After 2 weeks of development, Atmail 6.0.8 is now available with additional features and optimizations.
Updating from a previous Atmail 6 release? Follow the simple steps to update your install in under 5 minutes.
The patch update includes:
Improvements:
- Calendar Server
- Updated to Darwin Calendar server 2.4 - Improved Calendar server performance and CalDAV features
- Full support for Mozilla Thunderbird via CalDAV
- Improved installation of Calendar under Ubuntu/Debian systems
- Calendar Client
- Improved remote-server detection of CalDAV server software
- Full client support for Bedework servers
- User-interface now includes Mozilla Sunbird subscription URI
- Webmail Client
- New session timeout page for expired sessions
- Added support for RFC2231 encoded attachment filenames (short and long attachment filenames)
- Revised handling of address in UI message list 2 and 3 pane
- Admin
- Added “External Accounts” in the List Users section
Bugs Fixed:
- Contacts
- Select/Deselect now disappears after menu action
- Improved translation handling in Javascript
- Correctly creates new contact in current selected group
- Now displays the address book email if no first or last name available
- API
- Improved security and protection against SQL injection attacks
- Added API methods for email aliases
- Calendar
- Restored Bedework server connection regression
- Fixed not displaying encoded CalDAV fields correctly (truncating at 66 chars)
- Fixed URL encoding on some Debian systems
- Calendar Server
- Fixed permissions on drop-in plugins for twisted
- Fixed regression for calendar user_xattr image size being set to 16Kb
- Now finds the correct python 2.6 to use on some systems
- Webmail
- Fixed new sort bug causing IMAP connection to select INBOX
- Fixed Search bug where number of open tabs was badly handled, search of selected folder now available from any mail tab
- Fixed Sent folder displaying emails as ‘received’ rather then ’sent’
- Migration
- Fixed incorrect import of SMIME settings
- Updated online documentation to reflect changes in scripts
With each Atmail 6.0X revision the software is been further refined with end-user and clients feedback - If you have any suggestions or ideas for the next Atmail patch please contact us and we’ll endavour to include your suggestions.
As a promotion for the new Atmail 6 version, we are launching an updated pricing structure to be more competitive and allow existing users to upgrade to the new release within budget. We have slashed pricing between 30-40% from the larger user licenses, and have made the entry level packages more affordable.
What’s the latest pricing?
ISP Server edition
- 1,000 user license - $1,500
- 10,000 user license - $5,000
- Unlimited user license - $12,000
ISP Webmail client
- 1,000 user license - $1,000
- 10,000 user license - $4,000
- Unlimited user license - $11,000
View the complete price list online and compare the savings.
Any existing Atmail customer wishing to upgrade, can receive a 50% discount from the listed price - This includes a full Atmail 6 license and one year of support and upgrades. Learn more from the Atmail 6 upgrade page
By using Atmail 6 you can offer your company or ISP an improved mailserver, Webmail and Groupware solution - Powered by the Zend platform and built using the latest Web 2.0 technologies.
This weeks Atmail update includes improved Webadmin support, tweaks to the installer, and optimizations for the Webmail interface. The release is a maintenance update and all users are recommended to upgrade.
Updating from a previous Atmail 6 release? Follow the simple steps to update your install in under 5 minutes.
This weeks updates include:
Improvements:
- Admin
- Webadmin supports local login bypassing the REST API - Solves Webadmin access issues for certain installations
- Can now select default Webmail view for new users ( 2pane or 3pane )
- Improved Webadmin Aliases usability for input and error checking
- Webmail Client
- Improved the recipients panel in the email composer - More elegant handling of addresses, tab support, and auto-completion
- Sent folders now display the “To” field of emails, rather then who sent them
- Swapped 2/3 pane active/disabled state icons and improved usability switching views
Bugs Fixed:
- Core
- Session timeouts now correctly redirect to login page
- Added MySQL PDO dependency checks to server-install.php script
- Contacts
- Now displays the address book email if no first or last name available
- Webmail
- Fixed SMTP authentication if defined in the Webadmin
- Fixed outgoing Message-ID to be correctly RFC822 formatted
- Correctly displays attachment indication in 2 pane view
- Switching 2/3 pane views now selects the correct refreshed folder in folder tree after view switch
- Fixed hardcoded MIME path /mail/ and CSS max-width for attached images
- View message: fixed i18n filename bug
- View message: fixed text/plain attachment detection for parsing
- Fixed pagination selecting incorrect folder and small javascript error
- Now correctly renders preview with multibyte characters
- Now handles internal failures to parse some UFT-8 address lists
Keep posted on our blog for next weeks update, which we will endeavor to include additional new features and port over existing Webadmin functions from Atmail 5. Native LDAP support via the Webadmin is scheduled to be included for next weeks update.
The development team of Atmail have been busy refining the new version with additional client and user feedback.
Our goal is to release weekly sub-point updates to Atmail 6 with additional features and enhancement until the new release matures. Within the next month, the weekly updates will be put on hold while we focus and develop the next killer features - Including the new Websync , SyncML support and enhanced groupware options using CalDAV.
Updating from a previous Atmail 6 release? Follow the simple steps to update your install in under 5 minutes.
This weeks updates include:
Migration:
- Improved address-book migration and mail-relay table import from previous Atmail 5.X table schema files
New Features:
- Added testatmail.php diagnostic script during server installation - SMTP, POP3, IMAP and Calendar services are checked for integrity post installation with an example account and user data.
- Server installation script scans if iptables is installed and prompts the admin to open any ports required for Atmail if blocked ( SMTP, POP3, IMAP, etc )
- Added support for the latest PHP 5.3
Improvements:
- Admin
- Improved Calendar server logging in the Webadmin Dashboard
- Improved installation of SSL keys during server installation for POP3/IMAP
- Calendar Server/Client
- Fixed shared user deletion when delegating calendars via the Webmail interface
- Fixed invalid relative href being returned on duplicate folder creation
- Can now enable and disable calendar service via the Webadmin interface
- Webmail Client
- Improved contacts interaction with Javascript and jQuery for adding and removing elements from a contact
Bugs Fixed:
- Admin
- User deletion now removes mail and calendar directories
- Webmail
- Now correctly renders preview with multibyte characters
- Now handles internal failures to parse some UFT-8 address lists
Keep posted on our blog for next weeks update, which will include LDAP authentication for the server-mode version, further Webmail enhancements and new Web-admin options.
With over a week of optimizations and enhancements from the last minor patch, Atmail 6.0.5 is now available. The main focus for the release is a production ready Atmail 5.X to Atmail 6 migration script, 2-5X speed improvement for the CalDAV server, and a host of Webmail and Admin enhancements.
If you are an existing Atmail 6 user we have simplified the upgrade process. Learn how to upgrade in 4 easy steps via the online documentation.
Below are the latest changes in the 6.0.5 patch
Migration:
New Features:
- Improved performance of Calendar server 2-5X speed increase, with Mysql cache and lookup optimizations
- Implemented DKIM in the SMTP server and Admin control panel
- DKIM rejections available via the Dashboard > Spam graphs
- Added Groupware and Shared Addressbook toggle on/off via Webadmin
- Search users implemented for Subadmin user
Improvements:
- Admin
- Improved structure of SSL certificates for IMAP/SMTP/DKIM in the Webadmin
- New “Upgrade Software” feature via Webadmin > License tab - Automatically update software versions for each new release
- Calendar Server
- Improved MySQL usage for speed
- MySQL table names using correct Atmail 6 name formatting
- Now handles invalid users in UserSession table
- Calendar Client
- Now caches event results more intelligently
- Improved CalDav protocol use - Login speed increased significantly
- Webmail Client
- Spanish, German, French, and Italian added to the login page for Webmail language
- Deferred folder totals update so that first view doesn’t take so long
- Caching implementation being revised. Message caching functional again
- Folder LIST caching implemented (combine with global caching still todo)
- Folder CAPABILITY caching implemented (combine with global caching still todo)
- Gracefully handle inaccessible messages with error
Bugs Fixed:
- Admin
- Fixed sql error when clicking a domain to get a list of users
- Implemented global $.php and $.ajax.beforesend and .complete events to add and remove the loading icon
- Migration
- Fixed bad usersession data not being imported correctly
- Fixed typo that meant correct language setting was not migrated into Atmail6 database
- Webmail
- Contact delete fixed
- Now does not display unusable options to external IMAP account users
- Implemented global $.php and $.ajax.beforesend and .complete events to add and remove the loading icon
- Improved Abook entry handling to prevent duplicates
- Made tmpFolderBaseName compulsory in returnPreparedMessageArray args to eliminate inadvertently calling without proper folder name
If you have any feedback on the Atmail patch, please contact us, or post a thread on the Atmail forum. We are aiming to release the next Atmail 6 patch on 8th Sept with additional user feedback and features ported from Atmail 5.
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