News
HomeCompanyProductsNewsSupportContact Us

 

Home->News

 

Date

Title

Reference

5/15/2008 ExchangeCompress 2.5.24 Released  
 

Fixed problem in reports where the number of deleted items was not being reset between mailboxes.  Fixed problem on Exchange 2000 and 2003 where the store was not remounted after a compaction operation.  Added support option for Blackberry compactable zip file names called Strict File Names.

 

 
5/6/2008 ExchangeCompress 2.5.23 Released  
 

Added full support in ExchangeCompress for Exchange 2007.  Added full support in ExchangeCompress Now! for Exchange 2007.  Fixed problem with possible Invalid use of Null error message in ExchangeCompress Now! when displaying the user mailboxes in the configuration screen.  Fixed problem in ExchangeCompress Now! where all mailboxes for an unlimited license were processed even if only some of the mailboxes were configured for processing.

 

 
12/26/2007 ExchangeCompress 2.0.21 Released  
 

Fixed problem with negative numbers for space saved if a mailbox was > 2 GB after the mailbox processing had completed.  Fixed problem where in some case no change was shown in mailbox size when in fact the mailbox size had been decreased.

 

 
11/19/2007 ExchangeCompress 2.0.20 Released  
 

Release Candidate 1.  Added separate control for logging  the ExchangeCompress Now! service and event sink.  Added separate log for ExchangeCompress Now! Processing.  Added tracking of space saved by ExchangeCompress and ExchangeCompress Now! to then Mailbox report.  Added tracking of space saved by ExchangeCompress Now! to the ExchangCompress Now! configuration screen.  Added mailbox locking logic to prevent 2 processes from updating the same mailbox at the same time.  ExchangeCompress Now! will defer any processing of a mailbox being processed by ExchangeCompress until ExchangeCompress unlocks the mailbox.  The mailbox locking does not effect Exchange or Outlook access.  Fixed crash on extended mapi call to get the mailbox size for near empty mailboxes.  We now use a CDO call for all mailboxes < 2GB.  Fixed to get Exchange Store size which was not always including the size of the .stm file correctly if the file name had the string .stm elsewhere in the path  Added better error handling for bad messages and attachments.  Added logic to skip all folders that contain contacts.  Added extra debugging information in debug trace log.  Changed how the special folder names are obtained, so all foreign languages should now be supported.  Changed the access method for mailboxes, which should eliminate mailbox access problems if the user name did not match the mailbox name.  Fixed some issues with scheduling that could cause a schedule to stop functioning.  Fixed problem when a schedule was renamed another copy of the schedule was created in the MS Task Scheduler.

 

 
10/17/2007 ExchangeCompress 1.0.26 Released  
 

Fixed crash on extended mapi call to get the mailbox size for nearempty mailboxes.  We now use a CDO call for all mailboxes < 2GB.  Fixed to get Exchange Store size which was not always including the size of the .stm file correctly if the file name had the string .stm elsewhere in the path  Added better error handling for bad messages and attachments.  Added logic to skip all folders that contain contacts.  Added extra debugging information in debug trace log.  Changed how the special folder names are obtained, so all foreign languages should now be supported.  Changed the access method for mailboxes, which should eliminate mailbox access problems if the user name did not match the mailbox name.

 

 
9/24/2007 PSTCompress 3.0.25 Released  
 

Fixed problem where error message would come up if the program started to traverse a folder with contacts in it.  The program now checks if the folder contains contacts before opening it.  Added snapshot log option to create an abbreviated log file that is deleted for each new PST file processed.  Added logic to reinitialize MAPI if a MAPI error occurs when opening a PST file.  Added Brazilian Portugeuse as a supported language.  

 

 
9/7/2007 ExchangeCompress 2.0.19 Released (Beta)  
 

Added the following functionality to ExchangeCompress:

  • Realtime support (ExchangeCompress Now!)
  • Mailbox Reporting
  • Delete Attachments option with rules – This option will clear all found and replace them with a link to the path of the original file and a message saying that the attachment was deleted.
  • User defined rules - this option allow you to enter any valid VBA expression through the Enter Expression dialog.
  • Exclude Mailboxes – you can now identify a set of mailboxes to exclude in ExchangeCompress processing.
  •  
 
5/9/2007 ExchangeCompress 1.0.25 Released  
 

Added utility function to change the strings in HTML link stored attachments.  This function currently only supports the HTML Links not any of the other types.  Support for the other types will be added at a later date.  Added support for SSL encoding of HTML Link and HTML text stored attachments (https://).  Added support for German Language Exchange Installation. Other languages will be added for ExchangeCompress 2.0 or by customer request.

 
4/5/2007 ExchangeCompress 1.0.24 Released  
 

Added additional debugging and error checking to Find code to correct a problem with bad Exchange Stores.

 

 
3/29/2007 PSTCompress 3.0.25 Released  
 

Version 3.0.25 – fixed problem in Analyze mode where an error in opening a PST file such as a password protected PST file would cause an error in all subsequent PST files.  This was not a problem for normal processing.

Version 3.0.24 –  fixed MAPI problem with Vista when processing a group of PST files for a second time without restarting the program.  Added feature to type in search path or browse for search.  Added display of total/selected PST files at bottom of main window.  Fixed sorting with files over 1 GB on main window.  Fixed runtime error and crash when creating a schedule with an invalid/missing user password in settings.  Eliminated unnecessary refresh of the main window in several instances.  Fixed intermittent scheduling problem where schedule job would be canceled immediately after running.

 

 
3/12/2007 PSTCompress 3.0.23 Release Candidate 2 Released  
 

Version 3.0.23 – Release Candidate 2 – added feature to be able to highlight PST files and select them using the standard Windows control-click and shift-click keys.  Improved UI performance when there are more that 500 PST files.  Improved performance on Find when adding more that 100 PST file both in UI and in command line.  Improved performance on Delete when deleting more than 20 files.  Enabled support for Non-English Outlook, which had been disabled in the prior versions of PSTCompress 3.  Fixed scheduling problem where specifying the number of hours to run caused the program to end after a few seconds rather that the specified time  Fixed problem where main display not updated during scheduled job.  Changed directory structure for common attachment files to a more logical location as follows:

<PSTFileDirectory>\PSTCompress\Common
- if PST file directory option is selected

<UserDirectory>\Common
- if a user directory or share is specified

 

 
3/1/2007 PSTCompress 3.0.22 Release Candidate 1 Released  
 

Version 3.0.22 – Release Candidate 1 – added feature to select PST files by size.  Fixed problem with HTML links when the file specification is not a share and contains a drive letter.  Added support so PSTCompress can run on Vista with normal user and UAC.  Fixed problem with HTML text when file specification is a file specification rather than a virtual directory.  Fixed resource leak in Find code.  Change the registration to auto detect whether the key us a trial key or a permanent key.  Fixed memory leak in temporary directory code.

 

 
1/23/2007 PSTCompress 3.0.21 Beta Released  
 

PSTCompress 3 beta now available for pubic download.  New features include:

  • Stripping attachments to an external disk file
  • Deleting attachments by age
  • Now uses the MS Task Scheduler to schedule PST file processing - no more services hogging up resources
  • HTML report format
  • Addition CSV reports
  • Better control of selecting mail items and attachments to process

 

 
12/1/2006 PSTCompress 2.0.27 Released  
 

Version 2.0.27 – Corrected problem with PST file link being intermittently deleted on install with Outlook 2000 that was installed in the unsupported Internet Only Mode.  The product will now detect if Outlook 2000 is in this mode and display an error.  A default profile should also no longer be required.

Version 2.0.26 – Corrected problem with sort not working and error dialog coming up when a PST file size was greater than 2 gigabytes.

 

 
11/20/2006 ExchangeCompress 1.0.23 Released  
 

Fixed problem with illegal HTML href characters (but legal file name characters) causing HTML links to not work properly.  Added Utility menu function to fix up invalid HTML links cause by this problem.  Fixed problem where program had to be restarted after registration or trial extension for key to take effect.  Fixed problem with underreporting attachments zipped in Analysis report if Delete Sent Attachments or Sent Items options used.

 
11/7/2006 ExchangeCompress 1.0.22 Released  
 

Changed Security Requirements Section in help.  The instructions to modify the Exchange Domain Servers group for Exchange 2003 Enterprise caused some problems with third party software that synchronized attachments to PDAs.  The new instructions do not modify any predefined Windows or Exchange groups.  Fixed totaling problem an Analyze mode when the Clear Sent Items option was selected.  Fixed problem where temporary files were not being deleted properly in Analyze mode if the zip file was larger than the original file and not to be used.  Fixed overflow error problem in reports that was causing 0 attachments to be zipped.

 

 
10/16/2006 ExchangeCompress 1.0.21 Released  
 

Fixed scheduling problem where specifying the number of hours to run caused the program to end after a few minutes rather that the specified time.  Fixed problem on Windows 2000 where specifying a Home Directory Path using a local drive such as C:\User1 could cause the attachment link to not be reachable on a users remote machine.  Code was added so this kind of path will be treated the same as where no Home Directory Path has been specified in Active Directory.  Fixed program error on Mailbox Filter browse where two users share the same mailbox.  Fixed problem with scheduler where any stop time specified other than 00:00 hours would cause the program to stop after 1 minute.  Changed all registry access to read-only except where registry is actually updated.

 

 

9/29/2006

ExchangeCompress 1.0.20 Released  
 

Fixed problem where only users in the Users container in the Active directory were being processed and displayed for the Mailbox Filter.  The entire domain will now be searched for users. The system mailbox is specifically excluded.  Changed licensing for Analyze function so it is unlimited with the registered version as well as the trial.

 

 

7/26/2006

ExchangeCompress 1.0.19 Released  
 

Corrected problem when recovery storage groups are used in Exchange 2003 causing the error CDOEXM is not supported on Recovery objects to come up.  Recovery storage groups are now skipped since CDO access to them is not supported.

 

 

7/17/2006

ExchangeCompress 1.0.18 Released  
 

Added Analyze function to run ExchangeCompress without updating to allow users to evaluate impact of changes without actually updating the Exchange stores.  Added support to filter mailboxes by mailbox name.  Added support to clear all attachments on sent items.  Correct bug with digitally signed e-mails.

 

 
6/28/2006

PSTCompress 2.0.25 Released

 
 

Corrected problem with signed and encrypted e-mails by putting logic in to ignore the digital signature attachment for S/MIME e-mails.  Added localization for German, French and Spanish for folder name comparison in Deleted Items and Sent Items processing. Fixed problem in Sent Items date comparison where sent item had no date sent present or null date sent.

 

 

5/14/2006

PSTCompress 2.0.24 Released

 
 

Took out check for double extension in file name for /Fix command.  PSTCompact Zip Edition did not always do this when creating a zip file attachment, so some attachments were not being fixed that should have been.  Corrected EULA to reference the state of Delaware rather than Florida.

 

 

5/9/2006

PSTCompress 2.0.23 Released

 
 

Version 2.0.21 – Fixed problem where the entire Sent Items folder contents were deleted instead of items older than a selected number of days.

Version 2.0.22 - Added /Fix command line switch to fix up attachments that had been zipped multiple times with an older version of PSTCompact Zip Edition.  Each additional time the program ran, it zipped the attachments again resulting in levels of zip files embedded in zip files for the number of times the attachment was processed.  The embedded zip files also had the incorrect original file extension, so the files appeared to be corrupted.  The /Fix command will restore such zip files to contain the original attachments.

Version 2.0.23 - Fixed numeric and date sorting on main screen and added the last modified date as a column for PST Files.  Improved error checking for detecting password protected PST Files.

 

 

4/28/2006

ExchangeCompress 1.0.16 Beta ReleaseReleased.

 
 

Version 1.0.16 – Beta 1

 

 

12/16/2005

PSTCompress 2.0.20 Released.

 
 

Version 2.0.19 – Fixed problem with the toolbar getting cut off when fonts larger than the default fonts are used.  Code was added to make the toolbar sizing dynamic

Version 2.0.20 – Fixed problem where a non admin user gets the message  "Outlook is not installed on this system. Outlook is needed to run this program."  It is still recommended that a user that is a member of Local Administrators be used to run the program.

 

 

11/11/2005

Mail-Lock 1.1.55 Released.

 
 

Added support for Exchange and Outlook Distribution Lists
Added support to save some of the settings on the Policies form if the message is sent.
Changed all references to Treasure Coast Software to Groupware Software Solutions and www.mail-lock.com

 

 

11/2/2005

PSTCompress 2.0.18 Released.

 
 

Added ability to turn off compact option in settings.  Fixed problem where turning off Zip Attachments prevented Deleted Items and Sent Items from being cleared.  Fixed problem where only half the items in Deleted Items and Sent Items were deleted.

 

 

9/20/2005

PSTCompress 2.0.17 Released.

 

 

PSTCompress version 2.0.17 has been released.  It is available for download from Groupware Software Solutions..  It includes  the following fixes

Version 2.0.15 – fixed problem handling messages reporting attachments where there were no attachments.

Version 2.0.16 – fixed problem with invalid attachments causing processing to stop on a folder.  Also added logic to not replace attachment with zip file attachment if the zip file is not smaller that the attachment.  Changed progress bar to reflect percent of current folder zipped in display.

Version 2.0.17 – Added logic to use template database to create new database rather than ADO, so MDAC 2.5 (Windows 2000) is fully supported. Changed installation so backup of database not necessary to upgrade.

 

 

8/11/2005

Mail-Lock 1.1.54 Released.

 

 

Mail-Lock 1.1.54 is released and available for download.  This  release accomidates a change in the Mail-Lock authorization server

 

 

7/22/2005

PSTCompress 2.0.14 Released.

 

 

PSTCompress version 2.0.14 has been released.  It is available for download from Groupware Software Solutions..  It includes  the following fixes

Version 2.0.14 – Added support for non-English version of Microsoft Office.  The languages currently supported are English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Swedish, Turkish, Danish, German, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, and Portuguese.

 

 

7/1/2005

PSTCompress 2.0 Released.

 

 

PSTCompress version 2.0 has been released.  It is available for download from Groupware Software Solutions..

 

 

6/17/2005

Mail-Lock 1.1.53 Released.

 

 

Mail-Lock 1.1.53 is released and available for download.

 

 

6/17/2005

Mail-Lock 1.1.53 Japanese Released.

 

 

Mail-Lock 1.1.53 Japanese is released.

 

 


Copyright(c) 2008 Obsidian Tower Software Inc
webmaster@obsidiantowersoftware.com