CommuniGate Pro History
2.1b1 25-May-98
- The RPOP module is implemented (retrieveing mail from external accounts via POP protocol).
- The XTND XMIT extension is implemented in the POP module. It cazn be used with Eudora to submit mail via POP connections.
- Bug Fix: the Domain options "Mail to Unknown" and "Mail to All" did not work properly on all Unix platforms.
2.0b3 11-May-98
- The first Linux version.
- The first Rhapsody DR2 version.
- Rhapsody: the default location for the Server software changed to /Local/Servers, the default location of the "base folder" is changed to /Local/CommuniGate. If you used the older versions under Rhapsody, move the "base folder" and delete the old Server software folder from the /System folder.
- Processing of the IMAP \Deleted flag is changed to confirm the IMAP standard. Non-standard, advanced processing is disabled, and it will be made available as an option later.
- Under Rhapsody DR2, the nameserver addresses are retrieved from the NetInfo database if the /etc/resolv.conf file does not exist.
- On all Unix platforms, the panic (STLog) messages are recorded in the OS "mail" syslog.
- The Web interface HTML pages are updated.
- Bug Fix: the HTTP processor could crash if the very first request resulted in an empty response.
- Bug Fix: deleting of folder accounts, domains and mailbox subfolders did not work in 2.0b2.
- Bug Fix: the "domain does not exist" DNR error was not processed correctly on all Unix platforms.
2.0b2 05-May-98
- Minor fixes in the Web interface. The first Rhapsody version.
2.0b1 27-Apr-98
- The CommuniGate Pro software is rewritten from Objective C to C++.
- The CommuniGate Pro software is not based on Apple/Next Foundation framework (Yellow Box) any more, the Stalker Portable Foundation Framework is used instead.
- Several minor changes in the IMAP protocol.
- Improved performance for extra-large (50MB and more) text mailboxes.
- Socket library improvements for MS Windows platforms.
1.0b4 08-Mar-98
- Multiple Account Domains are implemented.
- Hierarchical mailboxes are implemented.
- RFC1870 - SMTP "SIZE" extension support is implemented.
- RFC2180 - IMAP multi-access details are corrected.
- RFC2088 - IMAP non-synchronizing literals are implemented.
- RFC1077 - IMAP IDLE command is implemented.
- The Account Info databases are implemented.
- The Last Login Time, Last Login IP is stored in the Account Info.
- The IMAP UIDValidity / UIDNext functionality is implemented.
- The IMAP RECENT functionality is implemented.
- The POP LAST command is implemented.
- Independent UIDs for every mailbox are implemented.
- Sizes of folder-type accounts are calculated dynamically now.
- The marked/unmarked mailboxes status is indicated in IMAP now.
- IP multihoming is supported.
- Multi-domain support based on mutihoming is implemented.
- Multi-domain support based on @ and % symbols is implemented in POP, IMAP, PWD and HTTP modules.
- Bug fix: when the SMTP module was receiving a letter with a line starting with "." followed with an empty line, the Server crashed.
1.0b3 20-Feb-98
- The Rhapsody/Intel version is released.
- Now the SMTP module can open several channels when sending messages to one host.
- Monitor access priviledges are added. Logs and Queues panels require the Can Montiro privilege now.
- Queue monitor panel is implemented. It shows all the messages in the Server queue.
- Now the DNR module can repeat requests to Domain Name Servers.
- Now the DNR module can use several DNS servers.
- The POP and IMAP modules now remember the IP addresses used to make authenticated connections. The SMTP module considers those IP addresses as "Client Hosts" for 30 seconds.
- Bug Fix: the DSN messages did not have the "trusted source" marker.
1.0b2 09-Feb-98
- Various low-level issues corrected to fix the Yellow Box for Windows version.
- Bug Fix: the IMAP BODY[] commands (used with MS Exchange) were not processed correctly.
- Bug Fix: IMAP SEARCH date did not work correctly with MS Outlook clients.
- Bug Fix: IMAP module did not correctly processed UID-prefixed commands causing problem for some mail clients (incluing one from Netscape).
- Bug Fix: storing messages in an open mailbox that had been cleared caused a crash.
1.0b1 03-Feb-98
- The SEARCH BODY/TEXT IMAP command is implemented.
- Now non-EXPUNGE IMAP mailbox updating information can be returned in response to FETCH, STORE and SEARCH commands.
- Bug Fix: IMAP EXPUNGE responses could be returned for the STORE command.
- Bug Fix: The SEARCH KEYWORD IMAP command was not implemented correctly.
- Bug Fix: Account Enabled and Login Enabled options were not set correctly via the HTTP interface.
1.0b0 02-Feb-98
- The first public release.