What's New in MailStore Server

Please read the MailStore Server Release Notes before upgrading to the current version.

MailStore Server 4.6.2

March 15, 2010

• Note This server version accepts client connections from MailStore Client 4.5 to 4.6.2
• Improved In addition to license files, this version also accepts 25-letter product keys which are delivered by our distributors

MailStore Server 4.6.1

February 12, 2010

• Note This server version accepts client connections from MailStore Client 4.5 to 4.6.1
• Improved This version comes with a workaround for a bug in Exchange Server 2007 which, under certain circumstances, might cause problems when batch-archiving Exchange mailboxes.

MailStore Server 4.6

January 18, 2010

• Note This server version accepts client connections from MailStore Client 4.5, 4.5.1 and 4.6
• New Exchange Server 2010 support
• New Exchange Web Services support enables archiving of mailboxes in Hosted Exchange environments where the WebDAV protocol has been deactivated (e.g. 1&1 Microsoft Exchange)
• Improved Encryption of saved MailStore Server passwords improved
• Improved MDaemon email server support improved
• Improved Multidrop mailboxes: Detection of sender and recipient e-mail addresses improved
• Improved Significantly lower memory usage during archiving and search index rebuilding
• Improved MailStore Web Access can now be loaded into an HTML IFRAME
• Fixed Incompatiblity with SPAMfighter Exchange Module
• Fixed IMAP archiving: Under very rare circumstances, archiving stops because of an InvalidCastException error
• Fixed Due to a bug in OpenOffice, MailStore is unable to index OpenOffice attachments (loading uwinapi.dll fails)
• Fixed Existing but empty address header fields cause MailStore to display "Undisclosed-recipients:;" in the built-in e-mail preview
• Fixed Due to an error in highlighting, an ArgumentOutOfRange error might appear while scrolling through e-mail lists
• Fixed Possible Year 2010 problem in combination with non standards-compliant IMAP servers
• Fixed Under certain circumstances, a profile selection dialog might appear when restoring messages to Outlook

MailStore Server 4.5.1

December 2, 2009

• Improved Microsoft Outlook Archiver: Significantly reduced memory usage during archiving
• Fixed Under certain circumstances, too many e-mails are archived during Exchange Server or IMAP batch archiving

MailStore Server 4.5

November 30, 2009

• New Administrative tools: New administrative tools provide a better overview and offer new features such as a display of all users who are currently connected
• New Email preview: New features such as "Find in e-mail"
• New Backup: An integrated backup feature offers time-controlled backups to any drive directly from MailStore
• New Experimental: Use any LDAP server
• Improved IMAP/POP3 archiving: Emails from multidrop mailboxes can be assigned to their respective users automatically during archiving
• Improved Journaling: Emails with unknown addresses can be automatically assigned to specific archive folders
• Improved Active Directory: Only synchronize members of a particular group
• Improved New filter: Only archive emails older than a specific time period (instead of fixed date)
• Improved Significant performance improvements
• Fixed Minor Bug Fixes

MailStore Server 4.0.4

October 19, 2009

• Note This server version accepts client connections from MailStore Client 4.0 to 4.0.4
• New Detailled connection log for IMAP, POP3 and SMTP connections (in Management Shell, type "debug-conn" to enable)
• Changed New license conditions and terms of use

MailStore Server 4.0.3

August 25, 2009

• Note This server version accepts client connections from MailStore Client 4.0 to 4.0.3
• Fixed MailStore Web Access login might fail under Safari and Opera if .NET 2.0 Service Pack 2 is not installed on the server
• Fixed I/O error when trying to append email data to broken container files (.dat)
• Fixed Specific email headers can lead the MailStore Server process to permanently use 100% CPU
• Fixed CSV file for IMAP batch archiving is not selectable under Windows Vista
• Fixed Workaround for a bug in Exchange Server 2003 that can cause problems when archiving emails sent via ActiveSync

MailStore Server 4.0.2

June 24, 2009

• Note This server version accepts client connections from MailStore Client 4.0, 4.0.1 and 4.0.2
• Improved Better parser for date headers that are not standards-compliant
• Fixed MailStore Server does not start under certain circumstances ("CreateFile failed")
• Fixed MailStore Server takes very long to start under certain circumstances. (To benefit from this bugfix, please ensure that .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 or higher is installed.)
• Fixed Unable to connect to localhost on some IPv6 systems, depending on the "hosts" configuration
• Fixed Outlook archiver is unable to process messages with an existing but empty Internet Message ID (e.g. "<>")
• Fixed IMAP connection fails depending on the IMAP server implementation ("Argument out of range")
• Fixed MailStore Proxy archiver is unable to process delivery reports with an empty SMTP "MAIL FROM" email address

MailStore Server 4.0.1

June 9, 2009

• Note MailStore Client 4.0 is compatible with MailStore Server 4.0.1
• Improved Improved rich text (RTF) message support
• Fixed Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2 only: Direct PST archiving may not work due to a bug in Outlook. This MailStore update comes with a workaround. Installation of the Microsoft hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;968858 is recommended anyway.
• Fixed MailStore Web Access logon does not work with the Opera browser
• Fixed An error occurs while archiving Zarafa IMAP server

MailStore Server 4.0

April 6, 2009

• New MailStore Web Access - Archive Access via Web Browser
• New MailStore Client for iPhone and iPod touch
• New Batch Archiving of IMAP Mailboxes
• New NAS Support (Network Shares)
• New Auto-Creation of new File Groups
• New Archive Usage Statistics
• New Search Folders - Access Saved Searches via the Folder Tree

MailStore Server 3.0.3

January 28, 2009

• New Outlook MSG file archiving without using PST files
• New Storage on network shares. This is an experimental feature - please contact MailStore Support.
• New IMAP batch archiving via CSV file. This is an experimental feature - please contact MailStore Support.
• Improved Improved search index management and improved search index structure
• Improved Faster search over all user archives if searching for folder, date or email size
• Improved Native extraction of PDF contents works around problems with buggy Adobe components
• Improved Users can continue to use the archive while index rebuild is in progress
• Improved Progress is now displayed for long search operations
• Improved Scheduled Tasks: It is now possible to create scheduled tasks in interactive mode
• Improved Scheduled Tasks: It is now possible to create scheduled tasks with an empty Windows password
• Improved Commands not available to the user are now hidden
• Improved User management now displays the number of users
• Changed Scheduled tasks are now created under the current Windows account
• Changed Outlook special folders Conflicts, Sync Issues, Local Failures and Server Failures are no longer included in the archive process
• Changed Outlook and Exchange archiving: Flagged messages are never deleted
• Changed User name maximum length increased to 255 characters
• Fixed Active Directory sync may synchronize SMTP email addresses in the incorrect order. This may lead to authorization problems when archiving multiple mailboxes.
• Fixed Storage Locations: Local directories on the MailStore Server can't be selected if access to a drive has been denied
• Fixed Miscellaneous problems with search indexes
• Fixed Archiving does not work if the current container file (.dat) is corrupt
• Fixed SMTP forward does not work
• Fixed Scheduled Tasks: MailStore does not display task start errors
• Fixed Performance problems when calculating statistics (Server start page)

MailStore Server 3.0.2

December 9, 2008

• New Microsoft Outlook Integration (Add-in)
• New Standard users can search in all readable user archives
• New Group policy template for automatic MailStore Server login
• New Export to Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla SeaMonkey
• New Filter archiving by email date (only email before a specific date)
• Improved Higher performance when searching simultaneously
• Improved Improved processing of non standard-compliant email
• Fixed Scheduled tasks can't be viewed by standard users
• Fixed MailStore Client icon is corrupt when installed via MSI package
• Fixed PST Export does not create Unicode PST files (only ANSI)
• Fixed Misleading error message "Index corrupt, please rebuild." under certain circumstances
• Fixed During Server Setup it is possible to choose an invalid data directory
• Fixed Server Setup may fail under Windows XP without Service Pack 2 or 3

MailStore Server 3.0.1

November 21, 2008

• Note This is a bugfix release. It contains no additional features. Please install it only if you are a new user or if you are having problems with version 3.0.
• Fixed Delete rules are not applied when connected to a POP3 server
• Fixed LDAP Authentication does not work after performing an Active Directory synchronization
• Fixed IMAP, POP3 and SMTP connections are not closed correctly
• Fixed Error message if Message-ID is available, but invalid (affects File System, MBOX, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, Live Mail, Windows Mail and Outlook Express)
• Fixed Exchange archiving via HTTP(S): Error message "Invalid AllXsd value"
• Fixed User list is not updated after Active Directory synchronization (click on Refresh button required)

MailStore Server 3.0

November 17, 2008

• New New user interface
• New Significant performance and memory usage improvements
• New Significantly improved scalability when using with a large number of users and file groups
• New Single Sign-on (Windows Authentication)
• New New, improved Active Directory integration
• New Exchange: Batch archiving of all/multiple mailboxes of an Exchange Server with just a few clicks
• New Special Microsoft Exchange archiving wizard
• New Save and export email in Outlook MSG format
• New Archiving: Table View. Administrative view of the profiles of all users.
• New Wizard for archiving email
• New Backup and Export: Table View. Administrative view of the profiles of all users.
• New Wizard for email backup and export
• New Google Mail archiving
• New New Storage Locations tool
• New Commands for archive maintenance now invokable from the MailStore Client user interface
• New Export of the folder structure (Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Exchange Server and IMAP)
• New New MailStore Server configuration tool
• New Export of folders and subfolders directory from the tree view
• New Email Preview: Print via Outlook (if installed) includes e-mail headers
• New Email Preview: Copy to clipboard now possible from every header field
• New Email Preview: New quick access toolbar
• New Internal AES256 encryption of bodies and attachments
• New Administrative command filegroup-create-auto for automatically creating new file groups
• New New user management
• New Overview of all folder access privileges granted to users
• New Improved archive and export logs
• New New format for index files (higher performance and scalability)
• New Compact feature for freeing unused disk space
• New Creating new users is now possible directly from the email archiving wizard
• Improved Burn: support of a variety of new CD and DVD recorders
• Improved Exchange: Automatic Active Directory synchronization during the archiving process (Journaling and Multi-Mailbox)
• Improved Scheduled Task Wizard: Option to run the task every X minutes
• Improved Scheduled Task: Automatic default file name for log files. View all local protocols.
• Improved Backups created with version 3 can be restored by simply copying back via Windows Explorer.
• Improved IMAP, HTTP, POP3 and SMTP: Timeouts can now be specified when used together with slow mail servers.
• Improved Network traffic reduced when backing up or exporting to a network share and having synchronization enabled
• Improved Deletion of entire folders and subfolders is now possible if the corresponding privileges are granted
• Improved POP3, Windows Mail and Outlook Express: Deletion of already archived email if wished
• Improved Client: It is now possible to specify an alternate port for connecting to MailStore Server
• Improved Client: Improved behaviour during server maintenance
• Improved Client: If started on the server machine, Client checks for server startup problems and displays them.
• Improved Exchange: Better error messages as reaction of common HTTP error codes
• Improved Exchange: Journal archiving is now possible even when envelope journaling is not enabled and/or cannot be enabled.
• Improved MailStoreCmd: More comfortable interactive mode, Passwords now masked
• Improved Server: Higher performance thanks to new RPC stack
• Improved Outlook: Archiving of password-protected PST files (password field)
• Improved Server: Automatic recalculation of statistics after an unforeseen shutdown (power event)
• Improved Setup: New service controller starts and stops the server more reliably during Setup
• Improved Search over multiple file groups and user archived is now cancellable
• Improved Fast soft-delete is performed when deleting emails. Actual deletion is performed when compacting file groups.
• Miscellaneous Hundereds of small improvements and bugfixes.

MailStore Server 2.6.6

October 3, 2008

• Note This is a recommended update for all users of MailStore Server
• Improved Attachments with unsafe file extensions have to be saved on hard disk in order to open them
• Fixed Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008: The email attachment command "Open as" does not work as expected
• Fixed Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008: Open and save dialogs appear broken if a .NET service pack is installed
• Fixed Rebuilding an index aborts when a corrupt message is found in the archive
• Fixed Outlook: MAPIToMIMEStm error when trying to archive a broken message
• Fixed Outlook: Forwarding a message exported by MailStore might lead to a blank body in the forwarded message
• Fixed Outlook: Error message when trying to open multiple messages in Outlook at once
• Fixed Outlook: Error message when trying to reply to or forward a message open in Outlook 2000 or Outlook XP
• Fixed Outlook: When directly archiving PST files, the PST display name might be modified under certain circumstances
• Fixed Error message when trying to archive an email with an existing, but empty Message-ID field
• Fixed Right after logon, an error message appears for a few milliseconds
• Fixed Drag&Drop of attachments to Windows Explorer does not always work reliably
• Changed Exchange Mailbox: When using IMAP, deletion from the mailbox is automatically disabled if no folders are excluded to prevent users from unintentional deleting objects such as contacts and notes
• Changed Update check via standard web browser

MailStore Server 2.6.5

September 8, 2008

• Note This is a bugfix release. It contains no additional features. Please install it only if you are a new customer or if you are having problems with version 2.6.
• Fixed Connection to Microsoft Exchange Server fails under certain circumstances
• Fixed MailStore Client hangs when creating a scheduled task for Local System under Windows Vista
• Fixed Line breaks were missing in some screen messages
• Fixed MailStore Proxy Import: .mpr might not be deleted after archiving
• Fixed Some messages might have been archived with a date in the year 2020
• Fixed MailStoreCmd.exe writes "Session not found" instead of "Logon failed"
• Fixed Some minor bugfixes
• Changed Timeout increased for HTTP (WebDAV), IMAP, POP3 and SMTP connections

MailStore Server 2.6

May 5, 2008

• Note This release solves all known issues with version 2.5.1.
• New Exchange Public Folder Archiving
• Improved Context Help via F1 or help buttons
• Improved Exchange Journal Import now supports HTTP/HTTPS. Solves timeout problems that can occur with IMAP
• Improved Export to Exchange Mailbox now supports HTTP/HTTPS
• Improved Exchange Import: Automatic error analysis when the HTTP(S) connection fails
• Improved Better error reporting system
• Improved Better S/MIME support
• Improved Email List/Search Result: Sent emails are now marked labeled with "To:"
• Improved Active Directory Sync can now be run on Exchange users only (ads-sync parameter --exchange-only)
• Improved HTML body part is now indexed instead of the plain text body part if available
• Improved Wildcards are now possible at the beginning of search terms (e.g. *@contoso.com or *.pdf)
• Fixed File System Import terminates when the folder name contains several special characters (:)
• Fixed Two-digit years are interpreted incorrectly (e.g. created by old David versions)
• Fixed Storage Locations: Newly created folders might not be selected automatically
• Fixed Storage Locations: Change file group location -> Cancel deactivates the file group
• Fixed Error message "Font 'Segoe UI' does not support style..." when starting MailStore
• Fixed Open in Outlook: Subdialogs are not shown in several Outlook versions
• Fixed Open in Outlook: Error message "MAPI_E_USER_CANCEL" when cancelling the Outlook profile selection
• Fixed Open in Outlook: Terminating after showing "The digital ID can not be found"
• Fixed IMAP Import terminates if the IMAP server returns the same folder name twice
• Fixed IMAP Import terminates if the IMAP server does not return headers for a message
• Fixed IMAP Import: Error message "Unable to parse server response" when used with some non standard-compliant servers
• Fixed Exchange Journal Import: HTML-formatted reports (not emails!) can't be processed
• Fixed Exchange Mailbox Import: Email messages from "Sent Items" might not be marked as 'sent'
• Fixed Exchange Mailbox Import: Error message "mailbox is null" if the user name contains blanks
• Fixed TypeInitializationException when starting the MailStore service
• Fixed Outlook Import/Export: Focus problems (Windows in the background)
• Fixed Outlook Import: MAPI_E_INVALID_PARAMETER when archiving NDRs
• Fixed Outlook-Import: Email messages from "Sent Items" might not be marked as 'sent'
• Fixed Errors that occur while opening a file group are not shown
• Fixed Some S/MIME (signed) messages are not displayed in the email preview
• Fixed Thunderbird Import shows a warning because of not importable Online folders
• Fixed Index Options: The user list is not sorted alphabetically

MailStore Server 2.5.1

February 27, 2008

• Improved IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocol implementations reworked (better compatibility and error handling)
• Improved It is now possible to specify any Windows user when creating a scheduled Task
• Improved Better screen messages for the most frequent errors
• Fixed Exchange: Authentication might fail when form-based authentication is enabled
• Fixed MailStore is unable to import an Exchange Journal report if it does not contain a sender SMTP address
• Fixed Errors that occurred while importing an email message might be hidden under certain circumstances
• Fixed Copy Cmd button in Scheduled Task wizard displays the command line instead of copying it to the clipboard
• Fixed Email subject is displayed in MIME-coded form in the progress viewer and import log
• Fixed Windows service is registered with no dependencies and might not be started correctly while booting Windows

MailStore Server 2.5

February 13, 2008

• New Scheduled Tasks: Import and export scheduling now much simpler than before
• New Scheduled Tasks: Table view of tasks on the local computer
• New Advanced Delete Rules: All time spans can now be specified exactly
• New Advanced Delete Rules: Option to delete dependent on the email date
• New Direct archiving of PST files and export to new or existing PST files
• New Cut, copy and paste of import and export profiles
• New Option to turn off automatic exclusion of special folders such as 'Deleted Items'
• New Windows Live Mail import (experimental; official Microsoft API not yet available)
• New Email Preview: Open in Windows Live Mail
• New Email Preview: Print and Print Preview directly from MailStore
• New Microsoft Outlook: Archiving of IMAP mailboxes opened in Outlook is now possible
• New Microsoft Outlook: Archiving of message stores other than Exchange and PST
• Improved Significant performance improvements especially when launching MailStore
• Improved MailStore.exe file size reduced by more than 55%
• Improved Storage Locations: Statistics grouped by file group
• Improved Storage Locations: Recalculate statistics
• Improved Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey: Improved folder scanner
• Improved Microsoft Exchange Server: Improved compatibility with Exchange Server 2007 SP1
• Improved Microsoft Exchange Server: Improved screen messages and workaround of some Exchange bugs
• Improved Microsoft Outlook: Improved stability through the new MailStore Extended MAPI client
• Improved Automatic debug log of import and export processes. Display via report window.
• Fixed Microsoft Exchange Server: Timeout error when processing very large folders (> 10,000 messages) if server is under load
• Fixed Email export fails when processing certain non standards-compliant messages (Can't write multipart data. Boundary is missing.)
• Fixed Extended search for email size may not work. If the problem persists, rebuild the index via Admin Tools -> Index Options.
• Fixed Microsoft Exchange Server: some unusual email addresses are not detected correctly when using journaling
• NOTE Lots of minor improvements and bug fixes

MailStore Server 2.0

December 3, 2007

• Note Many features originally planned for version 2.0 were already included in 1.6.1 and 1.6.2 versions. See below.
• Improved Completely removed maximum users restriction. Max-Users limitation in the license file is ignored.
• Improved Drag&Drop of an EML file onto the import profile list imports this file
• Improved Drag&Drop of a folder onto the import profile list creates a new File System import profile with this folder
• Improved Drag&Drop of a PST onto the import profile list creates a new Outlook import profile with this file. Additionally, a new MAPI profile is created.
• Improved Drag&Drop of an MBOX onto the import profile list creates a new MBOX import profile with this file
• Improved Select Folders: Show effective folders after applying include and exclude lists
• Improved Select Folders: Option to add folders excluding subfolders to the lists
• Fixed Connection cannot be established when using IMAP-SSL (IMAP-TLS is not affected)

MailStore Server 1.6.2

November 21, 2007

• Improved If a text was found in an attachment's file name, the attachment itself is now included in the search result list (below the containing message)
• Improved MailStore Proxy / NST import now shows the sender and recipients of an email message which could not be assigned to a MailStore user
• Improved Exchange via HTTP/HTTPS: It is now possible to specify the mailbox relative URL instead of the mailbox name (e.g. /exchange/johndoe)
• Improved MailStoreCmd.exe can now be started without parameters (Interactive Login)
• Improved Import/Export: Profile lists are now sorted using Windows' regional settings
• Improved Extended Debug Logging for IMAP and POP3 connections
• Fixed User Info: The 'Password' button is incorrectly titled 'Change'
• Fixed Compatibility with various IMAP server implementations improved
• Fixed The contents of PDF files can not be searched when Adobe Reader 8.x is installed

MailStore Server 1.6.1

November 16, 2007

• New Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Import now supports HTTP/HTTPS (WebDAV). Solves problems that may occur by using IMAP.
• New No Spam Today! Proxy Support (automatic archiving of all incoming and outgoing email)
• New Index Options (Administrative Tools): Configure attachment file extensions; Rebuild user indexes
• New Built-in Support Command 'exejcfg' enables Microsoft Exchange Envelope Journaling (Disable with -d)
• Improved Improved LDAP settings detection (solves problems with Small Business Server 2003)
• Improved MailStore Server now writes to Windows' Event Log (e.g. startup problems, message deletions)
• Improved Server performs client version check in order to avoid unintelligible error messages
• Improved MailStore Setup now provides the option to start MailStore after installation
• Improved Redesign of Email Import Reports
• Improved Automatic download and installation of Windows Installer and .NET Framework during setup if desired
• Changed Exchange Import/Export: Combined domain, user name and password in one edit field.
• Changed MailStore database is opened when starting the Windows Service (and not at the first login)
• Fixed Fixed stability problems in Outlook Express / Windows Mail import (misc error messages)
• Fixed Dialog windows which appear during login place themselves behind the main window under certain circumstances
• Fixed Some German text was missing in the software (displayed in English instead)
• Fixed Exchange via HTTP/HTTPS (RC1): Connection initialization is slow and could lead to timeouts
• Fixed Exchange via HTTP/HTTPS (RC1): Error message that the version could not be read with some Exchange Server configurations (e.g. 1&1 Hosted Exchange)

MailStore Server 1.6

October 17, 2007

• New Automatic Archiving of all incoming and outgoing email via separately available MailStore Proxy
• New Active Directory Synchronization
• New LDAP Authentication
• New Export directly to IMAP Mailboxes
• New Export directly to Exchange Mailboxes
• New Delete Rules for IMAP Mailboxes
• New Delete Rules for Exchange Mailboxes
• New Delete Rules for AVM KEN! Mailboxes
• New Email messages movable between folders of a user
• New Optional transport-layer encryption when forwarding via SMTP (TLS and SSL)
• New Completely rewritten Outlook Express/Windows Mail Import module (Removed 3rd Party Dependency)
• Improved Improved Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Support
• Improved SSL Warnungs can now be disabled when importing or exporting
• Improved SSL certificate viewer can now be displayed to check certificate errors (Import and Export)
• Improved Improved display of non standard-compliant email messages
• Improved Much faster IMAP import initialization, lower traffic
• Improved Scheduled Task can now be run without displaying a DOS window (MailStoreCmdSilent.exe)
• Improved Improved Status Messages
• Improved User Information window improved
• Improved Improved handling of email messages with inconsistent line endings
• Changed MailStore Server Setup now asks for the data directory on every installation
• Changed MailStoreCmd: Switch -pkfp optional
• Changed MailStore Home Import not displayed anymore in MailStore Server and Client
• Fixed Removable devices (USB hard disks etc.) are not display unser Storage Locations
• Fixed IMAP folder structures are not displayed correctly in some cases
• Fixed The IMAP INTERNALDATE field is ignored. The date shown in MailStore may be incorrect in some cases
• Fixed Date and time of email messages copied from Outlook may be not displayed correctly in some cases