Update Information

The following table contains information on older versions of WebMail. The table is in reverse order, with the latest versions at the top. New versions may appear in the webmail/beta directory prior to full release. If there is not a current build of the latest version for your operating system, please let us know by sending an email to support-webmail@netwinsite.com.

For information on versions after 2.0m, click the link below:
Previous Page of Updates

Version Date New Features and Bugs Fixed
2.0m 16th February 2001
  • Fixed: External address book SEARCH command.
  • Fixed: Selecting Folders which had 'INBOX" as part of the folder name failed.
  • Fixed: Folder display when a folder was deleted.
  • Fixed: Unable to delete a signature with no text. (ie displaying: '(No Signature)')
  • Fixed: html_body and wml_body was breaking in the middle of <..> causing display problems.
  • Fixed: mailto: being converted incorrectly in emails.
  • Fixed: Sorting method for pop folders.
  • Fixed: External address book for the pages to work for all address books, not just the first one.
  • Fixed: Bulletin Displaying
  • Fixed: Not setting up cookie straight away on configuration save.
  • Fixed: .pdf display problem on IE on PC's.
  • Fixed: LOGIN on imap-2000b.
  • Fixed: Spellcheck erro when the last word on a line is incorrect the line is display is incorrect.
  • Updated: Decoding of POST's to account for lower case (ie. %3a and %3A).
  • Updated: The folder listing and pick listing to do a multi-lang convertion.
  • Updated: When replying to an Email if it already has the "re:" then it will not add it.
  • Updated: h_pri - Now will be 'Priority' or 'X-Priority'.
  • Updated: X-Priority is set to '1 (High)' when Priority is anything other than 'Normal'.
  • Updated: command line parameters so that they don't work from browser.
    (ie check environment var 'SCRIPT_NAME')
  • Added ini setting: imap_quota_msg - This is the string that it looks for on a failed COPY IMAP command and if it finds it then the failed reason is a disk qouta issue.
  • Added ini setting: no_cookies - When set to true this will disable ALL cookies.
  • Added ini setting: default_port - This sets upthe default port to try when none is provided.
  • Added ini setting: command_admin_only - When set to true then the admin functions can only be done by processing via the command prompt.
                ie.         ./webmail.cgi -admin_fns
  • Added INI setting: smtp_auth - This is the string that the CGI will use when doing an SMTP AUTH command. It will only pass out the username and password, when prompt.
                ie.     ini file:
                                 smtp_auth LOGIN

                                 C: EHLO domain
                                 S: 250-161.29.2.41. Hello domain (161.29.2.41)
                                 S: 250-ETRN
                                 S: 250-DSN
                                 S: 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
                                 S: 250 HELP
                                 C: AUTH LOGIN
                                 S: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
                                 C: encoded username
                                 S: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
                                 C: encoded password
                                 S: 250 Authenation success.
  • Added INI setting: disable_picture - This will disable the CGI passing images out. On some web servers that automatically setup the environment:
                    'PATH_INFO'
    This setting is needed.
  • Added INI setting: enable_inbox_transfer - This will attempt a copy/move to the inbox as some IMAP servers allow this funciton.
  • Added INI setting: host_remap - This is the filename that the inputted host lines will be remaped to. Only used to change the host on login.
                  layout: host_name value
                  ie.         domain.com mail.domain.com
  • Added INI setting: pop_host_only - This allows only POP servers to be multi-host.
  • Added ini setting: del_fail - When set to true when a disk qouta problem occurs it will use the 'del_fail' template.
  • Added ini setting: imap_list_* - When set to true, the CGI will change the method of the listing to use '*' instead of '%'
  • Added ini setting: outgoing - The filename is appended to, for every EMail that is sent out, Either sending or draft message etc.
                      OUT: time username@domain smtp_server:port num size text
                      NOTE: The size is the size of the EMail only.
  • Added ini setting: ingoing - The filename stats is appended to, for every Header download and EMail download that occurs.
                       IN: time username@domain pop_server:port num size text
                       NOTE: The size is the size of the EMail only.
  • Added ini setting: keep_del_flag - When set to true, is a delete fails then the items is marked as deleted. (on delete and move to trash can)
  • Added: Reject lists. (Michael)
  • Added: on_error - Any template command can have this set. What this is used for is if the command that it is processing generates an error then this command is processed.
                             ie.     on_error=url&link=http://your.domain.com/
  • Added TPL Command: ||begin_fld_list||..||end_fld_list|| - Which displays x per page. (uses 'pos=x')
  • Added tpl setting: included_file - This shows how deep 'include' statement the template is. Also used to stop too many recursive includes.
  • Added: nwords - Number of words checked on the sp_show.tpl page.
  • Added: webimap.cgi -checkutoken utoken
                        returns: -error string - on error
                                +ok string - on success
  • Changed: The pophost setting now overrides imaphost setting.
2.0k 27th December 2000
  • Fixed: NFS new user problem.
  • Fixed: Quotes in spell checking were not being ignored.
  • Fixed: Public Address book was not being displayed.
  • Fixed: old POP Folders were being lost.
  • Fixed: When using Multi-hosts, they were always new.
  • Updated: valid_host and allow_host_login to also translate ip names to IP numbers
    to check as well.
  • Added: ||msg_no|| on the list page, between '||being_list||..||end_list||'.
  • Added: ||name|| - Setup between '||begin_address||...||end_address||' which is just the nick name.
  • Added INI settings: log_size and log_num - These are used to setup the log sizes and the number of logs to cycle.
  • Added INI settings: no_override_error_tpl - Then displaying the error.tpl (or errorf.tpl) the page setting is ignored.
  • Added TPL Command: ||lang||var|| and ||var_lang||var|| - that will look up in the lang.dat file the translation for the variable. The 'var_lang' is where the variable states which variable to display. This variable is also HTML and WML text converted to display correctly.
  • Added TPL: del_fail.tpl - This template is displayed when the disk quota has run out and a delete or a move to the trash can fails. To enable this you need to add the following ini setting:
              del_fail true
  • Added TPL Phasing: Template commands that require 1 or more variables/parameters now have have (....) instead. Where the stuff in the brackets can be template phased.
              i.e.     ||ifdef||(||ifdef||welcome||welcome_msg||else||by_msg||endif||)
2.0j 27th November 2000
  • Fixed: Problem with displaying an Hotmail auto-response message.
  • Fixed: The web links (<www.netwinsite.com>) incorrect seem to also included then
    last angle bracket.
  • Fixed: Emails which ended with '=' on a line was getting removed.
  • Fixed: Emails that have content-type 'message/rfc822', to correctly get decoded.
  • Updated: When replying to all users the 'user@domain' fields are removed from the to and cc fields.
  • Updated: List template to highlight priority Email. (listf.tpl change)
  • Updated: The Message 'Sent Message' now also appears when you send to your sent folder.
  • Updated: Folders messaging. Now there are the following messages:
             Folder has been created {xxxx}
             Folder has been deleted {xxxx}
             Folder {xxxx} has been renamed to {xxxx}
    A template change on the 'foldersf.tpl' to display this message.
  • Updated: SMTP interface to also ignore line like:
             220-text field.
  • Added INI setting: max_user_folders - which is the number of folders that the user are allowed, excluding the INBOX. This does include the 'trash', 'sent' and 'draft' folders.
  • Added INI setting: read_new - Which causes an Email message to loose it's new status when it has been read.
  • Added INI setting: session_new - When set the new messages are not cleared on reload but cleared on logout/login.
  • Added INI setting: new_mail_name - This setting informs the CGI what the INBOX should be called, when displaying it to the user. If this setting has spaces in it then every form which the folder name is hidden must use the variable ||folder|| instead of ||fld||
  • Added INI setting: email_name - this is the name that is display when display the Email message link. If this is set blank then the link is not added. (DEFAULT: Email Message)
  • Added INI setting: keep_attach - When set to true will not remove the attachments of the Emails.
  • Added INI setting: lock_force_wait - This will force the lock files to timeout before they are removed. (2 seconds on nfs_servers)
  • Added INI setting: no_folder_case - This will make sure that the folder doesn't exist ignoring case of the folder names.
  • Added INI setting:
             new_login_prg program "||user||@||host||:||port||" "||pass||"
             new_login_input error,msg
       
             login_prg program "||user||@||host||:||port||"
             login_input error

             tpl_prg program "||user||@||host||:||port||" "||tpl||"
             tpl_input error
    These settings are used to called external programs when a new user is created in WebMail, when a user logs in, on every TPL that is used. These can be used to generate stats and other information.
  • Added INI setting:    max_fetch_accounts - The max number of fetach accounts 1 user can have this can not be larger than 12.
  • Added TPL command: ||html_line||var|| - This is similar to ||html_text|| expect that the '\r' and '\n' are preserved.
  • Added TPL command: ||date_today||layout|| - This is the today's date, where the layout is the same as 'date_layout' ini setting
  • Updated TPL command: ||html_line||var|| and ||html_text||var|| to also account for multiple values.
  • Added: User Fetch option - This Allows users to state which accounts will display as part of the inbox.
  • Added: The address book entries to be sorted in Alpha order.
  • Added: Email address inside an Email are converted into a link back to the new message page with the to field setup.
  • Added: The following variables are available on the folders page:
              fld_msg_total - The total number of Emails.
              fld_size_total - The total size of all emails.
              fld_ksize_total - The total size of all emails.

              fld_draft_total - The number of Draft Messages.
              fld_delete_total - The number of messages that are marked to deleted.
              fld_seen_total - The number of read Email.
              fld_unseen_total - The number of unread Email.
              fld_reply_total - The number of Emails that have been replayed to.

              fld_trash_total - The size of the trash can.
              fld_ktrash_total - The size of the trash can.
              fld_tsize_total - The size of the folders less trash size.
              fld_ktsize_total - The size of the folders less trash size.
  • Added: On the folders page inside the ||begin_folder|| each folder has a variable called: ||fixed|| when set then this folder is a folder the user is not allowed to delete or rename.
  • Added: New method of forwarding. This forward is similar to the reply except that the attachments are also preserved. the tpl code is:
    <a href="||action||?cmd=forward_edit-||h_uidl||&fld=||fld||&utoken=||utoken||">Forward</a>
    Also changes in sendf.tpl to display this.
  • Added: The following command for address book addition.
               add_check_addr
    This checks to see if the nick name exists first and if it does then it generates the error message:
                Nickname already in use. {%s}
  • Added: Priority option on the sending email.
             (Changed sendf.tpl)
  • Added: The following template variables are available on the list page.
             ndeleted - The number of messages marked to be deleted.
             nseen - The number of messages that have been seen before.
             nread - The number of messages that have been read.
             nreply - The number of Email messages that have been replied to.
             ndraft - The number of Draft messages.
             nunseen - The number of new messages.
             nunread - The number of messages that have not been read yet.
2.0g 22th September 2000
  • Fixed: Usernames with '&' and '+' would not allow them to login correctly.
  • Fixed: POP folders were being removed.
  • Fixed: Uudecoding problem.
  • Fixed: Draft Messages were getting lost.
  • Fixed: Problem with sending email to address like: "john, smith" <john@1.2.3.4>
  • Fixed: Problems displaying some images inline.
  • Updated: Inline HTML now has <style> and </style...> removed.
  • Updated: File Locking.
  • Added ini setting:    allow_style - When set will keep the <style> tags inline.
  • Added ini setting:    body_sig_spaces - This setting in the number of lines between the body of hte email and the users signature.
  • Added: Extra testing details for timezones.
  • Added: External Address Book - This is to allow an global external address books.
               -    Their is a new template called 'external.tpl'.
               -    Also the pickf.tpl and pick.tpl has been updated to add a link to this feature.
                          i.e.     href="||action||?cmd=ext_addr&utoken=||putoken||"
               -     sendf.tpl, send.tpl, addrbook.tpl and addrbookf.tpl have been updated so when fully loaded it gets the focus.
                          i.e.     onload="focus()"
               -    Added ini setting to enable
                          external_book external_book -user ||user||@||host||
               -    It uses the '_max_message_display' user setting to determine how many to results to display on a page.
               -    There were also added template commands:
                          ||build(..)||
                          ||begin_ext_book||...||end_ext_book||
                          ||begin_ext_search||..||end_ext_search||
                          ||begin_ext_avail||..||end_ext_avail||
                          ||begin_ext_results||..||end_ext_results||
                          ||ext_display||variable||
               For more informtion on the external address book see the URL:
                          http://netwinsite.com/webmail/address.htm
  • Added: New method to add attachments. Where a new template is used.
               -    Template changes in send.tpl, sendf.tpl, sp_show.tpl, sp_showf.tpl
               -    New Templates attach.tpl and attachf.tpl
               -    There are also added template commands:
                          ||begin_attach||..||end_attach||
2.0f 5th September 2000
  • Fixed: Moving/Copying emails to POP Folders only copied the headers.
  • Fixed: Inbox was reporting incorrect size.
  • Fixed: POP item position on the list page.
  • Fixed: Displaying of inline HTML for IE browsers. (had problems with <pre>)
  • Fixed: Managers Page it was losing Folders names.
  • Updated: The 'to do' dates now use the date_layout ini setting.
  • Updated: emails that are 'multipart/alternative' now have a link to display both. The ini setting 'alternative_multiple' is created if the message has alternative parts. When 'alt_multi_display' send to cgi when displaying an email then the alternative part is also displayed.
  • Updated ini setting: netwin_autologin <url> <product directory> <extra> - This is used to setup autologin to other NetWin products.
                       i.e. (WebMail/WebMail, WebNews, DMailWeb/CWMail).
  • Updated ini setting: cookie_valid_days - to accept hours as a setting.
                       i.e.     cookie_valid_days 1h
  • Updated: Inline HTML has been updated so that the background image does not mess up the page.
                        Removal of Some HTML tags.
                            <meta ... >
                            <header> ... </header>
                            <body ... >
                            </body>
  • Added ini setting:    listserver_from - this is needed for some smtp servers that are expecting
                         From username@host
    on email being sent.
  • Added ini setting: authen_using_spaces - This will convert underscores to spaces during authentication. This was added as Exchange servers allow usernames to have spaces when authenation only.
    NOTE: Setting this will mean that no underscores to be in usernames.
  • Added ini setting: force_addr_bk - This will force some address books to always be displayed. (multiple setting)
  • Added Variable: '||total_pop_size||' and '||total_pop_ksize||' that is the total folder size, including INBOX and folders stored on the web server.
  • Added: process=xxx which will force WebMail/WebMail to process that command directly after the main command. :-)
  • Added: The ability to search email from, subject and body of emails. A new template called 'search.tpl' does this. The command to display this page is 'cmd=msg_search'
  • Added: The ability for users to select which 'timezone' they what their emails displayed. Updated config.tpl file for this.
2.0e 25th July 2000
  • Fixed: email which had from address like:
                        "anything@1.2.3.4" <lynden@1.2.3.4>
                        was causing sending problems. :-)
  • Fixed: The ||do(..)|| command
  • Fixed: On non-frames the popup button fails directly after a login.
  • Fixed: Displays 'Selected Book Does not Exists.' when no address book and only a nickname (no other fields) are entered and clicked on add.
  • Fixed: Moving/deleting emails once quota filled. :-)
  • Fixed: Displaying of HTML that has been 'quoted-printable' encoded.
  • Fixed: Some email server seems to be using unexpected UIDL's characters
  • Updated: The '<hr>' tag that is being seen on item.tpl is now only being inserted when the Attachments are being displayed inline.
  • Updated: Administrator manual to also include how to setup profiling and changing passwords.
  • Added: Matching default reply address with matching mail host setting.
                        A file called: dftreply.dat
                        layout: host_name value
                        i.e.         1.2.3.4 value
  • Added:    Extended Multi-Host to also select a default Profile to use. Changed the config.tpl (and configf.tpl) for this feature.
  • Added: Multiple template support for users.
  • NOTE: Cobalt Raq3 systems does not like empty gets commands so when referencing the CGI you should use a URL similar to the following
                <http://your.domain.name/cgi-bin/webimap.cgi?cmd=%20>
2.0d 27th June 2000
  • Fixed: Date on email when in Daylight Saving, being an hour out.
  • Fixed: On some Unix system sending very large files causes timeout errors.
  • Fixed: Crash on some Cookies.
  • Fixed: When using 'Hash_Method 2', keep getting 'No Password Entered'.
  • Fixed: Displaying some attached files.
  • Fixed: Display of Forwarding emails.
  • Fixed: on Failed POP logging the directory was not being removed.
  • Fixed: Renaming Folders.
  • Fixed: Copying emails between POP folders.
  • Updated: Replying to emails which were 'multipart/alternative' the HTML was being used and not the first text field.
  • Updated: Replying to emails which were 'multipart/alternative' the HTML was being used and not the first text field.
  • Added ini setting: auto_delete <wild user> <un-used days>
    This setting is used to determine when accounts will be automatically used if not login for x number of days. You are allow multiple settings. When set to 0 days then this account will never be removed.
    NOTE: order of these settings matters.
                 i.e.     auto_delete lynden* 0
                        auto_delete *@temp 1
                        auto_delete * 10
  • Added: The ability to save address to address book instead of the pick list. (item.tpl change)
  • Added ini setting: attach_target - Which allows settingup a target for all attachments.
                 i.e.     attach_target target="_blank"
  • Added: Two settings that are setup. netscape_version and ie_version.
2.0c 5th June May 2000
  • Fixed: Problem with uuencoding attachments.
  • Fixed: Mail From: xxxx to use '<' and '>'. Some mail server require to to be their.
  • Fixed: Changing a flag (i.e. deleted) on an email on page two will cause to appear back on page 1. This was a template change in list.tpl and listf.tpl. added '&pos=||pos||' as part of the href.
  • Updated: Automatic Logout on ini Timeout (auto_logout_mins xx).
  • Updated: The user search on the managers page now automatically adds the leading an trialing wild card.
  • Updated: The 'Save as Draft' message has changed to also state which folder it was placed in.
             i.e.    Message was Saved as a Draft in Folder 'xxxx'
  • Updated: list.tpl and listf.tpl to add pop up list of new messages only.
  • Updated: When creating a message that is very long and the automatic logout occurs, the message is lost. Now the message is sent before logout.
  • Added Template: new_msg.tpl - This displays the new messages.
  • Added: A 'TO DO' list.
             - Changed menubar.tpl and nfmenu.tpl to use 'to do'.gif file.
             - Changed list.tpl and listf.tpl to display the latest 'to do' items.
             - Added New Template ''to do'.tpl'.
  • Added: Multiple User-profiles. This allows the admin to setup user variables that the user can setup different profiles for. The default templates have the signature file setup with this.
             - Major overhaul in configf.tpl and config.tpl.
             - Minor changes in sendf.tpl and send.tpl.
  • Added: Popup New Message list. Their is an added button that appear when their are new message that appears. This will bring up a popup window displaying only the new messages.
             - Minor changes in listf.tpl and list.tpl.
             - Added new templates 'new_msg.tpl'.
  • Added: The ability to login to other NetWin products. (WebMail/WebMail, WebNews, DMailWeb/CWMail).
  • Added: The ability for other NetWin products to automatically login. (WebMail/WebMail, WebNews, DMailWeb/CWMail).
  • Added ini setting: netwin_autologin <url> <product directory> - This is used to setup autologin to other NetWin products.
              i.e. (WebMail/WebMail, WebNews, DMailWeb/CWMail).
2.0b 31th May 2000
  • Fixed: Placing 'saveaddr' in href did not work.
  • Fixed: Solaris bug that occurred when too many Emails were in a folder.
  • Fixed: Problems with passwords that used '&'.
  • Fixed: Invalid UIDL's appear on Mail server when Empty Box and messages are waiting to be downloaded.
  • Fixed: Bug using Exchange MAIL server with UID's.
  • Fixed: Some Emails caused very large files to be generate and caused running aways processes.
  • Fixed: Cannot delete all words from Personal dictionary.
  • Fixed: Problem with some attachments from different Email client.
  • Fixed: Problem with next and previous message not working on all folders.
  • Fixed: Email filtering on POP servers.
  • Fixed: When using Non-Frames on login the Email list was not getting sorted.
  • Updated: sp_dic.tpl to close down personal dictionary once done.
  • Updated: Some Email were encountered that had a date header field as:
                        Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 Pacific Daylight Time
                  Updated to pickup the date only. :-)
  • Updated: For Email clients do not mime encode forward attachments.
  • Updated: located MAIL server that uses a slightly different LIST response.
                 * LIST (\Noinferiors) ":" {9}
                 mail:test
  • Updated: listf.tpl and list.tpl to add the 'goto page' code and also example of
                 ||begin_xpages||num||....||end_xpages||
  • Updated ini setting: x_mailer - to also allow ||remote_ip|| and ||version|| to be converted. The 'remote_ip' is the IP address of the users machine.
  • Added ini setting: fixed_folders - this list of folders the users are not allowed to rename or delete.
  • Added: Attached Files also have the header:
                 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="xxx"
  • Added: Allowing to enter Email address instead of username and host. Can use the template variable 'email_address' instead of 'host_user' on the configf.tpl and config.tpl.
  • Added: Automatically checking host to ensure it works, and is failed also check for mail.host, pop.host, mail.host. :-)
  • Added ini setting: multi_host_autodetect - This enables the multi-host automatically checking the host entered.
    NOTE: This can cause a long delay on some systems if the domain exists but the port 110/143 does not. Mainly on NT systems.
  • Added: ||html_text||var|| - This will convert the variable to correctly display in HTML. Used to solve problems with fields that are inside '"' that have '"' inside of them.    (i.e. _real_name)
  • Added: ||begin_xpages||num|| .... ||end_pages|| - This allow on the list page the pages short list to only display x at a time.
               i.e.    on page 20 you see pages 15 - 25 numbers.
  • Templates Changes:        config.tpl, sp_show.tpl
  • Added: Changed item deletion on the item.tpl to move to the next Email. command is: delitem_next-||uidl||
  • Added: The ability to login to other NetWin products.
                (WebMail/WebMail, WebNews, DMailWeb/CWMail).
  • Added: The ability for other NetWin products to automatically login.             
                (WebMail/WebMail, WebNews, DMailWeb/CWMail).
  • Added ini setting: netwin_autologin <url> <product directory> - This is used to setup autologin to other NetWin products.
                 i.e. (WebMail/WebMail, WebNews, DMailWeb/CWMail).
2.0a 12th April 2000
  • Fixed: Multi-attachments finial boundary was incorrect.
  • Fixed: 'Document contains no data error' when clicking on 'Edit Personal Dictionary' if their are no words in the dictionary on Solaris systems.
  • Added ini setting: dictionary - This is used to default what words.dat file to use for the spell checker. (default words.dat)
  • Added ini setting: x_mailer - This allows the admin to change the 'X-Mailer' Email header. If left bank then no 'X-Mailer' is sent.
  • Added ini setting: enable_wml - This enables wml features for WebMail. The Content-Type for pages sent back to the web server are converted to:
                text/vnd.wap.wml
  • Updated: POP3 side to account for UIDL's with alpha characters.
          Template changes:
                item.tpl:
                      saveaddr||uidl||     --->    saveaddr-||uidl||
                      setview||uidl||       --->    setview-||uidl||
                      copyitem||uidl||     --->    copyitem-||uidl||
                      moveitem||uidl||    --->    moveitem-||uidl||
                list.tpl and listf.tpl:
                      itemflag||h_uidl||    --->    itemflag-||h_uidl||
                newuser.tpl, config.tpl and configf.tpl
                      set_pass0             --->     set_pass-0
                      set_pass1             --->     set_pass-1
                      set_pass2             --->     set_pass-2
                      set_pass3             --->     set_pass-3
                      set_pass4             --->     set_pass-4
  • Updated: Default to using 'user@domain' instead of 'user@pophost' for main account.
  • Added ini setting: display_pop - this changes the default for main account to be: 'user@pophost'.
  • Remove ini setting: display_domain (not required anymore).
  • Added: on forward.tpl (and forwardf.tpl) added the list of Emails that are being forwarded. Clicking on the Email subject link will cause another browser window to open so allowing you to see the Message that is being forwarded.
  • Added: The ability to have user defines ini settings (i.e. _*) to be in files.
             i.e.    label |filename
  • Added: Replying to Emails that have attachments the following is added
             > [Attachment: filename]
1.4s 16th March 2000
  • Fixed: '#' character not displaying correctly on Web Browsers.
  • Fixed: Coping Emails to folders that had spaces in their names.
  • Fixed: Problems with usernames that have '%' in them.
  • Fixed: Attached RTF decoding errors from different mail clients.
  • Fixed: Runnway process on some types of Emails.
  • Fixed: Attachments send from WebMail attached 1 or 2 extra bytes.
  • Added ini setting: multi_host_size - Forces the host menubar to a max width
  • Added: Email message that have content type: application/msword and application/rtf
  • Updated: Forced MAIL to default to MAIL servers and not POP server on host login and multiple hosts.
  • Updated: Words.dat file to account for languages that do not use the letters 'a'...'z'
1.4r 16th February 2000
  • Fixed: Some Emails cause incorrect message UID message.
  • Fixed: If 'To/Cc' of incomming messages totaled over 1000 bytes caused problems. Removed buffer limit.
  • Fixed: Page display problem when changing from one folder to another.
  • Fixed: Suffixing that had '/' or '\' as part of the suffixing.
  • Fixed: Limit on Body of Email (excluding attachments).
  • Added: Email message that are content type: multipart/alternative
             The first part is ignored. (i.e. the 'plain/text' part)
  • Added: Email message that are content type: multipart/appledouble
             The first part is presumed to be the resource and the second the physical binary file. (For use with Mac Mail Clients)
  • Added: v_show_alt on Email display to force WebMail to show the first part of 'multipart/alternative' Email messages.
  • Added: "=\n" means merge into the next line.
  • Added: ***    MAIL bulletins ***
                       
                    Bulletins can be User specific, domain and time limited.
                       
                        Added ini settings:       
        bulletin_path        (none)      Path to where the Bulletins are stored.
        bulletin_users       (none)      Users that are allowed to send Bulletins.
        bulletin_dflt_time  (7 days)   The default time displayed when creating a bulletin.
        bulletin_max_time (14 days) The max time Bulletins are allowed to be active.

        Added Templates:
                 bulletin.tpl (bulletinf.tpl)
                 send_bull.tpl (send_bullf.tpl)

        Changed Templates:
                 frame.tpl
                 menubar.tpl (nfmenu.tpl)
                 item.tpl
1.4q 1th February 2000
  • Added: Cookies Login requires ini setting:
             authent_cookie true
  • updated 'config.tpl/configf.tpl': To allow the user to allow cookie login.
  • Fixed: Saving Signature Problem.
  • Added: Authentication via Environment variables.
             environ_user REMOTE_USER
                           
             environ_pass AUTH_PASSWORD
      or    environ_pass HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
  • Added ini setting: disallow_folders - this allows the admin to restrict what folders names are allowed to be called. This setting is also used to determine which folders that are currently on the MAIL server that WebMail will not display to the user.
              e.g.  disallow_folders mailboxdir
1.4p 27th January 2000
  • Added ini setting: allow_dot - Display folders that have '.' as the first character.
  • Added ini setting: hash_method - This determines which user profile hashing method is used.
  • Added ini setting: time_layout - This defines the layout that the time will be displayed
             H = hour (1,2,3,...)
             HH = hour (01,02,03...)

             hr = hour (1,2,3...12, 0)
             HR = hour (01,02,03...12, 00)

             M = Minutes (1,2,3...)
             MM = Minutes (01,02,03...)
                               
             S = seconds (1,2,3...)
             SS = seconds (01,02,03...)

             pm = am/pm (am or pm)

             i.e.    time_layout HH:MM
                    time_layout HR:MN pm
  • Added ini setting: date_layout - This defines the layout that the date will be displayed
             d = day (1,2,3,4..)
             dd = day (01,02,03,04...)

             m = month (1,2,3...)
             mm = month (01,02,03...)
             mon = Jan, Feb
             month = January, February

             y = year (99,2000,2001)
             yy = year (99,00,01)
             yyyy = year (1999,2000,2001)

             wkd = Mon, Tue....
             weekday = Monday, Tuesday...

             TIMEZONE = time zone string, i.e. nzst, +1200....
             i.e.    date_layout mm/dd/yy
  • Fixed: When using POP - Copyies to self flag caused a crash.
  • Fixed: Crash on MAIL Email messages that had very large BODYSTRUCTURE's.
  • Updated: When using POP/MAIL as 127.0.0.1 it will display and use the domain setting when displaying configuration and the 'From:' address.
  • Added ini setting: display_domain - Forces on the configf.tpl to display the domain setting for the first host instead of the MAIL/POP host. Also forces the 'From:' address to be user@domain.
    NOTE: Using this setting will also disable the 'HOST' setting on the login screen.
  • Updated 'Manager.tpl': To allow Easy user conversion to and from
                  hash_method 1 (default)
             and
                  hash_method 2
  • Updated 'list.tpl/listf.tpl': Their was a javascript error in the '_refresh' section.
  • Added template command: '||chop||variable||x||' - This will chop the stated variable to x number of characters.
  • Added template variable:    '||is_checked||variable||' - If the variable is either 'yes', 'on', 'true' then this will be replaced with the word 'checked'. Manly used for option lists.
1.4o 14th January 2000
  • Fixed: Folder lock with folders that have '/' as part of the name.
  • Fixed: Problem with some Email Attachments.
  • Added ini setting: href_target - Any <a href="...."> inside of an Email will have this also added as part of the link.
              i.e. href_target target="_blank"
                  <a target="_blank" href=".....">
  • Added ini setting: force_empty - This will force any marked message to automatically to be removed straight away.
  • Added ini setting: always_attach - This will always display the attachments list.
  • Added ini setting: no_folder_sort - Sorting for the list of folders.
  • Updated Templates: Remove Status bar. See download for status bar template set.
1.4m 14th December 1999
  • Fixed: Current Folders that Exists that have spaces inside the names.
  • Fixed: Date and size Sorting when changing page.
  • Updated: Increase folder stats speed
  • Added INI Settings:    force_rfc822    true
                                  force_imap4rev1 true
  • Added: target=\"_blank\" for the HREF's HTML attachments.
  • Added: Enforce Disk Quotas for pop accounts.
1.4k 16th November 1999
  • Fixed: Sorting problem.
  • Updated: Manager Folder for large boxes to download later.
  • Added: Quick Goto Page x on listf.tpl and list.tpl.
  • Added: managers_password can be stored in a separate file.
              i.e. Managers_password |/var/spool/webmail/pass.pass
  • Added INI setting:    managers_ip - This allows you to stat the IP address managers are allowed to access from.
              i.e.    managers_ip 1.2.*,2.3.4.5
  • Added INI setting: log_sent_mail - Any Email that is sent using WebMail Will add one line to this file in the layout
             Sent Mail: from: <username> (<hostname/IP address>) (ID=<msgID>)
1.4i 5th November 1999
  • Added: Status Bar in Frames templates. All templates have been updated.
  • Added: telnet:// links gets converted to html code.
  • Added: Hidden variable 'remove_setting' to force remove user settings.
              e.g.  <input type="hidden" name="remove_setting" value="_user_var">
  • Added INI setting: force_delete - This will force on a empty_trash all emails to be marked as deleted.
  • Added INI setting: smtp_no_domain - This will stop the CGI from placing the @domain when sending to the SMTP server. Only required if using only one server that requires the username to be:
                username@domain
  • Fixed: Updated LIST layout to account for some MAIL servers
             return the Box name in Quotes.
  • Fixed: Updated CGI server decoding to account for Mac browsers that 
    do not
             Content-Type: application/octet-stream
  • Fixed: Remembering that the sort was in reverse.
  • Fixed: Some servers return unexpected return characters inside the command:
             Axxxx UID FETCH xx (BODYSTRUCTURE FLAGS BODY[HEADER] BODY[TEXT])
  • Fixed: Hostnames with '-' were not display correctly.
  • Fixed: Pegasus/Outlook Attachment files were not being displayed.
  • Fixed: HTML display problem when in variable width font.
  • Updated: From and Reply address for Multiple hosts.
  • Updated Template: sendf.tpl and send.tpl updated for multiple hosts.
  • Updated: Attach HTML files when click on will open new browser window.
1.4h 5th October 1999
  • Fixed: Page Up/Down on Folders.
  • Fixed: Filenames with Spaces to '_'.
  • Fixed: Made the New Mail Sound play once on login.
  • Fixed: Removed case dependency on 'boundary=...' and 'base64' for emails.
  • Updated: Displaying Email Messages.
  • Added: http,https, ftp and ftps links gets converted to html code.
  • Added: Build Dist Lists from Pick List. (added group.tpl)
  • Added: UUdecoding for Emails.
  • Added INI setting: 'reply_prefix' which defaults to '> '
  • Added INI setting: 'allow_java' which allow javaapplets to be left on HTML attachments.
  • Added INI setting: 'allow_script' which allow scripts to be left on HTML attachments.
  • Added INI setting: 'allow_form' which allow forms to be left on HTML attachments.
1.4g 30th September 1999
  • Fixed: Solaris Image Displaying.
  • Fixed: multi_host_display 2,3.
1.4f 16th September 1999
  • Fixed: Renaming of Folders.
  • Fixed: Clearing Cache when Selected Different Multi-Host.
  • Fixed: @POP ini setting sending incorrect Username.
  • Fixed: Some MAIL server did not like trailing spaces on the command:
             A0002 UID STORE xx -FLAGS \DELETED
  • Fixed: Forwarding Messages with Attachments.
  • Fixed: On some MAIL server Failed to get the correct UID.
  • Added: Displaying xx Messages per page.
             max_message_display xxx
  • Added: Added the ability to display folder stats.
  • Added: Saving Draft Messages on POP server.
  • Added: Viewing of Folders stored on Web Server.
             i.e. POP server folders
  • Added: Template variable called - clear_vars
             This will clear the stated user vars (_*), only used on save config.
                      i.e.         _fullname,_country,_age
  • Added ini setting: @mail - Similar to @pop except that it will default to port 143.
  • Added ini setting: mail_host_only - This makes that only MAIL servers are allowed to be multi-host.
  • Added ini setting: max_email_sends - Then maximum number of messages that can be sent in one day.
  • Added ini setting: max_email_rcpt - Then maximum number of people you can send the message in one message.
  • Added ini setting: multi_host_display - This determines the display in the multi-host pull down menubar.
             (i.e. ||hostlist||)
              0 - user@host:port (default)
              1 - user@host
              2 - user@domain / user@host
              3 - reply / user@host
  • Added: Saving Draft Messages on POP server.
  • Updated: Date Sorting also Sorts by Time as Well.
  • Updated: Dates are Displayed as from the Admin setting:
              timezone nzst
  • Updated: Valid Usernames to allow any characters except:
              '<', '>', '"', '\', '/', spaces.
  • Updated Template: list.tpl to account for multiple Email pages.
  • Updated Template: folders.tpl for display Folder stats.
1.4e 8th September 1999
  • Fix Bug: Message Deletion Bug.
  • Fix Bug: Web Server Input Conversion.
  • Fix Bug: Sorting by Dates and Bytes.
  • Fix Bug: Saving To, CC, Bcc Addresses When Sending Emails.
  • Updated Template: The menubar was not display the logout button in 640x480.
  • Updated Template: Config.tpl Layout into table.
  • Updated Template: folder.tpl so that INBOX is not displayed.
  • Added: Conversion of Cc, Bcc fields from dist list and address books.
  • Added: The 'flag' settings (h_isremote, h_isunseen, etc..) to be placed on the item.tpl
  • Added: Template routine ||Do()||, used to run other CGI's or programs.
    NOTE: Will remove the 'Content-Type:' of other CGI's.
  • Added: The 'copies to self' folder:
              ini setting 'copy_name xxxxxx'
  • Added: Managers Cleaning Tools.
              Removing Old account, Large Emails, Old Emails.
  • Added: The ability to change the ICONS displayed for the messages.
              cmd=itemflag||h_uidl||&flag=xxxxx
              where flag can be
                     read,delete,flagged,reply
  • Added: Ini setting to Auto-Create the default Folders (Trash_Can, Sent, Drafts)
              auto_create_folders xxx,yyy,zzz
1.4d 17th August 1999
  • Fix Bug: Displaying Public Address Books in POPUP address book.
  • Fix Bug: Displaying POPUP.
  • Fix Bug: Clearing User variables.
  • Fix Bug: Managers Page.
  • Fix Template: Configuration template wave files.
  • Updated: POP Interface.
  • Updated: Template Images.
  • Added: Number of New Messages. (||nnew||)
  • Added: Caching of Email messages on webserver for MAIL/POP servers.
  • Added: Reload Emails from Mail server button cmd (cmd=reload_mail).
                (listf.tpl, list.tpl)
1.4c 27th July 1999
  • Fix Bug: Sorting By Message Size/Date.
  • Fix Bug: After Automatic Time out Count cannot login again.
  • Fix Bug: Displaying EXE attachments.
  • Fix Bug: Sending/Displaying quoted-printable.
  • Fix Bug: After sending a message Not going to INBOX.
                Changed send.tpl (and sendf.tpl)
  • Fix Template: Cancel on Change Password.
  • Fix Template: Corrected Sounds Position.
  • Updated Template Phaser Routines.
  • Updated Templates: To use Backgroup ini setting.
  • Added ini setting: background xxxx.
  • Added ini setting: lock_timeout xxx.
  • Added ini setting: read_wrap xxx.
  • Added ini setting: send_wrap xxx.
  • Added: Clicking on column header again will reverse the sort order.
  • Added: Date/Time stamp for draft messages.
  • Added: 'h_kbytes' which displays the message in Kilo-bytes
  • Major Refit of Manager Options.
               must update the manager.tpl
1.4b 12th July 1999
  • Fix Bug: Debug Message Error For long Written Messages.
  • Fix Bug: Managers Screen Internal Server Error.
  • Fix Bug: body_add not adding to Outgoing Messages.
  • Fix Bug: Incorrect Order When Sorting By Date.
  • Fix Bug: Removed the default mail_prefix 'mail/'.
  • Added ini setting 'read_wrap' to force text wrapping for long lines.
  • Added the ability to reverse the sorting order. Updated list.tpl template.
  • Updated list.tpl to also included description of icons.
1.4a 30th June 1999
  • Fixed Bug: Incorrect Displaying of ",<,> when replying or reply-all.
  • Fixed Bug: Correctly Passed Email with no Headers and Body.
  • Fixed Bug: Updated popup address book templates so work correctly.
  • Fixed Bug: Default log file to template directory if can not write to cgi directory.
  • Fixed Bug: Slight Encoding Attachment Ending Error.
  • Added Sorting List.tpl by date, size, from and subject. (Sorting Folders).
  • Added 'no_log' ini setting to switch logging off.
  • Added Virtual Host lines. (vhost_match, vhost, vend)
  • Added ||h_reply||        ('Reply to:', 'From:' or 'Sender:' of Message)
             ||h_from_personal|| (personal name only)
             ||h_from_email||    (email address only)
    for listing Emails.
  • Added The ability to colour every other line.
             added '||define||max_line_count||2||' to listf.tpl
             and ||line|| then ranges from 0-1
  • Updated MAIL Interface to use:
             A0001 UID FETCH 2 (BODYSTRUCTURE FLAGS BODY[HEADER])
             A0001 UID FETCH 2 (BODYSTRUCTURE FLAGS BODY[HEADER] BODY[TEXT])
             A0001 UID SEARCH 2
  • Added ability to save draft messages.
             Stores: To, Cc, Bcc, Subject, Message.
             Does not store attachments.
             Does not Convert 'To, Cc, or Bcc' labels.
  • Updated Template passer.
             You can have conditions inside ||begin_list|| and ||end_list||
             Added the Functions 'ifndef', 'define', 'undef'
1.3d 16th June 1999
  • Fix bug: Crashed when 25+ Mail Folders.
  • Fix bug: Displaying Filters Rules in config templates.
  • Fix bug: Always sending a Blind copy to user.
  • Fix bug: Always Adding to Pick List.
  • Added 24hr clock setting (time_24hr_format).
  • Added Message Filtering.
1.3c 10th June 1999
  • Change layout of pick list display in New Message.
    "Lynden Sherriff" instead of
    Lynden Sherriff <support-webimap@netwinsite.com>"
  • Fixed Bug, 'Internal Server Error' when reading last email in folder.
  • Fixed Bug not allowing '%' in username or password.
  • Limit the Address Book and Dist List on New Message Page.
                 added 'max_pick_size' user and ini setting.
  • Update the install instructions to also say about prefix. (wmsetup to come)
  • Added the command (cmd=test) that does a basic test.
  • The Ability to change Passwords (using poppassd)
                 (Added template 'ch_pass.tpl')
  • Added new user variable that is set if the user did not press the logout button in last session. (_no_logout) Can be check on every page.
  • Fix bug of not removing failed login users directory. (only new users)
  • Fix bug with displaying HTML attachments.
  • Added ini setting 'time_24hr_format' (i.e. 24hr clock)
  • Added the language file, 'lang.dat' for translations.
  • Added option to save Email to local drive. (will not decode any attachments).
  • Fixed '||ifinstr||' and '||ifequal||' logical Error.
  • Fixed WebMail refusing to display folders with a 'NIL' setting when doing a LIST.
1.3b 26th May 1999
  • Fixed adding/renaming bug when using spaces. Spaces are replaced with underscores ('_').
  • Fixed 'tcode' bug.
  • Added 'no_tcode' ini setting.
  • Added 'Rebuild Index' for POP servers. (Does nothing for MAIL servers).
  • Added 'mail_prefix'.
  • Added separate 'prefix' for each multi-host.
  • Updated 'config.tpl' template for separate 'prefix' for each multi-host.
  • Added Check Spelling (Java Scripting Required to Use).
  • Added 'sp_show.tpl', 'sp_fix.tpl' and 'sp_dic.tpl'.
  • Added 'page=xxxx' command to override default template to display.
  • Added 'cmd=show' command optionally used with 'page=xxxx'.
1.3a 20th May 1999
  • Added POP Server ability added.
  • Improved folder unlocking.
  • Checks Capability of MAIL server is IMAP4.
  • Fix Username of Multi-host to display correctly.
  • Auto changing to use RFC822.xxxx calls instead of 'BODY[xxxx]'.
    For IMAP4 servers and using 'BODY[xxxx]' for IMAP4REV1.
  • Fixed Multi-Host bug.
  • Allowed Multi-Host to POP or MAIL servers.
  • Updated Templates for POP/MAIL usage.
  • Fixed Bug in Empty Trash Routine.
  • Added 'debug_socket' ini setting.
1.2l 10th May 1999
  • Fix continually logging bug when logfile failed.
  • Fix Bug fixed when incorrect template directory set.
  • Fix SMTP HELO to use Domain setting.
  • Added the 'prefix' to MAIL server.
1.2j 3rd May 1999
  • WebMail - Web MAIL Based Mail Client -
    1.2j beta release available for testing
    WebMail is an MAIL Mail Client system which enables your users to use MAIL server to be accessible using web browsers.