Dear IMail Forum Participants:
Ipswitch is pleased to announce the availability of IMail Server 6.0.
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IMail Server 6.0
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IMail Server 6.0 is available for purchase via e-commerce, direct from
Ipswitch and through resellers. The evaluation version of IMail 6.0 is not
available yet; we expect it in the next few days.
If you have an active service agreement or purchased IMail Server in the
past 60 days, you will receive your copy of version 6.0 in about three
weeks. You will also soon receive an e-mail message with instructions on
how to download the software immediately. If you have purchased a service
agreement and have not faxed in the activation form, please do so
immediately. You will not get version 6.0 shipped to you unless we have
received your activation form.
You will need to purchase a service agreement to be upgraded from older
versions of IMail to 6.0. Visit our web site or contact your local reseller
for details.
Here are the highlights of IMail Server 6.0:
- Increased security, including SSL support for Web messaging
- New Web messaging features, including support for draft messages
- Updated, easier to use IMail Administrator application
- Fully customizable and localizable Web messaging templates
You can get more detailed information from the Ipswitch web site, from the
IMail Server manual (available on-line) or from the release notes at the end
of this message.
Thanks again to everyone in the IMail Forum for their suggestions and
support of Ipswitch and IMail Server.
Best regards and happy holidays,
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David Karp
Product Marketing Manager
Ipswitch, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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IMail Server Version 6.0 Release Notes
Ipswitch, Inc.
http://www.ipswitch.com
In This File
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- Description
- Installation
- Uninstalling
- New Features
- Web Messaging Notes for Upgraders
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Notes
- Addenda
- For More Information
DESCRIPTION
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IMail Server is an Internet standards based mail server
system for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 (Service Pack 5) and
later. IMail Server consists of a series of programs that
run as services on the Windows NT system, including:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service for sending
and receiving mail over the Internet or in an internal
TCP/IP network.
Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3) service to allow
POP3 clients (such as IMail Client and Eudora) to download
mail from the IMail Server.
Internet Message Access Protocol, version 4 (IMAP4)
service to allow IMAP4 clients (such as Netscape
Communicator 4.0 and Internet Explorer 4.0) to access mail
on the IMail Server.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 3
service for publishing user information in an LDAP
directory.
A List server for creating and managing mailing lists.
IMail Server can monitor any of these services, notify you
when they are down, and automatically restart a service.
Web Messaging lets users access their mail on the IMail
Server system from any Web browser on the Internet. It
also provides remote management capabilities for IMail
administrators. Web Messaging can also display banner ads
at the top of the Web Messaging mail screens.
Mail to Pager/Beeper lets you set up aliases on the IMail
Server system that can receive mail from a mail client and
forward it to preconfigured pager or beeper addresses.
NOTE: Also available as a separate purchase, the Mail to
Fax option lets you set up mail accounts on the IMail
Server system that can receive mail from a mail client and
forward it to Fax phone numbers.
INSTALLING/UPGRADING
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- If you purchased an IMail CD-ROM, insert the IMail Server
CD in a drive. If the CD does not run automatically, select
Run from the File menu, and then enter the CD path followed
by setup.exe.
- If you downloaded IMail from the Internet, run the
downloaded application, imailec.exe.
UNINSTALLING
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Use the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Windows NT
Control Panel. The following happens:
- IMail services are removed from the Control Panel Services
- Everything is deleted in the Windows NT registry under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Ipswitch/IMail (but does
not remove the Ipswitch key)
- Directories and files created by setup.exe are removed if nothing
has been added to them. For instance, if you haven't added any
users (and root never gets mail), the Users directory is removed.
Note: Removing IMail Server as described above does not delete the
IMail directory or the subdirectories and files it contains. To
remove these, you must delete them manually.
NEW FEATURES
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- User Interface
The IMail User Manager (regist32.exe), List Server
interface, Pager Client interface, Web Messaging Manager
(iwebmgr.exe), the IMail Monitor Manager (icmon.exe) and
the Service tabs in the IMail control panel have all been
integrated into IMail Administrator.
- IMail Administrator
- Threaded loading of users
- Deletes User directories and files when a user is deleted
- Displays total messages in the queue
- Displays individual size of messages in the queue
- General
- New install and uninstall procedures based on InstallShield
- All executables/dlls now contain a VERSIONINFO
structure. To view the version information, in Windows Explorer,
right-click the file, then select Properties. The "File version"
is the build date and number in the format YY,MM,DD,BBB; for
example: 99,11,29,19. The file version should match the file
date, though it may not. The "Product version" will have the
version number, major release, minor release and the build number;
for example, 6,0,0,19. The build number here should match the file
build number.
- List Server
- Delivery rules can be used for list-server mailing lists
- Password capability for subscriber and open lists
- Authorized posters list can be used with any type of list.
- Posts can now come from the name of the list rather than
from "List Server"
- IMonitor
- Now allows the administrator to adjust service
timeouts in addition to poll frequency.
- POP3
- Now supports APOP authorization
- Now supports access of sub-areas from both APOP
and AUTH secure login. This is done in the same way
as with the USER command -- username-subarea@virtdomain.
- Now includes a registry setting to change the service welcome
message
- SMTP32
- The "Maximum Size" setting for user mailboxes now
applies to the TOTAL size of ALL mailboxes in a user's
directory.
- AddUser command line utility
- Reimplemented the -l LDAP flag
- AddDomain command line utility
- Now handles upper or lower case flags
- Now handles '-' or '/' as delimiters
- Now handles parameters with or without spacers
between flag and parameter
- SMTPD/POP3/IMAP4
- Registry support for changing server welcome message:
To change the message, add a key (REG_SZ):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ServerKey
\Parameters\HelloMsg
Where ServerKey = POP3D32, SMTPD32 or IMAP4D32.
HelloMsg = the text you want displayed. The message
must be 400 characters or less. If it is over 400
characters, the default welcome message is used
instead. If APOP is enabled and the messages plus
the timestamp are over 400 characters, the message
will be truncated.
- Command line utilities
- An LDAP utility to populate the LDAP database (ldaper.exe)
- A backup utility to backup the IMail registry values (regback.exe)
Web Messaging enhancements for administrators
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3/TLS 1.0 based security
(Accepts SSL 2.0 Hello.)
SSL configuration and certificate generation
utility (SSLUtil.exe)
New template set with .gif and .cgi files
Old template set still supported
IWebMsg.ini is a new .ini file for the iWebMsg program.
It contains the ForceSSL and EnableKeepAlive
(persistent connection) keys.
Administration for delivery rules for mail hosts
System administrator can now administer lists for
hosts other than current
Support for cookies: users can save their User ID and
password in a "cookie" file, so it is sent automatically
each time they log on.
Support for "Expire Page Views" to prevent the browser
from saving views.
Configuration options for fine-tuning Web Messaging
server's performance:
- Support for persistent TCP connections between a
browser and the web server
- Thread pool. Application creates 64 threads -- defined in
iwebmsg.ini:MaxWorkThreads. Number of threads can be
increased or decreased by editing the ini file.
Enhanced ability to modify templates:
- Images for read, unread, attached message are now
from templates
- All buttons (in most cases, HTML syntax) are in templates
- All tables are now completely in the templates and they can
be fully configured (column ordering) by the administrator
- Options on Menu page are now in the templates
- Conditional tags: if-then-else/while constructs are now
supported in the tag structure
- Support for "include" tags that let you include a file in
your web templates. Files with .asp and .cgi
extensions are further probed for tags, else included
as is. Default path for include file is host's top directory,
but absolute (full) path can be specified. See references to
cs_help.cgi and sm_js.cgi for examples on how these work.
BUTONTXT.INI - button text file. This version supports
user-definable text for buttons. You can have different
button text for different domains. Copy this file to domain's
top directory.
Now supports 'urgent' messages (red dot)
Gif images for up/down rules
Display of current user count in user administration
screens
Web Messaging enhancements for users
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Support for mailbox searching in To/From/Subject/Content
in a selected mailbox or all mailboxes. Results of the
most recent search are preserved.
Support for deleting all the messages in a mailbox with
single button
Preference for previewing part of message body in a
message summary screen
Message summary screen gives visual indication of
current sort criteria or sort order
Easy switching between secure (SSL) and
non-secure mode
Ability to save unfinished/unsent messages in a Draft
folder.
WEB MESSAGING NOTES FOR UPGRADERS
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This version of Web Messaging contains a new set of
templates that incorporate the newer tags and present
a more uniform look. The new version of Web Messaging
expects a logout.html template. The old templates will
continue to work, except that there will be an
"Invalid Template" error on logout.
SECURE SOCKETS LAYER (SSL)
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You can check the following if you are having trouble getting
SSL to work.
- IWebMsg.ini should have EnableSSL=1 (ForceSSL=1 may
or may not be there).
- IWebMsg.ini is in proper windows directory (%WINDOWS%
usually \winnt).
- After changing IWebMsg.ini, stop service and restart it
again to have changes recognized by the application.
- Select "Allow Service to interact with Desktop" to see if
there is any dialog box from SSL.DLL like initialization
failure because of certificate or key file is not found.
If SSL.DLL initialization has failed, then
application will not continue.
- If application is running but SSL is not working,
EnableSSL is the only problem.
- SSL.CGI allows change from secure to non-secure mode.
If SSL is disabled, then changeover from secure to non-
secure is not allowed; hence SSL.CGI is not parsed.
- The private key file is protected using a password
specified in SSL Configuration Utility. This password
is required for decoding the key file while loading the
SSL server. This password is stored in the registry and
automatically retrieved during the loading process of
SSL Server. The registry path for IMail is usually
SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\imail\ssl. The registry
path must be correct; otherwise an error message is
generated and the files will not be created.
ADDENDA
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- In the IMail Administrator help topic named "Setting Mailbox
Directory limits for a Particular User," ignore Steps 5, 6 and 7.
It is not possible to "delete messages by date" for a user.
You can "delete messages by date" for a single user by
using the command line utility described in Appendix C
of the User's Guide It is also not possible to rename,
or refresh a mailbox as stated.
- Note that you can set delivery rules for hosts, lists, and users. Any
delivery rules set for the primary host will apply to all other hosts
that you create on your mail server.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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- Download the IMail Server User's Guide (.pdf file) from
the Ipswitch Web site:
http://www.ipswitch.com/downloads/manuals.html
- Note: You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the
.pdf file. You can also download the Acrobat Reader from
the same location on our Web site.
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