Thursday, September 09, 2010



Archive Server for MDaemon

[Current version is 3.0 - click here for release notes]

Archive Server for MDaemon Release Notes

Version: 3.0
Release Date: May 26,2010
  • Re-structuring of the repository to use a single file for every day (and not a single file for every message). This will ease the life of system administrators with respect of backup/restore the whole system.
  • System administrator can configure which system (alert) emails she wants to receive.
  • System administrator can configure who is going to receive system emails.
  • System administrator dashboard features a graph with disk space used by repository and by database along with free disk space on repository.
  • User can disable message preview.
  • Domain administrator can send deployment message (with outlook button setup) to a selected group of users.
  • ASM license key can be specified during upgrade process.
  • System administrator can remove a bunch of account (already deleted from MDaemon) with a single click.
  • External search application (used in CD export) can be resized to fit larger screen resolution.
Please note. Since MSDE is not supported by Microsoft from Vista the use of MSDE setup it's not recommended and supported on Windows 2008/7

Version: 2.9.3
Release Date: March 11,2010
  • Fixed WorldClient integration (MDaemon 11 only).
  • Fixed attachment management issue that can prevent the user to open, for instance, Excel 2007 files on some installation
  • MailUploader: fixed issue that could occur on system where Outlook Express is not installed (i.e. Vista or Windows7 boxes)
  • Fixed date format in "view message" window.
  • Fixed registry dump in engine\logs\core.log
    • Please note. Since MSDE is not supported by Microsoft from Vista the use of MSDE setup it's not recommended and supported on Windows 2008/7

Version: 2.9.1
Release Date: November 27, 2009
  • Configuration backup speed has been improved to avoid procedure timeouts.
  • Fixed upgrade procedure for installations using SQL Server 2000.
  • Fixed issue when searching a string that contains a single quote (') in message bodies (i.e. O'Donovan).
  • Fixed issue on search result navigation.
  • Fixed issue on license activation failure.
  • Fixed procedure to calculate exported messages total size.
  • Visualization using old browsers of a few popups has been improved.
Version: 2.8.0
Release Date: July 14, 2009
  • Introduced system administrator dashboard giving her the capability to stop scheduled job (import, word2skip etc) or to pause/resume archiving or indexing activity
  • Safari Web browser support
  • Mobile devices support (i-phone and Nokia n70 were used in tests)
  • Capability to export and/or delete all the messages of an account in a single step (by date filter is available)
  • Bad queue management directly in the web admin. System administrator is now able to view, delete or move back to ASM queue messages that have been moved to the bad queue (suspect relay messages for instance)
  • Added periodical check of MD Content Filter Rule; if it is disabled, a warning is sent to System Administrator
  • System administrator can now configure an alert to be sent if ASM does not receive any message for a given amount of time.
  • Added a check of the database status at the end of installation process. Webadmin access is limited to the system administrator if anything was wrong. System administrator has the chance to contact support or fix the problem with the database, before other users login.
  • Capabiltity to show up to 100 words in statistic/most used words section
  • Improved security against session hijacking
  • Added to the export dialog the total size of the messages selected for export
Version: 2.3.0
Release Date: June 7, 2007
  • Added the capability to export message to a PST file (MS Outlook format) - sys admin only
  • Added the capability con control/start/stop ASM engine through an application running in the tray
  • Messages can now be retrieved by attachment name or size
  • ASM can be configured to not archive attachments with a given extension
  • Added a utility application to backup/restore/copy database (folder tool\ASM DB Tool)
  • Added a control that remove messages from the incoming queue if the cannot be processed (after 4 retries)

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed bug (on MySQL) when processing messages without recipients
  • Fixed potential overflow during export required space calculation
  • Fixed messages display problem (Open and Print buttons)
  • Log level specified in asmd.ini file is copied to the database at engine startup - this let the administrator use asmd.ini instead of the web interface to modify the log level

Version: 2.2.3
Release Date: April 4, 2007
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug in search application that can be found in exported CD set.
  • Fixed search criteria display when searched words contain one or more "-".
  • Fixed bug in downloading (using Firefox) attachments whose name contains spaces.

Version: 2.2.2
Release Date: March 23, 2007
  • Improved indexing speed on MySQL.
  • Improved database cleanup procedure.
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed crash in the engine occurring when system administrator sends mail uploader to an user without specifying an import password.
  • Fixed potential crash of the engine when compressing messages to be filed.
  • Fixed bug when searching among import.
  • Avoided duplication in word to skip list
  • Fixed potential crash of the engine when repository connection fails.
  • Fixed bug preventing the user to access the Word to Skip interface when the engine encounters an error during deindexing (or reindexing) words.
  • Fixed potential crash of the engine when forwarding search result.
  • Fixed bug in database cleanup procedure occurring the first day of each month (the bug caused heavy load on database).

Version: 2.2.1
Release Date: February 28, 2007
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug causing a crash in the setup program when the target PC has IIS but not WWW installed.
  • Fixed bug preventing to search among more than a million messages.
  • Fixed bug preventing to complete the export procedure when the total size of the message to be exported is really large.
  • Fixed procedure to send a single disk space or database size alert.
  • Fixed procedure to send DB connection not available alert

Version: 2.2.0
Release Date: January 31, 2007
  • Message export onto CD\DVD
  • Export of search results to Excel
  • Option to send attached emails in MS Outlook format (msg instead of eml) added
  • Option to import messages stored in IMAP folders added
  • Option to use an existing database during installation added
  • Option to enable/disable more accounts at a time added
  • Message ID is now used to determine whether a message has already been filed (avoiding any duplications) or not
  • Engine log level management added to administration interface
  • "Size" column added to the search results table
  • Repository path example inserted in configuration/system/archive section
  • Message attachment display modified
Bug Fixes:
  • Usage of message date (instead of message insert date) to determine messages to be deleted or deindexed.
  • Fixed bug that may have caused the repeated issue of mail notifying unavailable repository
  • Button "Cancella" has been modified in "Annulla" (italian version only)
  • Display errors corrected (with IE7 and with Xitami server)

Version: 2.1.9
Release Date: December 6, 2006
Bug Fixes:
  • A bug in search functionality has been fixed (applies to SQL Server only)

Version: 2.1.8
Release Date: November 28, 2006
  • Searches using a lot of condition have been speeded up
  • Archiving mail messages with more that 100 recipients is now faster.
Bug Fixes:
  • Crash in MailUploader when used wih OL2003 has been solved
  • Fixed bug when installing MSDE on Chinese version of Windows

Version: 2.1.7
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug when opening an attachment using Internet Explorer in an ASM installation using Xitami
  • Error when search string contains '[' or ']' has been fixed.
  • Behaviour of HOME and END keys in search form has been corrected.
  • Fixed javascript error when saving a wrong license key (French version only).

Version: 2.1.5
Release Date: July 18, 2006
  • copyfiles utility has been added to tool folder
Bug Fixes:
  • fixed bug in the installation program that made it impossible to install correctly on SQL Server 2000 sp4
  • authorizations for IUSR_xxx users on the engine and engine\temp folders have been corrected
  • the repository password will not longer be written in the log files
  • multiple inserts have been introduced to improve filing of email with multiple recipients
  • contentSubType will be shortened at the first occurrence of \n \r \t to counteract a problem with Veritas SMTP agent
  • the notification message on the space used by the database has been reviewed

Version: 2.1.4
  • Added MS SQL Server 2005 support
  • Added to core.log system configuration values (asmd.ini + registry keys)

Version: 2.1.2
Release Date: February 24, 2006
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed purchase link (trial version only) bug preventing the correct MDaemon license size to be passed to the shopping cart.

Version: 2.1.1
Release Date: February 23, 2006
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug that could lost a message during the archiving phase if the repository suddenly was not reacheable.
  • Fixed bug prevention the installation of the uploader tool in a folder different from the default one.
  • Fixed a problem in MySQL database structure preventing the migration tool to complete.
  • Fixed bug in queries looking for messages containing word(s) not indexed.
  • Fixed PST profiles management in uploader tool.
  • Fixed bug preventing attachments with long filename to be downloaded.
  • Fixed bug preventing auditing data generated by non-admin users to be correctly shown.
  • Fixed bug in shortcuts creation.
  • The date of the messages copied by ASM in the inbox has been corrected.
  • Fixed overflow when counting repository used disk space (MySQL version only).
  • Added scrollbars in the message preview window.

Version: 2.1.0
Release Date: January 19, 2006
  • The Mail uploader tool lets the user import her email (stored in Outlook or Outlook Express) directly into ASM.
  • Not-archive rules let ASM administrator define which messages must not be filed by ASM.
  • ASM administrator can now delete all the messages received from or sent to a particular email address or domain.
  • A database monitoring tool alerts the system administrator when the database size reach a user defined limit.
  • Added a simplified account management, letting the administrator decide which accounts need to be archived or not with a single click.
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bugs preventing users with MacOS to access the search interface.


Why a Backup Isn't Enough

A backup is intended to save data against software/hardware failure or disaster. Finding an email message in the backup tapes would be similar to finding a needle in a haystack!
Archiving email stores and protects data so that it can be accessed when needed. Email archiving systems provide advanced search and retrieval. These allow users to track down email messages in a timely and cost effective manner.