CommuniGator History

3.1.1 18-Dec-98

 

• Bug fix: CommuniGator could crash on Command-[ or Command-] when no windows were on the screen.
• Bug fix: CommuniGator could crash when moving messages with attachments when 'omit attachments' option was on.
• Bug fix: on multimonitor systems it could create message windows outside the monitor space.

3.1 27-Nov-98

 

• Hirarchical local mailboxes implemented.
• Navigation Services now supported. To utilize them you either need MacOS 8.5 or 7.5+ with Navigation library manually installed into your Extensions folder.
• Now you can save faxes as TIFFs (either in single multipage file, or several single-page files in a folder).
• Working offline implemented. While offline you can only browse your archived mail, you can't reply or create new messages.
• Contextual menus support implemented. Theit activated by Ctrl-clicking various window contents in MacOS 8.
• Dynamic scrolling implemented (Available with MacOS 8.0 and later).
• Proportional scrollbars implemented Available with MacOS 8.5 and later).
• Local mailboxes renamed to Custom mailboxes.
• Mailbox structure changed:
    "Mail Folder" existence is mandatory now.
    "Mail for User" folders renamed to bare "User" folders.
    "Sent Letters" renamed to "Sent Messages".
    "Trash" renamed to "Mail Trash".
    All local mailboxes now are get created in "Custom Mailboxes" folder inside "User" folder.
  CG Converter application now supplied to make these updates automaticaly. You should run it once before lainching CommuniGate 3.1
• Window menu that contains list of opened windows implemented, Mailboxes menu eliminated.
• View Part menuitem in Message menu implemented. Currently 3 parts supported: Text, Fax and Source (the source parts are available with Server 3.0 and higher).
• Multiple signatures implemented. The default signature is still unselectable and limited to 255 bytes.
• 'Apply Rules' checkbox implemented in Station Settings/Notification. So now you don't need to open messages to apply station rules automatically.
• 'Bring CommuniGator to Foreground' checkbox implemented in Station Settings/Notification.
• Default (desired) message window width and height items implemented in Station Settings/Display Options.
• 'Strip Fonts' option for automate romoval fonts and styles info from messages being sent implemented in Station Settings/Send.
• Automatic quotes colorising implemented in Station Settings/Text Formatting. It does the same as Select All + Colorise Quotes, applied to plain text messages only.
• Set Note command implemented in Rules. Metacharacters like $S,$F,etc are now interpreted.
• 'Delete' menu item now changes to 'Move to Trash' depending on the Trash settings and Option Key state.
• CommuniGator now maps unknown attachment file types and creators according to InternetConfig settings.
• For SIMS users: accounts now get sorted much faster when you open user's selection panel (It could take minutes to open that panel with thousand users in list).
• In Log viewer, if you scroll to the the end of the log, the window scrolls automaticaly when log grows.
• Now you can paste several lines of text with addresses into Recipients field.
• Now you can put spaces and unprintable characters into subject part of Mailto URL: <mailto:someone@somewhere.net?subject=whatever%20you%20wish>.
• Fax window now shows the total number of pages.
• The suggested memory partition size is increased from 1300K to 1500K.
• Bug fix: after transferring to local mailbox, messages with subjects longer than 30 characters displayed wrong dates in the mailbox window.
• Bug fix: moving text via Drag&Drop into subject window didn't update the scrollbar.

3.0 23-Oct-97

 

• The suggested memory partition size is increased from 1200K to 1300K.
• The Mark as Read menu item is implemented.
• Now the CommuniGator remembers the position and the size of the last closed Address Book window.
• Now if a monitor window has only one line, its selection is set and drawn always.
• Balloon helps for Monitors' menu are implemented.
• Bug fix: Station Rules with highest priority didn't work.

2.8.1b 9-Oct-97

 

• The appearance of most of the CommuniGator windows changed so they became MacOS 8 - like or theme-savvy.
• Mailer panels now have the Send button.
• The sorting direction switch icon is implemented for Queue windows.
• Selecting and dragging in Queue windows now is Finder-alike.
• The Mailer panel now is resizeable vertically as well as horizontally.
• The Station Settings and User Settings dialog layouts changed; the help icon for turning balloon help on/off is implemented.
• Balloon helps for Queue windows are implemented.
• The Server-wide Rules support is implemented.
• Now you can paste to Recipients field texts with addresses like "Name, Company <user@domain>" as well as "user@domain (Name, Company)".
• The "Save Attachments To:" Station Rule action is implemented.
• Being connected to SIMS, Postmaster now can delete messages.
• Error dialogs like "the server has been unexpectedly disconnected" are automatically dismissed in 60 seconds.
• Notes are printed in message headers now.
• The "Insert Object" options are re-implemented as submenus.
• Bug fix: renaming Station Rules to 31 character long names crashed the application.
• Bug fix: if you open several faxes at a time, the CommuniGator didn't deactivate background faxes properly (page number popup was shown for all faxes)
• Bug fix: the Edit menu was not always available in modal dialogs.
• Bug fix: Address Book fields were not switchable by TAB key if that panel was opened from Edit menu.

2.8 08-Aug-97

 

• Help texts are searchable now.
• Two-pixels margin around the message text is implemented.
• Bug fix: saving messages opened at a remote file server resulted in the error -49 message.

2.7.4 28-Jul-97

 

• The Address book Editors use resizeable windows now.
• The Notification Station Settings have been improved.
• The resource and Server Document selector boxes are changed.
• Two new file types supported : 'eCmh' and 'eCmH' for user and administrator help documents, simular to SimpleText 'ttro' files. The application does not try to connect to the server when you are trying to open these documents offline.
• Address types, priorities and delays can be set for the recipients of redirected messages now.
• Address types, priorities and delays can be set for the addresses used in the Rules.
• The Content pop-up menus are implemented for help documents.
• Option-Backspace and Option-Del now delete adjacent words.
• When dropping or pasting to the Recipients list, holding Option or Option-Shift keys change the address type to Cc: or Bcc:
• Bug fix: applying Undo to an opened incoming message deleted the message text.
• Bug fix: when Sending Again, the old RFC Header was submitted.
• Bug fix: if a letter had several recipients with different priorities, a wrong recipient was displayed in the Sent Letters queue.

2.7.3 21-Jul-97

 

• Mailer fields are resizable now.
• Messages transfer from the server to local mailboxes, retrieving attachemnts from server-based messages and submitting attachments should be aprx. twice faster now.
• The "Insert Sound" menuitem replaced with "Insert Object". Now you can insert recorded sounds, soundfiles, pictures, or texts from text files.
• The"Activate Service Now" and "Activate Line Now" commands are implemented for monitor windows.
• Address data in a plain text form can be added to the Recipients field with the Paste command, and using the drag-and-drop method.
• Faxes are scrolled when you drag selection outside the window.
• The Delivery History message information is displayed now.
• The number of lines in logs is displayed now.
• The Mailto event now can handle URLs with the additional data, as: <mailto:aaa@xxx.com?subject=sometext>.
• The F1,F2,F3 and F4 keys are assigned to the Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste commands.
• The Rule Editor window updating is improved.
• Bug fix: the size of Server Documents was shown as 0 in saved messages.
• Bug fix: the Return-Receipt setting was not handled properly when redirecting messages from local mailboxes.
• Bug fix: the mailer popup menu could be shown in a wrong font and font size.
• Bug fix: dragging several attached files from a message to the desktop and subsequent closing of that message could crash the application.
• Bug fix: the date editor in the Rules Editor did not work properly under MacOS 8.

2.7.2 27-May-97

 

• The Insert Quote Marks and Remove Quote Marks commands are added to the Text->Format menu.
• The Fwd: prefix in subjects is ignored when sorting messages by subject.
• The Unwrap command does not merge paragraphs now.
• The Delayed and Suspended address statuses are displayed correctly now.
• The Find Mailbox command is implemented. It shows the mailbox the frontmost opened letter resides in.
• Logs with more than 65000 lines are displayed correctly now.
• All "Mail for..." folders are not required to reside in the same folder as the CommuniGator application now. You can put an alias named "Mail Folder" into the same folder as the CommuniGator application, and make that alias point to a folder that contains all "Mail for..." folders.
• Letters, monitors, and server mailboxes windows are closed faster now. When a server connection is broken, those windows are closed witout generating error alerts.

2.7.1 12-May-97

 

• Now you can create a new letter directly from the Address Book editor window by selecting recipient addresses.
• The Text Formatting panel is implemented in the Station Settings list.
• Now the address books panel (the CommuniGate Client Modules file) can be stored in the same folder as the CommuniGator application - this is useful if you have only one copy if the application on the File Server: this allows to keep one copy of the CommuniGate Clients module file, too. Remember that the FaxSender cannot find the module file there.
• The Text Wrap width can be user-configurable now.
• TheÊColorise Quotes formatting function is implemented. The Text Formatting panel allows to change the quote colors.
• The Text menu has been modified.
• Command-L shortcut assigned for the Attach File... menu item.
• Bug fix: launching CommuniGator on a computer with improperly selected printer driver caused crashing.
• Bug fix: Station Rules Editor is fixed.

2.7 05-May-97

 

• This version can connect to both CommuniGate Server and to the Stalker Internet Mail Server.
• The Sender Address and the Sender Name rule conditions are implemented.
• Now only To: and Cc: addresses are printed in message headers.
• The Binding Margin Print option is implemented. It allows to leave 1 inch of blank space on the left side of a page.

2.6.1 02-May-97

 

• Some interface elements of the Log viewer are improved.
• The Return character can be entered in dialog texts window by pressing option-enter.
• User names are added to the In Box and Out Box window titles.
• The Online help is implemented.
• The message scrollbar behavior is changed. Now the scrolling is not so "jumpy" for large pictures embedded into a message text.
• The User Editor allows an adminitrator to edit User Settings and User Rules of other accounts.
• Bug fix: (in version 2.6) attempts to remove open resource could crash.
• Bug fix: with the Intelligent Cut &Paste option turned on, deleting the first character in a word deleted the preceding space, too.
• Bug fix: The Wrap command sometimes left spaces at the beginning of a line.

2.6 23-Apr-97

 

• The new Address Book panel interface is implemented. This version requires the new Address Books panel (the CommuniGate Clients Modules file).
• The basic AppleScript interface is implemented (the AE dictionary is included).
• Address sector dialog box has been improved.
• Letters in local mailboxes can be redirected as the server letters now (i.e. without opening them). To redirect them in the old way (with opening), press the Option key.
• Tabulation size is now stored in messages containing styled text.
• Option-Delete deletes immediately, ignoring the Trash option settings.
• Text formatting is implemented: it allows you to wrap the message text (using 72-character long strings) and to unwrap it.
• The AutoWrap Statation Setting option is implemented. It allows to autowrap all messages before they are submitted to the CommuniGate Server.
• The About window has changed.
• Bug fix: connection problems could result in a ghost unremovable dialog box on the screen.

2.5.4 10-Apr-97

 

• The RFC Header Rule Condition is implemented.
• Resources and rules renaming is implemented.
• Names to newly created resources and Rules can be assigned when these objects are being stored.
• Redirected letters contain all original To: and Cc: addresses now.
• Bug fix: if a Special From address was specified, redirected messages had that address used as the Sender address.

2.5.3 26-Mar-97

 

• The Drag &Drop interface for Address Books implemented (the "CommuniGate Client Modules" file is updated, too).
• The Address Books command is added to the Edit menu; it allows to edit address books without opening a new message.
• Holding the Option key whith the Insert Sound command allows you to select a prerecorded sound from a sound file.
• Bug fix: changing the notification sound inside CommuniGator application didn't change it for Notifier.
• Bug fix: after switching between text and fax bodies, vertical bar scrolled by several text lines instead of one line.

2.5.2 25-Feb-97

 

• Addresses can be dragged from an address book now.
• Faxes are scrolled by 20 points (i.e. faster) now. You still can scroll faxes by 1 point by dragging the scrollbar thumb.
• The Gray Borders option for fax displaying is implemented.
• Bug fix: it inserted an 'GURL'-supplied address as 'From'.
• Bug fix: it was not possible to paste addresses into the 'Address Selector' window.

2.5.1 17-Feb-97

 

• The Intelligent Cut &Paste option is implemented; in this mode, it removes an extra space between remaining words when you cut a word and it inserts a space when you paste a word between other words.
• Stationeries support is implemented; if you open a letter stationery, its From and supplementary addresses will be replaced with yours; it is recommended to rebuild your Desktop file once after you install this version.
• Now you can drag messages from queues to the Out Box. This operation is equivalent to Send Again.
• Bug fix: the Undo operation applied to an uneditable message text marked it as modified.
• Bug fix: on PPC machines, it did not save dates in Rule conditions correctly.

2.5 05-Feb-97

 

• Station Settings: an option to print letter headers on the first page only is implemented; if the header is bigger than the printer page, this mode is turned on automatically.
• The "Private Books" folder inside the "Mail for XXXX" folder is created for keeping private address books.
• Dragging attachments from received letters and dropping them on the desktop is implemented.
• "Mark as Important/Unimportant" rule actions implemented.
• The "Open Mailer when Reading Mail" Display Option is implemented.
• A user with the "postmaster" privelege can Reply on, Forward, and Redirect any message from any server's queue.
• Bug fix: sometimes printing resulted in the "Not enough memory" error.
• Bug fix: the Recipient "Delay" dialog box fields could contain garbage on open.
• Bug fix: typing when a new message was coming in could crash the program.
• Bug fix: the Search in "addresses" did not work properly for the InBox.
• Bug fix: now it's prohibited to drop messages into the "Sent Letters" queue.
• Bug fix: when opening several letters at a time, they all had blinking cursors.
• Bug fix: the subject was not visible after create a reply letter with closed mailer.

2.4 30-Dec-96

 

• The updated CommuniGate Client Modules file is included (should be installed in the Extensions folder).
• The Word Services protocol is supported. Now CommuniGator can be integrated with external (third-party) spell and grammar checkers that work as Word Servers.
• Internet Config is supported now (v.1.1 or better is needed). To launch URLs, Command-double-click the URL text in a message.
• The Important message status flag is implemented.
• Dropping folderes into the Attachments field is implemented.
• When Replying, only the selected text is copied into the Reply message.
• The Misc Options item in Station Settings is implemented (now you can get rid of the annoying server messages).
• The "Close Letters on Transfer To:" Misc. Option is implemented. This option is in effect only when using the Transfer To command in an opened letter window.
• The 'pdoc' event supported: now you may print CommuniGator documents from Finder.
• The 'GURL' event handling implemented. Now you may choose the CommuniGator application as a helper for the "mailto:"-type URLs in the Internet Config.
• A special icon is displayed for those messages in a queue window that have attachments.
• The priority icons are now visible in the Receipients list.
• The Add Note menuitem title changed to Add Note/Edit Note.
• The added Notes are displayed underlined in queue windows (as opposed to regular subjects).
• The Text Options are renamed into the Display Options. The default fax viewing settings are implemented.
• The *NONE* cover page for faxes and printouts is implemented.
• The "Printer Cover Page" mailer option is implemented.
• Selecting with keyboard (by typing the first letters of message titles) is implemented in Queue windows.
• Logs are sorted in the reversed order now (the most recent log first).
• Searching in Logs now can be interrupted by Cmd-.
• The 'can change user settings' item in the User resource editor implemented.
• Font and keyboard script syncronisation is improved (now you can type in English using a Japanese font).
• The Mark Unread User Rule action is implemented.
• Multi-part messages (as digests) are opened faster now.
• Bug fix: some messages caused the alert "Message is corrupted" to appear.
• Bug fix: deleting enclosures didn't mark letters as changed.
• Bug fix: a crash could occur when opening some logs and resources.
• Bug fix: when using the 'Add note' command in a queue window, the old note text was not displayed.
• Bug fix: after zooming the letter window text dimensions were not updated properly.
• Bug fix: clicking in a letter text from Finder moved the text insertion point.

2.3

 

• The "inline input" method is implemented (to enter 2-byte characters, as Kanji).
• Aliases can be used for the "Mail for xxxxx" folders.
• The Find Selection menu command is implemented. It works for subjects and message texts only.
• When the server connection drops, unfinished letters can be saved on the disk.
• Font and keyboard script synchronization is implemented.
• The Address Record dialog box displays the number of failed attempts now.
• The "Can Link to Server over Network" message in the User Editor is implemented.
• The "Postmaster" notification is implemented.
• Queue windows show the "To"-type address if a message have both To and Cc addresses.
• The editing commands are supported in the Select Address dialog box.
• The new Server 2.4 address states are displayed (suspended, delayed, etc)
• When forwarding a fax, pages can be removed from the new letter by choosing the Clear command.
• New method for disconnecting is implemented.
• Bug fix: 0-sized text fonts are processed properly.
• Bug fix: monitor updating could crash if the number of elements change quickly (the SMTPGate monitor window caused crashes).
• Bug fix: the Duplicate Name error could appear when moving and deleting messages.
• Bug fix: if the initial transaction with the server failed, it was impossible to reconnect.
• Bug fix: after clearing rich text data, the style at the insertion point was not cleared.
• Bug fix: the sound input device check was incorrect.
• Bug fix: using some menu shortcuts with no window open caused crashes.
• Bug fix: the Voice System editor scroll bar did not work properly.
• Bug fix: the Get Next Unread command produced a beep.
• Bug fix: User Settings item-switching failed when an error occurred.
• Bug fix: Rules Editor processed React/Reply letters incorrectly (on PPC only).
• Bug fix: dragging in queues resulted in index rebuilding.
• Bug fix: queue windows did not update the items number field.
• Bug Fix: monitor windows updating

2.2

• Basic Drag&Dropfunctions implemented.
• Server Documents selecting is improved.
• New method of Redirecting is implemented: now letter are redirected without being transferred from and back to the server.
• Log searching is implemented.
• New conditions in the User Rules are supported now.
• The Reply-To User Setting is implemented and supported now.
• The Copy &Paste functions in the Table editor are implemented.
• The Voice Editor uses the default letters font now.
• Resource Editors stack their windows now.
• Sound playing can be terminated by Command-period now.
• Progress dialog boxes for messages transfers are implemented.
• Fax Page Switching menui tems are added.
• Scrolling fax messages using the arrow keys is implementted.
• Cmd-equivalents are added to the Text Style menus.
• The "Route-only" address types are supported.
• Search in the "Sent Letters" mailbox is implemented.
• Searching Notes is implemented for the "search subjects" mode.
• Queue windows display the number of items now.
• Bug fix: while attaching files, double-clicking on a stationary pad caused system crash.
• Bug fix: it was possible to open the same Voice System editor twice.
• Bug fix: weird behavior of the Voice System editor scrollbar is fixed.
• Bug fix: after inserting a sound the letter was not marked as changed.
• Bug fix: update bugs in the Table Editor fixed.
• Bug fix: it was possible to create files with names containing the Return character.
• Bug fix: Monitor windows with many lines were not updated properly.
• Bug fix: newly created reply-letters were marked as modified.

2.1

• It is a FAT application now.
• The "Open..." command is added to the File menu to allow you to open disk files. The old "Open" command is renamed to "Open Selection" (Open Messages, Open Addresses, Open Attachments, etc).
• Attached files can be opened as letters without saving them to disk (the "Open Attachment" command in the File menu);
• The Empty Trash... alert is automaticaly canceled after 20 seconds.
• Bug Fix: Dragging-selection in a queue window could result in crash.
• Bug Fix: Transferring open letters from InBox to local mailboxes could change the letter status.
• When the CommuniGator is short on memory, it does not try to open/print/reply/etc.
• Command-"." can be used to stop opening multiple letters from a mailbox.
• When redirecting, the "Special 'From:'" address is not put into the Supplimentary Addresses any more.
• Now you can open, edit and save a message on disk when you are not connected to the Server.
• The Preferred/Minimum Memory Sizes changed to 1200K / 800K
• A Fax selection rectangle is cleared when you switch pages.
• The New Mail alert box is automatically dismissed after 30 seconds (as in the Notifier extension).
• The layout of resource selector dialog boxes has been changed.
• The Insert Sender and Insert Phone Number items are added to the CoverPage editor.

2.0.4

• The day order in Station Rules changed from Sunday-Saturday to Monday-Sunday.
• Bug fix: the Monitors menu processing has been corrected.
• Subjects of forwarded messages are made editable.
• Lineless monitors (like PrintGate, FileGate) can display the Service Setting dialog box when you double-click the Monitor window.
• The text drawing has been improved to avoid problems with some fonts .
• The Page Setup settings are stored with other Station Settings now.

2.0.3

• Search speed improved (noticeable with large letters only).
• The $t, $T, $F, $S combinations can be used in the Reply Header now.
• The Save as... command works from the queue window now.
• The Option-left arrow, Option-right arrow combinations move the insertion point by word now.
• The messages you've printed are marked as read first (with Return Receipt sent)
• When copying the original letter text into a reply message, trailing spaces on each line are cut now
• Indication and removing of styles and embedded objects is implemented now.
• The MIME Mode, Character Set and Attachment Coding options are copyed into replies and forwarded/redirected messages.
• Bug fix: CommuniGator caused system crashes due to an illegal ReleaseResource call.
• Bug fix: the Edit menu for modal dialog boxes had 2 Cmd-X shortcuts.
• Bug fix: when emptying the Trash, the opened letters from Trash were not closed.
• Bug fix: Messages in local mailboxes were displayed with wrong attached file sizes.

2.0

• The Add Note function implemented. It's especially useful for incoming faxes that usually lack any Subject data.
• Several new Rule Actions and Conditions are implemented.
• The Character Set, Attachment Coding and MIME mode options are implemented. The Station Settings now contain the default values for the these options.
• The "Open Letter" notifier action is implemented.
• Embedded sounds are double-clickable now.
• Pasting into the Log Viewer filter is implemented.
• Queue sorting is optimized.
• Attached file lengths are displayed now.
• The "Close As Unread" command is implemented.
• Available memory size check is implemented to avoid problems with long letters.
• Copying/Pasting of a text with embedded objects is implemented.
• The "Save" command is enabled for new letters.
• The "Additional RFC Fields" option is implemented. Lines entered in that field are added to the RFC822 header created by the system.
• The tabulation handling mechanism has been changed.
• Saving letter as text with RFC header is implemented.
• Messages transferred from InBox are not closed now.
• Message typed in default text font style are saved without style information, to allow sending in non-multipart MIME format.
• Selecting messages in queues by "rectangular dragging" is implemented.
• Faxes are redirected and forwarded as faxes now (instead of being converted to attachments).
• When attaching, it is possible to select several files at once now.
• The text editor keeps the exact cursor position when moving over short lines.
• Bug fix: attached files were added in the reverse order.
• Bug fix: the unread message opened via the "Find" command were not marked as read, and Rules were not applied to them.
• Bug fix: When replying to a letter using the "Copy unchanged" mode, the inactive "Copy quotes" settings were still in effect.
• Bug fix: the $F was not substituted properly in letters used for Rules.
• Bug fix: the letter scroll bar was not recalculated when the tabulation size was changed.
• Bug fix: when "Copy quotes in Bold/Italic/Color" used, the text you type between quote lines is now entered using the default style and color.
• Bug fix: signatures of 255 characters in length caused a problem.

1.9

• The Processing Rules are implemented (you need the 1.9 version of the Server to support User Rules).
• The Mailer design has been changed.

1.8.2

• Support for 2-byte characters is implemented.
• The "Notification settings" panel changed: the "Pause between notifications", "if system was not idle for xx seconds" items added;
• Text selection bug fixed (after switching to Fax and back w/ closed mailer)
• Attachment List update bug fixed (after switching to Fax w/ closed mailer)
• The "Coding" option implemented.
• The file routines were fixed for shared volumes. This allows to keep personal mailboxes on file servers.
• Saving fax pages as 'PICT' files implemented.
• The "Get Next Unread" menu command is implemented. The Control-Enter shortcut is assigned to it.

1.8.1

• Selection using the arrow keys is implemented in queue windows.
• Opening of the selected letters from queue by pressing "Enter" key is implemented.
• Opening next/previous unread messages from queue by Command-arrows is implemented.
• The Trash mailbox is implemented; Command-D shortcut is assigned for "Delete message" menu item; The Empty trash menu item added.
• The emptying trash on session closing is implemented.
• Bug fix: symbols deleted by "Del" key were not restorable with the "Undo" command.
• Bug fix: the Undo command caused "Out of memory" crash after deleting some symbols in a letter body using the backspace key.

1.8

• The Options settings divided to User Settings and Station Settings. User Settings are stored on the server, while Station Settings