philip Castle

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More About 0365 Mailboxes – downloading e-mails with Formate eVo.

You may have seen the O365 Notification – “Microsoft Outlook Outlook is trying to retrieve data from Microsoft Exchange server outlook.office365.com” This is a fairly common message to O365 Administrators and users, telling you that the O365 mailboxes are being slow to respond. Symptoms can include a user’s Outlook client freezing temporarily, or being very …

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O365 Sending Limits

Based upon Microsoft Articles published 13.12.2022 We are asked many questions about sending emails via O365 online Exchange. The first thing to remember is that you and your colleagues sending emails from Outlook, or via an attached web client is very different to a back office system such as Formate eVo sending emails. The second …

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ZIP() is Dead! Long live Zipper().. oh and UnZipper()

As part of introducing a new UnZip feature and script command – UnZipper(), will also be taking the opportunity to introduce a new Zip command – Zipper(), as the mirror. Zipper() will replace the current Zip() command. Whilst Zipper() is slightly less feature rich around encryption, don’t worry we have a plan for that, and …

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Service Release 22.3 (22.3.22255.11420)

New Patch Release – Please see release notes in Dashboard Update Utility Due to the public holiday in respect of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral update release is delayed until 23rd September 2022.

Exchange Online (O365) October 1, 2022 dead-line

Effective October 1, 2022, Microsoft will disable Basic authentication for Outlook, EWS, RPS, POP, IMAP, and EAS protocols in Exchange Online. If you’re using Basic authentication in your eVo e-mail connection setup with the mentioned protocols, it may fail with errors on or after October 1, 2022. To avoid this, you will need to use …

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Support for Pdf printing via Foxit Reader v11 and before: Retired

We are withdrawing support of the use of the Foxit Reader command-line pdf printing method called from Formate eVo, when the installed version of Foxit Reader is v11 or before. No guarantee is offered that Formate eVo will support the command-line execution of any 3rd party product Typical Command-Line looks like “C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit …

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