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MailForge Changelog

What's new in MailForge 3.2.4

Apr 17, 2013
  • Filters not working; MF has experienced a slight issue Automatic Filters still broken
  • Filter not triggered by email address in "From" Automatic filter not working on multiple messages New mail count incorrect (again)
  • MF hung while filtering
  • Automatic filtering seems not to work (or work correctly)
  • Filtered messages still shown in Inbox after having been moved to another mailbox Import of "Transfer to" filters lack target mailbox
  • Minor Mantis problem
  • Interface text error ( check mail ...)

New in MailForge 3.0 (May 28, 2012)

  • A major rewrite of the MailForge underpinnings. Speed, stability and usability have all been improved.

New in MailForge 2.2.3 (Nov 8, 2011)

  • IMAP:
  • Fixed issue that was preventing downloaded emails from immediately displaying on download
  • Junk:
  • Fixed issue when marking emails as not-junk
  • Fixed issue when deleting contents of Junk mailbox

New in MailForge 2.1 (May 17, 2011)

  • Composition:
  • Fixed freeze when opening a Composition Window
  • BCC now shows in sent mail
  • IMAP:
  • Full CRAM-MD5 support
  • Sending:
  • Fixed crash when sending queued mail
  • Labels:
  • Fixed an issue causing selected label to revert to None in Filters
  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Fixed sorting by Who column
  • Fixed sorting of the Out box
  • Interface:
  • Minor interface refinements and fixes
  • Architecture:
  • MailForge is now Intel-only

New in MailForge 2.0.8 (May 5, 2011)

  • Import
  • MailForge now enforces selecting the correct folder
  • Improved Mailbox importing **
  • Sending
  • Fixed bug that could prevent timed sending (delayed queue)
  • Improved SMTP AUTH compatibility
  • Labels
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Labels from properly initializing
  • Interface
  • Minor interface refinements and fixes

New in MailForge 2.0.7 (Apr 13, 2011)

  • Search:
  • Completely rewritten search
  • Faster search
  • Search by date
  • Import:
  • Improved Mailbox importing
  • IMAP:
  • Filters now work with IMAP emails (full download must be enabled)
  • Emails are marked on server as \Seen when read, instead of downloaded
  • Fixed bug where \Deleted flag was not recognized on some servers
  • Sending:
  • Fixed issue that would cause Redirect information to not be properly filled in
  • Fixed issue where message attribution was not filled in when replying
  • Fixed crash when sending queued emails
  • Improved SMTP AUTH compatibility
  • Composing:
  • Fixed several minor issues with Signatures
  • Fixed several minor issues with Stationery
  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Improved mailbox indexing, providing a significant speed increase when opening
  • New Folder and New Mailbox options are now under the Mailbox menu
  • Fixed issue that could cause source mailbox to not display when transferring
  • Interface:
  • Minor interface refinements and fixes

New in MailForge 2.0.6 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Fixes/Enhancements:
  • Import:
  • Improved Mailbox importing
  • IMAP:
  • Fixed issue with IMAP CRAM-MD5 authentication
  • POP3:
  • Improved compatibility with non-compliant POP3 servers
  • Fixed issue that could cause some POP3 emails to be re-downloaded
  • Printing:
  • Added Print button to the Message Window
  • Improved print reliability
  • Interface:
  • Fixed Standard-mode tab caption
  • Fixed issue that could cause Message List to be blank

New in MailForge 2.0.5 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Fixes/Enhancements:
  • IMAP:
  • Improved handling of nested mailboxes
  • Improved support for AUTH PLAIN
  • Improved support for CRAM-MD5
  • POP3:
  • Improved support for AUTH PLAIN
  • Attachments:
  • Fixed issue that could cause MailForge to hang when sending large files
  • Fixed issue when receiving emails with multiple files
  • Interface:
  • Fixed issue with blank display due to incompatible fonts
  • Misc:
  • Approximately two dozen bug fixes

New in MailForge 2.0.4 (Aug 4, 2010)

  • Composing: Send button defaults to "Queue" if preferences are set to queue emails by default.

New in MailForge 2.0.3 (Jul 25, 2010)

  • Mailbox Sorting - Option-Click any field to group emails by that criteria
  • Import - Fixed issue that could cause Filters to not be imported at all
  • Sorting - Improved performance when sorting mailboxes
  • Export - Added descriptive headers when saving email as text
  • Junk - MailForge now launches SpamSieve on open when integrating with SpamSieve

New in MailForge 2.0.1 (Jul 20, 2010)

  • Mailbox Display:
  • Added ability to change default order of emails: Ascending vs Descending (Preferences > Mailbox Display)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Import
  • Emails now import in the correct order
  • Fixed bug that could cause some messages to be imported with the date set as 12/31/00
  • Sending & Receiving
  • Fixed bug that could cause Queued emails to be blank
  • Fixed POP3 partial download bug (when emails exceeded preset download size)
  • Fixed bug when Replying/Forwarding/Redirecting from Search results
  • Filtering - Fixed hang on manual filtering
  • Email/Mailbox Display
  • Fixed bug that could cause some HTML emails to display blank
  • Improved readability of email listbox text when selected

New in MailForge 2.0 (Jul 16, 2010)

  • Speed:
  • Improved speed opening mailboxes
  • Improved speed moving/deleting emails
  • Composition:
  • Full WYSIWYG HTML composition (in addition to standard Plain Text)
  • Inline image support
  • SpamSieve (Mac OS X)
  • Full integration with SpamSieve (requires licensed copy)
  • Signatures:
  • Plain Text & HTML (rich) signatures.
  • Stationery:
  • Plain Text & HTML (rich) stationery.
  • IMAP:
  • Re-written IMAP socket
  • Improved speed
  • MD5-CRAM authorization
  • APPEND support
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Several Dozen Misc Bug Fixes

New in MailForge 1.4.8 (Apr 29, 2010)

  • Sending:
  • Fixed issue that could cause content to be duplicated
  • Interface:
  • Fixed bug that could prevent Unified Window from remembering its size
  • Fixed bug that could distort Search Options in Unified SDI

New in MailForge 1.4.7 (Feb 5, 2010)

  • Composing - Fixed bug that could cause a duplicate when sending a Draft.

New in MailForge 1.4.1 (Feb 4, 2010)

  • Sending:
  • Fixed bug preventing Queued or Timed Queued emails from being sent.
  • Fixed bug preventing original HTML part from being Forwarded, Resent, or Redirected.
  • Interface:
  • Fixed bug with Task Window remembering its location.

New in MailForge 1.4 (Feb 1, 2010)

  • Interface:
  • Unified Mode: Double-clicking opens emails in a new tab.
  • Unified Mode: Email Composition opens in a new tab.
  • Unified Mode: Search opens in a new tab.
  • Performance:
  • Faster startup.
  • Up to 3x faster when opening mailboxes.
  • Improved performance when changing email Label.
  • Improved performance when changing email Priority.
  • Improved performance when changing email Status.
  • Numerous misc performance improvements.
  • Filters:
  • Improved performance when manually filtering.
  • Messages are manually filtered in the correct order.
  • Sending:
  • Fixed malformed multi-part emails.
  • Fixed malformed HTML part when sending Queued or Resending.
  • X-Mailer header now properly identifies the correct version.
  • Address Book:
  • MailForge Address Book is now resizable.
  • Importing:
  • Improved importing of Eudora attachments.
  • Stability:
  • Classic Mode: Fixed crash when re-opening In box with Mailbox Window closed.
  • Unified Mode: Fixed crash when re-opening Unified Window.
  • Fixed crash when switching between Classic and Unified.
  • Numerous misc stability improvements.

New in MailForge 1.3.8 (Jan 4, 2010)

  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Mailbox now updates when deleting email from Message Window
  • Fixed issue when marking an email as Not Junk
  • POP3:
  • Fixed issue with servers that send malformed UIDs.
  • Full CRAM-MD5 compatibility.
  • General:
  • No longer attempts first mail check when no network is present.

New in MailForge 1.3.6 (Dec 21, 2009)

  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Improved scrolling.
  • Faster display of mailboxes exceeding 50,000 emails.
  • Faster switching of tabs in Unified Mode.
  • Added Draft status option.
  • Composing Email:
  • To and CC are now correctly encoded for International characters.
  • Fixed issue that could cause multiple Resent email bodies to be duplicated.
  • Fixed issue with duplicate Drafts being saved in Outbox.
  • Downloading Email:
  • Download status now displays "Retrieving X of Y" status.
  • Fixed UIDL compatibility issue with Gmail POP3.
  • Fixed several issues with POP3 Disconnect sequence.
  • Fixed several issues that could cause blank emails to be downloaded.
  • Improved parsing of multi-part, embedded emails.
  • Fixed incorrect count when downloading email to open mailbox.
  • Stability:
  • Numerous stability improvements.

New in MailForge 1.3.5 (Dec 19, 2009)

  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Destination mailbox now properly updates when transferring email.
  • Correctly deletes emails via Message Window.
  • Composing Email:
  • Queued emails are now directly editable.
  • Now possible to save Replies, Forwards, and Redirects.
  • Downloading Email:
  • Fixed several issues with POP3 Disconnect sequence.
  • Fixed a couple of issues that could lead to blank emails.
  • Status:
  • Task Window (Classic Mode) now stays open post-send if download in progress.
  • Stability:
  • Numerous stability improvements.

New in MailForge 1.3.4 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Up to 7x speed increase when opening mailboxes.
  • Faster transferring of email to and from large mailboxes.
  • Added Unsent status option.
  • Added direct editing of Unsent, Draft, or Sendable emails.
  • Checking Email:
  • Improved POP3 Disconnect sequence.
  • Fixed Content-Encoding issue with single-part HTML messages.
  • Fixed Charset issue with single-part HTML messages.
  • Sending Email:
  • MailForge now Redirects, Forwards, and Resends original HTML content.
  • Fixed issue with MailForge not saving the size of outgoing emails.
  • Fixed general encoding issue with HTML emails.
  • Composing Email:
  • Added drag and drop of attachments on Composition Window.
  • Eliminated extraneous return characters at beginning of new email.
  • Eliminated leading spacing on Replies.
  • Fixed issue with saving a Draft email.
  • Searching:
  • When searching via the Classic Toolbar, Search Window positions properly.
  • Logging:
  • Hold Option/Alt key when clicking the Check Mail button for verbose logging.
  • Fixed several issues that could cause a crash on Windows.
  • Misc:
  • Numerous stability improvements.

New in MailForge 1.3.3 (Nov 30, 2009)

  • POP3:
  • Fixed issue that could cause blank emails
  • Fixed issue that could cause duplicate emails to be downloaded
  • Fixed issue that could cause MailForge to hang when downloading
  • Fixed issue that could cause a lockup post-download
  • Improved logging
  • IMAP:
  • Fixed issue that could cause blank emails
  • Parsing:
  • Fixed issue with some single-part email bodies appearing blank
  • Composition:
  • Fixed issue resulting in BCC Autofill being hidden
  • Filters:
  • Improved importing of International characters in Filters
  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Eliminated extra quotes in addresses (Special > View Emails)
  • Preferences:
  • Fixed issue with Open Mailbox Notification not being set immediately
  • Misc:
  • Several minor stability improvements

New in MailForge 1.3.2 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Added ability to toggle sender vs name view.
  • Added ability to sort by email addresses.
  • Search:
  • Now displays the Date Header, rather than the download date.
  • Sending Email:
  • Fixed issue that could cause blank email to be sent immediately after initial setup.
  • POP3:
  • Addressed issue with some servers that improperly encode UIDL lists.
  • Addressed issue with some servers that use non-ASCII UIDs.
  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Fixed issue that could cause an email to be deleted if transferring to the mailbox it was already in.
  • Fixed crash in Unified Mode when opening mailbox with main window closed.
  • Preferences:
  • Fixed issue that could cause Mailbox Window option to stay hidden.
  • Registration:
  • Trial period reset.

New in MailForge 1.3.1 (Nov 14, 2009)

  • IMAP:
  • Fixed issue that could cause emails to still appear after deleting.
  • Fixed issue that could cause duplicate IMAP checks simultaneously.
  • Fixed issue that could prevent checking IMAP account if previous attempt was stopped.
  • Fixed issue that could cause socket to stall when checking mail.
  • Fixed issue that could prevent some mailboxes from syncing.
  • Fixed issue with moving messages between nested mailboxes.
  • Fixed "Network dropped connection" bug.
  • Sending Email:
  • Improved compatibility of outgoing Plain Text emails.
  • Improved compatibility of outgoing HTML emails.
  • Importing:
  • Increase speed of Eudora mailbox importing.
  • Interface:
  • Added Vertical Toolbar.
  • Add HTML / Plain Text toggle on Message Window.
  • Searching:
  • Widened scope of Classic Toolbar search.
  • Junk Filters:
  • Updated Junk Filters.
  • Crashes:
  • Fixed issue related to logging POP3 commands.
  • Fixed issue with opening mailboxes on Windows.

New in MailForge 1.3 (Nov 14, 2009)

  • Filters:
  • Manual Filtering.
  • POP3:
  • Fixed issue with messages downloading multiple times.
  • IMAP:
  • Increased speed of IMAP mailbox sync 10x.
  • Fixed issue that could prevent moving IMAP messages.
  • Fixed issue that could prevent IMAP socket from reacquiring connection.
  • SMTP / Sending:
  • Fixed issue that could cause some emails to be sent blank.
  • Fixed issue with some accounts not being pre-selected in Composition Window.
  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Fixed multiple issues related to resizing mailbox columns.
  • Stability:
  • Fixed crash related to logging.
  • Fixed crash that could occur when transferring messages.
  • Fixed issue that could occur when attempting to compose an email with no account setup.
  • Several other stability improvements.
  • Misc:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause MailForge to incorrectly identify itself as an older version.

New in MailForge 1.2.4 (Oct 31, 2009)

  • Sending Mail:
  • Fixed issue with HTML email that could cause it to not be accurately displayed by the recipient
  • Fixed issue with Unrecognized Command error when sending the QUIT command
  • Checking Mail:
  • Fixed issue with QUIT command that could prevent subsequent checks
  • Composing Mail:
  • Fixed issue with tab order on Composition Window

New in MailForge 1.2.3 (Oct 28, 2009)

  • Features major upgrade to mailbox importing, especially mailboxes containing International characters.

New in MailForge 1.2.1 (Oct 15, 2009)

  • SMTP:
  • Added support SMTP CRAM-MD5 Authorization.
  • Fixed issue with SMTP AUTH PLAIN.
  • Fixed issue with sending via some servers that don't support TLS.
  • IMAP:
  • Fixed isssue that could terminate creation of additional IMAP mailboxes if "Apple Mail To Do" mailbox was encountered.
  • Improved display of nested IMAP mailboxes.
  • Mailbox Interaction:
  • Fixed issue with emails not being marked as read.
  • Fixed issue with Unread Status when navigating in Message Window.
  • Improved sorting speed.
  • Who sorting now ignores quotations.
  • Message List now scrolls down when deleting emails.
  • Message Handling:
  • Improved Subject editing.
  • Filters:
  • Fixed issue that could cause an error when importing Eudora Filters.
  • Parsing:
  • Fixed issue that could cause some HTML messages to show as raw code.
  • Printing:
  • Improved print quality on Mac OS X.
  • Crashes / Slight Issues:
  • Fixed crash in Classic Mode during Initial Setup.
  • Fixed Slight Issue that could occur with built-in Address Book when composing email.
  • Misc Improvements:
  • Numerous minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in MailForge 1.2 (Sep 24, 2009)

  • Sending Email:
  • Improved compatibility with STARTTLS servers
  • Fixed issue that could cause MailForge to attempt STARTTLS with a non-STARTTLS server
  • Fixed numerous small issues with SMTP socket that could cause problems with strict servers
  • Receiving Email:
  • Fixed issue that could cause some incoming attachments to not be saved
  • Sorting:
  • Sort by Subject is much faster
  • Sort by Subject now ignores "Re:" and "Fw:"
  • Group Messages is now re-enabled
  • Labels:
  • Fixed issue that prevents Label changes from being immediately visible
  • Status:
  • Fixed issue that prevents Status changes from being immediately visible
  • Priority:
  • Fixed issue that prevents Priority changes from being immediately visible
  • Performance:
  • Substantial performance increase when downloading email to a large mailbox that is currently open
  • Crashes:
  • Fixed crash when sorting mailboxes
  • Fixed crash when switching mailboxes / tabs
  • Fixed crash when Replying/Forwarding/Redirecting/Deleting an email that was not visible

New in MailForge 1.0.3 (Jul 16, 2009)

  • SMTP:
  • New, more robust SMTP socket
  • Improved and extensive SMTP logging
  • IMAP:
  • Now possible to specify full email or header only download
  • Fixed multiple issues that could cause IMAP download to stall
  • Fixed issue that could cause an error when when opening nested IMAP mailboxes
  • POP3:
  • Fixed issue that could cause POP3 download to stall
  • Mail Handling:
  • Fixed issue when transferring to a double-nested mailbox
  • Encoding:
  • Improved compatibility and reliability of outgoing email encoding
  • Attachment names are now decoded according to language
  • Added Chinese encoding support
  • Added Korean encoding support
  • Added Vietnamese encoding support
  • Added Baltic Rim encoding support
  • Improved Greek encoding (especially on Window)
  • Improved Japanese encoding
  • Improved Hebrew encoding
  • Improved Cyrillic encoding
  • Mail Parsing:
  • Improved parsing of multi-part and embedded MIME messages
  • Fixed issue that could cause text files to be saved as the text part of the email
  • Misc Bug Fixes:
  • Significant performance increase when opening large mailboxes

New in MailForge 1.0.2 (Jun 18, 2009)

  • Added ability to group similar messages (Option/Alt click on message).
  • Added Contextual menu in Message List for common operations.
  • Composition Window To, CC, and BCC now use familiar single entry field.
  • Improvements to formatting of Recipient and Sender email addresses.
  • MailForge will now recreate In, Out, Junk, and Trash mailboxes if deleted.
  • Fixed issue where Priority of incoming mail was not immediately colored.
  • Fixed conflict between Priority color and Label color.
  • Fixed issue that could cause mail checking to loop.
  • Fixed issue that could prevent new Composition Window from opening when clicking Toolbar Icon.
  • Fixed Address Book Cancel button.
  • Corrected dialog on Signature Import Window.
  • Fixed issue that could prevent individual checking of email accounts.
  • Fixed issue that could prevent Make Filter option from working.
  • Numerous misc bug fixes.

New in MailForge 1.0 Beta 9 (Nov 28, 2008)

  • Improved Mailbox Format (as of Beta 7):
  • New format allows for faster operation and smaller mailbox sizes
  • Checking Email:
  • Fixed compatibility issues with Maillennium POP3 servers (AT&T)
  • Encoding:
  • Fixed an issue where International languages did not display properly on both platforms
  • Odysseus now encodes outgoing headers to UTF-8 for International compatibility
  • Importing:
  • Faster import of Eudora mailboxes
  • Odysseus now does a better job of preserving the encoding of imported messages
  • Misc:
  • Numerous stability improvements

New in MailForge 1.0 Beta 7 (Nov 5, 2008)

  • Email Download:
  • Added progress download when downloading email with attachments
  • Improved compatibility with POP3 servers
  • Odysseus no longer hangs when downloading attachments
  • Email Import:
  • Improved speed when importing Eudora email in tandem with large Attachment folder
  • Encoding:
  • Fixed crash when encountering malformed/improperly encoded HTML email
  • Improved Unicode support
  • Address Book:
  • Added ability to import multiple Nickname files
  • Added Apple Address Book autofill
  • Message Viewing:
  • Corrected Date sort for Search results
  • Message Window remembers size and location
  • Added message title to Message Window
  • Added Unified Preview option (similar to implementation in Classic)
  • Fixed issue where fonts weren’t properly updated when opening new Classic windows
  • Message Composition:
  • Improved formatting of message replies
  • Moved insertion point for Replies, Signatures, and Stationery
  • Fixed issues that could cause HTML emails to not display correctly
  • Misc Fixes:
  • Fixed a number of issues that could cause crashes

New in MailForge 1.0 Beta 3 (Sep 4, 2008)

  • Accounts.
  • Checking Mail.
  • Sending Mail.
  • Replying.
  • Attachments.
  • Junk Mail.
  • Fonts & Display.
  • Mailbox Display.
  • Notifications.
  • Address Book.
  • Spell Checking.
  • Interface & Toolbars.
  • Improved importing.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Odysseus to crash when importing.
  • Odysseus now imports entire Eudora Mail Folder, preserving mailbox hierarchy.
  • Timed Checking.
  • Timed Sending (Hold down the Option/Alt key when clicking Send button).
  • Ability to Toggle Manual Checking.
  • Leave on Server Settings.
  • Reply to All.
  • Ability to Set Junk Filter Strictness (Off, Low, Medium, High).
  • Ability to Reset Junk Filters.
  • Display, List, and Print Fonts.
  • Ability to Set HMTL vs Plain Text Display Preference.
  • Cosmetic Mailbox Display Additions.
  • Ability to Turn On or Off Mailbox Preview.
  • Ability to Set "Read Delay" (Messages will automatically be marked "Read" if opened in new window).
  • Sound Notifications Can Be Turned Off.
  • Support for French, German, Italian, and Spanish Spell Checking.
  • Interface Enhancements.
  • In Classic Mode Odysseus will now remember the size and position of every individual mail window.
  • In both Modes, the Message Window Splitter can be collapsed so as to completely hide the Message Preview. The Splitter will remember its position for each window.
  • New Icon .