News
Fookes Software news and software updates are available directly through the Aid4Mail "News and Updates" screen. This screen can be accessed from the "Check News & Get Updates" menu command which is displayed when you click on the Software button. If you do not see the latest information on the "News and Updates" screen then click on the "Update Now" button to refresh the list.
Serious Outlook 2010 Bug
Update: This bug now seems to have been fixed. Make sure you have the latest update of Outlook 2010.
Outlook 2010 had a serious bug that caused data loss in source messages processed with the MAPI RFC Converter. Original SMTP headers were replaced with a simplified version. For most users the effects of this bug are not noticeable, or at most a minor inconvenience. However, for those working in the field of e-discovery and forensic examination such loss of data is unacceptable. We recommend that these professionals ensure they have the latest update of Outlook 2010.
October 18, 2012
Aid4Mail 2.6 is officially released. Main features added since version 2.5 include:
- NameFilter.dat (see NameFilter.txt file) can now be used to fix invalid characters in folder names migrated to IMAP and MAPI accounts.
- Improved migration of "malformed" emails to Exchange servers via IMAP.
- Improved conversion of X.400 email addresses to SMTP when extracting outgoing mail (Sent Items) from Outlook/Exchange accounts.
- Scripting: Added new properties to Message object.
- Scripting: File.GetHash and String.GetHash now use the more common CRC32-CCITT algorithm to produce the CRC32 signature value.
- Fixed issue creating folder names on Cyrus, Courier, and Zoho Mail servers when they contain invalid characters.
- Fixed issue when exporting MSG files to Outlook. In some cases they were misinterpreted as empty and skipped.
- Fixed issue handling some command-line switches in Aid4Mail Console.
- Other minor improvements and glitches fixed.
If you are an Aid4Mail 2 customer with a valid subscription then you can upgrade to the latest version, free of charge, through Software > Check News & Get Updates.
If you would like to upgrade from Aid4Mail 1.x to Aid4Mail 2.6, you will receive a significant discount on the price of a corresponding license. Please see our Upgrade page for instructions.
August 10, 2012
Aid4Mail 2.5 is officially released. Main features added since version 2.4 include:
- Improves error recovery when accessing Microsoft Exchange servers via IMAP.
- Apple Mail folder names are now correctly formatted on export.
- Adds a count for skipped blank email messages in the final conversion report.
- Adds a workaround that fixes emails corrupted on delivery by Dovecot servers using IMAP.
- Fixes non-working “Header-based MD5 File Names” menu command.
- Minor bug fixes.
- Other minor improvements and glitches fixed.
January 30, 2012
Aid4Mail 2.4 is officially released. Main features added since version 2.3 include:
- Improves memory management allowing access to up to 4GB of available RAM on Windows 64-bit.
- Status of EML message files from Windows (Live) Mail now treated as "Read" instead of "Unread".
- Updated the regular expression engine.
- Minor bug fixes.
August 09, 2011
Aid4Mail 2.3 is officially released. Main features added since version 2.2 include:
- Additional script functions.
- Improves transfer of large message between two IMAP accounts.
- Additional option in IMAP settings screen to limit folder depth on export.
- Aid4Mail Console: New command-line switch to help distinguish multiple instances of the program.
- Updated dna.dll to fix occasional program crashing when activating a new license.
- Updated license terms to include section about Aid4Mail Console Server.
- Updated Help file.
- Bug fixes.
May 26, 2011
Aid4Mail 2.2 is officially released. Main features added since version 2.1 include:
- Ability to limit maximum size of PST files by splitting mail into multiple PSTs on export.
- Additional script functions.
- Aid4Mail Console: New command-line switch to delete successfully processed source mail.
- Aid4Mail Console: New Trial Mode option for performance tests on an unlimited number of emails.
- Fixes an issue occasionally occurring when downloading mail from AIM.Mail (AOL Mail).
- Updated Help file; adds many new Aid4Mail Console usage examples.
- Bug fixes.
March 22, 2011
Aid4Mail 2.1 is officially released. Main features added since version 2.0 include:
- Support for incremental processing.
- Ability to rebuild partial EMLX files on conversion.
- Support for a wider range of IMAP servers.
- Options to control how TNEF messages from Outlook are converted.
- Creation of Unicode MSG files instead of the older ANSI MSG format when Outlook 2003 or newer is installed.
- New wildcard search token allows a match to span across multiple words within a line.
- New Easy Service Launcher utility to run Aid4Mail Console as a Windows Service.
- Additional filter and output scripts.
- Updated Help file.
- Bug fixes.
December 07, 2010
New features include:
- IMAP support. Aid4Mail can now export and import messages from or to a remote server. Works with popular services like Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Zoho Mail, AIM.Mail (AOL Mail), FastMail, and GMX Mail.
- Export mail to PDF and PDF/A files (feature availability depends on edition).
- Dedicated scripting language that can be used for sophisticated filtering tasks, detailed logging, data extraction, statistics, and custom export formats. See the "Writing Aid4Mail Scripts" topic in the Aid4Mail Help file to learn more about this feature.
- Restore the hierarchy of Outlook Express folders on export.
- Restore downloaded mail contained in Outlook Express DBX files linked to an IMAP account.
- Append mail to an existing PST file.
- Create password-protected PST target files.
- Source and target PST password set through the GUI and console command-line.
- Filtering using a word list can now be applied either to just the email header, or the message text (subject line + message body), or the whole email (header + message body).
- Support for wildcards and regular expressions in the word list feature on the filter screen. The regular expression engine is based on PCRE 8.10. Its syntax is documented in the Regex.chm Help file.
- The maximum supported email size has been increased by a factor of three. So if there is enough available contiguous RAM, an email of up to 768 MB can be handled by Aid4Mail.
- Aid4Mail Console now allows exporting a PST file or Outlook profile to another PST file or Outlook profile.
- Improved interface making it easier to understand.
- Improved error reporting.
- Aid4Mail Console available in trial mode.
- License options are better defined and take into account a larger array of uses.
- Licensing is now subscription-based and includes "one-time use" options.
- All updates and major upgrades are available free of charge during the subscription period.
- Updated documentation and EULA.
December 24, 2010
Aid4Mail 1.999 update now available. Adds features that will make upgrading to version 2.0 easier.
December 02, 2010
The French version of Aid4Mail 2 has been released. It is called ToutMail and is currently the only software on the market that can correctly convert mail from the French version of Qualcomm Eudora.
May 19, 2008
The Aid4Mail Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) is now available. The purpose of this document is to assist federal contracting officials in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial electronic and information technology products and services with features that support accessibility.
October 01, 2005
Added the Quality page to the website, to demonstrate how much data gets lost using the native import features of Microsoft Office Outlook and Outlook Express, and the superior results produced by Aid4Mail.
October 01, 2005
Download our free report "Manage Your Email So It Doesn't Manage You" and learn how to manage your email to protect your business! (file size: 109 KB; requires Adobe Acrobat).
