Version History

• 3.1

  • New property LocalEndPoint in SmtpServer and DirectSendServerConfig classes allows you bind all outgoing SMTP connections with the specific local IP address and port number (useful for performance tuning if your computer has multiple network adapters).
  • New method Smtp.GetMXHosts can be used to get the list of SMTP MX servers for the specified domain.
  • Miscellaneous bugfixes related to MIME parsing, S/MIME, and DNS.
  • Minor documentation fixes.

• 3.0

  • New Smime component and many other classes in Security namespace related to S/MIME and SSL certificate support. Requires its own license key (like Smtp, Pop3 and Imap components do). The license is, however, included in MailBee.NET Objects bundle.
  • New Processor component and related classes in new Html namespace. Can be used to examine and manipulate DOM (Document Object Model) of HTML documents. Does not require a license key.
  • Mail merge over database and bulk mail (mass mailing) capabilities in Smtp class. Multi-threading (up to 60 threads) is fully supported.
  • DNX MX query cache for improved direct send performance.
  • New SmtpServer properties for tuning SMTP server throughput: MaxConnectionCount, MaxSendPerSessionCount, PauseInterval.
  • New events in Smtp class: MergingMessage, MessageNotSent, MessageSubmittedToPickupFolder, SubmittingMessageToPickupFolder.
  • Proxy support for Smtp, Pop3 and Imap components.
  • SSL certificates support for Smtp, Pop3 and Imap components. Requires MailBee.NET Security license key.
  • Ability to keep already downloaded messages if the entire operation of downloading multiple messages failed in the middle (Pop3.LastDownloadedMessages, Imap.LastDownloadedEnvelopes).
  • IMAP IDLE and SORT extensions now supported (Imap.Idle, Imap.SortedSearch and supporting methods).
  • New events in Imap class: Idling, MessageStatus.
  • MessageParserConfig class now includes EncodingDefault and EncodingOverride properties specifying which encoding to use when the message with international characters does not contain the charset information or this information is incorrect.
  • Global class now includes SafeMode property which disables all advanced capabilities - can be used for troubleshooting.
  • Added AuthenticationOptions.PreferSimpleMethods and made some changes to authentication related classes to workaround the common problem of mail servers when certain authentication mode is supported by the server but is not working properly.
  • SaslMethod class for implementing custom SASL methods extended with a number of new properties.
  • COMPATIBILITY ISSUES: due to naming conflicts, a few classes and class members have been renamed or removed:
    • Smtp.SubmitToQueue renamed to Smtp.SubmitToPickupFolder.
    • MailBeeMimeException removed, descendants renamed to a more general form (e.g. MailBeeMimeIOException renamed to MailBeeIOException).
    • ExtendedSmtpOptions.No8bitAndBinary removed.
  • Smtp.SubmitToPickupFolder and Smtp.SubmitJobsToPickupFolder methods can submit messages to MailBee Message Queue v1.4 and above (because starting from v1.4, MMQ uses IIS SMTP queue format).
  • 64-bit Windows platforms now fully supported.
  • A great number of miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements through the entire MailBee.NET Objects library.
  • Vast changes in the documentation, especially in Mime namespace.
  • New sample projects for SSL and S/MIME. The existing projects have been significantly improved.
  • The installer now provides the option to install MailBee.NET.dll optimized for .NET Framework 2.0 (and above) as well as the generic version which is compatible with all .NET Frameworks starting from 1.1. You can even install both versions (they won't conflict with each other).
  • The installer is now fully compatible with Windows Vista (including UAC and DEP services).

• 2.0

  • New Imap component and ImapMail namespace.
  • Secure SSL/TLS connections for Pop3, Imap, and Smtp components, and new Security namespace.
  • Windows Intergrated mode of NTLM authentication allows the client to authenticate with the credentials of the currently logged Windows user.
  • Smtp.SubmitToQueue method can send messages to IIS SMTP queue.
  • New overloads for SmtpServerCollection.Add method and SmtpServer() constructor make it easier to specify the authentication method to use.
  • Attachment.GetAttachmentsFromTnef method can extract attachments from MS-TNEF (winmail.dat) files.
  • MimePart.Parse method and Attachment(MimePart) constructor allow creation MIME parts and attachments from MIME data (useful for downloading and processing the specific message attachments via the IMAP4 protocol).
  • MailMessage.UidOnServer and MessageParserConfig.DatesAsUtc new properties.
  • Logger.DisableOnException property allows the application to silently disable logging instead of throwing exception if the log file cannot be created or written to.
  • Most features (except SSL/TLS and Windows Intergrated NTLM authentication) can now be used in web applications running on "High" trust level. To use, SSL/TLS and Windows Intergrated NTLM authentication, "Full" trust level or "High" trust level plus Unmanaged code permission is required. However, this is not a concern if MailBee.NET.dll is in GAC (see below).
  • MailBee.NET Objects installation program now also puts MailBee.NET.dll into GAC (this enables TLS/SSL and Windows Integrated authentication support even in applications running on trust level lower than "Full").
  • Ability to store the license key in Windows registry (this eliminates the need to specify the license key in config files or set it via LicenseKey property of the corresponding component). SaveKey (console application) and SaveKeyGui (WinForms wrapper of SaveKey) are installed into MailBee.NET Objects folder.
  • More informative exception messages.
  • Improved parsing of mail messages (including support of UUEncode and non-MIME messages having attachments embedded directly in the text body).
  • Improved HTML to plain-text conversion.
  • Miscellaneous minor bug fixes.
  • Improvements and bug fixes of the documentation.
  • The VS.NET 2003 and VS.NET 2005 versions of the documentation in HtmlHelp2 format is now available (as a separate download, visit MailBee.NET Objects homepage for more information). The HtmlHelp2 documentation fully integrates with Visual Studio, supports Dynamic Help, etc.
  • A number of the sample application projects in VS.NET 2003 format (VS.NET 2005 compatible) is now installed with the product. See Sample Application Projects (VS.NET 2003/2005) topic for details.

• 1.0

  • The initial release.