With over a week of optimizations and enhancements from the last minor patch, Atmail 6.0.5 is now available. The main focus for the release is a production ready Atmail 5.X to Atmail 6 migration script, 2-5X speed improvement for the CalDAV server, and a host of Webmail and Admin enhancements.

If you are an existing Atmail 6 user we have simplified the upgrade process. Learn how to upgrade in 4 easy steps via the online documentation.

Below are the latest changes in the 6.0.5 patch

Migration:

• Production ready Migration scripts for Atmail Webmail-client and Server-mode
• Atmail server mode migration tutorial
• Atmail webmail-client migration tutorial

New Features:

• Improved performance of Calendar server 2-5X speed increase, with Mysql cache and lookup optimizations
• Implemented DKIM in the SMTP server and Admin control panel
• DKIM rejections available via the Dashboard > Spam graphs
• Added Groupware and Shared Addressbook toggle on/off via Webadmin
• Search users implemented for Subadmin user

Improvements:

• Admin
• Improved structure of SSL certificates for IMAP/SMTP/DKIM in the Webadmin
• New “Upgrade Software” feature via Webadmin > License tab - Automatically update software versions for each new release
• Calendar Server
• Improved MySQL usage for speed
• MySQL table names using correct Atmail 6 name formatting
• Now handles invalid users in UserSession table
• Calendar Client
  
• Now caches event results more intelligently
• Improved CalDav protocol use - Login speed increased significantly
• Webmail Client
  
• Spanish, German, French, and Italian added to the login page for Webmail language
• Deferred folder totals update so that first view doesn’t take so long
• Caching implementation being revised. Message caching functional again
• Folder LIST caching implemented (combine with global caching still todo)
• Folder CAPABILITY caching implemented (combine with global caching still todo)
• Gracefully handle inaccessible messages with error

Bugs Fixed:

• Admin
• Fixed sql error when clicking a domain to get a list of users
• Implemented global $.php and $.ajax.beforesend and .complete events to add and remove the loading icon
• Migration
  
• Fixed bad usersession data not being imported correctly
• Fixed typo that meant correct language setting was not migrated into Atmail6 database
• Webmail
• Contact delete fixed
• Now does not display unusable options to external IMAP account users
• Implemented global $.php and $.ajax.beforesend and .complete events to add and remove the loading icon
• Improved Abook entry handling to prevent duplicates
• Made tmpFolderBaseName compulsory in returnPreparedMessageArray args to eliminate inadvertently calling without proper folder name

If you have any feedback on the Atmail patch, please contact us, or post a thread on the Atmail forum. We are aiming to release the next Atmail 6 patch on 8th Sept with additional user feedback and features ported from Atmail 5.