Jakub Klos and the team over at IceWarp have been hard at work improving v10x of IceWarp Server. Below you will find a list of changes in v10.1 and Jakub’s perspective on some of the new improvements. At the end of the blog post there is a link for those that wish to download and preview v10.1 RC (not for production). For resellers, IceWarp’s primary distribution partner in the United States is Deerfield.com.
.. in Jakub’s own words, here’s what new in the v10.1 Release Candidate:
Config - Profiles (Search, Easy Selection, GUI Enhancements And Simplifications)
The GUI has been greatly enhanced with a few cool features.
The menu.xml has been completely changed. A new structure and new behavior. Multiple sets of the left structured tree and also keywords. Keywords are used for the new Search feature. Any partner can now create an independent set of the left tree structure (make it only 3 nodes with one tab for instance). By default there are Advanced and Basic and just like in Outlook you can change them by clicking the buttons on the bottom.
The language selection has been removed from the menu and put to the status bar. This way any user can see instantly they can change their language and it is just much more user friendly.
Additionally some graphical tuning has been done. The user and domain tabs have been updated in the philosophy so that the first tab is simple as possible (admin must not be confused what to set in the fields). This means that some options were moved from the first tab to Options and others. This is specifically true with the user account. Mail and Options tabs were reorganized.
Groupware - Mailbox Quota Checked
Groupware finally checks the mailbox quota while working with attachments. It rejects any objects exceeding the mailbox quota and properly updates the sizes. If you are trying to insert a large attachment it will simply not let you. WebClient also handles the error codes properly.
Finally the admin has full control of their servers and there will be no mailbox quota violation.
Groupware - AddvCard - Multiple Objects Support
It is possible now to import or add a vcard object with multiple objects in it. Any system can export multiple vcard objects to a text file and Groupware will simply import them all with just a single click (in WebClient).
It was already possible to do so with vCalendars (Event, Task and Journal) and it is a breeze with contacts now.
Windows Search Auto Configuration And On By Default
Not sure if you people realized how great the new IMAP Fulltext search via WindowsSearch really is. It just works and any Body search in WebClient will output the results immediately. We decided to enable and integrate WindowsSearch by default. The reason is simple. Our server must be a working and complete solution right after installed. No additional tweaks or settings should be required.
So IMAP Fulltext search will be working automatically right after installed.
Archive - Deleted Messages
A new archive mode has been implemented. Delete Messages archive simply all deleted messages and nothing more. This is specifically handy if you do not wish to have dual copies of all emails (default Archive behavior). Simply, there is only one copy in the system with this mode. Either it is in your mailbox or the Archive.
Some users require this functionality instead of the default one. Me personally, I like the Received mode :). And yes, Archive is also on by default (both email and IM) for the same reason as above.
Intrusion Prevention for POP/IMAP
Some of you asked for a FR to support Intrustion Prevention for POP/IMAP protocols. Well, it was implemented and it is working. The whole feature was revised and redone from scratch. It is faster, smoother and more powerful now.
Routing - Sender / Recipient Conditions
The mail Routing feature has been greatly extended to support additional behavior. Basically, you can also make conditions based on the Sender. Originally, only the recipient was checked. Now you can also check the sender and make rules such as:
If the sender is from local domain A then forward all messages to a remote server B. Any similar scenario is possible.
WebClient:
Files Rename
Due to the reason that File objects are really files we realized it must be possible to also rename files in WebClient. So it was implemented and it is possible now. Not only you can upload a new content of SmartAttach file link but you can also rename a file and still it will be working.
I anticipate you all know that SmartAttach works over WebDAV and groupware File objects :)
Item Select - Search Support
Selecting an item already present on the server to be sent over email or file transfer (be it an email or groupware object) is easy as never. When browsing folders to select items you can perform search now.
It is very user friendly and brings a great experience to any user.
File Transfer - Send Mails / Groupware
The IM file transfer supports sending emails and groupware objects already present on the server. How good is that? You simply select an email you just received and the remote party will receive it. Or you select a contact and send it to somebody else without even using email.
WebPhone - No JMF Needed, DTMF Support, Better Compatibility
Another great news is that the WebPhone has been redone and it no longer requires JMF. Yeah. It is also more compatible with other SIP clients. JMF was really buggy so we decided to implement direct libraries for RTP and codecs.
Additionally WebPhone will support DTMF so you will be able to navigate in any call centre. This is really big.
Tab / Focus Support
Something many users were complaining for a long time. My dear Lukas has implemented tab support for all visual objects. You can easily press Tab or Shift+Tab to move to a next or previous visual object.
Options, Emails, Contacts or any other dialog easily supports the new tabbing. One more step to become perfect.
Confirmation on Exit
I was very surprised that some of you complained about WebClient exit confirmation alert. First of all, all major web email solutions do it and users should just logout first. Anyway, when I realized Lukas actually listened to these people and since then I accidentally killed my WebClient session like 10x a day I knew we had to make this an option.
As a result there is a new option where each user can set it to match their specific needs. You can completely suppress this functionality, have it only if mail compose is open or always (this one is for clumsy me :)).
Save Multiple Items (ZIP) - Mails, Groupware, vCard etc.
Another great idea by the webclient guys. It will be possible to select multiple objects (email, task, calendar or contact) and save them to a ZIP file, vcard (containing multiple objects) or vcalendar with multiple objects.
Very cool actually. A user can backup their emails or contacts just like that. One of my favorite features for sure :)
Active Sync:
Version 12.0 Compatible
Alex has been working hard for the last couple of weeks on the new ActiveSync v12.0. It is almost finished but due to licensing conditions with Microsoft it will not be released in 10.1 anyway.
So what new features does 12.0 bring?
HTML emails for Windows Mobile (other phones use raw emails so HTML was not an issue here)
Out Of Office
New Provisions
Other new features
I am very excited about HTML emails for my HTC HD2 actually. I have been extremely happy with HTC HD2, it is the best device out there. Especially if you tweak it as I did with mine (running latest Windows Mobile 6.5.5). However, reading HTML emails over EAS was not possible until now. It is really handy.
Supports Any EAS Device (WinMo 5.0 to 6.5, iPhone, Android, Nokia and others)
A little note about device compatibility. Our ActiveSync implementation supports literally any device out there. It cannot be said about other our competitors. For instance they only support 12.0 but iPhone only supports 2.5. Our solution supports all versions simultaneously and thus is compatible with any device.
This is something for you to realize and use it as an argument with your potential customers. To be frank I'm not sure if Exchange supports more versions of EAS simultaneously (probably it does) but I am more than sure that our competitors do not :). That is all I am trying to say.
That is all from me this time. You can see the list is huge and you hardly remember anything of it. We are becoming number one in the market.
Latest 10.1 nightly build:
http://www.icewarp.com/download/beta/icewarp-latest.html?type=nb
Take care.
Regards,
Jakub