This version of MDaemon Webmail introduces a number of new features and options:
Pro Theme Improvements
•Added options to underline the From address and italicize the To address in the Message List.
•Added a "Recall" icon in the message list for messages in the Sent Items folder. Hovering over the icon for a deferred message will display the deferred until date. Click on the icon to recall the message.
•Added the ability to sort Email Templates using drag and drop.
•Added an option to "Display attachments in the message list" at Settings | Personalize. For security purposes, some attachments are excluded. Attachments are only displayed when viewing the Message List in the multi-line view (see Message List Layout).
•Added a Message List Layout option to "Always display messages in multi-line format".
•Added a Settings Search feature to the top of the Settings page. This feature is useful for more easily locating any of the many settings and pages within Webmail. Simply click Settings Search and then start typing words contained in the setting or page that you are looking for, and a list of links to those locations will be listed below.
•Like Google Drive and Dropbox integration, Webmail now supports Microsoft OneDrive integration. This allows you to save message attachments directly to your OneDrive, and to edit and work with documents stored there. Once you have linked your MDaemon Webmail account to OneDrive, you can view your folders and download, move, copy, rename, and delete your files, as well as copy/move files to and from your Documents folders. If the OneDrive option is available to you, a Setup OneDrive button will appear on the Cloud Apps page. Note: Microsoft does not allow you to connect to personal OneDrive accounts through this setup. Only Work and School OneDrive accounts can be used.
•When using "New Event", "New Task", or "New Note" features, attachments from the message are now added to the new item.
•Added a button to use AI to translate the body of a message next to the "Summarize" button.
Other Improvements
•Added an option to toggle AM/PM time format for published calendars.
•WorldClient and LookOut themes - Changed the default advanced search start date to one year ago.
New in Previous Versions of MDaemon Webmail
Pro Theme Improvements
•The Pro theme now has an option to allow you to create temporary links to individual files in your Documents folder, which can then be shared with anyone. In the document list, you can create a link by clicking a Link icon to the right of any listed file. Using that same icon, you can delete a previously created link or replace the link with a new one, since links will be deleted automatically after 30 days. If a link exists for a file, an icon will appear before the file's name in the document list.
•When viewing a message that you have previously replied to or forwarded, a note appears below the headers stating the date and time you replied to or forwarded it.
•There is now a notification bell icon in the top-right corner of the navigation bar, to review and "mark as seen" your past event and task Reminders. If you wish to remove the bell icon from the navigation bar, you can turn off that feature by disabling the "Display event and task reminders in the navigation bar" option on Notifications page under Settings.
•There is now a "Show Header Details" option at Settings | Personalize to always show the header details in the message views.
•Added instructions on how to use the availability UI on the Publish Schedule dialog.
•Added a font option to the Settings | Personalize page.
•Added the ability to drag and drop attachments and documents download links to the desktop. Only works with Chrome-based browsers.
•Added a toggle arrow for the CC and BCC fields in the compose view.
•After you copy or move a message to another folder, the next time you open the copy/move menu it will contain a new link to Copy or Move to the same folder used before. For example, if you copy a message to Inbox, the next time you open the shortcut menu there will be a new "* Copy to Inbox" option below the normal Copy option.
Other Improvements
•Improved performance by reducing the amount of disk I/O.
•Empty hrefs in HTML anchors in emails will now be removed to prevent invalid behavior.
•Added the options: "Request Delivery Confirmation" and "Request Read Confirmation" at Settings | Compose. When these are set to Yes, the corresponding checkboxes are activated in the Compose view.
•Added an option to "Do Not Disable Hyperlinks for Allowed Senders" at Settings | Personalize. When hyperlinks are disabled in a message, "Hyperlinks are disabled. Click here to enable them" will be displayed at the top of the message window.
•Added the ability to set the color of a calendar in the Pro theme. The setting is available by right clicking a calendar in the Calendars View, going to Settings | Folders and clicking on a calendar from the folder list, and while creating a new calendar in the New Folder dialog. The color setting is honored in LookOut and WorldClient themes.
•Changed the list of registered credentials on the Settings | Security page to only display Passwordless Sign-In credentials and added the same type of list to the Two Factor Auth Device Authentication portion of the page for the related registered credentials.
•Changed the "Import Messages" icon to a down arrow instead of an up arrow.
•Added more contrast between the read and unread status of messages in the message list.
AI Message Features
Webmail's Pro theme is now equipped with multiple features that use artificial intelligence (AI), both for your convenience and to help you increase productivity. It is worth noting, however, that these features retrieve AI generated responses from a third-party API. Therefore please take care not to include personal, private, confidential, sensitive, or critical information or any intellectual property in any messages that you submit to these features. You can find information about MDaemon's policy regarding these AI features at: Artifical Intelligence (AI) Information Page. Note: These features may not be available for all users.
Webmail's AI Message Features:
In the Pro theme, when viewing a message, click the Summarize this message icon to use AI to generate a summary of the contents of a message. This can be a helpful tool to use when viewing very long messages or messages comprised of many back and forth replies in a conversation.
When replying to a message, click the Suggest Reply icon to have the AI examine the message and suggest a reply, according to several guidelines that you can instruct the AI to use. You can set the Tone of the reply to be professional, respectful or casual. The Position, or stance, to take in the reply can be set to: interested or not interested, agree or disagree, or skeptical. The Attitude the reply should convey can be set to confident, excited, calm, or apologetic. Last, you can designate the Length of the reply, ranging from very brief to detailed.
When you are replying to a message or composing a new one, click the AI Email Assist icon to have the AI generate a message for you, based on some text or keywords you have already included. As with the Suggest a Reply option above, you can also designate the Tone, Position, Attitude, and Length for the AI to use when composing the message.
Security
Sign in Without a Password
MDaemon Webmail has new Security options that make it possible for you to sign in to your account without having to enter a password. Instead, you can register your device to sign in using biometrics, USB security keys, Bluetooth, and more. These authentication methods can also be used for Two Factor Authentication, but if you are using them for both signing in without a password and two factor authentication, then you will still have to authenticate yourself two different ways. You can't use the same authentication method for both. See the Security Options page for more info on passwordless sign-in and two factor auth.
Theme Improvements
Pro and WorldClient
•There is now a Delete All Attachments option when viewing a message with multiple attachments.
•The Documents view now has a Description column and an option to edit a file's description. Use the Columns options to make that column visible.
Pro
•The Compose view's contact picker now has a dialog for adding a contact with three fields (Name, Email, Mobile Phone).
•There are new Style options at: Settings | Personalize.
•Multiple event reminders are now supported.
Webmail
•Link Google Drive to Webmail — This new feature allows you to link your MDaemon Webmail account to your Google Drive account. This allows you to save message attachments directly to your Google Drive, and to edit and work with documents stored there. Once you have linked your MDaemon Webmail account to Google Drive, you can view your folders and download, move, copy, rename, and delete files, as well as copy/move files to and from your Documents folders. Linking your Google Drive account is done from the Cloud Apps page, similar to Dropbox Integration.
•Add a Gmail or Office 365 Mailbox to MDaemon Webmail — Google and Microsoft are phasing out the use of more basic authentication methods when using various applications to access your Gmail or Microsoft (Office) 365 email. They are now using a more modern and secure authentication method called OAuth 2.0. If you have a Gmail or Office 365 email account and wish to have its mail collected by MDaemon Webmail and placed into your Webmail email folders, and you are permitted to do so by your MDaemon Webmail administrator, you can set that up from the Mailboxes page. On that page you will go through a short authentication process to link the accounts and authorize MDaemon to collect your Gmail or Office 365 email for you.
•There is now an "Enable Drag and Drop to move folders" option on the Folders page. This option allows you to move folders into other folders in your main Folder List, by dragging and dropping them. If you find that you occasionally move your folders by accident, turning off this option will prevent that.
Pro Theme
•The Pro theme now supports Read Confirmations in the advanced compose options.
•On the Options » Compose page, there is now an option to "Disable the HTML editor context menu". Ordinarily when composing a message, right-clicking in the text entry window displays a customized context menu. Turning on this option will replace the customized menu with the web browser's normal context menu.
•You can now resize the Folder List.
Pro Theme
•While viewing a message, you can hover over the sender's name to open a pop-up, which contains options for adding the sender to your Contacts and Allowed or Blocked Senders folders.
•Compose, Message, Event, Contact, Task, and Note views can now open in a new window.
•You can open the next unread message from the message preview pane and Message View.
•Added message snippets to the Message List when in multi-line mode.
•A new "Edit Alias Display Names" option was added to the Pro theme under Settings » Compose. This allows you to edit the display name of any alias associated with your account. Note: this option may not be available to all users.
•Options and links that used to say "whitelist" or "blacklist" sender, now say "allow" or "block" sender. Additionally, the White List and Black List folders are now called "Allowed Senders" and "Blocked Senders".
•The Message List can be sorted by the Flag column.
•In the Tasks list, overdue tasks will now appear in red.
Other
•When strong passwords are required, there is now a list of password requirements that displays green and checked off as you meet the requirements.
•Compose Options now contains options for selecting the default "From:" address that will be used when composing, replying to, or forwarding a message.
•A "1 minute" setting was added to the List Refresh Time option, located on the Options » Personalize page.
•Public Calendar - Modified the List view to start on the current day and show the next 30 days.
•Added automatic conversion of URLs to hyperlinks in the message view.
•There is now an option to send Two Factor Authentication verification codes to a secondary email address.
•LookOut and WorldClient themes - Changed all list category display behavior to match.
•The Allowed Senders and Blocked Senders folders now have different icons to indicate that they are special folders.
App Passwords
Although Two Factor Authentication (2FA) is the best way to secure your email account when signing in to Webmail, it cannot be used in email apps, such as an email client program you use on your computer or an email app on your phone. This is because an email app must be able to check your email and receive new messages for you in the background without you having to enter a code from your authenticator app. Therefore to help make your email apps more secure, while still protecting your account password, you can now use App Passwords, which are very strong, randomly generated passwords that you can use in your email clients to sign-in to your account instead of using your account password. App Passwords can only be used in email apps, they cannot be used to sign in to your Webmail account from your browser. For more information, see: App Passwords on the Security page.
Pro Theme
The Mobile theme was renamed to Pro, with a number of improvements.
•There is now a Dark Mode, to display the theme with a dark background.
•Open messages may now include Track my package links for tracking numbers from: USPS, UPS, OnTrac, FedEx, and DHL.
•Added a password strength meter.
•The Voice Recorder is now available in Pro.
•There is now an image slideshow feature for the message view.
•Added a card view for the contacts list.
•A plus icon next to "Personal" lets you create a new calendar in the calendar view.
•There is now a page to allow you to remove a contact from Blocked Senders when adding them to the Allowed Senders, and vice versa.
•Added support for HTML notes in Events, Contacts, Tasks, and Notes.
•The basic header view now shows the From email address.
Other Improvements
•There is now an Automatic CC and BCC feature on the Compose Options page.
•Added an Unsubscribe link next to the From address when the List-Unsubscribe header exists in a message. You can turn this off on the Personalize page.
•You can now import email into the current message list.
•There is a new "Skip Search" option to exclude specific folders from Search All / Subfolders requests.
•On the Folders page, there is an option to allow you to skip contact folders in auto-complete searches. The option was also added to the right-click menu.
•Lite theme: Added auto-save draft message to the Compose view.
•WorldClient theme: Added a paperclip icon to event tiles that have attachments.
Mobile Theme Improvements
The Mobile Theme has been greatly expanded and improved with many new features, including:
•You can now access the MDaemon Instant Messenger chat features.
•You can now see if a Note or Task has an attachment from the list view.
•When editing a recurring event, you can choose between editing an occurrence and editing the series, and you can choose between deleting an occurrence and deleting a series.
•There are now saved search folders.
•You can save searches from the advanced search dialog.
•Options to create a New Event, New Task, or New Note from a message.
•The Event editor now includes a Scheduling Assistant.
•Auto complete functionality for attendees, distribution lists (name field), and folder share users.
•A Check Attachments feature.
•The resend message feature.
•The Group By Company feature added to the contact picker.
•Added keyboard shortcuts.
•You can now view Mailbox Quota status in the View Options dropdown.
•Added the create All Unread and All Flagged saved search prompts.
•Support for message threading.
•Support for opening attachments in the browser, in addition to the download option.
•You can now drag list items to folders for move or copy actions.
•Added right-click context menu to list views.
•Made some visual refinements to the swipe right to delete feature.
•You can now swipe left to toggle read/unread for the message list feature.
•There are additional dialog options for Contacts and Calendar folders in Options » Folders.
•Anniversary and Birthday calendar events can be added for a contact directly from the contact edit page.
•Added a contact's picture to the contact list.
•The Settings pages now contain informational text for your reference.
•There is now a flag icon next to the subject line in the message view, which you can use to flag/mark a message.
•The new Use Auto-formatted Date option, located under Options » Personalize, displays dates in the Message List dynamically rather than as static, numerical dates. For example, "Yesterday 1:27 pm" or "January 12, 1:27 pm," rather than, "01/12/2021 13:27PM."
•When you tap/click a contact, task, or note, a preview pop-up windows for the item is displayed. This is controlled by the Display Previews option, located under Options » Personalize.
•Added ability to access the first two attachments of a message in the Message List.
•Moved the "Message Sent" alert to a non-intrusive notification.
Other Webmail Improvements
•You can now attach an event to a new email by right-clicking the event and choosing the "Send" option in the LookOut and WorldClient themes, and from the event preview in Mobile theme.
•When you publish a calender (share a Public Access link to it), new options allow you set its default calendar view (e.g. month/week/day) and publish a Free/Busy calendar link.
•Added the ability to search the CC field in advanced search.
Mobile Theme Improvements
The Mobile Theme has a number of improvements, to make it more efficient and usable:
•When assigning a color to a Note, there is now a radio button so that you can clearly see which color is selected.
•You can now attach files to Events, Contacts, Tasks, and Notes.
•The contact picture is now visible when editing a Contact.
•There is an additional navigation bar for Contacts, Tasks, Notes, and Documents when viewing in desktop browser sizes.
•External, pop-out view/edit windows were added for Events, Contacts, Tasks, and Notes for desktop browser sizes.
•Moved the settings navigation bar view links to the left side of the view for Desktop browser sizes.
•When deleting a message attachment, you will now be asked to confirm the action.
•There is now a dialog for increasing or decreasing the message list density, and moved the message preview position to the same dialog.
•Added an advanced search option to the message list.
•You can now search all folders or subfolders in the message list advanced search.
•Added auto complete support for email addresses in the compose view.
New Webmail Mobile theme
Webmail's Mobile theme has been replaced with a more modern GUI with more features. Message list features now include personalized categories, message snooze, sort by flagged/unread/snoozed, sort columns, and message recall. Calendar features now include Import/Export events as csv or ics files, add external calendars, private access links, publish calendar, and view multiple calendars at one time. Compose features now include deferred delivery, multiple signatures, text/html messages, and email templates. Other features include drag and drop email filters, multiple signatures editor, more folder management options, notifications, drag and drop column management, drag and drop categories management, and more.
System Signature
Some users will now have a "System" signature available under the Compose options. This signature is maintained on the server by your email administrator and cannot be edited by you, but you can control whether or not it is used as your default signature under the Assign Signatures compose options.
New Saved Searches Options
In the WorldClient and Lookout themes, the Folder List now contains a Saved Searches heading. Saved Searches are common email folder searches that you have created and saved so that you can use them at any time simply by clicking the name of the search. Saved Searches can be managed from the Toolbar's search feature, and there are several options associated with saving searches on the Folder Options page.
On the Folder Options page, when the Show Saved Search Folders option is enabled, the first time you sign in to Webmail a pop-up message will appear, asking you if you "Would you like to create an 'All Unread' saved search?" Then it will ask, "How about an 'All Flagged' saved search?" If you choose "Yes" to either of those questions then Webmail will automatically create the corresponding Saved Search for you. If you choose "No" to either question then a button will appear on the Folder Options page so that you can easily create the corresponding saved search yourself in the future. Once you have created one of those searches, its corresponding button will disappear from the options. "All Unread" will search all of you message folders for any unread messages and then display them in the Message List. "All Flagged" works the same as the "All Unread" saved search but flagged messages are displayed instead of unread messages.
Compose Improvements
•When Composing a message and using the Auto-complete feature, there is now a delete icon for removing common contacts from the auto-complete list.
•In the HTML editor you can now use the regular Windows right-click menu to cut/copy/paste text in messages.
Additional Changes
•Several icons in the WorldClient theme have been enlarged and darkened to make them easier to see.
•Added "(EXPIRED)" to the browser tab's title when the Webmail session expires due to inactivity. This is so that you can know that a session has expired when you are using another tab.
In-browser Instant Messaging
MDaemon Webmail's Lookout and WorldClient themes are now equipped with an in-browser instant messaging client that you can use to chat with other MDaemon users. This feature allows you to chat inside Webmail instead of of requiring you to install a separate instant messaging client on your computer. To activate this feature, use the Enable MDaemon's Instant Messaging feature in browser option located on the Personalize page. When enabled, an Instant Messenger icon appears in the top-right corner of the browser and a collapsible messenger pane is displayed on the right. For help with in-browser chat, click the menu button in the bottom-right corner of the messenger pane, and click Online help.
Other New Features and Changes
•When you paste a URL into a message, Webmail now automatically converts it to a link.
•When viewing a message and you hover over the From: address to create a contact, you now have an option to edit that contact.
•You can now customize Autoresponders to work only on certain days of the week.
•Under Folder option when importing a calendar, you can now import from a Public or Private URL.
•Calendar event categories can now be changed on a per occurrence basis.
•A saved search can now be canceled upon selecting a different message folder.
•When composing a message, Signature text now starts out as read-only, to help prevent accidentally typing message text there and having it erased when switching the From: address. A "Click here to edit your signature" option appears in the Compose view when you hover over your signature.
•All options specifically related to supporting the BIS and BES services for older BlackBerry smartphones have been removed.
Name Changes
Alt-N Technologies has changed its name to MDaemon Technologies. WorldClient is now MDaemon Webmail, WorldClient Instant Messenger is now MDaemon Instant Messenger, and Outlook Connector is now MDaemon Connector.
Email Snooze
You can now snooze emails. When a message is snoozed it will be hidden from you for a designated period of time. To snooze a message, right-click on it in the Message List and choose the "Snooze for..." option in the context menu. Then choose how long you wish to snooze the message. The "Choose a date and time" option is only available for browsers that support the date and time inputs. Hidden messages can be viewed in the LookOut theme by clicking the "View Snoozed Messages" icon in the toolbar, and in the WorldClient theme by choosing "view snoozed" from the view drop down menu in the toolbar. This feature is on by default. To turn off the feature, go to Options » Personalize, and find the Inbox Settings. Uncheck the "Enable Message Snooze" box. There are no snooze controls in Lite and Mobile themes, but snoozed messages are still hidden.
Remember Me
In some versions of MDaemon Webmail there is now a "Remember Me" checkbox on the Sign-in page when you are signing in to a secure (i.e. https://) page. When you check this box Webmail will remember your sign-in credentials on the device you are using for 30 days by default. Then if you have a bookmark with any of three View URL variables set: View=Main, View=Logon, or View=List (or no View URL variable set), you will be automatically signed in when you open the bookmark.
Public Calendars
You can now publish a calendar to a publicly accessible link, and in most cases you have the option to password protect the calendar. To publish a calendar, in LookOut or WorldClient theme, go to Options » Folders and click the "Share Folder" button next to the calendar you wish to publish. In the dialog, open the Public Access tab and, if desired, fill in the display name or require a password, then click the "Publish Calendar" button. A dialog will then open to confirm that you wish to create a public URL to the calendar. After clicking OK, an alert will display the new URL where the calendar is available. There will also be a link displayed on the page once the calendar has been published. To unpublish the calendar, click the "Unpublish Calendar" button. To change the password or the display name, click the "Update" button.
Speech Synthesis
In the WorldClient, LookOut, and Mobile themes there is now a speech synthesis feature in the Message View to read a message aloud. Click the Read Message icon or button to start it. This is only supported in the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox browsers.
New Replying and Forwarding Options
Under the Compose options you can now control what to do with the original message's content when replying to or forwarding messages (e.g. do not include the original message's text in replies, include text but indent it, include it as an attachment, and the like). There are also options for controlling the content of the attribution of the original message.
Other New Features and Changes
•PIM Attachments - Attachments can now be added to Contacts, Tasks, and Notes.
•Line Height in HTML Editor - you can now increase/decrease the spacing between lines when Composing a message, using the new Line Height option on the HTML editor.
•Phone Number Links - Phone numbers in the Contacts list now have links so that you can make a call by clicking the number.
•New MDaemon PGP Encryption Options - In LookOut and WorldClient there are new MDaemon PGP Encryption options on the Compose page (under "Advanced" in LookOut and under "More" in WorldClient).
Import/Export Groups/Distributions Lists
In the LookOut and WorldClient themes, an option was added to export and import Groups/Distribution Lists from and to a contact folder in WorldClient. The format is WorldClient specific, since Outlook does not support exporting and importing Groups. The format is as follows:
Columns: Group GUID, Group Name, GUID, Full Name, Email
Each line that contains either a Group Name or a Group GUID is considered the beginning of a new group. Any GUID, Full Name or Email on that line is considered the first member of the group/list.
Example from Excel:
Group GUID |
Group Name |
GUID |
Full Name |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Jedis |
Anakin Skywalker |
ani@jedi.mail |
||
Leia Organa |
leia.organa@jedi.mail |
|||
Luke Skywalker |
luke.skywalker@jedi.mail |
|||
Yoda |
yoda@jedi.mail |
|||
The Siths |
Darth Maul |
darth.maul@sith.mail |
||
Darth Vader |
darth.vader@sith.mail |
|||
Emperor Palpatine |
emperor.palpatine@sith.mail |
When importing, the Group GUID is replaced with a freshly generated GUID. If no Group Name is included, the name will be displayed without translation as "ImportedFromCSV_%GUID%", where %GUID% is replaced with the first five characters of the GUID. Leaving the cells to the right of a group name empty will result in the next line being the first member of the group/list. The Email field is required for a member to be added.
Voice Recorder
Available in the Lookout and WorldClient themes, you can use this new feature to make a short voice recording and then send it to someone in an email, save it to your documents folder, or download it to your computer. Voice Recorder requires a microphone, is only available in certain browsers, and it may not be available for some users or compatible with some hardware. After recording is stopped (either automatically or by you), the track is converted to an mp3 and uploaded to the server. Youe have four options regarding each track:
•Save to the desktop
•Save to default WorldClient documents folder
•Send in an email using a quick dialog that only includes To, CC, BCC, Subject, and a plain/text Message Body Only the To is required. There are generic Subject and Message Body phrases used when no Subject or Message Body is input by the user.
•Open a new Compose view with the track attached
New Folder Management Features
The LookOut and WorldClient themes have new folder management features in the Options » Folders view and in the main folder list view.
In the folder list view (left pane):
•Users can drag and drop to move folders from one parent folder to another.
•Users can rename folders and give favorites nicknames by clicking on them a second time (shortly after folder selection)
•Show Folders by Type is now available in the LookOut theme
•If there is already at least one favorite folder (because favorites are hidden until one is added), users can drag and drop a folder to favorites in order to add it (dragging a folder out of the favorites does nothing).
•The new folder and rename folder dialogs were added to the LookOut theme
In the Options » Folders view, the folder tree is now collapsible, and the New Folder dialog has been moved to an external window like in the WorldClient theme.
More Signature Options
In the Compose options you can now choose separate signatures for replying to and forwarding messages.
Additional Changes
•The Notes pop-up window was updated.
•You can now search attachment names in the Advanced Search option.
•Reorganized and simplified the Compose page in the WorldClient theme.
•The Security page now contains a record of the last ten times someone successfully signed in to your WorldClient account. Each entry lists the OS and browser used, the IP address, and time you signed in.
See also
