IMPORTANT: Conference Rooms are now created as hidden email addresses in SmarterMail. As such, they cannot conflict with users, aliases or mailing lists. Prior to upgrading it’s important to ensure any existing conference room names DO NOT match any existing users, aliases or mailing lists to avoid potential conflicts. See our KB on Conference Room Conflicts and Resolutions if you do see conflicts after upgrading.
IMPORTANT: Once you upgrade to this version of SmarterMail, it is NOT possible to downgrade due to the large number of changes made to the front and back end. Therefore, it is important that you take a full backup of your SmarterMail installation before upgrading.
IMPORTANT: RBLs/URIBLs that use the same hostname will be consolidated upon upgrade, and RBLs/URIBLs with Required Lookup Values disabled will use a wildcard upon upgrade.
IMPORTANT: Some IDS Rules have been consolidated and will revert to default configurations upon upgrade. Therefore, review existing IDS Rules post-upgrade so modifications can be made, if desired. (Webmail Brute Force by IP and Webmail Brute Force by Email are now Password Brute Force by IP and Password Brute Force by Email. In addition, Password Brute Force by IP/Email and Denial of Service (DoS) will now use one rule for all services/protocols.)
Added: Additional avatar support such as Gravatar and BIMI.
Added: Archiving options for online meetings (formerly Team Workspaces).
Added: Automatic blocks of Class Cs for IDS violations.
Added: Blacklist history by IP address.
Added: Contact group support that will sync across MAPI & EWS, and EAS.
Added: Delegation for granting permissions (Owner, Read Only, etc.) to other users of your organization.
Added: Delete All from Sender / Move All from Sender for handling messages in the spool.
Added: Entirely new WHMCS module for provisioning and plan creation.
Added: Entirely new, modern interface that improves speed, performance, and usability across all browsers.
Added: Expanded API availability to all new features and services.
Added: External sender notification for messages that originate outside of your organization.
Added: HAM/SPAM training.
Added: Improvements to Message Archive, including: the ability to auto-clean an archive, the ability to reindex an archive, and persistent search results.
Added: New “equipment” shared resource alongside conference rooms.
Added: RBLs and URIBLs now support unique weights per Required Lookup Value.
Added: Sender Trust Scoring which combines SPF, DKIM, and DMARC checks, along with other verification methods, to validate senders.
Added: Support for attachments across email, calendar appointments, notes, contacts, and tasks that can sync across MAPI & EWS, EAS, and WebDAV.
Added: Support for categories/tags for email, calendar appointments, notes, contacts, and tasks that can sync across MAPI & EWS, EAS, and WebDAV.
Added: Support for external Rspamd.
Added: Support for more details when migrating from Exchange to SmarterMail (categories, flags, etc.).
Added: Support for Outlook Follow-ups.
Added: Support for Public Folders (domain-level Contact, Task and Note folders) that will sync across MAPI & EWS, EAS, and WebDAV.
Added: Support for the latest versions of EWS, EAS, and various components.
Added: The ability to block authentication attempts from geographic location.
Added: The ability to create and schedule online meetings as part of creating calendar appointments.
Added: The ability to forward meeting / appointment invitations from webmail.
Added: The ability to propose new meeting times.
Added: Two-step authentication for system administrators.
Added: User Connections page that displays which users are connecting to what protocol.
Added: User Status page that displays details such as indexing and migration status, password history, etc.
Added: User-based antispam features like a Move to Junk button, email tracker management, and simple unsubscribe option for newsletters and other mass emails.
Added: Zoom Room and Microsoft Teams support in calendar invitations.
Changed: Made improvements to the handling of DMARC to protect users against spoofing and phishing attacks.
Efficiency: Consolidated and updated all RBLs and URIBLs.
Efficiency: Improved performance of all RBLs and URIBLs and checks now run at the same time and utilize an internal timer to ensure timely deliveries.
Efficiency: Improved performance of internal SpamAssassin.
Efficiency: Improved performance of the mail service when handling actions that effect a large number of items (e.g., moving messages, deleting messages, etc.)
Fixed: Literally 1000+ other improvements, features, and fixes.
