Development on Mail Server for NT

Here we list the development of work on the mail server for NT. You will find the status of each addtion and which release it should be in. This list will continually evolve and when a new release is made, the instructions will be updated and the old version's instructions archived (they will still be available).

Changes Planned for Version 2.11

We hope to release v2.11 on 1st July 1995.

UUCP mail box name

Add "U" as a new mailbox type for receiving mail and doing nothing with it. (We are looking at the possibility of adding a UUCP service).

Execute an executable

Add "C" to execute a system command when mail arrives. There are considerable security implications for this command though - this is why it has not been added yet.

Add a CPL to Control Panel

This is currently under development and should arrive before 1st July.

Add other things to do with mail when it arrives

Currently when mail arrives it is either sent back out, placed in a mailbox or processed by the list server. I would like to add the following (depending upon demand):

Allow a message to be delivered to 2 mail boxes

So that two users can seen the same mail, allow logging of all mail message or home/work mail message achives.

Immprovements in progres

Add gateway to Microsoft Mail

I understand (I had a glance at the paper-work) that this is not too difficult. So one day it may happen. However, judging by how difficult I have found some other documentation that MicroSoft have produced...

Ideas still to implement

Write mail to file

Add the facility to be able to place a file name in the Subject: line of a message and have the message written to this file. There are (obviously) a lot of security implications, so the file will only be placed in one particular directory and it will not be possible to place it in any other directory. (Rob Conant)

Mail Drops

Allow more than one action to be taken with incoming mail. For example, allow mail to be sent to a Fax, POP account AND logged in a local file.

EMAIL configuration

Allow users to configure their options using messages to the mail server.

Implement EHLO

Do I need to say more?

Multiple domain auto-responders

To allow list@x.y.z and list@p.o.i to be diffferent files.

Use NT groups as mail lists

This would allow someone to mail a group name and have the mail delivered to every member of the group. (Tim Barnes, 21/4/95)

List Server - Digest facility

So that users who request a digest get one mail message per day which contains all the email sent to that mail list during that day.

Add other things to do with mail when it arrives

Currently when mail arrives it is either sent back out, placed in a mailbox or processed by the list server. I would like to add the following (depending upon demand):

Add help

I think what is needed here is kind of obvious!

Store and Forward

This is a large addition but potentially very useful one for those people who are providing internet access. This improvement would allow you to collect mail on one NT machine and when a user dials in, allow him to request mail which will be sent down to his machine and distributed as expected. This extra work would be carried out by a new server called "collect" which would go to the mail server and ask for its mail. This will be independant of IP address.

IMAP Daemon

Add a new server to support IMAP compliant mail readers. IMAP is a protocol that allows mail to remain on the server rather than being down loaded to a receiving computer. In a large origanisation this means you could access you mail from any computer rather than have to be at your machine.

UUCP Daemon

Who knows?

Mail collection

Use POP protocol to get mail from a provider on dial up.

Mail waiting program

A simple program that would show a couple of "Lights" if there is mail waiting to be sent and when it is being sent...
webmaster@net-shopper.co.uk (12th May 1995)