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Announcing the BETA for the Upcoming Version of SmarterMail
Announcement by Derek Curtis - 10/9/2023 at 12:30 PM
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All,
 
Welcome to the BETA for the upcoming version of SmarterMail! 
 
We have a new blog post detailing what you can expect with this BETA, and what's coming down the road. Once we do, we'll update this announcement with the proper link. 
 
BETA keys are for Windows servers. We are planning a separate BETA period for SmarterMail on Linux in the coming months. 

Disclaimer
SmarterMail BETA releases can be downgraded, but you must be on SmarterMail Build 8495 (Apr. 5, 2023) or higher. 
 
Installing the BETA
When a new build is available, we will post an update below. Scroll to the bottom of this thread to find the latest BETA build available. 

When using the MSI (manual installer) you will need to install the ASP.NET 7 Windows Hosting Bundle from Microsoft.


(To get updates, please click on the Subscribe button for this thread.)

Licensing the BETA
New installations of SmarterMail will work as the Free Edition, which can be used with 1 domain and up to 10 mailboxes. To obtain a BETA license key, email sales@smartertools.com. The BETA key will activate as:

  • A 90-day trial of SmarterMail Enterprise Unlimited, and
  • 90-day trials for EAS and MAPI & EWS
  • NOTE: If you want to test out Cyren and/or Message Sniffer, those trials expire after 30 days.
What to Expect
We encourage you to post your impressions, questions, and even problems in the SmarterMail BETA category of the Community. Developers and support staff will participate and address anything posted, and we’re sure others would like to hear what you have to say, just as we do.
 
Thanks to all of you who are participating. There are some major changes coming, and with your help, we can make sure any issues we haven't found are taken care of before the final release.
Derek Curtis
COO
SmarterTools Inc.
(877) 357-6278

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Derek Curtis Replied
10/18/2023 at 8:02 AM
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BETA Build 8691 was released on 10/18/23. 

This is the initial release of the SmarterMail BETA for Windows. Please check out the SmarterTools Blog to review the major additions and changes that are coming in the next version of SmarterMail. 
Derek Curtis
COO
SmarterTools Inc.
(877) 357-6278
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Andrea Free Replied
10/26/2023 at 5:24 PM
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BETA Build 8699 was released Oct. 26, 2023.

Release Notes

  • Added: Google Drive back to Cloud Storage Connections using Google Picker.
  • Changed: Moved the folder pane menu icons to the top of the page.
  • Changed: Updated the folder handling in Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Notes to replace the eyeball icon with a checkbox and moved it to the left of the folder name. 
  • Changed: "All Appointments" calendar view is now named "Grid View" to match other areas. 
  • Changed: Added a warning to system administrators to show when a binding won't work properly due to exclusion of private key. 
  • Performance: Startup no longer loads certain user settings files.
  • Performance: Improvements when updating internet calendars.
  • Fixed: A broken domain admin account breaks the entire domain and doesn't just show a red triangle.
  • Fixed: DKIM failure could occur when a message sent by one internal user to another on a DKIM-signed domain was then forwarded to external recipient (with keep original recipient turned off). 
  • Fixed: Online Meeting Files can no longer be set to "private" when viewing them in the All Files view.
  • Fixed: Online Meeting landing page generates SignalR exceptions in the Windows Event Viewer.
  • Fixed: If you click the copy link button from within the file storage actions menu it copies the link wrong.
  • Fixed: Unable to change the greylisting setting when using User Defaults at the domain level.
  • Fixed: Adding an alias to upgraded domain's account list results in console error in the browser.
  • Fixed: Javascript error when navigating to the User Connections page as a system admin.
  • Fixed: Unsent invitations in Outlook MAPI/WebDAV are not reflected as unsent in webmail/other clients.
  • Fixed: SignalR disconnects.
  • Fixed: Intermittent NullReferenceExceptions occur when an item in a domain folder or GAL is modified.
  • Fixed: The Command-line Antivirus toggle "Scan Messages With Attachments" is enabled by default with no command-line selected.
  • Fixed: System Settings -> Bindings, changing the binding properties doesn't apply to connections until a service restart.
  • Fixed: Users setting up Scheduling can activate Online Meetings as their Location, even when this feature is disabled for the domain.
  • Fixed: If an appointment shows the message about the event being in a different time zone, the ability to Create Online Meeting is disabled.
  • Removed: Sharing icon for folders that are shared with other users on the domain. (This information is found in Settings > Shared with Me.)  

Andrea Free
SmarterTools Inc.
877-357-6278
www.smartertools.com
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Derek Curtis Replied
10/30/2023 at 4:57 PM
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BETA Build 8703 was released on October 30, 2023.

Release Notes

  • CHANGED: Right clicking on a left tree item in user or domain settings no longer displays a context menu.
  • CHANGED: Adjusted the logic for updating internet calendars when the remote service fails.
  • FIXED: File Storage shows the "Online Meeting Files" folder even when there are no online meetings with files.
  • FIXED: Choosing Manage Shares navigates properly but does not update the top navbar with the selected item.
  • FIXED: The time zone dropdown is missing the search bar at the top of the public Scheduling page.
  • FIXED: Users setting up Scheduling can activate Online Meetings even when this feature is disabled for the domain.
  • FIXED: The public Scheduling page is displayed in English regardless of user's browser/client language.
  • FIXED: Outlook (MAPI) sync operations break in specific timezones and breaks in-house when server timezone is modified.
Derek Curtis
COO
SmarterTools Inc.
(877) 357-6278
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Andrea Free Replied
11/2/2023 at 5:16 PM
Employee Post
BETA Build 8706 was released on November 2, 2023.

Release Notes
  • ADDED: "Draft auto-save" and "Hide email avatars in the message list" to User Defaults. 
  • ADDED: A browser tab title for the Public Scheduling page. 
  • CHANGED: Footer is now consistent with other settings when overridden by system administrators. 
  • CHANGED: Appointment Types and Calendars to Check for Conflicts now sorted alphabetically for Scheduling. 
  • CHANGED: Disk Usage styling on the Domain and User grids. 
  • CHANGED: Updated Froala to version 4.1.3. 
  • CHANGED: “Status” column changed to “Enabled” with a checkmark for both the Domain and User lists.  
  • CHANGED: System Settings > File Storage card updated to clarify which settings affect File Storage alone, and which settings affect other uploads.  
  • CHANGED: In User Connections pages, on the All tab, add the protocol next to the last login timestamp. 
  • EFFICIENCY: Greatly increased performance on initial user login. 
  • FIXED: Occasionally meeting updates show in webmail as cancellations. 
  • FIXED: Occasionally the cursor focus can appear in the corner with no padding or not appear at all when replying to a message in webmail. 
  • FIXED: Issues composing a new message on an iPad. 
  • FIXED: Issues creating a signature on an iPad.  
  • FIXED: Safari on an iPad is missing the editing tools for autoresponders. 
  • FIXED: The “Does Not Match” filter for 'Attachments > Specific file name' and 'Attachments > Specific extension' do not work properly for content filters. 
  • FIXED: Image attachment previews are not being constrained by width so rectangular images don't line up properly in list. 
  • FIXED: Attempting to export a note from a domain-shared note folder results in unfriendly error message. 
  • FIXED: Attempting to export a contact from a domain-shared contact folder results in error. 
  • FIXED: System Messages offer incomplete variable lists based on the default message details 
  • FIXED: A single All Day appointment shows up on the hover as spanning over two days. 
  • FIXED: Administrators are unable to retrieve the Cyren ID from Outbound messages caught in the spam quarantine, preventing false positive/negative results from being reported. 
  • FIXED: Bounce message will be sent to the sender when an incoming or outgoing message is blocked due to a disallowed extension type or exceeded message size limit. 
  • FIXED: Added character limits to various Scheduling fields to resolve cut-off text on the public page. 
  • FIXED: Selecting a longer time zone names on Scheduling pages shifts buttons over causing them to be partially visible. 
  • FIXED: Invalid email isn’t properly caught on the public Scheduling page. 
  • FIXED: Conference Rooms are not syncing to Outlook (MAPI). 
  • FIXED: Proposing an earlier time for an appointment in an Outlook (MAPI) client using offset time zone makes the event 2 days instead of 1.
  • FIXED: Unable to change the greylisting setting when using user defaults at the domain level. 
  • FIXED: When a file with the .p7m extension is attached to an outbound or inbound email, webmail hides the message body with a warning of "This message is encrypted and can only be read on an email client that has the correct certificates installed." 
  • FIXED: Spool retries can exceed the set limit in certain scenarios.

Andrea Free
SmarterTools Inc.
877-357-6278
www.smartertools.com
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Larry Duran Replied
11/9/2023 at 4:57 PM
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BETA Build 8713 was released on September, 9, 2023.

Release Notes
  • ADDED: Add the ability for users to see their Cloud Storage Connections files directly within File Storage. 
  • CHANGED: Various changes to Password Requirement pages. (Renamed Password Compliance to Password Violations, removed Active Directory users from Password Violations and Expire Passwords, added a page of Password Age, and more.) 
  • CHANGED: DKIM Signing now shows a Disable button instead of Delete, as it doesn't delete the keys; it temporarily disables DKIM signing for the domain. 
  • CHANGED: Improve the mailing list subscriber's Bounce tab by showing the mailing list name, the subject of email, and date and time of delivery. 
  • CHANGED: Change logic for updating internet calendars when the remote service fails. 
  • CHANGED: When the user’s “Calendar to use for appointments” selection no longer exists, public scheduling page should be disabled.
  • CHANGED: Add ability to add and delete cloud storage providers from the File Storage page.
  • CHANGED: Add the ability to see Cloud Storage Connections in File Storage, allowing users to view their connected storage in webmail.
  • EFFICIENCY: Removed the API call for 'sender-trusted' when loading an email.  Trusted sender information is part of the normal message API call". 
  • EFFICIENCY:  Significant memory improvements for mailbox folders.
  • EFFICIENCY:  Significant memory improvements for messages headers.
  • EFFICIENCY:  Compose page in Webmail is overall more responsive.
  • EFFICIENCY:  Improved allocation and deallocation of handles.
  • EFFICIENCY:  Deandre Ayton no longer plays for the Phoenix Suns.
  • FIXED: All Day appointments reflect incorrect start/end date after new date proposal from Outlook MAPI. 
  • FIXED: When a user's password is expired, and they are prompted to reset it at login, the LastPass Chrome extension can cause the read-only name of the user to be switched to whatever username credential is stored in LastPass. 
  • FIXED: When the Global Address List is disabled for a domain, users cannot add contacts as members to contact groups. 
  • FIXED: Mailing list delivery bounces after the SMTP session has completed, grid shows subscriber’s bounce but Delivery logs do not.  
  • FIXED: Inline images in eM Client calendar appointments don't show in webmail or Outlook. 
  • FIXED: Sending from an alias address in eM Client EWS fails. 
  • FIXED: Froala editor buttons do not translate to user's desired language. 
  • FIXED: Messages duplicate when 'Block Sender' is used on an email. 
  • FIXED: Folder menu in File Storage doesn't match folder context menu. 
  • FIXED: India timezone is not being properly detected on the public Scheduling page, resulting in scheduling issues. 
  • FIXED: Public scheduling page doesn’t indicate why fields have failed validation due to character length 
  • FIXED: An empty custom field can appear on the public scheduling page. 
  • FIXED: Some IDS rules can be duplicated after a server reboot. 
  • FIXED: Attempting to add an RBL results in an “Object reference...” error. 
  • FIXED: An unfriendly error is displayed to administrators when common-passwords.json file is damaged. 
  • FIXED: A broken domain causes Settings > Password Requirements to display unfriendly error. 
  • FIXED: Scenario in which removing Failed to Load user caused the SmarterMail service to crash. 
  • FIXED: Scenario in which Outlook CalDAV Synchronizer fails to sync contacts, resulting in a 404 error. 
  • FIXED: WebDAV clients unable to login when using a colon in the password. 
  • FIXED: "Text to show in unsubscribe link" is not working in Mailing List configuration. 
  • FIXED: “Index was outside the bounds of the array.” exception when generating OAB files.  
  • FIXED: Replying to certain email takes a long time to load.
  • FIXED: Editing a draft doesn't load the recipients in the compose window.
  • FIXED: On upgrade or attaching a domain, automatically convert folder names that contain invalid characters.
  • FIXED: Domain with broken users causes exception calculating Last Login Time intermittently
  • FIXED: eM Client reported issues with sending encrypted emails using EWS.
  • FIXED: Instances where domain users cannot import contacts via CSV.
Larry Duran
Software Developer
SmarterTools Inc.
(877) 357-6278
www.smartertools.com
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Derek Curtis Replied
11/16/2023 at 5:11 PM
Employee Post
BETA Build 8720 was released on November 16, 2023!

Release Notes
  • ADDED: SNI SSL/TLS support.
  • ADDED: Certificate management areas at the system and domain administration levels.
  • ADDED: "What's New" display that highlights new features and functionality throughout SmarterMail. (NOTE: eM Client is listed but will be released in a future Beta.)
  • ADDED: A grid View to File Storage.
  • ADDED: A yellow toast notification that shows "Attachments will not be exported" when exporting contacts, appointments, tasks, and notes that contain attachments.
  • ADDED: Better exception handling for issues around IMAP flags.
  • ADDED: The ability for users to bypass verification of Trusted Senders, if allowed by domain administrator.
  • EFFICIENCY: Upgraded to .NET 8
  • EFFICIENCY: Additional CPU optimizations.
  • FIXED: An IMAP Exception when multiple folders with the same name exist.
  • FIXED: The validation text can't be seen when the email subject line exceeds 255 characters.
  • FIXED: An issue where users are unable to login when certain extensions are enabled.
  • FIXED: Pasting images into the compose window sometimes throws a Null Reference Exception on send.
  • FIXED: Dropbox connections expire after about 4 hours.
  • FIXED: Some user Account settings are missing from the account edit, preventing Domain Administrators from administering them.
  • FIXED: SPF "o" macro was sometimes incorrectly filled causing SPF to fail.
  • FIXED: Deleting user's default calendar, after selecting a new default, logs exception to the Administrative log.
  • FIXED: Files uploaded to File Storage do not display until page refresh or navigation event.
  • FIXED: "All Files" view in File Storage isn't displaying files in the user's account and visible in "My Files".
  • FIXED: IMAP occasionally trips up when building a list of folders.
  • FIXED: Unknown IP for XMPP showing as the current protocol in User Connections
  • FIXED: Using "W. Europe Standard Time" timezone causes WebCal to generate exceptions in Outlook.
  • FIXED: Folder upload button doesn't work in File Storage.
  • FIXED: Scheduling page is not properly handling events that span multiple days.
  • FIXED: Using Scheduling in UTC+1, booked dates are for the previous day.
Derek Curtis
COO
SmarterTools Inc.
(877) 357-6278
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Andrea Free Replied
11/22/2023 at 3:15 PM
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BETA Build 8726 is now available!

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Release Notes
  • ADDED: eM Client partnership re-released.
  • ADDED: Support for vBoxx and leitzcloud in Cloud Storage Connections.
  • ADDED: The ability to sort users by Disk Usage.
  • CHANGED: Priority order for content filter actions.
  • CHANGED: When Scheduling is configured to use Online Meetings for the location, the Online Meeting now has "Allow guests" enabled by default.
  • CHANGED: SNI and SSL Certifications moved to system settings to simplify the automation of certificates and overall certificate management.
  • CHANGED: "Copy to Clipboard" button styling in various areas.
  • FIXED: Issue that could cause Outlook MAPI to not automatically sync new emails. 
  • FIXED: Login styling for username and password in safari uses browser defaults for autofill.
  • FIXED: Task progress bar has the wrong text color in light mode.
  • FIXED: Error removing email addresses from contacts (EWS).
  • FIXED: A scenario where IP Bypass fails to use the correct IP address for spam checks, resulting in inaccurate spam results.
  • FIXED: In some scenarios enabling lock tracing could cause high CPU.
  • FIXED: The following APIs so they are compatible with .NET 8 upgrades: api/v1/settings/auto-responder, api/v1/settings/domain/domain and api/v1/settings/sysadmin/domain-settings
  • FIXED: Object reference exception in api/v1/settings/sysadmin/post-user-mail API
  • FIXED: Various issues that could cause IMAP logs to grow exponentially large.

Andrea Free
SmarterTools Inc.
877-357-6278
www.smartertools.com
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