v3.3 [Aug 13, 2015]
Email2DB Version 3 has been rewritten from the ground up to provide a more scalable & secure architecture. Two new services have been created:
1. The Edge Server
The Edge Server handles the retrieval of messages via IMAP, POP3 ,Exchange, Database Pull, Twitter, RSS & HTTP sources. The Edge Server runs the Trigger Condition checker on each new message and assigns it a Trigger ID. It then places the message in a new database table called the 'Edge Queue'.
2. The Message Processor Server
The Message Processor Server reads new messages from the Edge Queue and executes all Trigger Actions for the Trigger that the message has been assigned to. The message is then stored in the Email2DB Message Store.
In Email2DB Version 2 the above processes were handled by a single server. The advantage of this new architecture is that the Edge Server & Message Processor Servers execute concurrently. In addition, with the new Data Center Edition the Edge & Message Processor Servers can be run on separate physical computers and you can run multiple instances to share the processing load.
Security
Starting with Email2DB Version 3, the Email2DB Administrator no longer updates the Account & Trigger settings (the 'MetaData') directly - even when run on the same computer. It reads/posts MetaData XML via the Email2DB Server using secure HTTPS. This makes editing Accounts & Triggers faster - regardless of the number of Accounts & Triggers you have setup. All passwords are now stored in the MetaData encrypted. The MetaData can now be stored in a SQL Server database in addition to Email2DB's own database (SQLite).
v3.2 [Apr 13, 2014]
Improved Logging
- Version 3.2 changes the way Email2DB Message Processing logs are generated, stored and viewed. This provides a significant improvement in performance when the Email2DB server is under heavy load. Logs are now stored in a new MessageLog table in the Message Store database. Previously logs were held in separate files.
Log Viewing
A number of improvements have been made to log viewing via the Email2DB Administrator:
- The Node Name will be shown if multiple message processor nodes are in use (when using the Data Center Edition).
- The Account name is shown.
- Search for text whilst viewing logs.
- View logs for previous days.
- Lock the scroll position to prevent new log lines scrolling the display whilst viewing.
- View the Message in the Message Store for the currently selected log line.
Actions
- Exchange Mark Message As Junk.
- Exchange Create Lync Folder.
- Exchange Move Contact To Lync Folder.
- Improved Update CSV Action.
- GeoIP Lookup Action.
- JSON lookup Action.
- LDAP Search & LDAP Update Actions.
