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Emailchemy Version History

Version 14.3.9

  • Bug fixes and improvements for the Thunderbird converter, Outlook MSG converter, and Outlook PST writer.

Version 14.3.7

  • Outlook MSG converter now converts calendar invitations when Extract All Message Types is set in Emailchemy’s Outlook preferences.

Version 14.3.6

  • Fixed issue that prevented some Outlook OST file conversions from completing

Version 14.3.4

  • Fixed issue where file selection dialog was unable to select an RGE file
  • Fixed issue with some messages in OLM files having incorrect time zone in Date header

Version 14.3.3

  • Fixed an issue with USB dongle detection failing that sometimes prevented app from starting
  • Google Takeout wizard now accepts any folder of mbox files downloaded from Google Takout instead of just the “Takeout” folder
  • Fixed issue where converter sometimes created an extra empty folder in the output
  • Bug fixes for command-line interface (CLI)

Version 14.3.1

  • Support for converting Outlook Mac 2019
  • Improvements to the Outlook PST file writer

Version 14.3

  • Support for macOS 10.14 Mojave
  • Improved macOS file open/save dialogs
  • Fixed bug where progress panel was counting all filtered emails as filtered duplicates
  • Now checks if Apple Mail is running before starting conversion

Version 14.2.1

  • Fixed an issue that caused incorrect dates on some “sent” messages when converting Outlook for Mac 2015/2016 email

Version 14.2

  • Full support for converting Outlook OST files
  • Support for macOS 10.14 Mojave beta Mail folders
  • Maildir converter now combines tmp, new, and cur subfolders

Version 14.1.1

  • Fixed issue with Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail converters not finding all messages
  • Mbox conversion wizard now accepts an individual mbox file in addition to folders of mbox files
  • Fixed issues with Linux version installer and launcher

Version 14.1

  • Notification of privacy policy and practices to support the EU’s GDPR
  • Automatic checking for software updates
  • Fixed issue with Open/Save dialogs on macOS High Sierra
  • Fixed issues with Linux version installer and launcher

Version 14.0.9

  • Fixed bug in Outlook OLM conversion that resulted in some HTML-formatted messages displaying as plain text
  • Fixed bug in Outlook MSG conversion that mishandled Russian Cyrillic text

Version 14.0.6

  • License dongle creation now recognizes and rejects bulk USB thumb drives without hardware serial numbers

Version 14.0.4

  • Fixed bug that caused corruption of text when converting messages with Russian Cyrillic characters to PST format
  • EML converter now recognizes and ignores Byte Order Mark bytes inserted by Windows text editors into EML files

Version 14.0.2

  • Fixed bug that warned conversion had stalled while writing PST file

Version 14.0

  • Convert direct to Outlook PST format
  • New Thunderbird converter adds support for IMAP accounts and maildir storage
  • Convert Google Takeout files
  • Easier IMAP-based importing
  • Faster conversion filters
  • Improvements to Apple Mail converter and CSV output
  • Address Harvester output now compatible with Google Contacts
  • Option to normalize timestamps to UTC

Version 13.3

  • macOS High Sierra support
  • New “dongle” option for professional licenses
  • Bug fix: Entourage Cache converter: library conflict introduced in last version prevented this converter from working on some installations
  • Bug fix: Outlook MSG converter: fixed an issue that made some messages display as empty when viewed in an email app
  • Bug fix: Outlook PST converter: fixed an issue where some messages were being skipped in PST files created by an other email export tool

Version 13.2.11

  • Fixes a problem with the file open & save dialogs on the Mac

Version 13.2.10

  • Modifications to the embedded IMAP server and SMTP server to maintain compatibility with latest Outlook 2016 updates.

Version 13.2.9

  • Fixed issue where AOL converter crashed when converting files with corrupt image tags

Version 13.2.7

  • Fixed issue with blank messages in Outlook 2016 Mac after import from IMAP server

Version 13.2.6

  • Fixed an issue with Eudora Mac converter re-attaching wrong attachments in certain situations
  • Updated the CLI examples and documentation to include Outlook for Mac input types

Version 13.2.3

  • Fixed an issue with Apple Mail converter where some attachments were missing in messages from IMAP accounts
  • Fixed an issue where converters were running very slow on systems with misconfigured DNS

Version 13.2

  • Support for Apple Mail V4 folders found in macOS 10.12 “Sierra”
  • IMAP server compatibility with Apple Mail in macOS 10.12 “Sierra”
  • IMAP server folders are no longer read-only, to address a bug in Outlook where downloaded folders were retaining read-only status

Version 13.1.8

  • Fixed bug that caused Outlook for Mac converter to crash in certain situations
  • Fixed timer bug that made Emailchemy think converter had crashed when filtering on very large archives

Version 13.1.6

  • Fixed crash in Entourage RGE converter
  • Fixed bug in Advanced Converion tool not converting olk15msgsource files

Version 13.1.4

  • Fixed bad character encoding bug in sent messages imported from Entourage into Outlook 2015
  • Fixed issue with MSG file converter missing very large HTML message bodies
  • Fixed issue with OLM writer stalling when converting very large email archives

Version 13.1

  • Outlook OLM file output for easier importing into Outlook for Mac
  • Bug fixes and general stability improvements

Version 13.0.4

  • Performance improvements for IMAP server
  • Multiple minor bug fixes for Eudora Mac converter
  • Multiple minor bug fixes for Outlook PST converter

Version 13.0.3

  • Minor enhancements for AOL for Windows converter
  • Fixed Outlook MSG converter bug that caused it to skip some attachments in MSG files created by a specific archiving tool.

Version 13.0.2

  • AOL for Windows converter now works with files from earlier versions of AOL
  • Minor performance improvements for IMAP server
  • Fixed bug in Entourage Cache converter not creating system-independent folder names

Version 13.0.1

  • Fixed bug in AOL for Windows converter that incorrectly converted some dates in PFC files from AOL 3.0 or earlier
  • Fixed bug in Outlook MSG converter introduced in v13 release that caused converter to crash on some messages

Version 13.0:

  • New Converters:
    • AOL for Mac (v3 and newer)
    • AOL Desktop for Mac
    • Apple Mail v9 (El Capitan)
    • CompuServe v3-4 for Windows
    • Outlook 2015/2016 for Mac
  • Powerful new message filtering capability
  • Bug fixes for Outlook OLM & Outlook MSG converters

 

Version 12.1.16:

  • Fixed bug in AOL for Windows and CompuServe for Windows converters that prevented complete conversions of Personal Filing Cabinet files.

Version 12.1.15:

  • Fixed bug in Outlook Mac 2011 converter that caused some conversions to fail before completion

Version 12.1.14:

  • Fixed bug in Apple Mail converter that prevented some attachments from being converted
  • Fixed bug that prevented some Windows users from activating their license key

Version 12.1.13:

  • Entourage converter now works with more corrupt Database files
  • Java runtime updated
  • Removed Google Apps Uploader (see weirdkid.com/blog for details)

Version 12.1.12:

  • AOL for Windows converter now fixes bad MIME encoding headers that resulted in garbled messages

Version 12.1.11:

  • Outlook for Mac converter now sets creation date on draft messages

Version 12.1.10:

  • Fixed bug with Eudora mishandling international characters
  • Added header row to CSV output

Version 12.1.9:

  • Fixed Outlook 2011 for Mac bug with international characters
  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Version 12.1.8:

  • Fixed Tools menu GUI navigation bug
  • Fixed bug in Entourage converter that was merging IMAP account folders
  • Fixed bug in Entourage converter that was failing on messages with unicode header fields

Version 12.1.4:

  • Compuserve for Mac (MacCIM) converter now handling international characters correctly
  • Updated bundled Java Runtime Environment to 1.7.0_55

Version 12.1.3:

  • Setting MacOS filetype and creator codes on mbox files so Outlook 2011 can open them

Version 12.1.2:

  • Bug fix: restored merge mbox files feature

Version 12.1.1:

  • Updated Java Runtime
  • Fixed bug preventing demo of Google Apps Uploader

Verstion 12.1:

  • Fixed bug that caused some incorrect Outlook Mac 2011 folder names
  • Fixed bug that prevented using the Advanced Converter with .olk14Message files
  • Fixed bug with Google Apps Uploader using deduplication feature

Version 12.0:

  • Full native support of Outlook for Mac 2011 databases
  • De-duplication of messages
  • IMAP import compatible with Outlook 2013
  • Bundled Java runtimes in Mac and Windows versions
  • “Headers only” output option
  • User interface improvements
  • Bug fixes

 

Version 11.3.5:

  • Fixed a bug in the IMAP server that was causing problems with MailMate
  • Support for Java 7 on MacOSX
  • Boosted memory usage limit so that Emailchemy MemoryBoost should no longer be needed

Version 11.3.4:

  • Fixed a resource limit issue in the IMAP server.
  • Gmail uploader now creating all intermediate subfolders with the “full path” auto-label setting.

Version 11.3.3:

  • Fixed a crash in the Google Apps Uploader.

Version 11.3.2:

  • Outlook PST converter option to extract inter-process records along with messages
  • Outlook OLM converter now extracts digitally signed messages
  • Fixed rare crash when converting French Eudora files
  • Fixed bug in EML output filename template

Version 11.3:

  • Google Apps Upload logging
  • Preserves Apple Mail status flags on import and export
  • Improved Eudora status flag preservation and TOC processing
  • MSG converter now compatible with Symantec Enterprise Vault files
  • Fixed bug in Maildir++ output folder hierarchy
  • Fixed crash on UTF-7 header fields

Version 11.2.2:

  • Mac app now signed with Apple’s Developer ID (for Mountain Lion Gatekeeper compatibility)
  • New option to create EML files with obfuscated filenames (professional versions only)
  • Apple Mail conversion wizard will now accept any .mbox folder
  • Fixed crash in Mac Outlook OLM file converter when writing to folders with special characters in name
  • Fixed a bug with Eudora converter not including attachments in forwarded received messages
  • Fixed a bug where Google Apps Uploader wasn’t overwriting senders in folders named “Sent Messages”

Version 11.2.1:

  • Excludes RSS feeds from Apple Mail conversions
  • Fixed registration issue on Solaris 11
  • Improved IMAP server performance
  • Improved compatibility of IMAP server with Outlook 2010 for Windows

Version 11.2:

  • Better handling of AOL HTML content
  • Entourage converter now includes and identifies both original and user-edited subjects
  • Fixed blank attachment names from PST files
  • Improved handling of corrupt Claris Emailer 2 databases
  • New option for manually deleting the Google Apps Uploader history file

Version 11.1.2:

  • Restored compatibility with PowerPC Macs (“universal binary”)
  • Fixed max filename size constraint to apply for all character sets
  • Fixed bug in Outlook Express 4 converter that was leaving slashes in filenames

Version 11.1:

  • Apple Mail 5 (Mail app in Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion”) converter
  • IMAP server now compatible with Apple Mail 5 (Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion”)
  • Apple Mail conversion wizard now parses corrupted mailbox folder structures

Version 11.0:

  • Outlook 2011 for Mac .OLM file converter
  • Outlook 2011 for Mac .XML file converter
  • [Professional editions] “nohistory” and custom label features added to Google Apps Uploader CLI
  • Bug fixed: [Professional editions] CLI “batch” mode incorrectly filtering Apple Mail files

Version 10.1.7:

  • Bugs fixed:
    • Not able to import some messages from Claris Emailer 1.x into Apple Mail
    • Translate Exchange-style addresses to Internet-style feature producing some non-RFC-compliant domains
    • Messages from Outlook PST conversions not showing email address correctly in some email apps

Version 10.1.6:

  • Fixed a bug preventing some users from activating the full version
  • Corrected some typos in the wizard descriptions
  • Minor changes to installers

Version 10.1.5:

  • Fixed an Entourage bug introduced in 10.1.4 that truncated attachments with corrupt names

Version 10.1.4:

  • Fixed issue with Outlook PST converter truncating long (>127) recipient lists
  • Fixed registration bug for names with apostrophes (i.e. O’Connor)
  • [Professional editions] “batch” mode added to CLI
  • [Professional editions] New Outlook PST option to extract all IPM subtypes

Version 10.1:

  • Improved IMAP server performance – faster imports
  • New Gmail Uploader feature to fixes Gmail’s Sent folder for uploaded mail
  • New option for better handling of international characters in folder names

Version 10.0:

  • New converters!
    • CompuServe for Windows (WinCIM)
    • Outlook .msg files
    • Outlook for Mac 8.x & 2001 (not 2011)
    • Outspring
    • Windows Live Mail
    • Windows Mail

Version 9.9.2:

  • Entourage Recovery converter now works with Entourage X (version 10.0)
  • Fixed a bug that prevented conversion of AOL downloaded attachments
  • Fixed a bug that in the Mac OS X Mail format writer that didn’t format some email addresses correctly

Version 9.9:

  • Support for Mail 4.0, included with Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”
  • AOL for Windows converter now preserves attachments
  • Entourage Cache converter now preserves attachments
  • Improvements to conversion log feature
  • Optional checksums calculated before and after reading each file
  • Bug fixes for the GUI and the following converters:
    • Outlook PST
    • Entourage Database
    • Mac OS X Mail
    • QuickMail Pro
    • Eudora

Version 9.8:

  • New and improved Eudora converter with better handling of HTML fomatting and embedded content
  • Entourage cache file converter (for .vRgeMessage and .vRge08Message files)
  • New option to write log of IMAP ImportServer sessions (CLI only)
  • General API for embedded use (embedded licensing required)

Version 9.7

  • Command-line interfaces (CLI’s) for Emailchemy, IMAP Importserver and Google Apps Uploader (pro versions only)
  • Export/Import conversion settings in the Preferences window (pro versions only)
  • Quickmail Pro reader now preserves status flags (read, flagged, importance)
  • IMAP ImportServer now compatible with JavaMail applications
  • New option to set Eudora reader charset to UTF-8 for handling non-standard installations
  • New option to ignore folder heirarchy in source data
  • Outlook PST converter improvements
  • GUI improvements

Version 9.6

  • New Google Apps Uploader tool uploads converted email to a Google Apps email account and features resumable uploads and automatic labeling of messages
  • Support for Entourage 2008
  • Support for Mac OS X Mail 3.x
  • Support for Outlook 2007
  • Outlook PST converter option to preserve or translate Exchange-style email addresses to SMTP format
  • Eudora converter option to ignore .toc (table of contents) files during conversion

Version 9.5

  • Claris Emailer 1.x converter now pulls additional header data from Mac resource forks
  • RFC2822 Message Folders wizard no longer hangs on non-message files
  • Maildir++ output bug fixed: no more nested folders
  • IMAPdir maildir variant now an output option

Version 9.4

  • RFC-2822 output now compatible with JavaMail
  • Outlook PST converter now repairs inconsistent MIME structures found in PST files
  • Bugs fixed:
    • Entourage now importing RGE files created on Windows computers
    • MIME boundaries now guaranteed unique
    • Outlook PST converter no longer base-64 encodes text or html attachments

Version 9.3

  • Compatibility improvements for the Outlook PST converter
  • Improved international character support in email header fields
    • RFC-2822 header fields are now “ISO-encoded” when necessary

Version 9.2

  • New option to specify Windows system charset for older PST files
  • Removed embedded IMAP server’s localhost restriction in Forensic Edition
  • Restored embedded IMAP server’s compatibility with Entourage 2004
  • Fixed “jumpy” progress bar seen with some conversions

Version 9.1

  • Increased heap size (memory allocation) for better performance with huge Outlook PST files (e.g. 100,000+ messages)
  • Fixed issue that caused Emailchemy to get stuck when converting some Outlook PST files

Version 9.0

  • Outlook PST converter
  • Detailed conversion trace information in Forensic Edition