WebMail 5.41 Release - Changelog - Fixes and Enhancements

WebMail 5.41 is a patch release which resolves several issues from 5.4 and also adds support for icalendar import among a few other new features.

5.41 Release

5.4 Release

Firefox 3 Support

WebMail 5.4 includes full support for Firefox 3, embracing the most popular release of Firefox.

Includes full support of the Advanced XUL interface. Changes include Javascript tweaks to be made compatible with Firefox 3 and XUL interface changes for the Calendar and the mail interface.

IMAPs / POP3s support

WebMail now fully supports IMAP and POP3 via SSL. Provide your users a secure WebMail interface which can communicate to your existing mail-server securely.

SSL support is provided using the inbuilt openssl functions in PHP, providing a simple solution with no extra configuration on the admins behalf.

New Websync Version

The latest Websync for WebMail 5.4 now supports full synchronization of recurrence patterns in Outlook for Calendar and Tasks. In addition the Availability and Date-alert field are now added to synchronize to WebMail for Calendar objects.

Clients can download the new Websync utility. Existing users upgrading will need to remove the previous Websync and re-install.


5.3 Release

iCal support

The latest release of WebMail supports the iCal standard for exporting Calendar data created via WebMail.

Calendar data created via WebMail can be exported into iCal and used by Outlook, Apple iCal, or other standard clients.

This is the first stage for complete iCal protocol support, which will be further enhanced in future versions.

UTF8 folder support

WebMail now supports full UTF-8 folder support, allowing folders to be created with international characters and different languages via the WebMail interface.

UTF-7 IMAP support is included for folders encoded on remote IMAP servers - Bringing complete internationalization support for folder-names.

Vista Websync Support

The 5.3 build of WebMail brings Windows Vista support for the Websync utility for Outlook 2007 and 2003.

The Websync utility is a plugin for Outlook which uses MAPI, and can communicate to the WebMail server via HTTP/HTTPS. Full synchronization support is enabled, including shared address-book and calendar events.

Clients can download the new Websync utility. Existing users upgrading will need to remove the previous Websync and re-install.

New multiple Calendar support

The latest build supports multiple calendars, allowing a user to create a new calendar and share this between local users of the WebMail system.

This extends the traditional "Personal" and "Shared" calendars of WebMail, allowing the user to create their own and optionally share an entire calendar with other users.

Other Calendar enhancements include the ability to define the alert time of an event and the free/busy status of an event.


5.2 Release

Outlook 2007 Sync Support

Outlook 2007 support is now included for the WebSync utility, allowing users to synchronize their Calendar, Address-book and Tasks with the WebMail server and vice-versa.

The Websync utility is a plugin for Outlook which uses MAPI, and can communicate to the WebMail server via HTTP/HTTPS. Full synchronization support is enabled, including Shared address-book and Calendar events.

Clients can download the new Websync utility.

Recurring Appointments in Calendar

WebMail now supports recurring Appointments in the WebMail interface. This completes the inbuilt Calendar of WebMail to be a true desktop Calendar replacement, and running all via the Web.

Users can define simple patterns for recurrence, repeat the event Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly. Full advanced pattern support is included, modeled from the Microsoft MAPI Calendar documentation.

Advanced recurring appointments include specific days, rotation on specified period, repeat after X events, terminate on a given date, and advanced date patterns based on cycles.

Improved Simple Ajax Interface

The Simple Ajax interface of WebMail has been further refined, to bring one of the most lightweight and fully features Ajax WebMail interfaces available.

Over 20 changes to the interface have been included in the 5.2 release, including Autocomplete support for To/CC/Bcc based on the users address-book, improved HTML editing support, new font layouts, refined support for Firefox and Safari, and many others.

New WebMail API Framework

Realizing the importance of an extendable API to create "mashups" and functionality, WebMail 5.2 includes API calls to pull data in XML format for messages, calendar, tasks and address-book information.

This allows developers to create simple "mash-up"" plugins of WebMail, to show data from the application on external portals, web-sites and integrate WebMail with other software.

For example developers can use the API to list which messages are new on a users account via a system portal, display their address-book as a snapshot, show which events are due in their calendar, etc.

New Appliance Image

The WebMail Server appliance has been improved for the latest 5.2 release. The new update further enhances the admin experience for maintaining an WebMail server, without any need to use the command-line interface.

The current build improves on the server management, IP assignment for Ethernet ports, statistics and usage of server resources/memory, and improved ability to restart services and maintain background daemons using the Webadmin interface.

This build is available for the WebMail server appliance range, and will be made available as a VMware image for rapid deployment.

Automatic Dependency Checks

The new release includes a streamlined installation process for Redhat/CentOS and Fedora systems. Includes new automatic dependency checks on the server environment, with the ability to download and install missing packages required.

This makes the installation of WebMail much easier for Redhat based systems, an admin can simply install a base Linux system, and the WebMail installation utility will automatically fulfill and download packages required via the system 'yum' utility.

Unified Interface selection

WebMail 5.2 unifies the interfaces selection, bring the "Advanced"" interface for IE/FF into one option, a single "Simple" interface powered by Ajax, and a "Basic" interface for legacy browsers.

By default WebMail opens the WebMail interface in the current Window, and the Advanced interface has been improved for Firefox to not require popup windows to be enabled. Under the IE advanced interface, user can choose to enable popup windows for new messages and the compose panel.


5.1 Release

New Weekly View in Calendar

WebMail 5.1 includes a new 5-day work week view in the Web-interface. Allowing users to easily see their schedule for the week with ease. Drag and Drop supported to move events between days, and the shared calendar feature available to schedule appointments for other staff/users within the company.

Users can switch between the daily, week and month view of the Calendar all via the WebMail interface.

Calendar Reminders

The Calendar now supports event reminders with a visual notification on the Web-interface for appointments pending or overdue. Via the interface, users can click an event as complete, sleep to remind in 30 minutes, or delete the event from the Calendar. An improved visual overlay is included to bring focus to the overdue reminders from the calendar interface.

Improved Outlook Sync

The Outlook sync utility has been improved to support timezones, allowing the client and server to synchronize correctly if both are in opposite timezones. The address-book synchronization functions have been improved on the server, insuring complete synchronization with the WebMail interface


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