20 Apr 2010 -- Dacons LLP announces the immediate availability of Mailit 4.0.10.108 for FileMaker 11, 10, 9, 8.x and 7. Mailit 4 is the ultimate email plug-in for FileMaker. This maintenance update provides improved functionality and addresses some minor issues.

Main Features of Mailit 4
- Native FileMaker 11, 10, 9, 8.x and 7 plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X
- FileMaker Server SSS (Server Side Scripting) and IWP (Instant Web Publishing) compatibility
- Send and receive email from within FileMaker
- Attachments can be stored in container fields
- Preview messages with inline images using FileMaker Web viewer, or default Web browser
- Download history for POP3 protocol can be stored in container field, which allows sharing the history in a workgroup
- Unicode and local encodings supported for incoming and outgoing messages
- SSL connection to IMAP, POP3 and SMTP servers
- Files and pictures from container fields can be used as attachments or inline images
- Attachments can be opened directly from within FileMaker
- Rich text support - send formatted FileMaker text, WYSIWYG
- Send FileMaker multi-pages layouts (e.g. reports or invoices) as email, including PDF printouts
- Compose messages of multiple parts from various sources
- Accelerated decoding and encoding of messages with attachments
- Check the validity of email address online before sending a message
- Customizable timeout for IMAP, POP and SMTP connections
- Delete messages from IMAP and POP server after a specific numbers of days
- Customizable status dialog
... and much more

Mailit 4 comes with a detailed manual and a powerful suite of customizable sample files that demonstrate how to implement messaging and mass mail solutions using FileMaker.

About this Update
The following improvements have been implemented with Mailit 4.0.10.108

- Improved: Clicking 'Cancel' button of the connection status dialog, the plug-in could take some time until the plug-in would break the connection. This has been improved.
- Improved: 'Simple Mass Mail' example solution can attach an URL to the image now.
- Fixed: HTML code that has a 'BASE' tag used after export would not be displayed properly, because of a different base location use. This has been addressed.
- Fixed: Files exported by 'Emai_ExportFile' have not been deleted upon plug-in unload. This has been addressed.
- Fixed: In certain circumstances the plug-in could crash, converting HTML code in to FileMaker RTF. This has been addressed.
- Fixed: On Mac OS X the plug-in may have used a system charset by default, instead of UTF-8. Now the plug-in will always use UTF-8 by default, unless a different charset is forced using the 'Emai_SetDefaultCharset' plug-in function.
- Fixed: On Mac OS X forcing the 'ISO-2022-JP' encoding, using the 'Emai_SetDefaultCharset' plug-in function could produce a different charset. This has been addressed.
- Fixed: Starting the plug-in on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and FileMaker 7 would produce a crash. This has been addressed.

Registered Mailit 4 users can download this update for free at:
http://www.dacons.net/fmplugins/downloads/

Availability of Mailit 4
Mailit 4 is available at:
http://www.dacons.net/fmplugins/mailit4/

A fully working trial version is available for download at:
http://www.dacons.net/fmplugins/downloads/

License packages start at US$59.00 (single user). Full line of very affordable developer and network licenses is available as well. Mailit 3 users can upgrade for a significant discount at:
http://www.dacons.net/fmplugins/mailit4/pricing/

For FileMaker 6 and 5 users mail.it 2.5 is still available.

What User Say
Read what users say about Mailit:
http://www.dacons.net/fmplugins/mailit4/userssay/

Read how Mailit is used:
http://www.dacons.net/fmplugins/mailit4/stories/

Suggested Uses for Mailit 4
1) Manage and categorize customer, client and project emails the powerful FileMaker way. Add group email functionality to your existing or new database solutions.
2) Send highly customized plain text, Rich Text or HTML mass-mailings including inline images. Mailit allows you to compose your emails from different fields and databases.
3) Update your company or workgroup FileMaker databases with the use of email and custom header fields. This can be done fully automated.
4) Check email information such as sender, subject and size before you download the actual message. Implement SPAM rules to delete certain messages directly on the server and keep your email traffic to an optimum.
5) Connect your FileMaker online solution or your database driven web site to Mailit to send highly customized and personalized newsletters and notifications.
6) Create email discussion list solutions with the database and administration power of FileMaker.

The combination of Mailit 4 and FileMaker 7/8/9/10/11 has features no other email application offers. It is incredible fast and opens completely new possibilities in email communication.