Hi Everyone,

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 2.0.4. This build is primarily to address issues with the Composition Editor (especially on Windows). It also has some minor interface tweaks and enhancements.

Fixes/Enhancements

Startup
- Fixed issue that could cause MailForge to hang on startup

Composing
- Fixed issue with blank character being included when copying and pasting rich content
- Send button defaults to "Queue" if preferences are set to queue emails by default
- Fixed Windows Vista / 7 compatibility issues

Interface
- Reduced flicker (Windows)


For more information, please visit our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 2.0.3. This build adds significant improvements to the Sorting speed and Option-Click Grouping, as well as addressing several issues based on feedback from 2.0.2.

What's New

Mailbox Sorting
- Option-Click any field to group emails by that criteria


Fixes/Enhancements

Import
- Fixed issue that could cause Filters to not be imported at all **

Sorting
- Improved performance when sorting mailboxes

Export
- Added descriptive headers when saving email as text

Junk
- MailForge now launches SpamSieve on open when integrating with SpamSieve

**Since MailForge does not (as yet) support all the filtering options that Eudora did, some filters may still be imported with no direct correlation to a MailForge filter action.**


For more information, please visit our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 2.0.2. This build has a new option for how emails can be exported, as well as several bug fixes based on feedback from 2.0.1.


What's New

Export
- Added ability to save an email as a standards compliant email, or as a clean text file (File > Save As…)


Bug Fixes

Import
- Fixed issue that could cause Filters to not be imported at all **
- Fixed issue that could cause blank emails to be imported
- MailForge no longer insists the folder it imports from be named "Eudora Folder"

Mailbox Display
- Improved speed when navigating emails via Message Window
- Fixed the View Emails / View Names functionality

Junk (Mac OS X)
- Fixed bug that could cause emails to not be sent to SpamSieve for analysis

**Since MailForge does not (as yet) support all the filtering options that Eudora did, some filters may still be imported with no direct correlation to a MailForge filter action.**


For more information, please visit our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 2.0.1. This build has a new option for how emails are displayed in mailboxes, as well as several bug fixes based on feedback from 2.0.

What's New

Mailbox Display
- Added ability to change default order of emails: Ascending vs Descending (Preferences > Mailbox Display)


Bug Fixes

Import
- Emails now import in the correct order
- Fixed bug that could cause some messages to be imported with the date set as 12/31/00

Sending & Receiving
- Fixed bug that could cause Queued emails to be blank
- Fixed POP3 partial download bug (when emails exceeded preset download size)
- Fixed bug when Replying/Forwarding/Redirecting from Search results

Filtering
- Fixed hang on manual filtering

Email/Mailbox Display
- Fixed bug that could cause some HTML emails to display blank
- Improved readability of email listbox text when selected


For more information, as well as download links, please visit our MailForge Page...

We’re pleased to announce the release of MailForge 2.0 for Mac OS X. The Windows version of MailForge 2.0 will be available on Monday, July 19th.

Version 2.0 is a significant upgrade to MailForge that adds the following features and enhancements:


Speed
- Improved speed opening mailboxes
- Improved speed moving/deleting emails

Composition
- Full WYSIWYG HTML composition (in addition to standard Plain Text)
- Inline image support

SpamSieve (Mac OS X)
- Full integration with SpamSieve (requires licensed copy)

Signatures
- Plain Text & HTML (rich) signatures.

Stationery
- Plain Text & HTML (rich) stationery.

IMAP
- Re-written IMAP socket
- Improved speed
- MD5-CRAM authorization
- APPEND support


Bug Fixes

Several Dozen Misc Bug Fixes


Roadmap

To see what features will be added to MailForge in the near future, please visit our Roadmap Page...

We’ll be releasing MailForge 2.0 on Tuesday, July 13.

We’re pleased to announce that MailForge 2.0 is nearing completion. We’ve received positive feedback from our testers on a number of issues that we were intent on addressing in 2.0.

We thank everyone for your patience, and look forward to releasing 2.0 ASAP.

We want to take this opportunity to update everyone on the status of MailForge 2.0. We’re nearing completion on the beta, but discovered a bug in the new composition features that needed to be addressed. We should have it resolved soon, and will release the beta as soon as possible.

We want to take this opportunity to update everyone on the status of MailForge and the build that we’ve been working on for some time now, as well as to thank everyone for their patience as we’ve been working on it.

In short, we will be releasing a build of MailForge 2.0 on Monday, April 26th. As mentioned previously, this will be a free upgrade for all registered users of MailForge 1.x.

Originally, this build was slated to be 1.5. However, as we’ve worked on it over the last couple of months, it has become evident that this build goes far beyond a simple .5 update. Below are a few of the features that are included:

- Speed
MailForge 2.0 features an improved mailbox format that allows for unparalleled speed. In initial tests, mailboxes containing 100,000 emails open instantaneously.

- Composition
This version of MailForge will feature full HTML email composition, in addition to text.

- SpamSieve (Mac)
Full integration with SpamSieve.

- Smart Mailboxes

There’s a number of other features that will be included as well...features that we’ll keep a surprise for now.

We’re pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.4.7. This is primarily a performance and bug fix release

Release Notes

Performance
- 2x faster at opening mailboxes
(As little as 3 seconds for 88,000 emails)

Composing
- Fixed bug that could cause duplicate Drafts to be saved

Interface
- Message List resizes row padding for font size
- Misc improvements and refinements to the new Unified SDI interface

Editing
- Fixed issue that could cause improper edit of received emails

Junk
- Improved effectiveness of determining Junk Match

Sounds
- MailForge now uses platform specific notication sounds

Misc
- Misc stability improvements


For more information, please go to our MailForge Page...

It’s been a busy day! We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.4,1. This build is primarily a bug fix release.

Release Notes

Sending
- Fixed bug preventing Queued or Timed Queued emails from being sent
- Fixed bug preventing original HTML part from being Forwarded, Resent, or Redirected

Interface
- Fixed bug with Task Window remembering its location


For more information, please visit our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.4. This build fixes a number of significant bugs, and most importantly, speeds up the program in a number of ways. It also greatly expands the use of tabs in Unified Mode, as well as improving the interface on Windows.

Release Notes

Interface
- Unified Mode: Double-clicking opens emails in a new tab
- Unified Mode: Email Composition opens in a new tab
- Unified Mode: Search opens in a new tab
- Windows: Eliminated window flickers

Performance
- Faster startup
- Up to 3x faster when opening mailboxes
- Improved performance when changing email Label
- Improved performance when changing email Priority
- Improved performance when changing email Status
- Numerous misc performance improvements

Filters
- Improved performance when manually filtering
- Messages are manually filtered in the correct order

Sending
- Fixed malformed multi-part emails
- Fixed malformed HTML part when sending Queued or Resending
- X-Mailer header now properly identifies the correct version

Address Book
- MailForge Address Book is now resizable

Importing
- Improved importing of Eudora attachments

Stability
- Classic Mode: Fixed crash when re-opening In box with Mailbox Window closed
- Unified Mode: Fixed crash when re-opening Unified Window
- Fixed crash when switching between Classic and Unified
- Numerous misc stability improvements


For more information, please see our MailForge Page...

Here at IDS, we're very pleased with our first official review. For those that missed it, The Mac Observer gave MailForge a 4/5 star review.

Not ones to sit back and pat ourselves on the back too much, we've been hard at work addressing the areas where the review highlighted room for improvement. One of the things that John Martellaro (the reviewing editor) mentioned was the price...$39.95 being a little on the high side for an email client.

So...we've decided to address this..."bug". Starting with the new year, for a limited time, we're offering MailForge for $19.95. All copies registered during this promotion will still be eligible for the same free support and the same upgrades. Just eligible at a better price!

Get your copy...

We’re pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.3.8.

Release Notes:

Mailbox Interaction
- Mailbox now updates when deleting email from Message Window
- Fixed issue when marking an email as Not Junk

POP3
- Fixed issue with servers that send malformed UIDs
- Full CRAM-MD5 compatibility

Composing Mail
- Fixed issue preventing dragging attachments to Composition Window

General
- No longer attempts first mail check when no network is present


For more information, please go to our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.3.6. This builds fixes a number of bugs with parsing, International encoding, as well as adding a bit of speed to opening mailboxes.

Mailbox Interaction
- Improved scrolling
- Faster display of mailboxes exceeding 50,000 emails
- Faster switching of tabs in Unified Mode
- Added Draft status option

Composing Email
- To and CC are now correctly encoded for International characters
- Fixed issue that could cause multiple Resent email bodies to be duplicated
- Fixed issue with duplicate Drafts being saved in Outbox

Downloading Email
- Download status now displays "Retrieving X of Y" status
- Fixed UIDL compatibility issue with Gmail POP3
- Fixed several issues with POP3 Disconnect sequence
- Fixed several issues that could cause blank emails to be downloaded
- Improved parsing of multi-part, embedded emails
- Fixed incorrect count when downloading email to open mailbox

Stability
- Numerous stability improvements


For more information, please visit our MailForge Page...

We’re pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.3.5.

Mailbox Interaction
- Destination mailbox now properly updates when transferring email
- Correctly deletes emails via Message Window

Composing Email
- Queued emails are now directly editable
- Now possible to save Replies, Forwards, and Redirects

Downloading Email
- Fixed several issues with POP3 Disconnect sequence
- Fixed a couple of issues that could lead to blank emails

Status
- Task Window (Classic Mode) now stays open post-send if download in progress

Stability
- Numerous stability improvements


For more information, please see our MailForge Page...

John Martellaro at The Mac Observer had done an in-depth review** of MailForge. After spending a couple of weeks using it, he awarded it 4 our of 5 stars. Needless to say, we’re thrilled!

Doesn’t mean we’re resting on our laurels though. While its certainly nice to get such a positive review, we still have a lot of work to do... so its business as usual for us.

Check out the review at The Mac Observer...

**Review published at The Mac Observer | Copyright 2009, All Rights Reserved

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.3.4. This build fixes a number of significant bugs, and most importantly, speeds up the program in a number of ways. Notably, opening mailboxes is now as much as 7x faster than previous versions.

Mailbox Interaction
- Up to 7x speed increase when opening mailboxes
- Faster transferring of email to and from large mailboxes
- Added Unsent status option
- Added direct editing of Unsent, Draft, or Sendable emails

Checking Email
- Improved POP3 Disconnect sequence
- Fixed Content-Encoding issue with single-part HTML messages
- Fixed Charset issue with single-part HTML messages

Sending Email
- MailForge now Redirects, Forwards, and Resends original HTML content
- Fixed issue with MailForge not saving the size of outgoing emails
- Fixed general encoding issue with HTML emails

Composing Email
- Added drag and drop of attachments on Composition Window
- Eliminated extraneous return characters at beginning of new email
- Eliminated leading spacing on Replies
- Fixed issue with saving a Draft email

Searching
- When searching via the Classic Toolbar, Search Window positions properly

Logging
- Hold Option/Alt key when clicking the Check Mail button for verbose logging
- Fixed several issues that could cause a crash on Windows

Misc
- Numerous stability improvements


For more information, please see our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.3.3. This build features a number of significant bug fixes that some users have been experiencing.


POP3
- Fixed issue that could cause blank emails
- Fixed issue that could cause duplicate emails to be downloaded
- Fixed issue that could cause MailForge to hang when downloading
- Fixed issue that could cause a lockup post-download
- Improved logging

IMAP
- Fixed issue that could cause blank emails

Parsing
- Fixed issue with some single-part email bodies appearing blank

Composition
- Fixed issue resulting in BCC Autofill being hidden

Filters
- Improved importing of International characters in Filters

Mailbox Interaction
- Eliminated extra quotes in addresses (Special > View Emails)

Preferences
- Fixed issue with Open Mailbox Notification not being set immediately

Misc
- Several minor stability improvements


For more information, please see our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.3.2!

New Features
- Added ability to toggle sender vs name view
- Added ability to sort by email addresses

Search
- Now displays the Date Header, rather than the download date

Sending Email
- Fixed issue that could cause blank email to be sent immediately after initial setup

POP3
- Addressed issue with some servers that improperly encode UIDL lists
- Addressed issue with some servers that use non-ASCII UIDs

Mailbox Interaction
- Fixed issue that could cause an email to be deleted if transferring to the mailbox it was already in
- Fixed crash in Unified Mode when opening mailbox with main window closed

Preferences
- Fixed issue that could cause Mailbox Window option to stay hidden

Registration
- Trial period reset


For more information, visit our MailForge Page...

We've had a busy week! On Tuesday, November 10th we released version 1.3, followed by 1.3.1 today. Here's what's new:

Version 1.3

***IMPORTANT***
The first time MailForge 1.3 is run, it will re-sync the Unique Identifiers that help it determine what emails are new and need to be downloaded. This will help ensure that no duplicate emails are downloaded. Therefore [b]DO NOT RUN[/b] 1.3 unless you are ready to check your email and let MailForge re-sync the UIDs. If this advice goes unheeded, it may result in some duplicates being downloaded the next time MailForge is run.

Filters
- Manual Filtering

POP3
- Fixed issue with messages downloading multiple times

IMAP
- Increased speed of IMAP mailbox sync 10x
- Fixed issue that could prevent moving IMAP messages
- Fixed issue that could prevent IMAP socket from reacquiring connection

SMTP / Sending
- Fixed issue that could cause some emails to be sent blank
- Fixed issue with some accounts not being pre-selected in Composition Window

Mailbox Interaction
- Fixed multiple issues related to resizing mailbox columns

Stability
- Fixed crash related to logging
- Fixed crash that could occur when transferring messages
- Fixed issue that could occur when attempting to compose an email with no account setup
- Several other stability improvements

Misc
- Fixed an issue that could cause MailForge to incorrectly identify itself as an older version


Version 1.3.1

IMAP
- Fixed issue that could cause emails to still appear after deleting
- Fixed issue that could cause duplicate IMAP checks simultaneously
- Fixed issue that could prevent checking IMAP account if previous attempt was stopped
- Fixed issue that could cause socket to stall when checking mail
- Fixed issue that could prevent some mailboxes from syncing
- Fixed issue with moving messages between nested mailboxes
- Fixed "Network dropped connection" bug

Sending Email
- Improved compatibility of outgoing Plain Text emails
- Improved compatibility of outgoing HTML emails

Importing
- Increase speed of Eudora mailbox importing

Interface
- Added Vertical Toolbar
- Add HTML / Plain Text toggle on Message Window

Searching
- Widened scope of Classic Toolbar search

Junk Filters
- Updated Junk Filters

Crashes
- Fixed issue related to logging POP3 commands
- Fixed issue with opening mailboxes on Windows


For more information, as well as download links, go to our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.2.1. This release is primarily a bug fix release that addresses a number of significant issues, especially with SMTP and IMAP.

SMTP
- Added support SMTP CRAM-MD5 Authorization
- Fixed issue with SMTP AUTH PLAIN
- Fixed issue with sending via some servers that don't support TLS

IMAP
- Fixed isssue that could terminate creation of additional IMAP mailboxes if "Apple Mail To Do" mailbox was encountered
- Improved display of nested IMAP mailboxes

Mailbox Interaction
- Fixed issue with emails not being marked as read
- Fixed issue with Unread Status when navigating in Message Window
- Improved sorting speed
- Who sorting now ignores quotations
- Message List now scrolls down when deleting emails

Message Handling
- Improved Subject editing

Filters
- Fixed issue that could cause an error when importing Eudora Filters

Parsing
- Fixed issue that could cause some HTML messages to show as raw code

Printing
- Improved print quality on Mac OS X

Crashes / Slight Issues
- Fixed crash in Classic Mode during Initial Setup
- Fixed Slight Issue that could occur with built-in Address Book when composing email

Misc Improvements
- Numerous minor bug fixes and performance improvements


For more info, as well as download links, go to our MailForge Page...

We're pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.2. Although the list of new features / bug fixes is a little on the short side, it belies the significance of this release both in terms of general stability and SMTP compatibility...

Sending Email
- Improved compatibility with STARTTLS servers
- Fixed issue that could cause MailForge to attempt STARTTLS with a non-STARTTLS server
- Fixed numerous small issues with SMTP socket that could cause problems with strict servers

Receiving Email
- Fixed issue that could cause some incoming attachments to not be saved

Sorting
- Sort by Subject is much faster
- Sort by Subject now ignores "Re:" and "Fw:"
- Group Messages is now re-enabled

Labels
- Fixed issue that prevents Label changes from being immediately visible

Status
- Fixed issue that prevents Status changes from being immediately visible

Priority
- Fixed issue that prevents Priority changes from being immediately visible

Performance
- Substantial performance increase when downloading email to a large mailbox that is currently open

Crashes
- Fixed crash when sorting mailboxes
- Fixed crash when switching mailboxes / tabs
- Fixed crash when Replying/Forwarding/Redirecting/Deleting an email that was not visible

Registration
- 30-day trial has been extended
Since the early beta days, we have reset the 30-day trial for virtually every build of MailForge. Even with MailForge 1.0, we continued to reset with every build, in recognition of MailForge being a work-in-progress. With version 1.2 however, MailForge is now much more rounded out, in terms of stability and reliability. So while we, like most software developers, will continue to reset trial periods for significant new versions (such as 1.5, etc), we will not continue to do so for every single build.


What's Next
The need to address the SMTP compatibility and general stability sidetracked us from a number of features we were in the process of adding, such as Manual Filtering. We're now finishing the implementation of that feature, as well as several others.


For more information, as well as download links, go to our MailForge page...

It’s been a bit quiet for some time now, so we wanted to take this opportunity to update everyone on the status of MailForge. We’ve been hard at work on version 1.1, which will be a major upgrade over 1.0. Included are a few of the improvements:

- Speed
- Eudora Filter Import
- Manual Filtering
- IMAP Improvements
- SMTP Improvements
- Numerous Bug Fixes

MailForge 1.1 will be available Wednesday, August 26th.

We’re pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.0.3!

MailForge 1.0.3 Release Notes:


SMTP
- New, more robust SMTP socket
- Improved and extensive SMTP logging

IMAP
- Now possible to specify full email or header only download
- Fixed multiple issues that could cause IMAP download to stall
- Fixed issue that could cause an error when when opening nested IMAP mailboxes

POP3
- Fixed issue that could cause POP3 download to stall

Mail Handling
- Fixed issue when transferring to a double-nested mailbox

Encoding
- Improved compatibility and reliability of outgoing email encoding
- Attachment names are now decoded according to language
- Added Chinese encoding support
- Added Korean encoding support
- Added Vietnamese encoding support
- Added Baltic Rim encoding support
- Improved Greek encoding (especially on Window)
- Improved Japanese encoding
- Improved Hebrew encoding
- Improved Cyrillic encoding

Mail Parsing
- Improved parsing of multi-part and embedded MIME messages
- Fixed issue that could cause text files to be saved as the text part of the email

Misc Bug Fixes
- Significant performance increase when opening large mailboxes


30-day trial has been reset

Now that MailForge 1.0 has been released, Pre-Registration has morphed into Early Activation. Through June 15, individuals can purchase MailForge for the same $19.95 that was available during Pre-Registration.

Starting June 16 however, Early Activation will end and MailForge will be available at the full price of $39.95

After approximately 21 months, we’re thrilled to announce the release of MailForge 1.0! We know that sometimes it seemed like this day would never come. But we’ve kept plugging along, adding features, fixing bugs, polishing and improving... all to the point that we felt comfortable releasing 1.0.

Does that mean that MailForge is completely done? Hardly! When trying to replace a program like Eudora®, a program that has been around for 6 - 7 versions and 20 years, its just not possible to completely replace it in this amount of time. We certainly realize that some will be disappointed that a particular feature or two didn’t make it in 1.0. However....

We’re still very hard at work adding those features that didn’t make it into 1.0. We have no intention of slowing down... we’re just getting going. If 1.0 doesn’t have a feature that you were looking forward to, hang tight... we’ll get it in as soon as humanly possible.

If you would like to see what features are in the pipeline, take a look at our Roadmap Page...

Due to some last minute performance issues with the Windows build of MailForge, we’ve delayed the release of 1.0 until Tuesday, June 9th.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

It’s been a bit quiet... but that’s because we’ve been hard at work tweaking and polishing MailForge. As a result, 1.0 is nearly done. We’re seeding final test builds to select individuals who are helping us finalize the last couple of remaining issues.

With 1.0 nearly done, we also want to announce the definitive date that preregistration will end... May 31st. 1.0 will be available on Monday, June 2nd, so preregistration will morph into “Early Activation.” Early Activation will continue through June 8th, with full price going into effect on June 9th.

It’s official... Odysseus is now known as MailForge. Why? After all, Odysseus has been the name of the project since late 2007. Why would we change it now? There’s actually a number of reasons...

1) Odysseus was never intended to be anything more than a “codename” for the project until a more suitable name could be found.

2) Odysseus is an already widely used/well known name, including from some software projects. Obviously, the most well known use of the name is the mythology itself. This means that this project will always be fighting for attention in search rankings, etc. In contrast, MailForge is not used by anything (until now that is).

3) Unlike MailForge, Odysseus is an easily misspelled name.

4) A forge is a place where something is created, even crafted... fitting for a program that will be used to craft email.


Hopefully this isn’t too jarring of a change. In the long run though, it should prove beneficial.

We’re pleased to announce the release of MailForge 1.0 Beta 18.

What's New:

New Name
- As of Beta 17, Odysseus is now MailForge
- New icon

Message Composition
- Saved Signatures are now properly filled out
- Saved Stationery are now properly filled out
- Message Composition Window now remembers its size and position

Windows Fixes
- Fixed issue that could cause a relatively benign error when updating from Odysseus to MailForge
- Improved cosmetic resizing of Main Window when opening secondary windows

Download
To download the latest beta, please go to our Forums and sign in. Once signed in, you fill find the download links to MailForge 1.0 Beta 18 in the Odysseus General Forum.

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 15.

What's New:

IMAP (Beta 15 features a completely re-written IMAP module)
- IMAP accounts now adhere to the IMAP specification regarding general behavior
- Headers are now downloaded, rather than the entire message (this will improve compatibility with IMAP servers that throttle traffic)
- IMAP accounts now maintain a constant connection to the server once opened
- Significant speed increases when selecting individual IMAP mailboxes
- Fixes issues with transferring email between IMAP mailboxes that are not in the same subfolder

Interface
- Classic Mode: Fixed that could cause the wrong mailboxes to be marked with unread mail
- Classic Mode: Mailboxes with unread mail are marked as Bold and Underlined
- Classic Mode: When transferring messages from one mailbox to another, Odysseus now checks to see if the destination mailbox is open and updates accordingly
- Classic Mode: Fonts are now immediately rendered in the Message List, rather than being rendered after the window is drawn

Preferences
- When creating a new account, SSL is now an immediate option (especially useful for setting up IMAP account which need to immediately connect)
- Improved dynamic saving of account information

Encoding
- Improved handling of certain Latin & Greek encodings (we're working on more improvements in this area)

Mailbox Interaction
- Improvements when transferring email from one mailbox to another

Download
To download the latest beta, please go to our Forums and sign in. Once signed in, you fill find the download links to Odysseus 1.0 Beta 15 in the Odysseus General Forum.

Over the last month, since 1.0 Beta 9, we’ve been hard at work fixing bugs, adding polish, and implementing a couple of surprise features... all in preparation for the final release of 1.0. Given that we want these surprise features to remain a surprise, and therefore don’t want download sites to pick up these final beta builds, we’ve locked the Odysseus General Forum to registered users only. Once 1.0 is released we’ll reopen it to Guest access again.

Our apologies for any inconvenience.

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 9!

Here’s what’s new...


Improved Mailbox Format (as of Beta 7)
- New format allows for faster operation and smaller mailbox sizes

Checking Email
- Fixed compatibility issues with Maillennium POP3 servers (AT&T)

Encoding
- Fixed an issue where International languages did not display properly on both platforms
- Odysseus now encodes outgoing headers to UTF-8 for International compatibility

Importing
- Faster import of Eudora mailboxes
- Odysseus now does a better job of preserving the encoding of imported messages

Misc
- Numerous stability improvements



What’s Next?

IMAP, Printing, Manual Filtering, Windows Interface issues, as well as general polish and bug fixes, are all areas where we will be focusing in Beta 10.


[PLEASE DO NOT POST TO UPDATE SITES]

For download links, go to our Odysseus page...

To discuss this build, go to our Forums...

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 8!

Here’s what’s new...


Improved Mailbox Format
- New format allows for faster operation and smaller mailbox sizes

Sending Email
- Fixed Authentication Error when sending via some servers

Checking Email
- Fixed an issue that could result in blank emails being downloaded

Encoding
- Fixed an issue where International languages did not display properly on Windows
- Odysseus now encodes outgoing headers to UTF-8 for International compatibility

Interface
- Odysseus remembers selection point when deleting messages
- If windows were displayed on a second display during last session, Odysseus will move them to the main display if the secondary is disconnected

Search
- Now possible to search specific email parts (Anywhere, Headers, Body, Attachment)
- Fixed accuracy issues when doing a multi-criteria search

Eudora Mailbox Import
- Significant speed increase over previous builds


With this version featuring a modification to the mailbox format, on first launch Odysseus will update the mailboxes. Once this process has finished, restart Odysseus and compact your mailboxes for best results.



To discuss this build, go to our Forums...

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 7!

This build continues to improve on existing features, while adding a couple of critical ones...

Email Download
- Added progress download when downloading email with attachments
- Improved compatibility with POP3 servers
- Odysseus no longer hangs when downloading attachments

Email Import
- Improved speed when importing Eudora email in tandem with large Attachment folder

Encoding
- Fixed crash when encountering malformed/improperly encoded HTML email
- Improved Unicode support

Address Book
- Added ability to import multiple Nickname files
- Added Apple Address Book autofill

Message Viewing
- Corrected Date sort for Search results
- Message Window remembers size and location
- Added message title to Message Window
- Added Unified Preview option (similar to implementation in Classic)
- Fixed issue where fonts weren’t properly updated when opening new Classic windows

Message Composition
- Improved formatting of message replies
- Moved insertion point for Replies, Signatures, and Stationery
- Fixed issues that could cause HTML emails to not display correctly

Misc Fixes
- Fixed a number of issues that could cause crashes


What’s left? For the remainder of this week, we will be focusing on Filters, IMAP, and Windows Interface, leading up to 1.0 next week. If you don’t see a favorite feature in Odysseus as it stands right now... don’t be discouraged. We will be continuing to implement the remaining features in subsequent releases. Our goal right now is simply to get 1.0 out the door with the most commonly used features, with the remaining to follow shortly thereafter.

We want to especially emphasize the amount of work that will be going into the Windows version over the next few days. While both version share feature parity already, the Windows version needs considerable work in the Interface Department. We’ve already started, and will continue, so that by next week both versions will have not only feature parity, but interface parity as well.


For more information, go to our Odysseus Page...

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 6!

This is a bug fix build that address a couple of issues that presented themselves in Beta 5. For the features that were implemented in Beta 5, see this post...

For more information, go to our Odysseus Page...

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 5!

This build continues to improve on existing features, while adding a couple of critical ones...

Message Composition
- Added ability to save Draft Messages
- Added ability to edit saved messages
- Fixed issues with Address Book autofill when using Odysseus Address Book

Address Book
- Odysseus now imports all Eudora Address Book information
- Fixed issue when listing Addresses and Phone Numbers
- Fixed issues with saving Addresses when using Odysseus Address Book
- Added ability to delete Addresses

Importing
- Odysseus now imports Attachments when importing email

Mail Viewing
- Improved encoding issues with International characters
- Improved inline image display
- Fixed Date sorting
- Odysseus now verifies HTML code to prevent crashes from malformed HTML
- Odysseus now shows which mailboxes have new mail

Interface
- Classic Task Window now respects preferences regarding visibility
- Classic Toolbar now respects preferences regarding visibility

Search
- Fixed issue when searching for Attachment names
- Misc fixes when displaying search results

Misc Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements


For more information, go to our Odysseus Page...

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 4!

This build adds very few new features, instead focusing on polishing the existing application. Here’s the list of what’s new and improved...

Address Book
- Eudora Nickname Import

Interface
- Odysseus “Remembers” Last Open Mailbox(es)
- Collapsable Classic Windows
- Improved Handling of Message Preview
- Added Accounts Tab to Mailbox List

Mail Checking
- Added Ability to Check Individual Accounts (via Accounts Tab

Mail Completion
- Odysseus Address Book Autocompletes While Typing in Message Composition Window
- Launch Composition Window for Individual Account (via Accounts Tab)

Message Display
- Improved Inline Image Display
- Improved HTML Email Display

Misc Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements


The next build will continue along the same path as Beta 4. We’re still refining Odysseus and working hard to add the finishing touches to it. Given the large number of new features that were added in Beta 1, 2, and 3, most of the remaining builds will only add a couple of new features each, instead focusing on perfecting what’s already in place.


For more information, go to our Odysseus Page...

We’re pleased to announce the release of Odysseus 1.0 Beta 3!

What a difference a month makes... This build is the single biggest build we’ve yet released, in terms of adding polish and moving Odysseus towards a finished application.

What’s New:

Preferences
- Accounts
- Checking Mail
- Sending Mail
- Replying
- Attachments
- Junk Mail
- Fonts & Display
- Mailbox Display
- Notifications
- Address Book
- Spell Checking
- Interface & Toolbars


Improved Importing
- Fixed an issue that could cause Odysseus to crash when importing
- Odysseus now imports entire Eudora Mail Folder, preserving mailbox hierarchy


Other Features
- Timed Checking
- Timed Sending (Hold down the Option/Alt key when clicking Send button)
- Ability to Toggle Manual Checking
- Leave on Server Settings
- Reply to All
- Ability to Set Junk Filter Strictness (Off, Low, Medium, High)
- Ability to Reset Junk Filters
- Display, List, and Print Fonts
- Ability to Set HMTL vs Plain Text Display Preference
- Cosmetic Mailbox Display Additions
- Ability to Turn On or Off Mailbox Preview
- Ability to Set "Read Delay" (Messages will automatically be marked "Read" if opened in new window)
- Sound Notifications Can Be Turned Off
- Support for French, German, Italian, and Spanish Spell Checking
- Interface Enhancements
- In Classic Mode Odysseus will now remember the size and position of every individual mail window
- In both Modes, the Message Window Splitter can be collapsed so as to completely hide the Message Preview. The Splitter will remember its position for each window.

- New Icon


What’s left to do? There are a couple of features left to implement... although in comparison to what’s been do so far, they’re relatively minor features. These include Printing, Eudora Nickname importing, and Address Book improvements. Aside from that however, the majority of the remaining time will be spent fixing bugs, improving performance, and generally enhancing the application as much as possible.

What, though, if a feature you’re accustomed to from Eudora® doesn’t appear to be making it into Odysseus 1.0? Not to worry. As we stated last year when we first announced our plan to develop Odysseus, our primary goal for 1.0 was simply to duplicate the most common functionality in Eudora®, with the more advanced features and abilities coming in subsequent releases. So if a particular feature isn’t in 1.0... look for it in 1.0.1. If it’s not in 1.0.1... look for it in 1.0.2. If it’s not in... well you get the idea. With Odysseus under active development, if something you like is missing, it’s only a matter of time before we get it added in. And more often than not, it’ll be added in sooner rather than later.


For more information, go to our Odysseus Page...

We want to let everyone know that we are extending the Pre-Registration offer again. We’ve been hard at work over the last week and half adding in the remaining features that the first two betas were lacking.

As a result, and since we decided to take the extra time to implement these features rather than release another build last week, we’re extending the pre-registration.

We want to let everyone know that we are extending the Pre-Registration offer to August 18th. While tremendous progress has been made in the last couple of weeks, in terms of adding both features and polish, there’s still too many things left to do to warrant ending the pre-registration on the 11th.

The good news is, this week will see some significant updates to Odysseus that should make some serious headway toward closing the gap to 1.0 Final...

We’re pleased to announce Odysseus 1.0 Beta 2! Here’s a list of what’s new in this build...

What’s Improved:

• Improved Search (Fixed an issue that could lead to duplicate results)
• Improved HTML Email (Fixed multiple issues that could cause malformed HTML emails to crash Odysseus)
• Fixed Unrecoverable Error on Check
• Improved Compatibility With Yahoo! / AT&T/ SBC
• Fixed Tab Order on Message Composition Window
• Fixed Tab in Message Body on Message Composition Menu (No longer tabs back to header fields)
• Improved Mailbox Menu (New mailboxes show up immediately)
• Improved Transfer Menu (New mailboxes show up immediately)
• Streamlined Account and Account Extras Preferences
• Improved Incoming & Outgoing Port Selection (Odysseus will not automatically select ports based on user input)
• Approximately 1 dozen minor bug fixes

What’s left to do? There are a number of features left to implement... although in comparison to what’s been do so far, they’re relatively minor features. These include Timed Sending and Receiving, Printing, Delete Messages From Server options, etc. In addition to those features, some existing features, such as Preferences and Importing, need to be improved and expanded. Aside from that however, the majority of the remaining time will be spent fixing bugs, improving performance, and generally enhancing the application as much as possible.

What, though, if a feature you’re accustomed to from Eudora® doesn’t appear to be making it into Odysseus 1.0? Not to worry. As we stated last year when we first announced our plan to develop Odysseus, our primary goal for 1.0 was simply to duplicate the most common functionality in Eudora®, with the more advanced features and abilities coming in subsequent releases. So if a particular feature isn’t in 1.0... look for it in 1.0.1. If it’s not in 1.0.1... look for it in 1.0.2. If it’s not in... well you get the idea. With Odysseus under active development, if something you like is missing, it’s only a matter of time before we get it added in. And more often than not, it’ll be added in sooner rather than later.

What about IMAP? At present, there are two things to remember about IMAP in this build...

1. When setting up an IMAP account, Odysseus will (like most IMAP clients) create a local copy of whatever mailboxes are residing on the server. Once the email has been retrieved, there is no way to manually move a message out of those mailboxes, whether it be into another IMAP mailbox, or a local non-IMAP mailbox. This ability will be enabled in Beta 2.
2. Although there is no way to manually move a message out of an IMAP mailbox, if you have a filter setup to do it, Odysseus will successfully move the message in question to the assigned mailbox. Per the IMAP specification, Odysseus will then REMOVE the message from the ONLINE IMAP MAILBOX. This is in stark contrast to how Odysseus currently handles POP3 email, as Odysseus NEVER deletes email that it has retrieved from a POP3 account... and will not even feature that option until 1.0 final. Unfortunately, due to the inherent differences between POP3 and IMAP, it was necessary to build this functionality in from this stage.

In case you missed them, the Download Links are located here...

To discuss this build, please see this Forum Posting...

We want to let everyone know that the window to Pre-Register Odysseus for $19.95 officially expires 12:00 AM August 11, 2008. Starting 12:01 AM August 11th, Odysseus will be the standard $39.95. Given that we’ve said from Day One that pre-registration would be available until 1.0... well... we’ll let you come to your own conclusions about that...

In all seriousness though, we would like to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who pre-registered Odysseus. By helping to support the project early on, you helped to reinforce what we were counting on... that the market for a Eudora® style email client is alive and well!

Let the countdown begin to 1.0 Final!

We’re pleased to announce Odysseus 1.0 Beta 1! Here’s a list of what’s new in this build...

What’s New:

• Standard Filters
• Junk Filtering
• Searching
• Spell Checking (Inline)
• Return Receipts
• IMAP Support (Not 100%... although very close - see below) **
• Mailbox Menu
• Transfer Menu
• Ability To Change Message Status
• Ability To Change Message Priority
• Ability To Change Message Account

What’s Improved:

• Improved HTML Handling (Fixed an issue that would cause some HTML messages to crash Odysseus)
• Odysseus Now Forwards and Redirects All Message Parts (Plain Text, HTML, and Attachments)
• Improved UTF-8 Support (both Sending and Receiving)
• Classic Windows Remember Position and Size (For each mailbox that is opened)
• Improved Message Status Notifications
• Improved Handling of Signatures
• Prevent Loading of Junk Messages
• Improved Handling of Multiple Composition Windows
• Improved Handling of Duplicate Messages
• Fixed “1/31/00” Date Bug
• Sent Message Now Display Proper Status
• Fixed HTML Resize Content Issue
• Approximately 3 Dozen Minor Bug Fixes

What’s left to do? There are a couple of features left to implement... although in comparison to what’s been do so far, they’re relatively minor features. These include Timed Sending and Receiving, Printing, Delete Messages From Server options, etc. In addition to those features, some existing features, such as Preferences and Importing, need to be improved and expanded. Aside from that however, the majority of the remaining time will be spent fixing bugs, improving performance, and generally enhancing the application as much as possible.

What, though, if a feature you’re accustomed to from Eudora® doesn’t appear to be making it into Odysseus 1.0? Not to worry. As we stated last year when we first announced our plan to develop Odysseus, our primary goal for 1.0 was simply to duplicate the most common functionality in Eudora®, with the more advanced features and abilities coming in subsequent releases. So if a particular feature isn’t in 1.0... look for it in 1.0.1. If it’s not in 1.0.1... look for it in 1.0.2. If it’s not in... well you get the idea. With Odysseus under active development, if something you like is missing, it’s only a matter of time before we get it added in. And more often than not, it’ll be added in sooner rather than later.

What about IMAP? At present, there are two things to remember about IMAP in this build...

1. When setting up an IMAP account, Odysseus will (like most IMAP clients) create a local copy of whatever mailboxes are residing on the server. Once the email has been retrieved, there is no way to manually move a message out of those mailboxes, whether it be into another IMAP mailbox, or a local non-IMAP mailbox. This ability will be enabled in Beta 2.
2. Although there is no way to manually move a message out of an IMAP mailbox, if you have a filter setup to do it, Odysseus will successfully move the message in question to the assigned mailbox. Per the IMAP specification, Odysseus will then REMOVE the message from the ONLINE IMAP MAILBOX. This is in stark contrast to how Odysseus currently handles POP3 email, as Odysseus NEVER deletes email that it has retrieved from a POP3 account... and will not even feature that option until 1.0 final. Unfortunately, due to the inherent differences between POP3 and IMAP, it was necessary to build this functionality in from this stage.

In case you missed them, the Download Links are located here...

To discuss this build, please see this Forum Posting...