NetMail 3.6 Release Candidate Available

The NetMail 3.6 release candidate code is available through MyRealBox's FTP site.

You can get the code here:
NetWare, ZIP
Linux, TGZ

Once again it is applied as a patch over and existing 3.52 installation.

For those of you who aren't yet familiar with the new features in 3.6 here's a portion of the readme below:

Administration

1. In WebAdmin on individual user account properties you can now view and edit: Immediate Purge of deleted messages, Signatures, Address book settings.

2. There is a new entry on individual user accounts to allow an administrator to set a default Sent Items folder.

3. There is a new entry on individual user accounts to allow an administrator to set a default Drafts folder.

4. The above settings can also be applied to a Parent Object.

5. An administrator can now set a default parent object. This can be set by editing the Messaging Server object. Any settings configured on the assign parent object will apply to all users on the system, unless they have an explicitly defined parent object or have individual settings that are configured to override the default parent. This can be used to set a default Drafts and Sent Items folder for the entire system.

6. Accounts created in TOM can have their eDirectory account disabled by default. To do so you will need to use a tool that can edit the attributes of an object (such as the Other tab in ConsoleOne) and add TomDisableNDSLoginForNewUsers:1 to the NIMS:TOMOptions on the Parent Object.

7. You can use Universal Passwords with NetMail and eDirectory 8.8. You will need to have a password policy defined, the default login method needs to be set for each user (or container) and you need to set NDSD_TRY_NMASLOGIN_FIRST=true. See this CoolSolutions article for steps to configure: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17259.html

WebAccess Template

1. You can now create rules that contain a “reply with” option.

2. You can define a Drafts folder under options.

3. When composing a new message there is a Save button if a draft folder has been defined. This will save a copy of the email to the drafts folder which can be worked on later.

4. Embedded images can now be displayed in the WebAccess template.

5. Can set a preference to copy automatically generated messages to the Sent Items folder.

6. Support for PNG graphics.

NetMail Template
A new template is included called the “NetMail” template. It has been completely redesigned and has many new features. Please see the instructions in the installation section for how to add this template to your system. Some of the new features include:

1. The new features included above in the WebAcess template.

2. AJAX based implementation, allowing it to be significantly smaller that the previous WebAccess template.

3. A more streamlined look and feel, with a more intuitive user interface.

4. A message preview window.

5. The ability to double click a message in the message list to open a message.

6. Right click functionality for many of the common tasks.

7. Auto -save draft feature-As long as a user is actively creating a message in the compose window the connection to NetMail will never time out, after 3 minutes of inactivity the message will automatically be saved as a draft, and the default timeout timer will begin. If they resume typing the counter will be reset.

8. New contact management interface-The address book is now a folder within the main window.

9. Ability to create Groups within the address book.

10. Messages can be selected in the main window use family keystrokes such as CTRL-A to select all, CTRL-click to select many individual messages, and SHIFT-click to select a series of messages.

11. CTRL-N or ALT-N is a new shortcut to create a new messages in IE and Safari.

12. Calendaring has a new interface

13. There is a calendar quick view window on the left hand side to quickly see the calendar items for the day.

14. Appointments can be created by highlighting on the calender itself and dragging over the time desired.

Assuming all goes well the plan on shipping the full release will be November 5th.
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