Email Signature Manager V7 Release Notes

Modified on: Tue, 30 Nov, 2021 at 6:42 PM

Email Signature Manager 7.3.2

Released October 2, 2017.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Fixed signatures may be emailed to users on each service update (task #334).
Lookup of user fails in Turkish locale (bug #337).

Email Signature Manager 7.3.1

Released May 10, 2017.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

The Email Signature Manager Client Access Service may stop accepting connections in certain circumstances (task #331).
Updating a user from the Status Monitor may fail in a multi-domain forest in certain circumstances (task #331).
RTF signature generation injects "?" instead of Unicode text (task #331).

Email Signature Manager 7.3.0

Released January 30, 2017.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Official support for Windows Server 2016 (task #315).
Official support for SQL Server 2016 (task #315).
Improved Email Signature Manager Client Access Service protocol (task #315).
Supported in agent version 1.3.0 and later.
Deploys OWA signature as full HTML document instead of BODY content (task #315).
Forces send pictures from the internet when copy linked pictures to local drive selected (task #315).
Detects and reports invalid UPNs during signature generation and deployment (task #315).
Transport Agent injects message processed and signature injected mail headers (task #315).
Backstage no longer switches to Home tab when opening dialogs (task #315).
Improved group and user validation in Manage Deployment dialog (task #315).
Improved test user search to refresh on Enter in Test Signatures dialog (task #315).
Fixed potential incorrect error about plain text template not including any fields (task #315).
Fixed potential incorrect warning about no field in template representing user's name (task #315).
Fixed email of mobile device signatures incorrectly includes HTML signature (task #315).
New and improved error reporting mechanism (task #315).
Other minor enhancements (task #315).

Email Signature Manager 7.2.3

Released December 8, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

The Email Signature Manager Client Access Service may stop listening for connections in very specific circumstances (bug #314).

Email Signature Manager 7.2.2

Released November 21, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Added IPv6 support in Email Signature Manager Client Access Service (task #307).
Fixed a potential issue with service status file that can prevent the Email Signature Manager Service from starting (task #307).
Fixed Transport Agent issue converting plain text emails to HTML relaying internally from Office 365 to Exchange (task #307).
Querying for users and groups in a multi-domain forest can result in users from some domains not being included (bug #310).

Email Signature Manager 7.2.1

Released October 25, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Major improvements to memory usage by service (task #302).
Increased default number of threads from 3 to 10 for faster processing times (task #302).
Prevents users and groups temporarily unavailable during deployment from being cleaned-up (task #302).
Fixed unable to open Test Signatures dialog when no Outlook profile exists (task #302).
Fixed potential service crash and stop when looking up SRV DNS records (task #301).
Fixed the User_Deployment.DN field is too small for very long user DNs (task #302).

Email Signature Manager 7.2.0

Released September 22, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Implementation of new Client Access Service, which allows the Agent 1.2.0 and later to fetch signature settings without using EWS (task #299).
Updated Transport Agent supports using Client Access Service, allowing the Transport Agent to use the built-in database (task #299).
New feature to send mobile device signatures to users by email in environments where Transport Agent cannot be used (task #299).
When generating HTML signatures, the service now adds attributes specifying the size of the image (task #299).
Improvements to the Details view in the Template Browser (e.g. columns can be sorted) (task #299).
Added option to check the status of the maintenance agreement for the current license (task #299).

Email Signature Manager 7.1.0

Released May 13, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Implemented support for shared mailboxes (task #295).
Supported in agent version 1.1.0 and later.
Status bar now shows the status and progress of the service (task #295).
Status bar now shows when deployment has been modified and is pending processing by the service (task #295).
Improved responsiveness when restarting an update cycle or stopping the service (task #295).
Fixed two problems where the Transport Agent fails to inject a signature (bug #297).

Email Signature Manager 7.0.4

Released April 11, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Fixed problem with service ignoring changes in Active Directory to group memberships and user data (task #292).

Email Signature Manager 7.0.3

Released March 15, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Improved service performance using caching of objects (task #287).
Resolved memory leak in service (task #287).
HTML editor embedded in installer (task #285).
Improvements to service registration in installer (task #285).

Email Signature Manager 7.0.2

Released February 26, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Installers and executables dual signed using SHA-256 and SHA-1 (task #280).
Fixed issue in Status Monitor where the Update function would not work for individual users (task #280).
Fixed issue in service when domain account primary email address did not match Office 365 account (task #280).
Autodiscover and Exchange Web Services framework updated (task #282).
Transport Agent Configuration utility now enforces running with administrative rights (task #280).
Transport Agent Configuration utility now asks to save changes when closed (task #280).
User Guide includes updated topic on installation of agent using GPO Per User (task #280).
User Guide includes new topic on installation of agent using GPO Per Computer (task #280).

Email Signature Manager 7.0.1

Released January 14, 2016.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Resolved an issue with the installer not starting the service on upgrade (task #276).
Implementation of new direct database mode (task #276).
Implemented a font dialog that allows any colour to be selected (task #276).
Added new deployment option to ignore disabled users (task #276).
Added new deployment option to ignore users without an email address (task #276).
Added new deployment option for agent to hide system tray icon (task #276).
Supported in agent version 1.0.1 and later.
Added new deployment option for agent to update signatures and exit (task #276).
Supported in agent version 1.0.1 and later.
Fixed send-on-behalf signature deployment to allow images stored on network shares (task #276).
Better handling of excluded users so that they do not consume a license (task #276).
Entering an invalid license no longer overwrites the previous license (task #277).

Email Signature Manager 7.0.0

Released November 30, 2015.

New features, enhancements and bug fixes:

Updated user interface to match latest Office theme.
New product configuration wizard for easy installation and upgrading.
New environment configuration dialog for extremely easy configuration.
New service is multithreaded reducing processing time.
New agent for continuous signature deployment with scheduled intervals.
New agent user interface for easy management.
New agent no longer needs database access.
Supports users who do not log on to the domain via new agent.
Preview templates merged with user data inside the template editor.
New Status Monitor with sorting and search features.
Insert and use conditional statements in templates to avoid blank lines.
Exclude users and groups from signature deployment.
Automatic clean-up of users and licenses.
Database no longer needs to be shared.
Various bug fixes since previous version.
Supports On-Premises Exchange, Hosted Exchange and Office 365.
Works with iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.
Adds support for Windows 10, Office 2016 and Exchange 2016.
And more.