Just thought I'd save others the trouble of digging through the PDF
manual, and list out the new features here. Two things on my wish list
that DIDN'T make it (on the list anyway... anyone with the new version
in hand please correct me if I'm wrong): Custom e-mail trailer message
for each virtual domain, and automatic unsubscribe of bounced list
addresses (although there is a utility to check for bogus addresses...
unsure how that works).
The improvements to the web messaging appear to be substantial, giving
us conditional logic, table editing (!), and the ability to include
templates (without Javascript workarounds :) ). Get ready for some
REALLY nice web e-mail clients.
-Ron
Humankind Systems, Inc.
New in Version 6
Version 6 of IMail Server offers many new capabilities.
User Interface
� Unified user interface in IMail Administrator that incorporates
the former �Control Panel Applet,� �User Manager,� �Web
Manager,� and �List Server.�
� New install and uninstall procedures based on the InstallShield
technology
� New Web Messaging templates and new functions. See �Web
Messaging Enhancements for Users� on page 9.
� New IMail SSL Configuration Utility to set up Secure Sockets
Layer security for Web Messaging.
Lists
� Delivery rules for list-server mailing lists
� Password capability for open and subscriber list
� List of authorized posters can be used with any type of list
Services
� Support for APOP authorization when user logs on to their mail
account (or into a sub-mailbox) using POP3
� Determination of whether an incoming message is too large is
now based on total size of all mailboxes in a user�s account
� For monitoring of services, the administrator can now set the
time-out value, in addition to how often to check the service
� Ability to change the service welcome message for SMTP, POP3,
and IMAP to hide the mail server version and vendor. This is the
message the service uses to identify itself when it receives a
connect request. Changing the message may help protect your
server from spammer or hacker attacks.
Queue
� Display of queue now shows size of individual messages as well
as total number of messages
Command Line Utilities
� A list-checking utility to verify that the addresses in a list-server
mailing list are valid and indicate which ones are not
� An LDAP utility to populate the LDAP database
� A backup utility to backup the IMail registry values
Web Messaging, Administration
� Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security for the Web Messaging
server to protect communications between the web server and the
browser client. The new SSL utility includes the ability to
generate a self-signed SSL certificate.
� Enhanced ability to modify Web Messaging templates.
� New template set with .gif and .cgi files; old template set still
supported
� Support for �include� tags that let you include a file in your
web templates
� Conditional tags that support �if-then-else� and �while�
constructs
� All tables are now completely in the templates and they can
be fully configured (column reordering).
� Support for definable button text (butontxt.ini) for different
domains
� Images for �read,� �unread,� �urgent,� and attached message
indicators are now in the templates
� Configuration options that let you fine-tune your Web Messaging
server�s performance.
� Create a �persistent� TCP connection between the browser
and the web server (Keep Alive option) to reduce overhead
and increase response times.
� Create a �thread pool� reserved for use by the Web
Messaging server to increase performance by reducing the
overhead of creating and closing threads per HTTP request.
� Delivery rules for a mail host
� Administration of list-server mailing lists and aliases
� Online help for administration functions
Web Messaging Enhancements for Users
� Easy switching between secure (SSL) and unsecure mode
� Save unfinished messages in a Draft folder
� Delete all messages in a mailbox with one click
� Search for messages in a selected mailbox or all mailboxes;
search on text in the message body or a header field.
� Partial preview of messages in the message summary
� Message summary shows current sort criteria
� Support for �urgent� messages
� Cookie support � users can save their user ID and password in a
�cookie� file, so it is entered automatically each time they log on.
� Expire page views � prevents the browser from saving views
� Online help for e-mail functions
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