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OE Classic 1.25 released (added blocked content bar)Oct 1st, 2012New features
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Email service provider database is now availableSep 21st, 2012On the bottom of the help page you can now find searchable email service providers database so it can help you configure your OE Classic accounts. The same database will also be used in future versions of OE Classic for automatic configuration of email account settings. If you cannot find an entry in the current database or if it contains errors, you can contact us and suggest correct settings so we can update the database. |
OE Classic 1.24 released (quick bug fixes)May 8th, 2012There was an issue with Add... button in Accounts window that normally starts Account Wizard. It didn't work in free version. Paid version was not affected by this bug. This version fixes that and also includes a couple more fixes we did in the meantime. New features
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OE Classic 1.23 released (Address Book)Apr 30th, 2012Based on popular request this version enables Address Book button on toolbar. It works the similar way like Addresses button in Outlook Express except one important difference - in Outlook Express this button opened Windows Address Book (separate program used for various purposes besides email). In OE Classic, this button simulates Windows Address Book behavior. Windows Address Book (WAB) doesn't exist anymore on recent Windows like Windows Vista or Windows 7. Although the functionality is not much different from what OE Classic had so far it is now easier to manage contacts for many users. There will be of course more improvements to Address Book in the future.  Click image to zoom in New Address Book with functionality similar to Windows Address Book (WAB). New features
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OE Classic 1.22 released (new options available)Apr 11th, 2012Important note to existing users: Due to changes in configuration there won't be a default account set. So you must set it again as some functions require default account. To do this simply open main menu, select Tools / Accounts and click Set As Default once for any email account of your choice and once for any news account. This note doesn't affect new users that are installing OE Classic the first time. As a token of gratitude for your continuous registrations of full version we decided to purchase a nice looking GUI control pack which we'll be using in this version and versions that will follow. Not only the user interface will now look better but will also be more functional and probably with less bugs as these new controls help a bit automating things we had to code manually before so the program development should also be faster.  Click image to zoom in New options window with some of the new and better looking GUI controls, compatible with Windows 7 as well as older versions like Windows Vista or Windows XP. New features
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OE Classic 1.21 releasedFeb 21st, 2012When using encrypted connection to outgoing (SMTP) server, some servers require to start encrypted connection right from the start and some others start connection in unencrypted mode and then require STARTTLS command to mark the beginning of encrypted communication. Older versions of OE Classic didn't support STARTTLS command properly and could only do the first type of encrypted connection. This release fixes that issue. This is done in following manner:
So - however you check this checkbox, OE Classic will use most secure mode offered by server you connect to, this checkbox only determines which of the two methods will be used. Note that some servers use 2 ports for connecting and only on one of these ports you can use encrypted communication. Example of this is smtp.live.com - if you connect to port 25 it will only hash passwords (second best method), and on port 587 it will support STARTTLS - obviously, using port 587 is more secure. Future versions of OE Classic will be able to automatically auto-configure most popular servers with most secure settings. Here are changes in this version: New features
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OE Classic 1.20 released (newsreader support!)Jan 21st, 2012As promised, we are releasing newsreader feature in OE Classic. Newsreader is very much like it used to be in Outlook Express except it's better. It can decode stuff Outlook Express and many other newsreaders couldn't and it does not have useless and downright annoying thumbnail image preview mode like Windows Live Mail but instead it displays images inline - as it should. Newsreader can decode yEnc posts without any external decoder (like our other software yEnc Decoder - yDecode), it automatically recognizes multipart posts (e.g. messages having "(001/100)" and similar counters in the subject line), and supports 64-bit article indexing. It is worth noting that some newsreaders that don't support 64-bit indexes can cease to function (stop downloading new messages) on some high volume newsgroups like alt.binaries.boneless which already have gone over 32-bit index limit. With 64 bits it is not likely to overflow in decades. My favorite mini-feature is nickname generator and domain name generator in newsgroups account wizard - you can use it for newsgroups or any other purpose you need. Here is a quick tour to highlight features we believe are the coolest in this update:  Click image to zoom in Newsgroup account wizard can generate unique nickname for you. You don't feel like Disco Genius today? Then use it to create your own out of millions of possible combinations. Generated email is "standard" invalid email (note "nospam" and ".invalid" domain) which nobody can spam to and is safe to use in newsgroups (given you don't want anyone to email you).  Click image to zoom in Newsgroup selection has 2 filters - by group type and by keywords you enter. You can combine them to easily find group you want. You can also see number of groups after filtering (if filters are cleared you see total number of groups) and approximate number of posts so you can determine which groups are more popular than others.  Click image to zoom in Multiparts are automatically detected and grouped into same group which you can open by clicking "+" icon.  Click image to zoom in Popup menus are now context sensitive - the items will change depending on folder or item you right-clicked.  Click image to zoom in Message decoder can now recognize wider variety of message attachments. This example shows delivery status and RFC-822 (returned email) attachments in a failed delivery reply message. Detailed list of improvements: New features
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Usenet newsreader is coming!Dec 8th, 2011Great news! After some initial testing, it appears that there are no significant obstacles to add Usenet newsreader (newsgroups reader) functionality into OE Classic. So, except adding email accounts, you will also be able to add your newsgroups server and newsgroups account. What we can tell for sure at the moment is that the newsreader will support all newsgroup posting formats/encodings including MIME (which is least common on Usenet, even though widely used for email), UU encoded messages (more common on newsgroups although quite obsolete as encoding) and yEnc encoded posts (most common for binaries groups and posts). OE Classic won't need any external decoders like Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird did (they all need our other product - yEnc decoder - yDecode to function properly and to display all messages they couldn't on their own). At first, the newsreader won't support merging of multipart posts but it will be able to read multipart messages individually. In the following versions you will be able to automatically join multipart posts (messages marked as (01/15), (02/15), (03/15) and similar in the subject line) just as yDecode already does but again, without any external decoder. We must also say - newsreader will be very easy to use - as easy as it used to be in Outlook Express. It will NOT be messed up as in Windows Live Mail - image attachments will be displayed inline (as they should be) and not as thumbnails and will not require additional mouse clicks to show them in full size (in unnecessary viewer program). If you used Windows Live Mail to read Usenet posts you know what we are talking about. This and other regular bug-fixes are scheduled to be released in the next version. After that, we plan to do more improvements to the address-book and then some bug-fixes and speedups but more on that later. We are also preparing some other improvements regarding web site functionality. Stay tuned! |
OE Classic 1.12 releasedNov 21st, 2011New features
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Web site updatesNov 16th, 2011The web site has a couple of new pages:
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