Version History
Version 4.01 (August 19, 2009)
Version 4.0 (July 21, 2009)
- Now displays mail based on non-Western characters sets in their native format. Improved handling of mail based on the UTF-8 encoding.
- Added option for flexible wildcard searching.
- Replaced the regular expressions engine with a new one based on the powerful PCRE 7.9 (Perl 5 compatible).
- Improved loading speed of the E-mail Wizard.
- Fixed several accessibility issues. Added configuration file for Window-Eyes and JAWS for Windows; these are stored in the Accessibility subfolder. Use the following command-line switch to install them in the appropriate folders:
Mailbag.exe /acc=install
- Some other minor improvements and issues fixed.
- Updated the Help file and other documentation.
Version 3.99 (September 10, 2008)
- Added "Local Time" setting in Time Zone option, as well as new time zones. Unless you pick a daylight-saving time zone, Mailbag Assistant will automatically determine when to use daylight saving for the most common time zones.
- Improved the /usb switch option. You now only need to use this command the first time you run Mailbag Assistant off a USB drive. Mailbag Assistant will store the option in its INI file on the USB drive. To cancel the option, run Mailbag Assistant with the /usb=false command-line switch. Note that this feature is not available in the trial version of Mailbag Assistant.
- Improved HTML conversion to plain text.
- Fixed an issue detecting mail folder location of recent Opera browser versions.
- The trial version of Mailbag Assistant is now protected with a different third-party product, which should significantly reduce compatibility issues.
- Some other minor improvements and issues fixed.
- Updated references to Fookes Software to reflect the new legal form of business company. Fookes Software is now a Limited (Ltd) company, which is owned by Fookes Holding Ltd.
Version 3.981 (February 26, 2008)
- Fixed a glitch in the method used to identify certain messages as incoming or outgoing.
Version 3.98 (February 22, 2008)
- Added RawEmail search/filter field option. Use it when you need to search the whole email message in its native format.
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Added /USER command-line switch to Mailbag Assistant. By default, Mailbag Assistant stores per-user customization files under the Application Data folder:
<SYSTEMDRIVE>\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data
or here under Windows Vista:
<SYSTEMDRIVE>\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming
Use the /USER switch to specify a different location for the Mailbag Assistant customization and temporary files. This option is particularly useful if you work with sensitive data (point to a folder on an encrypted drive) or simply don't want to leave files behind on the computer you're using (point to a removable drive like a USB key). Alternatively, you can also use this feature to share the same customization files with multiple users across a network. The folder name can include system variables, for example:
Mailbag.exe /user="%AllUsersProfile%\Mailbag Assistant"
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Added /TEMP command-line switch to Mailbag Assistant. By default, Mailbag Assistant stores temporary files in the Windows Temp folder under the logon user folder. If the /USER switch is used, temporary files are stored in the Temp subfolder of the specified folder. Use this switch to specify an alternative location for storing temporary files. The folder name can include system variables; example:
Mailbag.exe /temp="%AllUsersProfile%\Mailbag Assistant\Temp"
- Changed method on Windows XP and Vista to determine default location of folder for user settings. Fixes issues on some systems that have corrupted registry keys.
- Setup no longer requires administrative or "power user" privileges under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista.
- Some other minor improvements and issues fixed.
- Updated the License Agreement and documentation.
Version 3.97 (June 21, 2007)
- Added support for Windows Mail (Windows Vista).
- Added new field for Data Merge templates: {RawDate}
Contains the text from the Date field in the message header.
- Fixed several issues when proccessing files larger than 2 GB.
- Fixed issue saving file associations in Windows Vista.
- Fixed page-break issue with File/Print E-mails feature.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Version 3.96 (November 09, 2006)
- Fixed errors produced when Mailbag Assistant 3.95 was configured to store settings in the Windows registry.
Version 3.95 (November 02, 2006)
- Added support for files larger than 2 GB.
- Improved handling of bad date fields in message headers.
- Improved handling of plain UTF-8 messages and header fields.
- Improved user-interface appearance under Windows XP.
- Improved memory usage and processing speed.
- Improved handling of corrupted DBX files.
- Improved parsing of HTML mail.
- Added support for maildir files.
- Added support for Opera 9 .mbs files.
- Added support for Agent 3.x and 4.x folder name conversion.
- Added new print engine.
- Fixed issue opening FoxMail files.
- Fixed issue handling certain kinds of DBX files.
- Fixed issue with modal dialogs sometimes ending up behind main application window.
- Many other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Version 3.9 (March 03, 2006)
- Added support for PocoMail 4 and Barca 2.
- Added new MIME engine used for processing message parts.
- Added support for mapped drives in folder dialog.
- Improved memory management and program processing speed.
- Improved speed displaying large emails.
- Improved extraction speed of large attachments.
- Improved conversion of email body to plain text.
- Updated the Help file.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Version 3.82 (May 31, 2005)
- Added "Auto switch grid" setting in Option dialog box on the General tab. It controls whether the Subset grid is automatically displayed after transfering e-mail to it.
- Can be run reliably from a user "Limited Account".
- Trial version now runs under Virtual PC and other Windows emulators.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Version 3.81 (April 21, 2005)
- Fixed issue with message date showing incorrect time-zone offset in grid.
Version 3.8 (March 15, 2005)
- Reads Opera Mail files (use "Generic mail" format).
- Improved loading speed of EML and generic mailbox files.
- Improved message display speed in grid.
- Improved extraction of text from messages.
- Improved extraction of mail dates.
- Improved handling of Eudora mailbox files.
- Improved export to EML files from Eudora mailboxes.
- Improved "Send Reply" behavior when MAPI fails to work.
- The date of exported EML files matches the message date.
- Added fields {MailBoxFile} and {MessageId}.
- Added fields to format mail-merge filenames:
{Mailbox}, {WhoEmail}, {MessageId}, {Date}
- Added the Script token {OutputPath}, which represents the Merge Data output directory path name.
- Fixed issue with not detecting when mailbox changed.
- Fixed issue with attachments sometimes appearing in message body.
Version 3.6 (April 05, 2004)
- Added support for MSN mail files (.MailDB).
- Added option for extension of EML-compatible file types.
- Improved support for Eudora mailbox messages in HTML format.
- New program icon.
- Updated the Help file.
Version 3.5 (April 24, 2003)
- Added News and Updates feature.
- UUCODED attachments in message body no longer displayed.
- Fixed issue with Base64 messages.
- Updated the Help file.
Version 3.2 (January 02, 2003)
- Merged documents can now be output to an alternative folder.
- Added support for .msg files (similar to EML files).
- Updated several templates.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Version 3.1 (November 18, 2002)
- Added support for MS Outlook Express newsgroups.
- Added Mozilla and Netscape 7 to the choice of mailbox types.
Version 3.0 (April 16, 2002)
- Added support for Generic mailboxes (mbox, Unix mail format, Berkeley mail format, BSD mail format) and Juno 3.x.
- New Export command to save messages as EML files and Generic/Unix mail files.
- Added feature to detect virus attachments.
- Added feature to extract and open individual attachments from a message.
- Added option to store data files in Windows "Application Data" folder.
- Improved handling of quoted text used when extended characters are encountered.
- HTTP-based mail (e.g., Hotmail) imported into Outlook Express can now be loaded into Mailbag Assistant.
- Improved support for MS Outlook mail imported in Outlook Express.
- Better support for The Bat!, Calypso, and Forte Agent mail files.
- New HTML Help file.
Version 2.6c (December 21, 2001)
- Maintenance release (see changes under next main topic).
Version 2.6 (September 05, 2001)
- Maintenance release (see changes under next main topic).
Version 2.5 (May 25, 2001)
- Easier to use for Outlook Express users.
- Can now read and create .eml files.
- Can extract HTML messages with their embedded contents and display them in the default browser.
- Added new template and script commands.
- Supports Forte Agent 1.8 files.
Version 2.0 (September 28, 2000)
- Now reads Outlook Express 5.x, Netscape 6, The Bat! v1.42+, Forte Agent (prior to v1.8), and Poco mailboxes.
- Improved loading of large Netscape, Calypso, and FoxMail mailboxes.
- Added tools and options to archive/extract message attachments.
- Mailbag archive mailboxes can be saved in compressed format to save disk space.
- New wizards help make setting filters and searches easier.
Version 1.0 (September 16, 1999)
