbol of the "From" address was not stored if the MIME Headers option was switched off.
Bug Fix: IMAP: 3.5x versions did not support the UID EXPUNGE command.
Bug Fix: CLI: 3.5x versions could return improperly terminated strings in GetAccountLocation responses.
Bug Fix: Directory-Based Domains did not "see" their domain Skins after a server restart.

3.5.1 18-Dec-01

WebUser: the Expire header with negative date (added in the 3.5 version) has been removed, since it caused problems for old Netscape browsers.
Lists: the Dynamic Cluster Controller now tries to move the owner account to itself before creating a mailing list.
RULES: the Vacation Rule priority is not set to 2, to make the server apply it before the Redirect All Rule.
CLUSTER: the IMAP and ACAP backend login responses now carry the "Relay" flag.
Bug Fix: 3.5: the Directory Integration option "generate mail attribute" did not work on non-Cluster systems.
Bug Fix: WebUser: the Auto-wrap algorithm for "flowed" texts could cause crashes on some platforms.
Bug Fix: HTTP: the Redirect operation placed "http://" into the Location header even if the current connection was an https one.
Bug Fix: MacOS X (Darwin) package had a syntax bug in the "post-install" script.
Bug Fix: Viewing the "Queue" Monitor page could cause Queue deadlock.

3.5 11-Dec-01

POP: access to empty INBOX mailboxes has been optimized.
PIPE: Foreign Queue processing is implemented.
PIPE: [STDERR], [FILE], [RCPT], and [RETPATH] tags are implemented.
IMAP, POP: the STARTTLS/STLS option is seen in the CAPABILITY response only if the addressed Domain has the Security Certificate option enabled.
Account Templates: the Initial Message text now can start with the [charset] prefix.
Rules: now Reply and React texts can start with a [charset] prefix.
WSSP: the ROUNDSIZE: prefix is implemented, the mailboxes.wssp page has been changed.
WebUser (Skins): the directory processing has been changed, the directory.wssp and the sessiondirectory.wssp pages have been modified.
Directory-based Domains: Skin support is implemented.
CLUSTER: header fields added with the frontend Server Rules are now stored by backends.
Bug Fix: 3.5b9 incorrectly processed server-wide WebUser Preferences.
Bug Fix: 3.3-3.5b9 a rare deadlock situation (in all prior versions) could stop ENQUEUER and DEQUEUER processors if an administrator opened the Message Monitor page.
Bug Fix: 3.2-3.5b9 message file stored in the MDIR mailboxes by Cluster backends could be improperly replaced with file links if the Reuse Temp Files option was enabled.
Bug Fix: 3.5b5-b9: header composing algorithm for non-ASCII data could enter an infinite loop, blocking that thread and consuming CPU.
Bug Fix: 3.4-3.5b9: supplementary send-phase relay checking algorithms were not the same as the input-phase algorithms, causing relay refusals in some rare situations.
Bug Fix: 3.3-3.5b9: Directory: Local Unit: the delete record operation incorrectly checked if record children existed.
Bug Fix: 3.4-3.5b9: CLUSTER: the POP3 "relaying enabled" flags were not processed correctly on frontends.

3.5b9 17-Nov-01

LDAP/Admin: LDAP-based provisioning for regular domains is implemented (see the Directory Integration section of the manual).
DNR: the "search PTR records" operation is implemented.
SMTP: when message sending fails because the receiving host drops the connection, the message is re-enqueued (to avoid queue blocking for hosts that violate standards and just drop connections when they do not want to accept certain messages).
SMTP: input messages exceeding the size limit are received, but they are not stored in files.
Protection: the Banned Header and Body line settings are implemented. See the Protection section of the manual.
Protection: the Client By Name option is implemented.
Protection: the Unblacklistable (WhiteHole) Addresses list is implemented.
Security: now Certificate Signing Requests can be generated and new Certificates can be set without prior removing of an existing certificate.
CLUSTER: the cluster-wide Protection settings are implemented.
CLI: Banned Header, Protection, and Cluster Protection commands are implemented
CLI: GETACCOUNTSUBSCRIPTION and SETACCOUNTSUBSCRIPTION commands are implemented.
CLI: GETMAILBOXALIASES and SETMAILBOXALIASES commands are implemented.
WebUser: more tags and tag parameters are cleaned out from HTML message portions now.
WebAdmin: additional Monitor Access Rights are implemented.
DNR: additional settings are implemented.
DNR: requests to RBL servers are sent "quickly", so if an RBL server is down incoming SMTP connections do not time-out.
WebUser: now when Sent and Drafts mailboxes are auto-created, they are auto-subscribed to and the mailbox list is refreshed.
Bug Fix: 3.5b6-b8 versions crashed if an incorrect "LIST operation" address was used.
Bug Fix: 3.5b6-8: WebSkins: password recovery E-mail address was not updated if password modification was disabled.
Bug Fix: 3.5b6-8: WebSkins: custom Message header fields were not decoded from UTF-8 when a message page was being composed.
Bug Fix: 3.5b8: External Helpers: crashed Helper could cause Server crash if the Helper log was enabled.
Bug Fix: 3.5b7-8: LOCAL Delivery: some error codes could be lost, so no error reports were sent back when delivery to an account failed.

3.5b8 03-Nov-01

SMTP: the Advertise NTLM AUTH option is implemented.
SMTP: now when the module sends the STARTTLS command, it uses the SSLv3 (rather than SSLv2) "hello" operation.
DEQUEUER: more SNMP statistics elements have been implemented.
DEQUEUER: minor internal algorithm changes.
DIRECTORY INTEGRATION: Server-Wide and Cluster-Wide settings are implemented.
CLI: the [GET|SET][CLUSTER]DIRECTORYINTEGRATION commands are implemented.
CLI: the Skin Administration commands are implemented.
CLI: the GETCLIENTIPS and GETBLACKLISTEDIPS commands are implemented.
CLI: the GETWEBUSERSESSION and KILLWEBUSERSESSION commands are implemented.
LOCAL: if a message is delayed by a Cluster backend, the entire account queue is suspended now.
LOCAL: the SNMP statistics elements have been implemented.
CLUSTER: slave startup procedure has been changed to avoid problems on systems with a large number of shared domains.
SNMP: processing of "not-found" elements have been changed to match the SNMPv2 specs.
HTTP: the "SkinFiles" realm is implemented to allow Skin File retrieval without using a WebSession URL.
WebUser: auto-wrap algorithms have been changed.
WebUser: the autoWrap "flowed" option has been added.
WebUser: the charset parameter of message parts containing the ASCII-only symbols is ignored now.
Queue: the Web Monitor modules have been changed to display not more than 1000 items in huge queues.
IMAP: non-standard parameters of the Content-Type and Content-Disposition fields are retrieved now.
Foundation: thread priority routines are implemented.
Foundation: Linux: the STTask routines have been changed to avoid leaving "zombies" of killed processes.
Foundation: BSD: the STDictoryEnumerator routines have been changed to avoid directory-detection problems on NFS filesystems.
Bug Fix: Foundation: in 3.5b7 the setInetAddress routine incorrectly formatted IP addresses as numeric strings. This could cause problems in specifying IP addresses on the Listener, Cluster, and SNMP WebAdmin pages.
Bug Fix: SNMP: the value of parameters that changed their types in 3.5b7 from INTEGER to COUNTER was sent incorrectly via SNMP.

3.5b7 24-Oct-01

SNMP: the WebAdmin Monitor interface to SNMP data is implemented.
SNMP: the "total number of jobs"-type parameters now have the Counter data type.
SNMP: HTTP monitoring elements have been added.
SMTP: the Force AUTH option is implemented.
WebAdmin: Admin account Preferences processor has been changed.
Directory: the "search"-type operations now enter the subtrees stored on different Units.
CLUSTER: the Cluster-Wide Rules are implemented.
CLI: the GETCLUSTERRULES and SETCLUSTERRULES commands are implemented.
CLUSTER: the Cluster-Wide Router Table is implemented.
CLI: the GETCLUSTERROUTERTABLE and SETCLUSTERROUTERTABLE commands are implemented.
CLI: the GETACCOUNTEFFECTIVESETTINGS and GETDOMAINEFFECTIVESETTINGS commands are implemented.
CLI: the [GET|UPDATE|SET][ACCOUNT|DOMAIN] commands have been renamed into the [GET|UPDATE|SET][ACCOUNT|DOMAIN]SETTINGS commands. Old names continue to work, too.
WSSP: the EQUALS operation with a quoted-string argument is implemented.
Migration: the MoveAccounts program and its parameters have been changed.
LDAP: the modifyDN "newRDN" parameter was processed incorrectly.
AIX: build parameters have been modified to support 6000+ threads.
Bug Fix: WebUser: the number of selected messages for the mailbox.wssp page was calculated incorrectly.
Bug Fix: Directory: Remote Units: the Search operation returned "unstripped" DNs when the "Server Base" setting was non-empty.

3.5b6 18-Oct-01

Security: the login-disabling options protecting Accounts from Password Attacks are implemented.
RPOP: when retrieving mail from Unified Domain-Wide Accounts without using Special Headers, the module now checks that To:/Cc: addresses can be routed to a Local account (rather than just checking that they are directly addressing the Main Domain).
CLUSTER: Cluster-wide Default Domain Settings, Default Account Settings, Alerts, and WebSkins are implemented.
CLI: the Cluster-wide versions of the commands dealing with Default Domain and Default Account settings are implemented.
CLI: the Alert Adminstration commands are implemented.
WebUser: URLs for non-ASCII attachments are now composed in the UTF8 charset (to work with Windows Internet Explorer).
WebUser(WebSkins): the Address Books records are sorted now.
WSSP: the RANDOMELEMENT function is implemented.
Domains,WebUser Settings: non-ASCII attributes are supported now.
MoveIMAPMail: the --target option has been implemented.
Bug Fix: new (Skin-based) List Archive Browser pages did not have the correct charset specified.
Bug Fix: old (Web-User and WebAdmin) List Subscribers pages could crash the server if the list had the Require Confirmation option disabled.
Bug Fix: Skins: the default rules.wssp and rule.wssp files did not have the closing </SELECT> tag, causing problems for Netscape browsers.
Bug Fix: Skins: the webUserSiteIndex internal code routine misplaced the account name (was shown as an error code).

3.5b5 07-Oct-01

SMTP: the Wake up Now button has been added to the SMTP Settings WebAdmin page.
DNR: the new Custom setting allows an administrator to specify DNS Server addresses explicitly. See the SysAdmin section for the details.
WebAdmin: Preferences now work for Secondary Domain Administrators, too.
WebAdmin: the Charset parameter has been added to the Administrator Preferences.
WebAdmin: Alerts now stored using the UTF-8 charset.
Directory: spaces around the comma signs are removed from the DN strings
LIST: when archive mailboxes are swapped, the newly created archive mailbox gets the ACLs of the old archive mailbox
Mailboxes: the "Redirected" message status is implemented.
Groups: non-ASCII "real names" are supported now.
Accounts: non-ASCII "real names" and "custom attributes" are supported now.
Account Templates: non-ASCII "real names", "custom attributes", and mailbox names are supported now.
WebUser: the "Redirected" message status is set when a message is redirected or forwarded.
WebUser: renaming and remove mailboxes when the Show Subscribed option is enabled now renames/removes the mailbox and submailboxes from the Subscription list.
WebUser: now the Composer encodes non-ASCII attachment file names.
Bug Fix: the Save Sent Messages mailbox could not be set in the 3.5b4 Skins interface
Bug Fix: the 3.5b4 version incorrectly processed most non-cluster License Master Keys.
Bug Fix: Rules: if the Reply/Reply All operation parameter was specified with the "+" sign and additional headers, the Cc: headers were not processed at all, and Bcc: headers caused parsing errors.
Bug Fix: Mailbox renaming for non-top level mailboxes did not work with the "rename Submailboxes" option.

3.5b4 04-Oct-01

WebSkins are implemented. Now all domains that do not have files in the Account subfolder of the old custom WebUser Interface directory use the new Skins Interface.
LIST: additional subscriber address checks are implemented to avoid self-subscribing of the special mailing list addresses (-on, -subscribe, -off, etc.)
CLI: the SetAccountPassword command is implemented.
SMTP: the "send encrypted wherever possible" option is implemented.
RBL: RBL resposnes in the 127.1.x.x range are now recognized as "blacklist it" responses.
Migration: the utlity to simplify migration from the Post.Office product has been implemented.
WebAdmin: the /MainAdmin/ realm is implemented (see the HTTP section of the manual).
Directory: the CAChain attribute has been added to the default Schema.
LDAP: the Compare operation is implemented.
ROUTER: the parser has been changed to allow special symbols in the left part of the alias records (records like <FAX=*> = * can be used now).
ROUTER: now account alias records can be used for the Central Directory-based Routing.
Bug Fix: WebUser/WebAdmin: in 3.4b3 version custom file uploading could fail in regular (non-directory-based) Domains.
Bug Fix: In 3.5b2-3 the "Insert All" Directory Integration operation could crash the server if the Domain had at least one Group.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: renaming a shared domain did not rename Domain Aliases on all cluster members.

3.5b3 25-Jul-01

Many internal file-handling routines have been changed.
WebAdmin: Log settings can now be changed only if the Administrator has the CanModifySettings Server Access rights.
RPOP: now the Leave On Server option works with any types of UIDs remote servers present and the list of retrieved UIDs is preserved between Server restarts.
RPOP: the APOP option is added to individual RPOP records.
Local: the X-Special-Delivery: test header field now works with the Local Delivery module, too: messages with that field are not stored in the Account mailboxes.
Forwarders and Groups: processing algorithms have been changed.
Directory-Based Domains: Groups are supported now.
Directory: the mailListSettings and groupOptions attributes have been added to the default Directory Schema.
Directory-Based Domains: Custom WebUser and WebAdmin Interfaces are supported now.
Directory: the fileData attribute and the CommuniGateWebInterface objectClass have been added to the default Directory Schema.
Directory: the mailListSettings and groupOptions attributes have been added to the Directory Schema.
SMTP: a workaround for sending mail to buggy firewall relays is implemented.
List: the "Hide From Address" option is implemented.
PWD: when a user with the Server Settings access right logs in, the max input buffer size is increased to 1MB (to allow for larger data in the Router operations).
Bug Fix: WebUser: non-standard MIME content types and subtypes could be returned corrupted.

3.5b2 15-Jul-01

DEQUEUER: algorithms have been changed to avoid crashes when multiple DEQUEUER threads process the same message.
IMAP: the FETCH algoriths have been changed to avoid loading large messages into memory.
CLUSTER: the "virtual mailbox" code has been redesigned.
SECURITY: the SASL NTLM method now works with Macinotsh versions of Microsoft products (Outlook Express, Entourage)
WebSite: nested folders are supported now. The WebAdmin WebSite.html and WebUser WebSite.html and UserSiteIndex.html files have been updated.
ADMIN: now Domain Administrators can controll several Domains. See the SysAdmin section of the manual for more Details.
CLUSTER: now Mailing List Archives can be browsed via any cluster member.
CLUSTER: now the GETLIST and UPDATELIST commands work with any Cluster member.
CLUSTER: now the Create/Rename/remove operations for Forwarders and Groups work with any Cluster member.
STATIC CLUSTER: Accounts in Shared Directory-based Domains can be administered from any Cluster member.
WebUser: attachments in the AppleDouble format are displayed correctly.
SMTP: the TURN command is implemented to support dial-up client sites running Microsoft Exchange servers.
DIRECTORY: the folderIndex and adminDomainName attributes have been added to the CommuniGateDirectoryDomain objectClass in the default Schema.
Bug Fix: CLUSTER: WebAdmin: Personal WebSite administration did not work across Cluster members.
Bug Fix: ROUTER/DNR changes in 3.5b1 effectively disabled the SMTP RBL feature.
Bug Fix: RULES: the Reply/React operations in 3.5b1 incorrectly inserted the From:/Sender: header field.

3.5b1 06-Jul-01

Security: the SASL NTLM authentication method is supported now (this method allows you to use the "Secure Password Authentication" option in Microsoft products).
POP: the parameterless AUTH command is supported now (for MS Outlook compatibility).
Startup: Unix startup scripts have been modified to support a custom Startup.sh file in the {Base} directory.
SMTP: now the ATRN command is always accepted from non-client addresses (after the AUTH command).
Initialization: now garbage collector is activated during domain initialization, so systems with several thousand domains and 10,000+ domain aliases do not abuse VRAM on restart.
SMTP, RPOP, LDAP, Router: all settings that should contain an A-record domain name (such as the forwarding server name) can contain several explicitly specified IP addresses, separated with the comma sign.
LDAP: Start TLS (RFC2830) is supported now.
LIST: RFC2919 (LIST-ID header field) is implemented.
Accounts: the Date: header field is now added to the Initial Message when it is stored in the INBOX of newly created accounts.
CLI: the LISTSUBSCRIBERS command is implemented.
CLI: the WRITELOG command is implemented.
WebUser: the "Trash" mailbox can now be replaced with a mailbox alias (useful to create a "shared Trash" mailbox for several accounts).
Bug Fix: Cluster: the "addMessages" operation did not work correctly with Virtual Mailboxes.

See Pre-3.5 History.