Whats New in IMail Server v11

Based on requests from customers, this new version of IMail Server offers a simpler and more flexible messaging product family that includes the following: IMail Server and IMail Server Premium.

IMail Server version 11 comes equipped with all the things you've come to expect from IMail Server: low cost, ease-of-use, low maintenance, reliability, scalability, and versatility. Only now...it's even smarter.

If you have questions about any of the newer features of IMail, please contact us.

Highlight of New Features

IMail Mobile Synchronization

Users now have the capability to synchronize their mobile devices with their web client information to include e-mail, contacts and calendar events. Users can maintain their contacts and calendar appointments from either their computer or mobile device, and remain synchronized.

Outlook synchronization is also capable, but requires installing the WorkgroupShare Client. This enables synchronizing e-mail, contacts, calendars, notes, and tasks between their web client, Outlook and their mobile devices.

Default Mobile Synchronization Settings

• New IMail Server installations will have all mobile synchronization settings turned on.
• Upgrades will have the following settings:
  • System setting for Enable Mobile Synchronization will be turned on.
  • System Default User Property setting for Enable Mobile Synchronization will be turned on.
  • Domain Property setting for Enable Mobile Synchronization will be turned on.
  • Domain Default User Property setting for Enable Mobile Synchronization will be turned on (all new users will have the setting checked).
  • Existing User Property settings for Mobile Synchronization will be turned off, giving the IMail Administrators the decision of who is allowed to begin mobile synchronization.

The new Console Administrator has the bulk edit user capability, and can turn on this feature by going to the Domain > User List page, select all users and checking the Enable Mobile Synchronization.

Warning: It is recommended that Mobile Synchronization is not turned on for all users simultaneously, as the initial mobile download will put a high stress on your IMail system.

See the IMail Administration Help > System Settings for more details on enabling this feature. Also available for mobile device owners is the Mobile Sync White Paper.

Product Update

To allow integration for all users to receive the greatest benefit for mobile synchronization, Ipswitch has modified the Product Offerings. WorkgroupShare previously only offered with IMail Premium has the component necessary to allow mobile synchronization with Outlook to include e-mail, contacts, calendars, tasks and notes. WorkgroupShare and Ipswitch Instant Messaging has been integrated into IMail Server, obsolescing IMail Plus, and leaving IMail Server and IMail Premium. See new Table of IMail Product Features.

• IMail Server will now include Ipswitch Instant Messaging and WorkgroupShare.
• IMail Premium will include Ipswitch Instant Messaging, WorkgroupShare and Premium Antispam.

New IP Reputation by Commtouch (IMail Server Premium)

Ipswitch has integrated Commtouch's GlobalView™ Mail Reputation services into IMail Server Premium v11. By default upon installation the new IMailCommtouchIpRep service will be enabled (a wrapper for Commtouch's ctIPd™ daemon) and set to only logging. This default will need to be updated by your System Administrator to enable the full capability of Commtouch's IP Reputation daemon.

The Commtouch GlobalView Mail Reputation daemon (ctIPd™) is an embedded reputation engine with a small footprint. It is responsible for maintaining communication with the Commtouch Datacenter. ctIPd™ delivers reputation data to messaging, security and networking devices, providing an added layer of protection while saving valuable resources by enabling the messaging network to analyze and process requests before message reach the network. These querying devices post queries to ctIPd™ over HTTP, UDP, or RBL/RBL+ protocol requesting reputation data on source IP addresses attempting to establish SMTP sessions for sending messages to recipients.

See the Administration Help at Antispam > Premium Antispam, and Services > Antispam for more information.

IMail Console Administrator

Back by popular demand, the IMail Console Administration application has been rewritten with full functionality for handling all System Administration functions.

Note: WorkgroupShare (Collaboration) and Instant Messaging have been omitted, as separate Console applications already exist for both applications. Look for them at Start > Programs > Ipswitch IMail Server.

The IMail Console Administrator has the following new functionality:

• New Bulk-Edit User capability by domain for editing one or more users simultaneously.
• New User Interface to allow modification to current user Web Preference settings.
• New Domain Default User Settings (also available with the Web Administration).
• New Domain Default Web Preference Settings (also available with the Web Administration).
• New System Default Web Preference Settings (also available with the Web Administration).

New Web Administrator

The Web Administrator originally written using classic ASP has been rewritten to use ASP.Net 2.0 to provide better performance.

Note: Instant Messaging has been omitted from the Web Administration application, as a separate Console application is available. Look for it at Start > Programs > Ipswitch IMail Server > Instant Messaging Server

• New Navigation Bar for the Administrator. For all list display pages where there are too many rows to display on one page, there is now a Navigation Slider, Page Number and Total Count at the bottom of the page.

  

  • Navigates to the first page.
  • Navigates back one page.
  • Clicking on slider bar will also display the key name at the top of the page.
  • Navigates to the next page.
  • Navigates to the last page.
• New Domain drop down to easily switch domains. No longer will you have to go switch domains then return to the User Administration screen to modify user options. The following pages will have this domain changing capability:
  • User Administration
  • User Utilities
  • List Administration
  • Spam Filtering
  • Alias Administration
  • Attachment Blocking
  • Inbound/Outbound Rules
  • White List
  • Peer List

• New User Interface for System Trailer (also available in the Console Administrator) to maintain the system-wide trailer for both HTML and Plain Text.
• New Domain Default User Settings. Previously the System-wide Default User Settings page resided under the User Administration page, which confused users to believe it was a domain level setting. This situation was corrected by moving this page to the System Settings menu, and creating a true Domain Default User Settings page.

  Note: Domain Default User level settings override the System Default User level settings.

• New Domain Default Web Client Preference Settings. New capability to set Web Client Preferences for new users has been added.

  Note: Domain Default Web Client Preference settings override the System Default Web Client Preference settings.

• New System Default Web Client Preference Settings. New capability to set Web Client Preferences for new users has been added.
• New Domain Level Properties Settings
  • Enable Image Suppression for E-mail Messages. Set by default. This new setting will block all images from being viewed, until the link at the top of the e-mail message is clicked to allow the images to always display when selected.
  • Enable Javascript Removal for E-mail Messages. Set by default. This new setting will detect and strip any javascript found in a message.

Services

• SMTP has been rewritten using .NET for improved plug-in capability. The new SMTP service also has improved performance and stability for a better and more reliable mail delivery.
• IMail Web Calendar Service (old) - Will no longer be delivered with new IMail Server installations. The new Web Calendar does not require a service and directly accesses the database. Upgrading from an older version will not delete the old service, allowing continued access to both calendars.

Web Client

• Advanced Search enhancement for searching a specific date has been replaced with a fixed format date panel to accommodate internationalized date formats. This date, when selected, can be changed by numerous methods:
  • Selecting the month can be modified in two ways:
    • Typing the first letter of the month or
    • Use of the up and down arrows to scroll through the months.
  • Selecting the date with the use of the up and down arrows to change the date.
  • Selecting the year with the use of the up and down arrows to change the year.
• New Domain Level Properties Settings for the Web Client
  • Enable Image Suppression for E-mail Messages. Set by default. This new setting will block all images from being viewed, until the link at the top of the e-mail message is clicked to allow the images to always display when selected.
  • Enable Javascript Removal for E-mail Messages. Set by default. This new setting will detect and strip any javascript found in a message.

Fixes and Improvements V11

Web Administration

• All Web Administration pages with lists now have sort capability for the column titles.
• Renaming a Username on the User Administration page can now be done without editing the user.
• Changing a User's Password on the User Administration page can now be done with editing the user.
• New User Interface under User Properties page has been created to utilize new option of the Deleting Messages By Date(immsgexp.exe) for specific user mailboxes.
• Fixed Set Reply To to not allow "@", and also will reset usernames to actual username to match domain name change.
• Default User Settings has been moved to System menu, as it has always been a system-wide setting. Many users were confused with this sitting at the domain level, and assumed it to be a domain level setting.
• Domain Administrators no longer have permissions to update program aliases, under Alias Administration.
• Rename UserID for external user DB's now correctly updates the UserDir column, and renames the user's e-mail directory. About Box has been removed with all information transferred to the System Settings page.
• System > View Queue has been renamed to System > Spool Manager
• System > DNS Black Lists has moved the Log file setting to its own page under Antispam > Logging for better clarity. Console Administrator has a tab under Logging > Service Logging Settings for Antispam Logging.
• Antispam menu (Domain Level Spam Filtering) has moved the check box for Enable Content Filtering for Authenticated Users to the Domains Property page, for better clarity.
• External Rule files for Inbound / Outbound Domain Rules has been fixed to function correctly with the new User Interface.
• Password Strength a domain properties setting will now be honored when the IMail Administrator is adding a user.
• Corrected all issues with large Whitelists not loading. The new paging slider bar has corrected this.
• Corrected all ASP errors occurring when rules.ima files reached 4KB. The new paging slider bar has corrected this issue, and will now allow very large rule files.
• Web Calendar domain property setting "Enable Web Calendar" will now control calendar accessibility for all users at the domain level. Disabling Web Calendar in Domain Properties will remove the Calendar link in the Web Client.

  Capability to control Web Calendar usage at the User level is also capable. Enabling Web Calendar at the Domain level, allows the Domain Administrator to disable the Web Calendar at the User Property level. This check box "Allow Web Calendaring" is located at the Domain > User Administration > User.

• Creating a new list in List Administration now saves all settings correctly.
• App Log setting for IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and Antispam Logging has been removed. Should these settings be in place during upgrade, IMAP, POP3, and SMTP will be updated to SYSMMDD.txt and Antispam Logging will change to SpamMMDD.log

Services

• Default Mail Domain or IP has been removed from the SMTP Setting page, as it is identical to Default Host on the Systems Settings page.
• The following SMTP Settings options were moved to Queue Manager for improved clarity:
  • Tries Before Return to Sender
  • Max Tries for NULL Senders
  • Domain Name Server
  • Gateway Options
• LDAP Settings missing icon corrected.
• Broken Link corrected on the LDAP Settings page "Return to all Domains"
• Corrected Home icon link that did not work when in on a service page.
• Corrected "Help System" link that did not work at the bottom of page for all services pages.
• IMAP - Corrected issue where deleting a child and parent mailbox, the parent folder is not deleted.

Utilities

• Delete Messages by Date utility - immsgexp.exe has been updated with a new option "-f" which gives capability to delete old messages using a fully qualified path to a specific mailbox. For more details, see the Web Administration Help and search for "immsgexp".
• IClientUpdater.exe is a new utility designed for users that have multiple IClient web sites for branding purposes. This utility will search through all web sites looking for the IClient.config file, and will allow the user to update web sites that were created for branding.

Web Client

• Firefox and Safari - Corrected issue when entering text and pressing enter on "Search" is like clicking "Empty Folder". Pressing enter with the search text box selected will now run the Search.
• Fixed issue where the Header is broken due to a space being added in the Header, when used with Barracuda.
• Corrected web client timing out and user being returned to login screen.