IPv6 Support (MDaemon PRO only)

MDaemon now supports IPv6. MDaemon will detect the level of IPv6 capability that your OS supports and dual-stack where possible; otherwise, MDaemon will monitor both networks independently. Outbound SMTP, POP, and IMAP connections will prefer IPv6 over IPv4 whenever possible.

When MDaemon connects to an IPv6 host it must use an IPv6 local address of its own. Therefore the Domain Manager's Host Name & IP screen now contains a separate edit control where you can specify an IPv6 address for the domain to use. If this IPv6 address is missing MDaemon will try to automatically detect a suitable address for use. Buttons to manually detect and designate IP addresses were also added to the same screen.

Finally, $PRIMARYIP6$ and $DOMAINIP6$ macros can be used to retrieve IPv6 addresses. These macros can be used anywhere that the $PRIMARYIP$ and $DOMAINIP$ macros can be used.

Improved UI

MDaemon 15.0 includes a number of improvements to the user interface:

New Access Control List (ACL) Editor

The ACL editor was completely redesigned. It now includes more information about the item you are editing and has search features for added new users or groups to the ACL.

Mailing List Manager

Mailing lists are now administered from the new Mailing List Manager, accessed under the Setup menu. Consequently, the Lists menu was removed from the menu bar and several list editor screens were reorganized and redesigned. Further, several list-related global options that were located on the Preferences dialog and the Mailing List Editor were moved to a new Mailing List Settings screen on the Mailing List Manager.

Gateway Manager

Domain gateways are now administered from the new Gateway Manager, accessed under the Setup menu. Consequently, the Gateways menu was removed from the menu bar and several Gateway Editor screens were reorganized and redesigned. Further, the Gateway Editor's Account screen was deprecated and removed.

Other UI Changes

Below is a list of additional changes to the MDaemon 15.0 interface. For an exhaustive list of UI changes, see the 15.0 Release Notes.

Improved Hijack Detection (MDaemon PRO only)

Hijack Detection was expanded, allowing you to define different message and timing thresholds based on whether the connecting IP address is a reserved IP, a local IP, or some other IP.

WorldClient Changes

End-to-end Email and Attachment Encryption

The WorldClient theme is now equipped with support for end-to-end email and attachment encryption through Virtru. To enable this feature, the WorldClient user must switch to the WorldClient theme, go the the Options » Compose page, and click Enable Virtru. This causes a button to appear on the Compose page that the user can click to encrypt his or her email before sending. This is an easy-to-use feature that doesn't require the user to remember or save any special passwords or keys. Recipients who use a Virtru-enabled client, such as the WorldClient theme or one of Virtru's other client plugins, can open and read the encrypted messages normally, without any additional steps. Recipients without a Virtru-enabled client will see a link to view the message in a special browser-based reader.

If you wish to prevent your users from being able to use Virtru encryption within WorldClient, open the Domains.ini file in the MDaemon/WorldClient folder and add VirtruDisabled=Yes to the [Default:Settings] section, or add it to a [<Domain>:Settings] section if you only wish to disable it for a specific domain.

For more information, see: Email Encryption.

Contacts Improvements

LookOut Theme

Other Themes

Other WorldClient Changes

Additional Features and Changes

MDaemon 15.0 has many more new features and changes. See RelNotes.html located in MDaemon's \Docs\ subfolder for a complete list of all new features, changes, and fixes to MDaemon from the previous version.

 

New in MDaemon 14.5

New Look For MDaemon Remote Administration

MDaemon's Remote Administration interface received a major update, giving it a more modern look and feel. Additionally, new menus were utilized and several others were relocated to align Remote Administration more closely with MDaemon's layout, and "Mobile Device Management" is now a top-level menu item for easier access. Finally, there is now full context-sensitive help available via the Help link in the top right corner of each page.

DMARC

MDaemon Pro now supports Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC), which is a specification designed to help reduce email message abuse, such as incoming spam and phishing messages that misrepresent their origins by forging the message's From: header. DMARC makes it possible for domain owners to use the Domain Name System (DNS) to inform receiving servers of their DMARC policy, which is how they want those servers to handle messages that purport to be sent from their domain but cannot be authenticated as having actually come from it. This policy, which is retrieved by the receiving server via a DNS query while processing the incoming message, can state that the server should quarantine or reject messages that do not align with the policy, or take no action at all (i.e. let the message proceed normally). In addition to the policy, the domain's DMARC DNS record can also contain requests for the server to send DMARC reports to someone, outlining the number of incoming messages purporting to be from that domain and whether or not they passed or failed authentication, and with details about any failures. DMARC's reporting features can be useful for determining the effectiveness of your email authentication procedures and how frequently your domain name is being used in forged messages.

Under the Sender Authentication section of the Security Settings dialog, there are three screens for configuring MDaemon's DMARC verification and reporting features: DMARC Verification, DMARC Reporting, and DMARC Settings.

For more information on this configuring and using this new feature, see: DMARC.

ActiveSync Supports Server-side Mail Search

MDaemon's ActiveSync server now supports searching messages on the server. Please refer to your ActiveSync client's documentation to find out if it supports this feature and how to use it. The search indexes are stored on the server in the folders being searched, in files named SrchData.mrk and SrchIndex.mrk. Server-side search support requires MDaemon Pro and active ActiveSync Software License Renewal Coverage.

Improved Mailing List Engine

The mailing list engine has several improvements:

Improved SMTP Server

There have been significant enhancements made to MDaemon's SMTP server:

Improved Sender Authentication

There were a number of improvements made to MDaemon's sender authentication features:

WorldClient Improvements

MDaemon 14.5 includes a variety of improvements and enhancements to WorldClient's themes. See WorldClient's online Help and the MDaemon 14.5 Release Notes for more information about what's new in WorldClient.

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New in MDaemon 14.0

ActiveSync Improvements

Inline Image Support in HTML Signatures

MDaemon's HTML Signature controls now support inline images by using the $ATTACH_INLINE:path_to_image_file$ macro.

For example:

<IMG border=0 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline src="$ATTACH_INLINE:c:\images\mr_t_and_arnold.jpg$">

You can also insert inline images via Remote Administration's HTML editor. See, Inline Image Support in Signatures in the Remote Administration section below.

WorldClient Changes and Improvements

ComAgent in Now WorldClient Instant Messenger (New in 14.0.1)

ComAgent is now called WorldClient Instant Messenger, and within WorldClient the in-browser ComAgent Chat feature it is simply referred to as Instant Messenger or instant messaging.

New WorldClient Theme (requires MDaemon Pro)

In response to customer requests for a new browser-based email client, WorldClient has a new signature theme called WorldClient. It is designed to have a clear, modern interface, maintaining a good balance between simplicity-of-use and breadth of features, incorporating numerous design elements from popular consumer and business browser-based email clients. Although it doesn't have every feature that is available in the LookOut theme, it is equipped with an extensive and carefully selected set that should serve most users well. The WorldClient theme requires at least Internet Explorer 9 or the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.

The WorldClient theme is now the default theme for new installations. When updating, the installer will ask if you want to change your default to this new theme.

Side-by-Side Calendars

LookOut and the WorldClient theme have a new side-by-side calendar view. This makes it possible for you to view multiple calendars side by side.

New Compose Options

Simple Theme Renamed

The Simple theme has been renamed to Lite.

WebAdmin Changes and Improvements

WebAdmin is Now MDaemon Remote Administration (New in 14.0.1)

WebAdmin is now simply referred to as MDaemon's remote administration interface, or Remote Administration, in the MDaemon GUI and elsewhere. This is to help users better understand that the Remote Administration component is an integrated feature of MDaemon rather than a separate product.

Inline Image Support in Signatures

Added support for several ways to insert inline images into the Default and Domain signatures:

Improved Administration

Global Administrators can now:

Other Remote Administration Improvements

New in 14.0.1

New in 14.0.0

Additional Features and Changes

MDaemon 15.0 has many new features and changes. See RelNotes.html located in MDaemon's \Docs\ subfolder for a complete list of all new features, changes, and fixes to MDaemon from the previous version.

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New in MDaemon 13.6

Simple Message Recall (New in 13.6.1)

MDaemon Pro now has a simple message recall system that can be enabled and configured on the new Message Recall screen, located on the Server Settings dialog. Using this system you can choose to delay incoming messages sent by authenticated local users for 1 to 15 minutes. During that delay period the messages are simply left in the inbound mail queue. This provides a short period during which a user can attempt to stop a message from being delivered. Once the delay period expires the message is delivered normally. The message recall feature is disabled by default. When the feature is enabled, the default delay period is 1 minute.

To recall a message a user can simply log in to WorldClient and click the Recall button that will be displayed when viewing a recently sent message in the Sent Items folder. If clicked before the recall time limit expires, WorldClient will send a RECALL message to MDaemon. Alternatively, the user can go the the Sent Items folder in his mail client, locate the message he wishes to recall, and then "Forward as Attachment" the message to the mdaemon@example.com system account, using "RECALL" as the message's Subject. Another alternative is to view the message's headers, copy the Message-ID header value (the part to the right of the "Message-ID:" string), create a new message and place "RECALL" plus the message ID value in the subject. If both alternatives are used within the same recall message, only the message ID option will be used.

Regardless of the chosen recall method, MDaemon will send an email back to the user, saying whether or not the recall was successful. When a message is successfully recalled, MDaemon deletes the message from the inbound queue as if it had never been sent. All recall processing is logged to MDeamon's Routing log.

Enhanced Reporting for WebAdmin

A Statistics Log screen was added to the Logging dialog, with options for controlling the statistics log file and a new SQLite database file used for logging statistical information about MDaemon's activity. This database is used by WebAdmin's new Reports feature and contains data on MDaemon's bandwidth usage, number of inbound and outbound messages, spam statistics, and the like. By default this database is stored in the "MDaemon\StatsDB" folder and 30 days worth of data is saved, but you can adjust how long to keep the data if you wish to retain more or less than the default 30 days. Data older than the designated limit will be removed during the nightly maintenance process. You can also specify how often MDaemon will compact the database to conserve space.

The Reports page in WebAdmin uses this database to generate a variety of reports available to Global administrators. For each report, data may be generated for several predefined date ranges, or the admin may specify a custom date range. Administrators can choose from the following reports:

ActiveSync Server Now Supports Public Folders (requires MDaemon Pro)

ActiveSync Services for MDaemon now support MDaemon's public folders in addition to mailbox folders. The behavior of any client accessing public folders via the ActiveSync protocol can vary. While MDaemon's ActiveSync implementation supports Email, Events, Contacts, Tasks and Notes, not all device clients are capable of handling this data. Public folder access can be controlled at the user, domain, and server levels.

There is a new global option on the Public & Shared Folders screen (and mirrored on the ActiveSync » Settings screen) for controlling whether or not ActiveSync users will be able to access their public folders from their devices. There are corresponding options on the Domain Manager and Account Editor that can be used to override the global setting for specific domains and users, respectively.

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New in MDaemon 13.5

Improved ActiveSync for MDaemon (Requires MDaemon Pro)

The ActiveSync server now supports additional ActiveSync protocol versions: 12.1, 14.0, and 14.1. This provides ActiveSync support for a wider variety of devices and applications, including Outlook 2013. This change provides new ActiveSync policy capabilities and improves overall device management. ActiveSync for MDaemon is a separately licensed product with a free trial period, and it can be purchased from www.altn.com or your local distributor/reseller.

Additional ActiveSync changes include:

Improved Attachment Linking (Requires MDaemon Pro)

Public Folder Manager (Requires MDaemon Pro)

MDaemon now has a Public Folder Manager under the Setup menu, to help you administer your Public Folders more efficiently. The Public & Shared Folders screen, however, is still located on the Server Settings dialog for managing your global settings.

Improved Domain Manager

Group and Template Managers

MDaemon now contains both Group and Template Managers. The Group Manager helps you more easily manage groups. It is used to create account Groups and manage which accounts belong to them. Groups have a number of different uses and functions. For example, using the Group Properties screen you can assign an account template to a Group, allowing you to control a variety of account settings for group members. You can also control whether or not group members have access to  ComAgent and instant messaging. Further, the Content Filter supports groups, allowing you to create rule conditions based on whether or not a message sender or recipient is a member of a specific Group. Finally, for Shared Folders you can assign Access Control List rights to specific Groups, meaning all members of that Group will share those access rights. You can add accounts to a Group from both the Group Manager and from each user's Mail Folder & Groups screen.

With the Template Manager you can create and manage Account Templates, which are named sets of account settings that can be assigned to specific Groups. Any account belonging to one or more of those groups will have the designated account settings locked, being controlled only by the assigned templates rather than by the Account Editor. The categories of account settings that a template will control are designated on each template's properties screen, which is reached by double-clicking the template's name. Further, there is a special template called "New Accounts" that replaces the old New Account Defaults screen. This special template is applied to all new accounts when they are created. Rather than locking and controlling certain account settings like other templates, New Accounts is used simply to designate the initial settings for new accounts. Those initial settings can then be changed normally by using the Account Editor to edit individual accounts.

Colorized Session Logs

On MDaemon's user interface, the tabs that display Routing, SMTP-in, SMTP-out, IMAP, POP, MultiPOP, and DomainPOP activity can now be colorized to help visually separate events during a session. This features is disabled by default, but can be enabled via the "Use colors when displaying mail session logs" option located at: Logging » Settings and Preferences » UI. The default text colors can be changed by editing the [Colors] section of the LogColors.dat file. See the Logging Settings page for more information and a list of the default colors.

Improved Active Directory Monitoring (Requires MDaemon Pro)

Active Directory monitoring has been improved to periodically query Active Directory and keep all public contact records updated with the most recent information stored. Common fields like an account's postal address, phone numbers, business contact information, and so on will be populated into their public contact record, and this data will be updated any time it is changed in Active Directory. Numerous contact record fields will be monitored in this way. For a complete list of which public contact record fields can be mapped to Active Directory attributes, see the contents of the ActiveDS.dat file in MDaemon's \app\ folder. Also, you do not need to enable full Active Directory account monitoring to take advantage of this. A new option on the Active Directory Monitoring screen allows you to enable this feature separately from full Active Directory account monitoring.

This feature will create contact records on the fly if they don't already exist, and it will update contact records that do exist. Further, please note that it will overwrite any changes you make outside of Active Directory. Contact record fields that are not mapped are left unaltered. Therefore any existing data that is not subject to this process will not be altered or lost. Finally, MDaemon accounts that are set to private are not subject to having their contact records created or updated.

Performance Counters

Windows Performance Counters have been implemented to allow monitoring software to track MDaemon's status in real time. There are counters for the number of active sessions for the various protocols, number of messages in the queues, server active / inactive states, MDaemon up time, and session and message statistics.

To use the performance counters, start System Monitor by going to Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Performance, or by running "perfmon". These are 32-bit counters so on 64-bit machines you must run "mmc /32 perfmon.msc". Click on Add Counters, select the MDaemon performance object, then select and Add the counters that you want to see. To see the performance counters from MDaemon running on another machine you must have the "Remote Registry" service enabled and access through any firewalls.

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New in MDaemon 13.0

New MDaemon Pro Features

ActiveSync Device Policy Support

MDaemon is now equipped with support for basic ActiveSync device policy. You can view predefined policies and create your own policies from a new screen at: Mobile Device Management » ActiveSync » Policies. Policies can be created to require devices to use a password, force passwords to use both letters and numbers, lock devices after a designated number of minutes, and cause the device to be wiped after ten failed password attempts.

A default policy can be assigned per domain from the ActiveSync » Domains screen. Policies can also be assigned per device, from the Account Editor's ActiveSync screen.

Detect and Stop Hijacked Accounts

Dynamic Screening has been improved by adding an option to disable local accounts that try to send more than a specified number of messages in a  designated number of minutes. Accounts disabled by this process can still accept incoming mail but they cannot log in to web mail or web administration and they can not collect or send mail. The intent is to try and recognize and stop a hijacked account so that the postmaster can review the situation and take action. Consequently, when an account is disabled a notification email is sent to the postmaster. The postmaster can simply reply to the message to re-enable the account.

WorldClient Documents Folders

The WorldClient themes now support document sharing using document folders. Document folders have full Access Control List (ACL) support like other shared folders, which can be used to set permissions and sharing rules, and any types of files can be shared through the system. WorldClient users can upload files to their document folders using the built-in tools. When using the LookOut theme, browsers that support the HTML5 Drag and Drop API, such as Chrome and Firefox, can also upload files by dragging them from the desktop into the browser window. Filenames can be searched and renamed, and files can be attached to new messages that are being composed.

IMAP "COMPRESS" and "BINARY" Support

The IMAP server now supports the COMPRESS extension (RFC 4978), which compresses all data sent to and from the client. This does require extra memory and CPU usage per IMAP session. You can disable COMPRESS support via a new option at: Server Settings » Servers.

The IMAP server also now supports the BINARY extension (RFC 3516), which lets clients download message attachments in decoded form.

Simple Message Ticketing System

Public folders can now be configured as a message ticketing public folder through the "Assign a unique ticketing (or tracking) number to messages" option located on the Public Folder Manager. If this is enabled for a public folder MDaemon will add the public folder name and a unique identifier to the subject of messages sent to the submission address of the public folder. Any outbound messages having this specially formatted subject will have the From address changed to the submission address of the public folder and a copy of the outbound message will be placed into a child public folder named "Replied To". In addition, any inbound messages with this specially formatted subject will be automatically redirected to the public folder, regardless of the address the message was sent to.

ActiveSync Autodiscover Service

MDaemon now supports the ActiveSync Autodiscover Service, which allows users to set up an ActiveSync account with just their email address and password, without needing to know the host name of the ActiveSync server. Autodiscover requires HTTPS to be enabled, and for most systems it also requires that a new CNAME or A-record be added to DNS. "autodiscover.<your-MDaemon-server>.com" should resolve to the MDaemon server running ActiveSync (for example, autodiscover.example.com).

See:

Introduction

Upgrading to MDaemon 15.0.0

MDaemon's Main Display