I just got off the phone with one of IMail technical support personnel.
They said that v 6.0 was very buggy. They are suppose to release 6.01
today. Admin beware. :) I'm sure this is why v6.0 isn't available for
download yet.
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James A. Tucker
CIO, InterVelocity Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"I am the asset!"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dustin Krysak
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 12:04 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Important IMail Server News - 6.0
>
>
> This is weird.... says the eval is not available... yet the site does...
> hope I am downloading V 6.0 right now ;-)
>
> -DK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Karp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: December 15, 1999 10:00 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Important IMail Server News - 6.0
>
>
> Dear IMail Forum Participants:
>
> Ipswitch is pleased to announce the availability of IMail Server 6.0.
>
> ==========
> IMail Server 6.0
> ==========
>
> 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,
>
> --------------------------------------------
> David Karp
> Product Marketing Manager
> Ipswitch, Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> IMail Server Version 6.0 Release Notes
>
> Ipswitch, Inc.
> http://www.ipswitch.com
>
> In This File
> ===========
> - Description
> - Installation
> - Uninstalling
> - New Features
> - Web Messaging Notes for Upgraders
> - Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Notes
> - Addenda
> - For More Information
>
> DESCRIPTION
> ===========
>
> 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
> ===================
> - 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
> ============
> 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
> =============
> - 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
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> 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
> ------------------------------------
> 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
> =================================
>
> 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)
> ==========================
> 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
> ========
> - 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
> ====================
>
> - 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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