Testing for V12 of the MailCOPA Email Client going well

One week since the first release of V12 of the MailCOPA email client to beta testers and things are going very well.  Very few issues were reported during the first week, which is a testiment to our developers.  This should also point to a slightly earlier release than initially expected.

We are still suggesting a 2-3 month beta test period before release, but if results continue to be as good then hopefully we can soon start quoting an earlier release date.

For more information please see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 to aid in Time Management

Another new feature of the new version 12 of the MailCOPA email client is a calculation of time for searched items in the appointments diary.  This can be useful when calculating time spent working for a customer for example, place a search for the customer and the MailCOPA email client will display the total amount of time spent on that client.

For more information see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 To Support Cut/Copy/Paste for Appointments

In previous versions of the MailCOPA email client diary/appointment events could be dragged and dropped between diaries, but with the new MailCOPA email client V12 events can now be copied and pasted.  This will help when moving events to different days or months.

For more information please see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 Released to Beta

V12 of the MailCOPA Email Client was released to our beta testers today.  Over the next month or so they will use the system in various configurations and report back to us any problems.  Any issues will be fixed and updates will be released to the beta testers.  This process usually takes between 1-2 months.  Once we are satisfied that the product is stable it will be made a public release.

As always V12 of the MailCOPA Email Client will be a free update to all registered users.

If you would like to become a beta tester for the MailCOPA email client please contact us at support@mailcopa.com. Please note that you must be an existing customer to be permitted into the beta program, we do not give copies away.

For more information please see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 To Include Live Backup System

One of the problems with a shared data set is making sure it is backed up correctly.  Most backup software cannot backup open files, so to be sure everything is secure the database server needs to be stopped so all the files get closed, then a backup needs to be taken, then the database server needs to be restarted.

The MailCOPA Email Client V12 will contain a live backup system.  It can synchronise a backup to occur at any time during the day, and it will backup file that are not only open, but are actually in use.  By reading the data at database level a secure backup of the files can be copied to another location on disk.  These files remain closed allowing normal 3rd party backup software to safely back those up to an off-site location.

It's expected that V12 of the MailCOPA email client will be released in the next 2-3 months.  For more information see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 Will Have Google Syncronisation

The upcoming V12 release of the MailCOPA Email Client will have synchronisation features to enable synchronising the diary/appointments with Google Calendar and the Address Books with Google Contacts.

In recent years we've had many requests to support synchronising with various hand held devices and phones.  This has been something we've looked at constantly but supporting every device would be a full time job which would limit our ability to develop the MailCOPA email client in other areas.  Fortunately most hand held devices and phones will also synchronise with Google, so by providing that link we can now indirectly synchronise with devices like the iPhone and iPad.

We hope to release V12 of the MailCOPA email client in the next 2 to 3 months. For more information please see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 To Support OpenPGP Encryption

InterVations expects to release the MailCOPA Email Client V12 to it's beta testers on Monday.  V12 of the MailCOPA email client contains more new features in a single release than any update in the last few years.  And once again these new features will be provided FREE OF CHARGE to all existing registered users.

One of the new features to be included in V12 of the MailCOPA email client is OpenPGP encryption.  Without needing any third party software the user will be able to create OpenPGP secret keys, store OpenPGP public keys, encrypt and sign outgoing messages and verify and decrypt incoming messages.

The technicalities of Keys are largely hidden from the user making this a simple technology that anyone can use.  Secret keys are stored against users email addresses and the public key portion can easily be mailed to other users from this screen.  Received public keys are added to the users address book along with the rest of the recipients details.

V12 of the MailCOPA email client is expected to release in the next 2-3 months.  Keep watching this blog for more information about what's coming up.  For more information about MailCOPA please see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

Bug fixed in MailCOPA minimize code

We had a customer report a strange issue that they could not minimize the MailCOPA email client on their machine.  Obviously this was odd as this must be something that pretty much every customer does, it's also something that we do on every install we have.

After finding as many details as possible from the customer about their system and operating system we managed to build a system as close as possible to the problem system and lo and behold we managed to repeat the problem ourselves.

Very odd, and will only occur in a very few systems.  This bug has been fixed for the upcoming beta release of the MailCOPA email client V12.  We hope that V12 will enter beta testing in the next 1-2 weeks.

For more information please see the MailCOPA email client web pages.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 released to Alpha Testing

InterVations has released the next major update to it's MailCOPA email client to it's alpha testers.  Alpha testers are mainly InterVations employees.  The version is currently being used by our support staff and office managers.

During the alpha test phase the help and manual will be updated to include documentation for all the new features.

MailCOPA Email Client V12 sees the most new features added to any release for the last few years.

Once we are reasonably sure everything is stable then we will move to the beta test phase.  We currently have around 40 beta testers who will use the product and report back any issues.  Public release will occur when the beta testers are happy that everything is working as it should.

For more information on MailCOPA see the MailCOPA Email Client Web Page.