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Lucatec® MASK Outlook® Add-in
Release History
 

The History of Lucatec® Mask

Lucatec MASK 2.2.1 - 2008-09-15
Major Service Release
  • You can now add an additional column to your folder views (via the Folder Options) which will display the actual sender of outgoing messages for internal reference Note: This will only apply to messages sent since the option was first enabled - it can not add this information for messages sent in the past.
  • Error messages for common internal errors during message preparation should now be more descriptive.
  • Fixed an issue where HTML signatures with embedded images that were saved by Microsoft Word in Unicode format did not get inserted correctly.
  • Improved handling of signatures with special characters in their names. Note that signatures with certain special characters (especially Unicode ones) appearing in their names can currently not be handled by Lucatec® Mask. Such signatures will now no longer be available for selection from the Folder Options and User Options dialogs. Note that this restriction only applies to the name of a signature, not its actual contents.
  • Fixed an issue where the toolbar icon would always indicate modifications to the Message Options even when there weren't any.
  • Fixed several issues that could cause the From field display not to be updated.
  • Made the Office Hook component (introduced in Lucatec® Mask 2.2.0) optional in the installer. Note that the Office Hook is only needed for Word/Excel 2003 and earlier.
  • Fixed a regression introduced in version 2.2.0 where the addin would no longer show the Select Names dialog when a user entered an invalid or ambiguous sender name into a Sender entry field (e.g. on the Folder Options tab).
  • The addin will now automatically retry to resolve a sender name in case of unexpected errors. This should allow the addin to cope better with unstable or high-load network environments. By default it will retry the name resolution up to 3 times at a 50ms interval.
  • Fixed an issue where the installer was not picking up options set in a previous installation
  • Lucatec® Mask will now display a warning message when setting up target folders that other users might not have access to.
  • Fixed an issue where signatures created with Microsoft Word would sometimes not show up in the drop-down selection lists
  • Minor performance optimizations
  • Fixed some minor memory leaks in third-party libraries.
  • Trial expiry date set to 2009-03-15
Lucatec MASK 2.2.0 SR2 - 2008-03-26
Minor interim hotfix release
  • Fixed an issue where Target Folders stored in Sender Options did not become effective after changes to a message's sender when User Options were in effect.
  • Fixed a long standing issue where the pre-send checks (i.e. detection of manual sender changes or auto-displaying the Message Options) would no longer trigger if closing the message window had previously been cancelled.
  • Fixed an issue where the From display was sometimes not updated on non-English versions of Outlook 2003 and earlier when using Word to edit E-Mails.
  • Fixed an installer issue that caused sending documents from Word or Excel not to work properly when using Outlook 2007 together with earlier versions of Word or Excel.
  • Trial expiry date set to 2008-09-30
Lucatec MASK 2.2.0 SR1 - 2008-01-25
Minor interim hotfix release
  • Fixed an issue where it was sometimes not possible to override the sender for replies from shared mailboxes.
  • Fixed an issue where setting a blank sender (i.e. "send as self") in the Folder Options sometimes had no effect.
Lucatec MASK 2.2.0 - 2007-12-14
Major platform compatibility release
  • Signature insertion now also works in Outlook 2007 or when using Word to edit E-Mails. *
  • The From display is now also updated when using Word to edit E-Mails. *
  • The Message Options toolbar button is now also available when using Word to edit E-Mails. *
  • Added a large Message Options button for the Outlook 2007 Ribbon Control (on the Options tab)
  • Fixed: Under Outlook XP with WordMail enabled, creating a new message or changing the sender of a message sometimes triggered a security prompt.
  • Updated a third-party component that was responsible for various Vista-related issues.
  • Fixed: On Windows Vista Lucatec® Mask failed to detect the correct Sent Items folders for secondary mailboxes.
  • Various subtle GUI tweaks to better "fit in" with Windows Vista
  • Signature insertion can now do everything that Outlook's built-in signature feature can, including embedded images.
  • The option to have deleted items moved into the deleted items folder of the mailbox they were deleted from can now be preset via the installer.
  • As Outlook XP does not use XP themes itself and enabling that option also led to some minor display quirks, the XP Themes option has been disabled in the installer for that Outlook version.
  • The Message Options toolbar button finally got an icon!
  • Lucatec® Mask now also works when invoking a new message from Word or Excel using File | Send to > Mail recipient (as Attachment)
  • Fixed a regression issue (introduced around v2.1.1) where manually clearing the "From" field no longer resulted in the Sender and Sent target being reset.
  • Fixed: When changing the From field manually and no Valid Senders were defined the addin would sometimes store the sent item to the wrong folder.
  • Loads of minor fixes and optimizations
  • Trial expiry date set to 2008-06-30
Important notes about backwards-compatibility in this release:
  • As a side-effect of the completely rewritten signature insertion code, you can no longer have Outlook insert the default signature in addition to the one inserted by Lucatec® Mask. If your setup is currently relying on that ability and you see no other way of implementing your requirements, please contact us ASAP.
  • The "Use Reply-To instead of From" option has been temporarily disabled. It will be brought back in a future release. If you are currently using this feature, please contact us ASAP.
  • If in Outlook 2000 the option to use Microsoft Word for editing E-Mails is enabled the addin does not work at all. If you require this functionality please contact us ASAP.
  • In Outlook 2000 signature insertion does currently not work correctly.
  • In Outlook 2000 editing the Folder Options of a mailbox's root folder does currently not work (message "Insufficient rights").
Lucatec MASK 2.2.0 Beta 2 - 2007-11-23
First public Outlook 2007/WordMail and Windows Vista compatibility preview release
Lucatec MASK 2.2.0 Beta 1 - 2007-10-15
Private Outlook 2007/WordMail compatibility preview release
  • Fixed WordMail/Outlook2007-specific issues with signature insertion and displaying the auto-inserted sender in the "From"-field
    (See Lucatec MASK 2.2.0 for details)
Lucatec MASK 2.1.2 - 2007-08-28
Minor service release
  • You can now turn off the Message Options auto-popup that appears after a sender has been entered or changed manually in the From field. Note that the dialog will still pop up when the entered sender has not been configured in the Sender Options. This is so you can still choose a suitable target folder for the sent message.
  • The overall handling of manual From entries has been improved - the behaviour should now be more robust and predictable, especially when no Sender Options have been configured.
  • Trial expiry date set to 2008-03-31
Lucatec MASK 2.1.1 - 2007-07-18
Medium feature release
  • Message Options dialog: allows you to modify the Sender and Sent Item target folder after a new message has been created. It's available via a new button on the new message inspector. This means that you can now send messages on behalf of other users from any folder without having to bother about where the sent message goes - in earlier versions of the addin there was no way to change this once the message had been created.
    • The Message Options can optionally be shown automatically whenever you send a message, thus allowing you to verify that the correct options will be used or simply to set them at that time.
    • If you enabled the option to automatically show the Message Options dialog on send, you can also specify a list of individual recipients or email domains for which you want to suppress this behaviour - for instance you might not want to be bothered by the dialog when sending internal messages to co-workers.
  • Sender Options: These allow you to set up a list of valid senders that you can later choose from in the Message Options dialog.
    • In addition to merely defining a list of senders you can also associate these senders with their corresponding message options (currently only the Sent Item target folder but likely to be extended in the future) with the effect that selecting a sender on the Message Options dialog will automatically set the remaining message options accordingly.
    • In order to make the setup of the Valid Senders list as easy as possible we have included a Profile Scan function that will automatically populate the list based on the information already available in your Outlook profile. This can also be set to run automatically when Outlook starts up so your list will always be up to date.
  • Improved "From" handling: The addin will now notice when you change the contents of a message's From field after the message has already been created. If your changes differ from the sender that the addin would have inserted based on folder context, it will use the Valid Senders information to adjust the remaining message options (i.e. the Sent Item target folder) accordingly. Upon sending your message it will allow you to verify and confirm these settings via the Message Options dialog.
  • If a user does not have sufficient privileges to edit the Folder Options in a folder the options will be disabled right from the start instead of showing an error message only on Apply.
  • Recursive Folder Options now work correctly with Favorite Public Folders, i.e. they will pick up their parent's options even when the parent was not a favorite itself.
  • Folder Options can now also be configured for non-mail folders.
  • Preliminary support for XP visual styles aka "themes". (Note that enabling this option will potentially affect other third-party addins as well.)
  • Lots of under-the-hood changes and optimizations.
  • Trial expiry date set to 2008-01-31
Lucatec MASK 2.1.0 - 2006-10-12
Customer-requested feature release
  • Show Message Options before sending from mailbox accounts
    (See Lucatec MASK 2.1.1 for details)
Lucatec MASK 2.0.1 - 2007-01-04
Hotfix release
  • Fixed a regression bug: Sent items were moved even after the sender had been manually cleared.
  • Updated all third-party tools and libraries involved in building the product.
  • Trial expiry date set to 2007-07-31
Lucatec MASK 2.0.0 - 2006-05-23
Major feature release
  • Recursive Folder Options: Options set on a folder can now automatically propagate to sub-folders.
  • Signatures: Auto-insert individual signatures on a folder-by-folder basis. (Currently the signatures themselves have to be configured independently for each Outlook installation - a central, server-side storage for signatures is planned for a future service release, as is support for "bottom-posting". Also note that signature-insertion does currently not work when you use Microsoft Word to compose eMail messages.)
  • Use Reply-To instead of From: You can now configure Lucatec® Mask so that it will no longer set the sender address of sent messages but instead insert that address as the reply address of the message. (Note though that this does currently not work (reliably) when you use Microsoft Word to compose eMail messages.)
  • Folder Options inside Own Mailbox: You can now control all Mask options (i.e. sender/reply address, target folder for sent items and signatures) for folders inside your own primary mailbox as well. No Public Folders or shared mailboxes required anymore!
  • No more Exchange Server required: As a consequence of the above it is now possible to use Lucatec® Mask in Exchange-free environments as well. All you need is a mail server that allows specifying an address other than your own in the From field. Even if your mail server does not support this setup you can still use the new Reply-To functionality (see above). (Note that Lucatec® Mask does currently not affect which internet mail account gets used. Thus getting the From-field approach to work will often require some additional server-side configuration.)
  • Smart Reply/Forward handling: When replying or forwarding, the message options are now based on the parent folder of the message being replied to/forwarded rather than the currently selected one. This finally enables Lucatec® Mask to kick in when replying to items opened from a New Message Notification window or Advanced Search results. Previously the addin would do nothing at all in those cases. This change also resolves the somewhat confusing situation where you open a message from one folder, change the folder selection and then later reply to the opened message.
  • Sent items moving/copying is no longer tied to changing the sender address, i.e. you could now also move or copy messages that are sent on your own behalf.
  • Ambiguous addressbook entries are now resolved automatically. No more need to fiddle with SMTP addresses.
  • Surfaced undocumented Outlook option to move deleted items into the Deleted Items folder of the mailbox they were deleted from.
  • Lots of bugfixes and cosmetic changes.
  • Expiry date for trial versions is 2006-12-31
Lucatec MASK 1.2.4 - 2006-03-23
Service Release, fixing all known issues to date
  • General stability improvements - should affect Outlook 2003 the most.
  • Fixed several issues of varying severity related to opening messages from .msg-files stored on disk.
  • "Sub-options" (e.g. "Put copy in Sent Items") were sometimes effective even though their "parent-option" (e.g. "Move sent items") was unchecked.
Lucatec MASK 1.2.3 - 2005-12-27
Another service release
  • Fixed an access violation that could occur under certain circumstances when sending mail from a "virtual" folder, such as Outlook 2003's Search Folders.
  • Fixed problem that could occur when setting User Options to move sent items into own Sent Items folder.
  • Improved overall robustness and memory usage.
  • Expiry date for trial versions is now 2006-12-31
Lucatec MASK 1.2.2 - 2005-09-01
Service release
  • Fixed an obscure issue related to opening non-mail items.
  • Fixed an issue where sent items would be moved to the originating folder instead of the appropriate Sent Items folder when overriding the sender for a folder inside a shared mailbox.
  • Updated contact links in installer and on Options pages. The new, dedicated contact address for Mask now is mask@lucatec.de.
  • Minor installer tweaks.
Lucatec MASK 1.2.1 - 2005-07-22
Customer-requested feature release
  • Added per-user options to globally override the sender address and target folder for sent items for all messages, even those sent from within the user's own mailbox. Individual folder settings may still override this on a folder-by-folder basis.
  • Massive UI overhaul.
Lucatec MASK 1.2.0 - 2005-06-21
Customer-requested feature release
  • Sender address and target folder for sent items can now be overridden for individual folders via a new tab on the folders' property page. This requires Owner privileges on the relevant folder!
  • Enhanced installer to allow specifying default settings for all users at install time.
  • Improved overall error handling
  • Massive internal code cleanup
  • Expiry date for trial versions is now 2006-06-30
Lucatec MASK 1.1.5 - 2005-07-14
Service release
  • Resolved issue with ambiguous account names (e.g. "MyCompany" and "MyCompany Management") where Outlook 2000 would just crash and later versions would fail to move sent items. If you are experiencing this problem, make sure you activate the "Use SMTP Address" option in this version.
  • Expiry date for trial versions is now 2006-06-30
Lucatec MASK 1.1.4 - 2005-04-18
Service release
  • Resolved issue where the add-in would fail to work when using Microsoft Word as the mail editor in Outlook XP and later.
  • Added option to correct the sender based on eMail-address rather than display name in order to avoid ambiguity warnings about similar address book entries.
  • Enhanced installer for better support of automated mass-installations.
Lucatec MASK 1.1.3 - 2005-03-08
Service release
  • Resolved issue where Outlook 2003 would occasionally hang on shutdown.
  • Internal code cleanup.
Lucatec MASK 1.1.2 - 2005-01-07
First online release
  • Resolved issue where messages would also be moved when the user manually set the From address to a different one than the one suggested by the add-in.
  • Added "Contact support" link to Options page.
  • Resolved potential issues with other third-party Outlook Add-ins.
  • Completely rewrote and enhanced licensing functionality.
  • More UI and installer tweaks.
Lucatec MASK 1.1.1 - 2004-10-27
Customer-requested service release
  • Added option to leave copy of sent message in own Sent Items folder.
  • Improved installer's update behaviour.
Lucatec MASK 1.1.0 - 2004-09-21
First release with Public Folder support
  • Added functionality for setting the sender based on the email address of a Public Folder.
  • Completely rewrote Move Sent Items code.
  • Refactored sender correction code.
  • Improved error handling.
  • Performance tweaks.
  • Improved licensing.
  • UI and installer tweaks.
Lucatec MASK 1.0.1 - 2004-04-06
Bug fix release.
  • Resolved timing issues in Move Sent Items code
  • Minor UI and installer tweaks.
Lucatec MASK 1.0.0 - 2003-07-09
First Stable Release
  • Resolved issue where corrected Sender address was not immediately visible in the From field.
  • More installer tweaks
Lucatec MASK 0.9.1 - 2003-07-01
First Release Candidate
  • Improved Move Sent Items code
  • More installer tweaks
Lucatec MASK 0.5.2 - 2003-06-30
Finalized product name
  • Implemented licensing
  • UI and installer tweaks
MASC 0.5.0 - 2003-06-27
First feature complete build
  • More Option page tweaks
  • Allowed functionality to be toggled
  • Made options persistent
  • Minor performance tweaks
  • Fixed problem where non-Mail items were processed
MASC 0.2.5 - 2003-06-24
  • Option page tweaks
  • Added sent message moving
  • Improved error handling
Multi-Account Sender Corrector. 0.2.4 - 2003-06-23
First internal release

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