Havent got my username and password yet :(
Phil
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From: "David Karp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:59:37 -0500
>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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