As per the Atmail development roadmap, we are proud to announce two major enhancements for Atmail. CardDAV client support, allowing Atmail to view users address-books within the unified Webmail interface. The second feature is Webmail theme support in CSS. This demonstrates how easily Atmail is to customize for the frontend interface and provide users multiple Webmail themes.

With this release of CardDAV support, Atmail’s address book can now connect to a CardDAV server via open-standards as the source for all contact information, which is a major bonus for those wanting portable contact information, anywhere, anytime.

Atmail is one of the first Webmail clients to fully support CardDAV. With a growing number of desktop-clients and mobiles such as the iPhone and Android slated to support CardDAV, we are preparing to provide the complete open-protocol messaging solution. Say goodbye to proprietary formats for contact data.

New Features:

• Added CardDAV client support - Connect to an external CardDAV server within Atmail for contact data
• Theme support for the webmail user interface - New Granite theme available to those who prefer the corporate color palette
• Installer support for Ubuntu 10.X - Server edition and Webmail client
• New Windows Websync utility for Outlook - Improved performance, stability issues fixed and improved UTF-8 support
• MD5 and CRYPT-MD5 support now available in the server edition - Choose the default password encryption type via the Webadmin for users and migrate from legacy platforms easier.

Improvements:

• Improved thread processing performance, disk-level caching implemented
• Optimized caching, IMAP performance and client-level cache support via JS
• Calendar - Can now zoom to date view from month view
• Calendar - Edit event now uses convenient datepickers
• Improved mail search facility to support search keys
• Improved link detection and conversion of plain text URLs into links
• Improved handling of bad characters in To/Cc/Bcc fields
• Improved mime parsing for invalid or poorly formatted messages
• Better handling of wmv attachments for streaming in Windows Media Player
• Improved thread handling, user-experience and performance
• Improved Bedework calendar server support via CalDAV
• Added Subadmin support to the REST API - Add, delete, modify
• Improved Alias support via the REST API

Issues Fixed:

• Users can again edit a contact’s photo from the view contact page
• When uploading a photo for a contact the extension check is now case-insensitive
• Fixed Unicode memory leak/corruption in WebSync
• Fixed incorrect permission settings for Spamassassin directories upon installation
• Fixed dependency issues with Ubuntu 10.4
• Various Calendar bug fixes and improvements
• Fixed some API issues including hardening permissions checks
• Message bodies now showing in non-multipart text/plain messages
• Add Attachment button now works in Safari without multiple clicks
• Drag and Drop between sub-folders fixed
• Subadmin permission checks hardened
• Added paging for domains list in Webadmin
• Various other small fixes for Webadmin and Subadmin

We recommend all existing customers to upgrade to the new Atmail 6.1.8 - Follow these steps to update your install in under 5 minutes.

Want to test drive the latest right away? See our online demo at http://a6demo.atmail.com/ and demo the latest version online.

We are proud to introduce the Atmail Virtual Server Appliance (AVSA), a virtual machine created for VMWare® virtualization software.

With AVSA, you have:

Zero-time setup.  All you need to do is open the file via VMware. That’s it.

No long winded installation processes. No configuration. No compiling. No need to fiddle with hardware. Just start the virtual machine, put it on the network, and you’re good to go.

Turn key. Use AVSA to provide a turn-key messaging platform with, Webmail, POP3/IMAP services, SMTP, Calendaring features, CalDAV, Groupware and more.

Lightweight. For a complete messaging solution, the AVSA weighs in at a very lean 700MB download. Featuring all the components you could need in an email server and an entire Linux distribution, in space just barely over what you can fit in a CD.

Breezy backups. Using VMware® snapshot utilities, making backups for your AVSA installation is fluid and easy. Restoring from backups? Even more so. No more worrying about synchronizing files, or creating backup cronjobs, or failover mechanisms. It’s all available at a press of a button.

Click’n'deploy. Download a copy from the Atmail evaluation page, existing clients can license ASVA with their previous Atmail serial-key, and a free 5-user license is available for evaluation users. Read the install guide for setup details.

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Today we announce Atmail 6.1.4 - With ongoing development of Atmail, we want to take the opportunity to share the big new things we are doing.

Atmail 6 now includes Group Support on a domain or group basis for POP3/IMAP/Webmail support, Groupware toggle, WebSync toggle and Groupware permissions - either site or domain wide. The new Websync now has full internationalization with UTF8 supporting Arabic, Japanese and Eastern Character sets and more.

Atmail 6 now includes a new Signup form - Allow your users to create email accounts for a Hotmail/Yahoo type service; the new release makes it even easier to create a customized login pages styled to match your existing site’s images, color scheme and style. A guide to creating new login styles is available and examples of new login page styles can be accessed via our CSS login style blog entry.

Atmail includes a fully translated Web-Admin interface as well as inclusion of Brazilian, Portuguese, improved German language support and a new Chinese translation.

New Features:

• New Signup form. Allow your users to create email accounts for a Hotmail/Yahoo type service
  
• New languages support including German, Portuguese, Brazilian and Chinese.
• New WebSync international characters support.
• Full group manager that now allows you to define on a domain or group basis, which features and functionality your end users have access too
• Various SQL optimizations to improve speed for Webmail, Mailserver and Admin pages.

Improvements:

• Improved security for XSS issues
• Improved Webmail client , further refining of the user-interface, interactions and cross browser support
• Improved quota calculations used by the Admin panel, POP3/IMAP server and SMTP delivery
• MD5 password set by default for AdminUsers
• Calendar server now restricts access to details of logged in user only.

Issues Fixed:

• Fixed XSS vulnerability in webmail client
• Fixed various height composer issues
• Fixed browser lockup if blank search term used
• Fixed various installer and migration script compatibility errors
• Corrected WebSync update url for legacy version
• Fixed various international character issues for mail server
• Groups list users are correctly paginating
• Fixed various address rendering issues
• Fixed JS error on emailing a draft
• Now displays unknown for drafts without an email address
• Now does not forget last scroll position in mail list
• Fixed various issues when search pane is open
• Fixed use of depreciated Zend Auto loader which was causing issues.
• Fixed security issue with listing all emails registered with calendar server
• Fixed shared calendars sometimes appearing without owner title
• Fixed calendars created appearing under correct owner
• Now permanently sets the calendar color on creation
• Fixed availability widget width
• Fixed availability display under IE7/IE8
• Fixed shared calendar delete button available
• Fixed Private calendar delete button available
• Fixed editable shared calendar name
• Fixed no calendar selected after calendar removal
• Fixed sql settings not being published to the configuration files
• Fixed locking domains not displaying lock after refresh
• Corrected field description in Global Settings
• Corrected smtp auth being able to be turned off
• Fixed Userview showing Domain Disabled for External accounts

We recommend all existing customers to upgrade to the new Atmail 6.1.4. Follow the simple steps to update your install in under 5 minutes.

Questions? Contact us via our web-form

One week after the initial release of Atmail 6, we’ve rolled out another version!  We are going to continue this aggressive development cycle throughout the summer months here constantly adding features and fine tuning our new interface and framework.

Interface Improvements

We are making tweaks to our user interface every day.  Working on improving the layout and little design issues as they come up as well as improving cross browser support for Safari, Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Features and Fixes

• Improved SQL error checking
• Improved php-xml support for the installer script
• Better folder and tab integration
• Improved Reply All function
• Increased performance of calendar server
• Improved search display for calendar
• Additional Help text in the user interface
• Time format improvement in for CalDV entries
• Better support for email header date processing
• Improved Reply To threading support
• Improved folder name support in Address Book
• Better calendar font support
• Better flow when switching from two to three pane view
• Improved address book editing support
• Fixed calendar purge utility
• Footer message support
• Better session handling
• Improved tab support in IE 8 and Firefox
• Fixed POP3 SSL certificate issue

Reach us at +1-877-4-ATMAIL or via the contact page for pre-sales information

After over 9 months in development, the new Atmail 6 platform is now available for BETA. We are opening a beta for selected customers and interested users to test-drive the new version, send us feedback, and help to improve the product for release.

Atmail 6 Moto

More than just an Exchange Replacement for Linux - Built using open standards, Web 2.0 enhanced, design for usability, speed and performance. Providing users an enhanced messaging experience. Our aim is to arm ISPs and business users the tools to do messaging better.

What will Atmail 6 deliver?

• Unified Webmail interface - An advanced Webmail platform built for usability
• Built using the best Zend and jQuery have to offer
• Open standards for Calendaring - Atmail provides a CalDAV client/server, open standards, open calendaring
• Push support - Mail, Address-book and Calendar data
• Browser friendly - IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome
• Groupware made easy
• Mail threads, conversations, improved address-book integration
• Faster backend with Exim and Dovecot for the server edition

Register your interest for the beta program, we are hand selecting users on a daily basis and want to work closely with our beta users.

Screenshots for the new Mail interface ( 3pane and 2pane options available )

New Webmail - 2 or 3 pane available, mail threading & conversations included

Improved Address-book - DnD support, vCard import/export, Push support to iPhone

A production Atmail 6.0 version is due to be released on 15th June 2009 for download and upgrading existing versions. Stay tuned for more updates on the Beta program.

Ben Duncan, the founder of Atmail has embarked on a 6 month journey around the entire of Australia, in a specially modified 4WD Land Rover to demonstrate the ability to work online and maintain a virtual presence using the latest technologies.
The trip will take the Atmail mobile office into the far reaching parts of the Australian desert, across the coastline of Australia, into the red-center and across to the lush rainforests of tropical North-Queensland. The Atmail mobile office will be online using the latest BGAN Satellite and NextG mobile internet, to keep the pulse alive.

Using a custom version of the Atmail mail-server for remote connections, the 4WD runs it’s own SMTP server, with delivery of messages via an SMTP smarthost. The technology in the 4WD includes:

• Linux eeePC used for the car Atmail server, SMTP and Web proxy
• Telstra NextG mobile router
• Linksys Wifi device
• 60W solar panel connected to a 100ah battery
• Dual battery isolator for charging the battery bank, and solar regulator to charge the battery when the 4WD is off.
• Live streaming CarCam, updates an image every 5 minutes from the mobile-office “eye” embedded on the roof
• Uniden GPS for navigation
• Roof tent for sleeping
• Macbook Pro and VMware used for development and SVN environments
• Full kitchen, gas and storage within car

From within the 4WD mobile office, Ben Duncan will help co-ordinate the new Atmail 6 release and upcoming products for the company into 2009. The car includes a full development environment and SVN snapshots.

Australia provides breathtaking scenery and wide open-spaces to find inspiration and product R&D ideas you would normally struggle to find at a regular city office, no matter how much coffee!

With over 16,000km’s left on the journey, keep tuned to http://atmailmobileoffice.com/ for a soon to be released web-site and gallery showcasing the trip, blog, and technology behind the adventure!

We are proud to announce the third update to the AtMail Open-source edition, version 1.03. The open-source edition has received a welcomed response from the community seeking an improved Ajax Webmail client, and we value all our user feedback since we released the first edition in May 08.

Download the new release at: http://atmail.org/download.php

The new 1.03 release includes;

• The addition of the FCKeditor for composing HTML email.
• Better filtering of control characters in email headers
• Improved handly of unquoted or badly formatted email addresses.
• An improved spellchecker
• Additional plugin hooks
• Added script to upgrade the database to Atmail commercial structure
• Call to localtime() now uses correct arguments in GetMail.php
• Added hostname argument when creating Net_SMTP object; avoids possible mail rejection
  due to use of default ‘localhost’
• Quota display when mail server supports it and account has quota set
• Alert when over specific percentage of quota used
• Use IMAP sort extension rather than client side sort if server supports it
• Display LDAP addresses in Addressbook rather than Search->Import->Add
• Use LDAP addresses in auto complete
• Remove rogue save button on edit group page which made groups into users
• Firefox always display scrollbars (no shifts to the left on scrollable pages)
• When adding entries from LDAP server, use first and last name correctly

Thanks goes to many members of the Atmail Open Forums for addtional changes and fixes.

We welcome the feedback, to find out more about the project visit http://atmail.org/ and view the online demo.

Atmail 5.6 contains a plethora of new features and fixes. Among them are the Push feature, Apple iPhone ® and Windows-Mobile ® support, DKIM filtering, and an improved Login page. See the changelog for the full set of features and changes.

Take advantage of the latest Atmail release and roll-out an improved Webmail client or Email server platform for your customers. Benefits in the new release include:

• New login and signup page templates
• Improved TLS support
• Improved Calendar for Firefox 3
• Full DKIM support integrated into Exim for message authentication and anti-spam measures, now with TLS
• Improved global level Bayes support
• New SMS options using the Clickatell gateway
• Interface enhancements
• Security, bug fixes and more

How do I get the latest version?

• Existing clients can use the client area
• Users wishing to evaluate can download the demo version
• Use the online demo for quick access

Push feature

• The new Atmail push feature is an optional module to purchase and offer extended features to your userbase. Pricing starts at only $50 for a 100 user license.
• Until the 23rd Dec we are offering a 50% discount on the Push module for existing client upgrades or new purchases

The latest 5.6 version will be one of the last major updates for the 5.X branch of Atmail, with Atmail version 6.0 been released April 2009 for our next generation platform.

This month, we celebrate the ten years since Ben Duncan’s creation of a webmail interface - one that has evolved into AtMail.

AtMail, much like the people who have been involved in it, has grown. It has taken leaps and bounds in line with our passion, our desire to create. AtMail has branched into several iterations suiting different needs of different groups of people. Forks have spawned, each one for a specific requirement, and each one growing into a wholly different product.

And so we take a look back:

1998
- Ben Duncan begins coding a new webmail interface in Nova Scotia during Dec 1998

1999
- Atmail launches into the marketplace as one of the first commercial Webmail clients available. Astounded by the demand for Atmail, first operations are run from Amsterdam, The Netherlands while Ben worked for an Internet startup company.

2000
- Funded by a large Xerox deal, Ben and friends decide to take Atmail onto the road. They purchase a 4×4 and kit to travel around the coast and outback of Australia for 10 months, while developing and supporting Atmail. When the 9600 baud GSM modem was out of coverage, the team would resort to using an accoustic coupler to commit code changes.

No kidding:

2001
- AtMail is offered at a very low price. It is a webmail interface that can integrate with the 4 major MTAs (Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, and Exim).
- Corey Bissaillon joins the team.

2002
- An office in Sydney, Australia is acquired.
- The demand for AtMail rises. AtMail customers are using the webmail interface to provide access to corporate, educational, and government email systems.

2003
- AtMail 3.5 is released. Created using the Perl language, it is available in both the Linux and Windows operating systems.
- Andy Grayndler joins the team.

2004
- AtMail 4.0 is released. Boasting vast interface improvements, it is a significant step from the previous major release - aesthetically and functionally.
- Exim,ClamAV and SpamAssassin are adopted as solid components of the AtMail system.
- John Contad joins the team.

2005
- The AtMail 4.1 branch is created.
- Localization improvements are added, allowing people to tailor AtMail for different languages.
- Outlook Synchronization utilities, along with other applications for Microsoft Windows® are put into place.
- Jason Brown joins the team.

2006
- The AtMail Appliance is released. With its plug-and-play capabilities, client adoption for @Mail soars.
- The AtMail 4.6 branch is released, with extensive AJAX support and interface improvements.
- The videomail component of AtMail is created.
- Brad Kowalczyk joins the team.
- Idaho office acquired.

2007
- AtMail 5.0 is released. PHP is adopted as the development language.
- With the new version and large number of improvements, adoption once again rises. Numerous universities, government branches, and ISPs now use AtMail.
- Partnerships are forged with SWSoft/Parallels and Verio.com.
- Stewart Bazley joins the team.

2008
- With the new language and a bigger talent pool, the development for AtMail blitzes to its fastest. Upgrades are issued to customers on a monthly basis.
- AtMail Open, the free version of AtMail, is released.
- AtMail Cluster Edition is released.
- Development R&D centre acquired in Peregian Beach, Australia.
- Allan Wrethman, Ben Ferguson, Mikaela Duncan and Luke Stephens join the team.
- Largest growth and profit to date - Over 4,000 clients and 15M+ end user accounts.

It has been quite a journey for us here at AtMail. But while we have accomplished so much so far, this is modest compared to what we plan, and are looking forward to do. Abundant opportunities, changes and improvements lie ahead.

Stay tuned.

We are happy to announce the new Atmail site is now launched! Our user-interface and usability team loved working on the new site to reflect Atmail growing and our exposure to the market increase.

The site has been designed with easier navigation on the Atmail Webmail, Mail Server and Appliance product-lines, and a clearer description of the added-value services we offer such as onsite training and support services.

You can also see the face of Atmail via the new contact page with photos of our offices, with our staff profiles soon to be online for the new about us page.

Please post any feedback on our new site design below, we are keen to optimize as per user feedback!

Cheers,

~ Atmail UI/Graphics team ( Back to the Atmail 6 user-interface development now! )