Release History

Sambar Server Documentation

7.x Release History

Release	Features
Release 7.0 Production (3/2007)	Fixed bug in XMPP to allow JIDs longer than 255; fixes several Pandion bugs (thanks Johannes Prost) Added Maximum Users to the vhost.ini on UI changes (thanks Chris Dixon) Added retry code for proxy usage with keepalive (thanks Keff Edwards). Only response to Multicast DNS queries every few minutes to prevent looping problems on networks (thanks Franz Kopke) Exposed FTPS port for configuration. Fixed bug in mail auto-responder (thanks Mathew Thomson) Fixed bug so LIMIT WEBDAV is enforced on all webdav commands (thanks Ken Johanson) Fixed WhoIs service to take name service as input and updated sample in /sysadmin/utils Updated mailbox folder indexing to include flags (results in auto-rebuild) Added support for ISAPI variables APPL_MD_PATH, APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH, and INSTANCE_ID (thanks Richard Quadling). Fixed bug associated with IMAP APPEND noted by iDefense (thanks Steffen). Fixed numerous formatting of WebMail messages containing escape characters (thanks Phihlippe Servais) Fixed bug in hilight of search results (BASE tag) when SSL used. Fixed SMTP error messages for invalid mail recipient (thanks Ron Hartendorp) Fixed numerous UI bugs in the System Admin console (thanks Philippe Servais)
Release 7.0 Beta 6 (2/2007)	Fixed bug on directory redirect not preserving arguments (thanks Ken Johanson) Implemented Active Directory authentication module (variation on LDAP auth). Fixed bug in database caching interface which prevented null passwords for caches. Moved ASP Scripts, Server Scripts and SSI to per-vhost configuration. Rewrite spool header on mail purge due to greylisting or spam. Moved security.c code internal to server. Callbacks still available to extend but not override. Upgraded SQLITE to 3.3.12 Enhanced IRC server to allow server.log activity to output to a channel. Fixed bug in IRC User command that required authentication. Flipped SSL interfaces into non-blocking for read and write to fix server hang issue (thanks Richard Winter). Modified validation scripts to use 'ptype' rather than 'pattern' so they work with Opera (thanks Falco Perigrinus).
Release 7.0 Beta 5 (1/2007)	Fixed a crash in RCEusername lookup. Added more robuts purge of mail spool files (attempt to rename to /tmp when greylisting (thanks Chris Dixon) Added support for POP3 AUTH command with no arguments (Outlook 2007 bug fix)
Release 7.0 Beta 4 (1/2007)	Fixed bug in mime filename extensions with non-ascii characters (thanks Franz Koepke) Implemented reverse proxy passthrough mapping option. Added masquerade capability in System Administration console if enabled. Modified INI parser to handle \= escaping of equals signs (for mime types). Recategorized several errors to return 200 status rather than 400 due to IE overrides, i.e. SSL Only Access, Invalid Data (thanks Ken Johanson) Added CSS format option to directory listings. Fixed numerous issues with iMail (thanks Johannes Prost!) Fixed automatic logmailfrom functionality and update UI (thanks Doug Scott). Fixed sorting in webdav document manager (thanks Michael Alft). Updated the SSL documentation and UI configuration to assist with using third party certificates like GoDaddy.
Release 7.0 Beta 3 (11/2006)	Fixed bug in address book popup when first email address is missing (thanks Brad Olson) Improved error messaging when disconnecting FTP sessions due to throttling (thanks Michael Alft) Fixed WebDAV rename bug (thanks Brad Olson) Localized the "Read More..." link in RCXrss (thanks Steffen) Modified greylisting to flush stream and cleanup files before returning greylist notification (thanks Chris Dixon) Modified GUI to return correct FTP status on connect throttling. Upgraded Openssl to 0.9.8d Returned to Microsoft Visual Studios 6.0 compiler from Visual Studios 8.0 after instability and terrifically bad support for Windows 2000 platforms. Fixed bugs in iMail implementation when interacting with mail2web.com (thanks Johannes Prost) Fixed bug in mailbox indexing due to time_t length change (thanks Steffen) Truncate IM logs when log truncation initiated (thanks Steffen). Fixed IM to allow user@domain for usernames.
Release 7.0 Beta 2 (11/2006)	Fixed the server to auto-create IM mailbox directories and configurations (for offline IM messages and roster storage).
Release 7.0 Beta 1 (11/2006)	Fixed crash in webmail preview mode view source, view headers (thanks Phillippe Servais) Upgraded photo album to keep all previous settings on update (thanks Johannes Prost) Fixed bulk mailing issues - retry of invalid names and failure handling (thanks Ron Hartendorp) Fixed IE bug with launching web folders and extra folder display (thanks Chris Dixon!) Upgraded OpenSSL to 0.9.8c. Fixed linux bug with pathing and Root directories (thanks Ken Johanson). FTP Server requires Pro license. Fixed bug in Range: header parsing (thanks Ken Johanson). Fixed failure of useralias add when adding users (thanks Peter Degn) Fixed bug in XML parsing to use default document encoding for RSS feeds (thanks Steffan) Fixed bug in saving contacts that caused spinning server. Added the ability to disable STARTTLS from mail servers. Fixed bug where Require AUTH overrode Remote Domains in the mail server (thanks Ron Hartendorp) Fixed bug in unlink of files, i.e. especially mail spool files (thanks Nick Carter) Fixed bug in CRON task addition/deletion not functioning correctly until restart (thanks Nick Carter) Added disable capability for Multicast DNS listener (thanks Nick Carter) Fixed string hilighting (/session/highlight) in /sysuser/search.asp (thanks Philippe Servias) Extended ErrorDocument htaccess directive to function with PHP and Perl documents (thanks John Bricci) Don't run throttle reports if IP, Users or Vhost throttling is not enabled (thanks Gunther Waldbauer). Enabled keep-alive on HTTP 304 responses. Implemented the ReauthPage htaccess directive. Fixed /sysadmin UI to indicate safe-safe required for mailbox backups (thanks Nick Carter) Copy backup mailbox folder on recovery rather than rename (thanks Nick Carter) Fixed bug in parsing DNSRBL when short IPs (thanks Ron Hartendorp). Fixed bug in XML UTF-8 encode/decode routines (thanks Franz Koepke). Fixed VHOST retrieval for logging (buffer too short -- thanks Ken Johanson). Exposed RCEUSERNAME envt in HTTP CGI scripts to expose authenticated user. Increased the length allowed to enter in the Security Ream field. Fixed folderSearch (Mail) to return up to 500 messages (thanks Nick Carter). Fixed bug in friends login. Fixed VHOST configuration; passwd and Documents Directory not saved correctly Improved Security passwd file management and access viewing. Fixed iMail SMTP Auth outgoing mail authentication (thanks Steffen!) Enabled Masquerade logins for JSP and C DLL developers. Fixed bug in referencing repfiles.asp in Webmail mail routing interfaces (thanks Ron Hartendorp) Fixed bug in mail server (SMTP) not announcing STARTTLS Fixed bug where internal user aliasing wasn't enabled when Friends logins were enabled (thanks Johannes Prost) Fixed rss.stm blog and calendar feeds to remove leading spaces so they display correctly with IE7 and Firefox (thanks Franz Koepke). Implemented HttpOnly session cookie attribute for IE (on by default -- thanks Ken Johanson) Map all user logins to lower case to fix potential throttling and security issues (thanks Peter!) Upgraded javascript validation technique in sysuser and sysadmin areas. Upgraded to Visual Studios 2005 compiler. As a result, Sambar Server is no longer compatible with Windows 95, 98, or ME because of Microsoft library dependencies. Move the home page back to .stm to generate HTTP ports correctly when changed from 80 to 8080 etc. Enable user aliasing internally when Friend logins are enabled. Fixed bug that showed directory list if /servlet/ was the URL and Directory Listings were enabled (thanks Ken Johanson). Fixed bug in folder add/rename that prevent this feature from working in webmail (thanks Dave Culbertson and Nick Carter) Fixed dropbox service parsing of filename and enable/disable on services panel. Expose vhost Home Page configuration parameter.
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