Mail Forward for Windows
Forward your AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, MSN, Netscape, Yahoo, POP, and IMAP mail to any e-mail address!
Mail Forward allows you to forward mail from AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, MSN, Netscape, and Yahoo web mail accounts to any e-mail address. Standard POP and IMAP e-mail accounts can also be forwarded.
Mail can be forwarded for up to 20 separate accounts. For each account, a forwarding address can be specified or a default destination can be used.
Mail Forward works by accessing your e-mail account Inbox and forwarding each piece of mail through your SMTP mail server. Mail that is successfully forwarded can either be deleted from the forwarding account mailbox or left on the server. The forwarding account address is used as the return address for the forwarded mail, so if the mail is undeliverable it will be returned to the forwarding account.
A built-in scheduling feature allows mail to be forwarded automatically at a specified time interval.
System Requirements
Mail Forward requires an IBM PC or compatible using Windows 95 or later.
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Alerts
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| Hotmail/MSN | If you are receiving a "Login sequence (7) error - login URL not found" error message when forwarding Hotmail/MSN accounts, please upgrade to Mail Forward version 5.3.2 or later. If you are using the Leave Mail on Server option, the first time you run the new release of Mail Forward all of the messages in your Hotmail account Inbox will be forwarded again. |
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| Yahoo | If you are receiving a "400 Bad Request" error message when forwarding Yahoo accounts, please upgrade to Mail Forward version 5.3 or later. |
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Documentation and Support
For help with getting started using the Mail Forward application, choose the Help Topics command from the Help menu in the Mail Forward window and click the "Quick Start for Forwarding Web Mail" topic. Other help topics include "Overview", as well as topics containing detailed information about the application windows and dialogs. Contextual help is also available for window items by right-clicking the item, or by pressing the F1 key when the item has the focus.
An SMTP Server Settings help page is available with information regarding SMTP server settings for many ISPs.
If you have questions that are not addressed in the application help, e-mail support is available at support@sspi-software.com. Telephone support is not offered for this product.
Registration
The unregistered version of Mail Forward will operate for 30 days, and will show the Registration dialog each time you start the application. Once you have determined that Mail Forward is operating to your satisfaction, you can register for US$19.95 through the online Kagi Store. Kagi accepts credit cards, PayPal, cash, or checks. You can register online by clicking Register in the Mail Forward Registration dialog.
IMPORTANT: Please include the Owner Name shown in the Registration dialog with your order.This information is used to generate your registration code. If it is incorrect, your code will not work.
After you register, you will receive a registration code by e-mail. To avoid delivery problems with your registration code, ensure that your e-mail system will accept mail from support@sspi-software.com. To enter your code, click Enter Code in the Registration dialog.
This product is sold on a 30-day trial before purchase basis. All sales are final.
Upgrading from a Prior Release
Registered users of prior releases of Mail Forward can upgrade to Release 5 for an upgrade charge of $10. A product announcement containing upgrade ordering instructions was sent to all registered users by e-mail. Please contact support@sspi-software.com if you need to receive another copy of the ordering instructions.
Terms of Use
Mail Forward is distributed on an 'as is' basis without warranty of any kind either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Version History
Release 5.3.2
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Hotmail accounts.
Release 5.3.1
- Added support for SMTP server TLS secure connections.
- SMTP port now defaults to 587.
Release 5.3
- Changed Yahoo access method to use IMAP-SSL for improved reliability, security, and performance.
Release 5.2.7
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Yahoo Beta accounts.
Release 5.2.6
- Corrected a problem where Hotmail accounts could stall in the Getting Mail List phase depending on the number of messages in the Inbox.
- Modifications to show correct login error messages for Hotmail and Yahoo accounts.
- IMAP secure connection (SSL) port now defaults to 993.
Release 5.2.5
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Hotmail accounts.
- Change to SMTP connection command to avoid compatibility problem with some servers.
Release 5.2.4
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Hotmail accounts.
Release 5.2.3
- Modifications to accommodate login change for Yahoo accounts.
Release 5.2.2
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Hotmail accounts.
- Correction to process all Inbox messages for Hotmail accounts, rather than only the 100 newest messages.
- Update to re-enable display of error message for Yahoo Mail "New Classic" accounts, which are not currently supported.
Release 5.2.1
- Modifications to accommodate login change for Yahoo accounts.
- A more descriptive error message is now displayed when the Yahoo account information update page is displayed during login.
Release 5.2
- Improved handling of Yahoo mail attachments.
Release 5.1.8
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Hotmail accounts.
- Correction to forwarded message tracking for servers that use alphameric message IDs.
Release 5.1.7
- Modifications to accommodate login change for Yahoo accounts.
Release 5.1.6
- Modifications to accommodate login changes for Windows Live Hotmail accounts.
Release 5.1.5
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Windows Live Hotmail accounts.
- Improved handling of Yahoo mail attachments and message encodings.
- Modification to avoid re-forwarding Yahoo mail that is moved out of and back into the Inbox.
- Modification to handle unanticipated IMAP server response when retrieving message contents (AOL/Netscape/IMAP accounts).
Release 5.1.4
- Modification to accommodate Yahoo mail format change.
- Changes to Yahoo server login sequence to bypass new Yahoo Toolbar download page.
Release 5.1.3
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Windows Live Hotmail accounts.
- Added support for new ymail.com and rocketmail.com Yahoo domains.
Release 5.1.2
- Modifications to accommodate Yahoo server login page change.
Release 5.1.1
- Modifications to accommodate changes for Windows Live Hotmail "Full" mode accounts.
- A more descriptive error message is now displayed when attempting to forward Yahoo Mail "New Classic" mode accounts, which are not currently supported.
Release 5.1
- Added support for forwarding mail from alternate, international, and custom domains
(live.com, yahoo.co.uk, etc.) for all supported services.
Release 5.0
- Support for Windows Live Hotmail "Classic" mode accounts.
- Modifications to accommodate login changes for original MSN Hotmail accounts.
- Support for "New" Yahoo Mail accounts.
- Added forwarding for IMAP mail accounts (Inbox folder only).
- Support for forwarding to multiple recipient e-mail addresses.
- AOL messages deleted using the web mail interface are now ignored, without having to empty the Trash folder at the web site.
- Improved stability and recovery for error conditions in POP and SMTP Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections.
- New online help system for Windows Vista compatibility.
Prior Version History
Prior Version History
Release 4.2.1
- Modifications to accommodate login changes for some original MSN Hotmail accounts.
- Corrected a problem where forwarding 20 accounts could cause the application to terminate.
Release 4.2
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Hotmail service changes.
- Changes to work around new Hotmail server content-length bug.
- Modifications to accommodate Yahoo Mail Classic service changes.
- Changes to Yahoo server login sequence to bypass new Yahoo Mail upgrade invitation page.
Release 4.1.9
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Hotmail service changes.
Release 4.1.8
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Hotmail beta service changes.
Release 4.1.7
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Mail beta service changes.
Release 4.1.6
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Mail beta service changes.
- A more descriptive error message is now displayed when attempting to forward Windows Live Mail beta Classic mode accounts, which are not currently supported.
- Modifications to accommodate Hotmail service login changes which affected a small number of accounts.
- Yahoo accounts are now logged out at the conclusion of forwarding in order to minimize resource contention on the server.
Release 4.1.5
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Mail beta service changes.
Release 4.1.4
- Changes to Yahoo server login sequence for improved reliability.
Release 4.1.3
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Mail beta service changes.
- A more descriptive error message is now displayed when attempting to forward Yahoo Mail Beta accounts, which are not currently supported.
Release 4.1.2
- Modifications to accommodate Netscape (.net) service changes.
Release 4.1.1
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Mail beta service changes.
- Minor program corrections.
Release 4.1
- Added forwarding for Netscape (.net) web mail accounts.
Release 4.0.3
- Minor program corrections.
Release 4.0.2
- Modifications to work with Hotmail service changes.
- A warning message is now displayed if an SMTP server name that is known to be unsuitable for forwarding mail is entered in the Preferences dialog.
- Change to accommodate SMTP servers that send a multiline connection greeting.
Release 4.0.1
- Modifications to accommodate Windows Live Mail beta service changes.
Release 4.0
- Added forwarding for Gmail accounts.
- Change to Yahoo server login sequence for improved reliability.
- Preliminary support for Hotmail/MSN Windows Live Mail beta accounts.
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections for POP and SMTP servers are now supported.
- The position of an account in the E-Mail Accounts list can now be changed by dragging the list item to a new location.
- A new Enable This Account option allows forwarding to be disabled for an account without having to delete it.
- Added a Get Mail command to the system tray icon pop-up menu.
- Improved application responsiveness for Stop and Exit requests when a server is not responding.
- Corrected a problem with mail index file contention when running in a multi-user environment.
Release 3.2.2
- Change to work around Hotmail server connection reset bug.
Release 3.2.1
- Modifications to work with Hotmail server login changes.
Release 3.2
- Changed Hotmail/MSN access method to allow forwarding for all free accounts.
- Changed AOL access method to use AOL Open Access (IMAP) for improved reliability and performance.
- Modification to work with Yahoo accounts that are not in the yahoo.com domain.
Release 3.1.1
- Modifications to work with Yahoo server login changes.
Release 3.1
- Modifications to work with AOL server login changes.
- Modifications to work with Yahoo server login changes.
- Corrected a problem where malformed POP mail messages could cause the application to terminate.
- Corrected a problem where invalid null characters in POP mail messages would cause forwarding to stall.
- Corrected a problem where invalid null characters in web mail messages could cause the application to terminate.
- Corrected a problem where the auto-forward timer interval could be set incorrectly under certain conditions.
- Corrected dialog text fields to allow entry of more characters than the displayed width.
- Reliability improvements for dealing with corrupted index file entries.
- Corrected a problem where forwarding would stall if an SMTP server accepted a connection and then dropped it without sending the greeting message.
- Added a work around for SMTP servers that drop the connection on a QUIT command without first issuing the required reply. The error message will still be logged, but a new "Continue" action will be performed.
- Reduced the timeout interval for all server types.
- Corrected an intermittent string handling error that could cause the application to terminate.
Release 3.0
- Added forwarding for AOL web mail accounts.
- Corrected a problem where malformed web mail messages were causing forwarding to stall.
Release 2.6
- Added forwarding for MSN web mail accounts.
Release 2.5
- Alert boxes for server errors now include a button to retry the account.
- If an error occurs during auto-forwarding, the account will be retried one time before it is skipped, and the action taken will be noted in the log window.
- A new Verify Mail Format SMTP Option checks message headers for valid e-mail address formatting and ensures that message lines do not exceed 1024 characters, to accommodate SMTP servers that reject incorrectly formatted messages.
- The Add/Change Account dialog now includes an Account Type selection, to make entering account information easier by showing only the relevant fields for the type of account.
- An optional port number can now be specified for POP and SMTP servers.
- Corrected a problem using the Leave Mail on Server option with Yahoo accounts, where mail previously forwarded was being forwarded again after emptying the Yahoo Trash folder.
- Corrected a problem where messages with large attachments from Yahoo accounts could be truncated.
- Corrected a problem where messages with large attachments could cause an SMTP server timeout on asynchronous connections (ADSL, cable).
Release 2.4
- Added forwarding for Yahoo web mail accounts.
- Corrected socket memory leak problem.
Release 2.3
- The number of connection retries that are attempted for POP and SMTP servers before a failure is reported has been increased.
- Alert boxes for SMTP server errors now include a button to continue to the next account.
- The position and visibility state of Mail Forward windows is now saved.
- Preferences are now saved if Mail Forward is still running when Windows is shut down.
- Minor program corrections.
Release 2.2
- Modifications to work with Hotmail server security changes.
Release 2.1
- The application can now be hidden while it is active. A new icon in the system tray allows control over hiding, showing, and quitting the application. Closing the Mail Forward window will now hide the application instead of quitting it.
- Reliability improvements for communication with Hotmail servers.
Release 2.0
- New option to automatically forward mail after a specified time interval.
- New option to leave mail on the server after it has been forwarded.
- New User Name field allows specifying the complete login name to accommodate more types of POP accounts.
- Login authentication is now supported for SMTP servers.
- New From Account field allows specifying the sending account to accommodate SMTP servers that require outgoing mail to be from an account in the same domain.
- Alert boxes for POP server errors now include a button to continue to the next account.
- Change to remove nonstandard Hotmail e-mail header that was confusing some SMTP servers.
Release 1.1
- Modifications to work with Hotmail server security changes.
AOL is a registered trademark of America Online, Inc.
Gmail is a trademark of Google, Inc.
Hotmail and MSN are registered trademarks, and Windows Live is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation.
Yahoo is a registered trademark of Yahoo, Inc.
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