Release History

The development of Calypso Email has been discontinued by MCS Dallas.

Version 3.3 - Current Version

June 23, 2001

3.30.00 (Build 1042)

calypso.exe

4,327,305 bytes

This is the current release of Calypso, since MCS Dallas has discontinued the development of Calypso E-Mail. The software is FREEWARE now and OEM licenses for development are still available.

Version 3.2

March 7, 2001

3.20.02.00 (Build 1040)

calypso.exe

4,330,125 bytes

This is a maintenance release to fix issues related to the 3.20.01.01 release, as follows:

• Fixed a problem that occurred when forwarding or duplicating a message from the compose view.
• When replying to a message, then switching to plain-text mode, the user was prompted with the "are you sure" message, and the reply prefix was not being inserted.
• Fixed message retrieval to not play the account sound file or display the message box if the messages were discarded thru a filter.
• Fixed a flag that was incorrect for command line compose /sendnow option.
• Fixed Show New Messages option (new mail dialog) to not bring up a locked box without prompting for the password.

This is a maintenance release to fix issues related to the 3.20.01.00 release, as follows:

• Fixed a bug with importing sent Eudora messages having attachments.
• Fixed bulk file add / delete operations to print error text in the details in case of failure.
• Fixed "delete from server after x days" to work with older Message-ID only servers as well. (Originally worked only on UIDL supported servers).
• Fixed a bug - choosing a Dialup on a system without a modem was accessing an invalid dialog item.
• Restored ability to use IE settings in dialup (online / offline) property panel.
• Fixed a weird bug - choosing to Show New Messages, then reply to a message there but not sending it would cause ANOTHER message to get changed to Saved in the list.
• Fixed a bug - Reassigning from within a filter allowed reassigning of a message still on the server.
• The Windows call made by DBTool to determine amount of available disk space can report incorrectly on some systems. Changed code to warn of possible low disk space but allow you to choose to continue the servicing.
• Changed compose frame layout code to actually show maximized if saved maximized.
• Fixed some problems adding addresses to a new bulk file (e.g. when file does not exist).
• Grayed out "Group Membership" button from address entry panel when the address hasn't been saved yet.
• Fixed a bug during Compose - viewing a received message and clicking Redirect would cause GPF on some systems.
• Fixed code to show the correct font in the header for new HTML messages.
• Fixed problem - tech support email in tech support panel was wrong.
• Fixed a bug importing Eudora messages that would sometimes cause a GPF.

This is a minor fix / enhancement release as follows:

Filtering Improvements:

• When creating a filter rule from the message summary list, Calypso now looks at the column you right-clicked in to help fill out the filter rule. For example, right-clicking on a subject field of "Free Trial" and choosing Add to Filter will create a rule looking for "Free Trial" in the subject.
• Added filter "Cleanup" button to the Filter Definition panel. This will delete all filter rules with a hit count of 0. This is useful for removing junk rules that never have been hit.
• Changed the filter rules to allow you to specify where to search for pattern 1 and pattern 2 separately. This greatly enhances the power of filtering.
• Added support for regular expressions in filtering. There are a number of websites with instructions for building regular expressions, including the Rex Regular Expression Pattern Matcher website, or PHPBuilder.com's discussion of Learning to Use Regular Expressions by Example.
• Added a filter action "Assign to Account". This will allow you to reassign a message to another account. This is useful when you use alot of email aliases.

• Added the following command-line options. These are useful when you have Calypso installed on docking laptop, and want to use a LAN in when docked and a dial-up connection when on the road. (Simply create two shortcuts using the appropriate settings). The new options are:
  • /sysconnect - uses IE system settings
  • /dunconnect - uses dial-up configuration
  • /lanconnect - uses LAN configuration
• Added right-click drag and drop for messages. You can right-click on one or more messages and drag/drop them on a folder. You will be presented with the following actions:
  • Move Here - same as left drag/drop
  • Move Here and Mark Read - moves the message and marks it as read
  • Copy Here - makes a copy of the message in the target folder
  • Move and Add to Filter - Moves the message and adds the move operation to a filter (similar to right-clicking on a message and choosing Add to Filter)
• Added new Security Settings tab to the Mailbox/Properties panel. This allows you to enable / disable Rich Text (HTML) messaging. You can also disable the preview pane (keeps HTML messages from running scripts when clicked on), and monitor files. File monitoring provides you with a warning when certain file types that may contain a virus are ran. File monitoring is enabled upon installation.
• Added a Duplicate Account feature to the account list right-click menu. This is useful for configuring account aliases, or similar accounts.
• Added ALT+DEL keyboard shortcut for deleting messages in full-screen view mode.
• Added a right-click option for LDAP entries to copy into the Calypso clipboard. This makes it easy to copy an LDAP address into a message you are already working on.
• Added internal support for importing Netscape and Outlook messages. For more information on importing these formats, click here.
• Added code to speed up the auto-saving of attachments, either from a filter or when archiving mail.
• Added support for mapping the message Followup status to priority when sending. (Account Properties/Outgoing Mail)
• Added support for mapping incoming message priority to Followup status (Account Properties/Incoming Mail)
• Added a Properties option to folder right-click menus. This provides statistical information about the folder and any options, if available.
• Added the ability to specify which folder Calypso will display when started using the folder Properties menu option.
• Added a separator token <<FA>> to access the From Address.
• Added To and From columns to the summary list (hidden by default). The To column will only show the first 80 characters of the field.
• Added support for character translation using the following encoding types: ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-5, WIN1250, WIN1251 and KOI8R.
• Added ability to filter on attachment names.
• Added ALT+C support for short message headers (similar to ALT+V)
• Added ability to change group membership from an address entry.
• The ESC key will now close the LDAP window.
• Added support for Time & Chaos v5.3.82 and above. (Has new group architecture).
• Added /compressexit command-line option. Causes the mailbox to close and compress. This is useful for scheduled mailbox compression through the Windows Scheduled Tasks.
• Enhanced the Mailbox Servicing Progress panel to calculate an estimated complete time, and to show a total progress bar.
• Added the ability to set the preview font from the Mailbox/Properties/Character Set panel. Previously this could only be set from the Windos/Change Preview Font... menu.
• Made the Mailbox Password panel of the mailbox wizard a little easier to understand.
• Importing Eudora messages now properly handles Rich Text (HTML) message imports.
• The ESC key will now close the Details window.
• Rich Text (HTML) print header is now formatted more closely to the plain text print header.
• The auto-response address comparison (for monitoring auto-response messages) is now case-insensitive.
• The To address column has been limited to displaying only the first 80 characters of the field.
• Sometimes, going from an initial Rich Text message to a Plain Text would cause the scroll bar to display incorrectly.
• Message headers over 4Kb in size are now truncated before displaying.
• Changed message archive to use relative attachment path instead of absolute to support moving of the archive tree.

• Sometimes, going from a Rich Text message to Plain Text and back to Rich Text in the preview window would cause the first Rich Text message to display momentarily while the new one was being loaded.
• Deleting an address from a bulk file (during filtering) would sometimes cause the file to be truncated at that address.
• Archiving Rich Text messages with attachments would cause the attachments to be saved even if the Save Attachments option was unchecked.
• In a low resource condition, failure to create a message window or frame would cause Calypso to crash.
• Signatures were allowed to have duplicate aliases, this is no longer true.
• Sometimes, deleting a message before it was completely filtered would cause Calypso to crash. (Some filter actions do not take place until Calypso has disconnected from the server).
• Fixed a problem with Lotus Notes messages causing inline messages to display as attachments.
• An error message will now be displayed when trying to open a mailbox stored on read-only media (e.g. CD).
• Calypso would stop sending when sending to a Time & Chaos address group having an entry without an e-mail address.
• When deleting a message residing in the wastebasket from the Search Results list,
  1) the delete confirmation did not appear and
  2) the list did not refresh correctly, giving the appearance the two messages were deleted.
• Renaming an attachment and hitting ENTER would cause it to open.
• In some cases messages with attachments would not display the correct message size.
• Hitting DEL from the Filter Defnition window to delete a rule was causing the underlying definition to be deleted.
• Fixed problem with Windows 2000 install. (Note: You must have Administrator rights to install Calypso on Windows 2000).
• Added option to store LDAP server entries in the mailbox (user) or in the registry (system).
• Added attachment support to Eudora message import.
• When you retrieve a message where you only had the header or a part of the message, Calypso now re-filters the message.
• Added button in the New Mail dialog to perform a Show New Messages.
• Enabled support for TNEF attachments, since you can now get a freeware TNEF viewer. (TNEF is a proprietary Microsoft attachment format)
• Added option to embed as well as link images within Rich Text (HTML) messages. (Mailbox/Properties/Attachments)
• Fixed some places where file browsing did not start in the appropriate directory.
• Rewrote the MAPI interface for more robustness and to support more Simple MAPI features. Once you upgrade to Calypso version 3.2, you must replace your MAPI dll with version 2.0, available from the resource page.

Version 3.1

March 15, 2000

3.10.03 (Build 1018)

calypso.exe

4,123,960 bytes

This is a minor fix release as follows (See version 3.1 new features below):

• Fixed a problem with the content type of sent Rich Text messages resulting in the loss of "quoted printable" information in the message header. This also corrects the archive and import of these messages.
• Fixed a rare message import problem selecting the wrong original account.
• Added an option to bypass the alias and email address duplicate checks during the address book import of delimited files. These checks will not be made if the input file extension is ".unq" indicating that all of the alias and address entries in the file are unique. This considerably speeds up the import of large files.
• Modified Return-receipts processing for compatibility with new method used by newer e-mail servers.
• Fix a problem causing the signature to be sent after it had been deleted when resending a previously sent message.

This is a minor fix release as follows (See version 3.1 new features below):

• Fixed a problem with Dial-Up-Networking on Windows 2000. The second dial attempt would always fail.
• Removed the Aureate/Radiate Adware (Lite mode advertisement banners). The Aureate/Radiate software has been completely removed from the application.
• Fixed a problem with the vertical bar down the left side of replied and forwarded HTML messages; if the Reply or Forward Prefix was set to none (empty), the bar was still present.
• Fixed the Bulk File Browse to always append the .txt extension to the filename.

This is a minor fix release correcting the following problems (See version 3.1 new features below):

• Fixed a database conversion problem that would cause the vCard assignment to select the wrong address entry.
  NOTE: All Users should verify their vCard assignment for each account by checking the vCard column of each account in the Accounts folder. To reassign, go to the address book and right-click on the entry to use and set it as the vCard for the appropriate account.
• Fixed a problem causing the the search results to clear when changing away from and then back to the search results folder.
• The bulk file processor is now more tolerant of invalid bulk file formats.
• Fixed a problem converting the date and time when it was not present in a message.
• Fixed a problem dragging multiple attachments to another application.
• Improved "What's this" help for the latest new features.
• Fixed a problem when discarding messages during archive that resulted in an invalid message in the mailbox and a subsequent database error.
• Fixed a problem of "locked" messages appearing in the new messages list when they were no longer new.
• Fixed a problem with the "continue filtering" filter action affecting the downline filtering for the message.
• Colons (:) in attachment file names are now replaced with an underscore (_).
• Fixed a problem changing a group membership via a filter action and using the Time and Chaos address book.
• Fixed a problem of not suppressing redirection information in HTML messages when the "Suppress redirection information" option was active.
• Fixed a problem when composing an auto-response message without a signature that resulted in the the default signature being used with the auto-response.

3.1 New Features

• Time and Chaos Integration
  • Address Groups - Calypso now builds groups from the Time and Chaos Contact Manager database. Use either Overlays or Categories to define the Calypso address groups.
  • Calypso address alias names can now be automatically generated from the Time and Chaos data with the option for first or last name ordering.
  • Calypso address alias fields can now be edited.
• Improved Mail List Management
  Managing your mail lists is now easier than ever. Add and removing addresses from the address book, address groups and bulk mail lists is easily done with filters and pop-up menus.
• Message Locking
  Lock messages to prevent accidental deletion. The "Lock" and "Unlock" are available from the message right-click menu and as filter actions. If a message is locked, it can not be deleted until it is unlocked. Locked messages can be located using the Search feature.

• Improved Filtering
  • Automated Sub-folders - Using filters, you can automatically create and use sub-folders with names generated from information in the message such as the sender's name, the date and the time. For example, all messages received from a company could be automatically distributed to folders by month or by the sender's name.
  • Filter Exclusions - Use the NOT operator to exclude a match or use the AND NOT operator to match on one pattern but exclude on a second pattern.
  • Group and Bulk Mail List Management - Use filters to automatically add and delete addresses from address groups and Bulk Mail lists.
  • New action to automatically forward messages.
• Hands-free backup
  New backup options to permit automatic mailbox backup without user intervention.
• PGP 6.53 Plug-in - Supports the latest PGP encryption.

Enhancements

Many improvements for ease-of-use and improved message management:

• New and expanded right-click context menus.
• Show New Messages access from the task bar and tray.
• Selectable option to prompt, never or always include original text in reply messages.
• Option to skip attachment type selection window when attaching files.
• Improved error handling when communicating with servers and while sending Bulk Mail.
• Easier access to New folder and Folder Rename.
• Option to selectively include original text in reply messages on a per message basis.
• Several display performance improvements including the option to disable automatic sorting.
• Messages may be re-assigned to a new account.
• Messages deleted by a filter are not included in the new messages count.

Fixes

• Disabled Print Setup and Print Margins for HTML messages.
• Fixed the Automatic Add Sender's Address option to search the email address field instead of the alias field.
• Fixed some problems with lock/minimize option when the compose frame was open.
• !! Fixed a problem with sending empty HTML messages.
• Fixed a problem with hotlinks appearing improperly.
• Fixed problem with filter redirected and forwarded messages causing the Pending folder to show the error icon.
• Fixed a problem sending a reply or redirect of an HTML message without a plain text counterpart.
• Fixed address book print problem with the Other Phone field.
• Fixed the error message when a blind send of an HTML message failed
• Fixed several minor problems with font formatting in HTML messages.
• Fixed a problem dragging multiple files from the attachment list.
• Fixed a problem with PGP and messages composed from a template (PGP options were not available).
• Fixed a problem with 7-bit encoded attachments having blank lines stripped out.

Version 3.0

September 29, 1999

3.00.03 (Build 984)

calypso.exe

4,511,282 bytes

• Added Tip of the Day feature. Displays tip when a mailbox is opened and also using the Help menu.
• Added date criteria to the message search. Set the date to select messages on or after a date, on or before a date or set both dates to select a date range.
• Added a "Settings" button to the Filter Save Attachment action. The settings control how attachments are treated for an incoming message:
  (1) Set the file folder where the attachment will be saved,
  (2) select to overwrite an existing file with the same name or create a new name, and
  (3) select to keep a copy or delete the attachment from the mailbox.
• Added an option to display the alias or Name field in the Favorites list. See the Mailbox | Properties | Address Book tab.
• Added an option to display the e-mail address when addresses are selected from the address book. See the Mailbox | Properties | Address Book tab.
• The To Cc and Bcc boxes now expand to fully utilize the address book panel.
• All font variations (bold, italic, etc.) are now available for font/character set associations.
• The "add address" feature now adds multiple addresses with one address on each line.
• The word wrap maximum length has been increased to 132 characters. See Account | Properties | Outgoing Mail tab.
• Multiple attachments may now be selected in the message view attachment sub-panel.
• The address book export and import now include Group Membership information. All group information for the exported addresses is always exported. When an address with group information is imported, Calypso can optionally create the group if it does not already exist, or the address can be ignored. This facilitates the use of groups in an external address book with the option to import only those addresses for the groups existing in a mailbox.
• Added more detailed Winsock error information.facilitating Groups within an external address book
• Enhanced the delete options for mail left on the server. Incoming mail may now be deleted after N days, or deleted when the mail is deleted from the server by another application (Another application could be Calypso in another location or another e-mail application. For example: Left on server at work, then deleted from server at home will automatically be deleted (or discarded) from the work mailbox.
• Mailbox passwords may now be specified on the command line: /pw "password".
• Fixed a problem printing a selected block of messages with a mixture of text and HTML messages.
• Fixed several HTML message problems:
  (1) now correctly handles HTML messages without "Body" or "HTML" tags,
  (2) fixed the right-click "add address" on an HTML message,
  (3) editing a received HTML message with images no longer deletes the images.
• Fixed other minor problems.

• Fixed a problem converting text returns and tabs to HTML.
• Fixed a problem of leaving files in the temporary directory when composing HTML messages.
• Fixed a problem with the attachment icon when an account was configured to leave messages on the server and retrieve headers only.
• Fixed an install problem which disabled the new "Send message later" feature.
• Fixed a problem in the Time & Chaos address book dll that could result in an infrequent crash on some systems.
• Fixed other minor problems.

• Added Time & Chaos address book option (Requires Time & Chaos, see Mailbox | Properties | Address Book tab. Also available in the mailbox wizard).
• Filters will now match an "empty" field.
• Added an Account Property to delete messages from the server after a specified number of days.
• Added a right-click option to set a folder to the default folder when a mailbox is opened..
• Messages may now be scheduled to be sent at a later date. Select the "Send later" option when composing a message then set the date and time.
• Added an Archive option to discard messages after archival.
• Attachments may now be accessed using a new toolbar button. To use, customize your toolbar to include the "View attachments" button.
• Added address book fields for cell phone and other phone.
• Added an option to delete locally when emptying the Wastebasket on exit.
• Auto-response messages now contain the "X-Auto-Response-To" field in the message header.
• Added the program build number to the version display and system information.
• Fixed several problems with HTML message display of fonts and background images.
• Fixed problems with PGP 6 not matching recipients correctly, and not saving decrypted HTML messages correctly.
• Fixed other minor problems.

• Sent messages may now be forwarded.
• Fixed a problem displaying the font name in HTML compose.
• Using Tab in HTML compose now properly inserts nonbreaking spaces.
• Fixed several problems with using quotes in Alias names.
• Viewing attachments without a file extension now always shows the "Open with" window.
• Fixed a problem bolding and unbolding the Pending folder.

• PGP 6.0 support is finally here! Thank you everyone for waiting.
• Added an option to "Disable HTML messaging (See Mailbox | Properties | Advanced Settings tab, Display Properties). All messages will be displayed in plain text mode and HTML compose will be disabled.
• Backup will be bypassed if the mailbox was opened from the command prompt.
• Added the /exit command to the command line parameters
• Fixed mailto to support inline vCards (Netscape 4.05).

• Added a checkbox to turn off sending of Opened receipts (See Mailbox | Properties | Advanced Settings tab).
• Corrected a problem with images in HTML signatures.
• Made changes so the "RegClean" registry clean program will not delete Calypso registry entries.
• Fixed a problem restoring the Details window after it was minimized.
• Corrected a problem running Calypso on a system without urlmon.dll (i.e. no Internet Explorer).

• Changed two keyboard shortcuts to resolve an incompatibility with several international keyboards.
  • CTRL+ALT+V to Shift+F3
  • CTRL+ALT+E to Shift F2
• Fixed a mail header compatibility problem with a mail server.
• Made a format correction to inline images in HTML messages to accommodate a mail server.

Initial release of Version 3.0.

Previous Releases

August 14, 1998	2.40.41.08	calypso.exe	3,497,210 bytes	U.S. English
		calypso_deu.exe	4,029,144 bytes	German
July 31, 1998	2.40.41.07	calypso.exe	3,497,192 bytes	U.S. English
		calypso_deu.exe	4,029,094 bytes	German
	2.40.41	calypso.exe	3,443,789 bytes	U.S. English
		calypso_deu.exe	3,975,132 bytes	German
February 6, 1998	2.40.40	calypso.exe	3,427,840 bytes
January 15, 1998	2.40.39	calypso.exe	3,424,768 bytes
January 12, 1998	2.40.38	calypso.exe	3,424,256 bytes
December 16, 1997	2.40.35	calypso.exe	3,420,160 bytes
September 12, 1997	2.30.23	calypso.exe	2,998,837 bytes
September 9, 1997	2.30.22	calypso.exe	2,999,379 bytes
August 27,1997	2.30.21	calypso.exe	2,998,407 bytes

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