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yDecode General Discussion / Perfect replacement for Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail
« on: March 07, 2011, 06:04:31 PM »
If you want new Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail replacement, you've just found it! It is called OE Classic!

As you may know Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail are now both discontinued (Outlook Express - April 8, 2014 and Windows Live Mail - January 10, 2017) and no longer available for download. They also don't work on Windows 10 and don't properly work on Windows 8 and some older Windows.

So you need a modern replacement?

Well, you are not alone - we were there too. And we created a new product called OE Classic (www.oeclassic.com) which is now a perfect replacement for Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail users, and not just replacement but also a significant improvement. And of course, it works on all modern Windows that support Unicode - Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 and also - any future Windows. And it has been in development for the last 7 years (since 2010).

How does it look like so far?


Got you interested?

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode 1.72 released (important security update)
« on: June 22, 2010, 08:30:40 PM »
yDecode 1.72 has been released.

This version brings support for updated SSL libraries and it is recommended you upgrade if you use SSL-enabled news server.

A problem with the SSL protocol has been identified and marked as CVE-2009-3555. In short, it enables man-in-the-middle attacker to insert data into SSL sessions by sending an unauthenticated request that is processed retroactively by a server in a post-renegotiation context. In other words - it enables third person to position himself between you and your secured news server possibly compromising the data transferred between the server and your computer.

Furthermore, TLS extension has been developed and marked as RFC 5746 which fixes this issue and introduces new, secure renegotiation.

yDecode implements these by disabling older renegotiation method and implements the new, secure one. At the moment, not all the servers support RFC 5746 extension but eventually all of them will be updated. But with yDecode you already have a fix for this issue today which also means yDecode is the only secure yEnc decoder available at the moment.

Also, we made a small improvement in activation which should affect only a minor number of users.

Note: Updated SSL libraries are in the demo version installation file (ydec172.exe) so you have to update the demo as well before installing full version.

Download demo on download page and full version on registered user page.

Changes since last release:

yDecode 1.72:

  • SSL update - fixes renegotiation security issue (CVE-2009-3555) and implements new secure renegotiation based on RFC5746
  • improvements in activation (now capable of detecting proxy issues) and informative error message

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode 1.71 released (improved installer)
« on: April 21, 2010, 07:21:24 PM »
yDecode 1.71 has been released.

Due to request by some users we updated the installer to install icons for All Users rather than Current User. So now, if you install yDecode from one user account it will create icons in Start Menu / Programs for all other users so if you use it in multi-user environment all users see Start menu icons. Desktop icon however is still created for the current user only. If you need desktop shortcut you can easily create one from Start menu shortcuts anyway.

Under single user environment this change in the installer won't be visible at all (unless you like to dig into system folders) - everything will look practically identical as before.

The program version has also been updated to reflect the change.

Download demo on download page and full version on registered user page.

Changes since last release:

yDecode 1.71:

  • changed shortcut creation to All Users ("Programs" icons) in installer

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode 1.70 released (Mozilla Thunderbird support)
« on: February 26, 2010, 12:37:30 AM »
yDecode 1.70 has been released.

yDecode wizard for automatic configuration (Auto-Config button) and Test Config now support Mozilla Thunderbird. It also supports Mozilla Thunderbird profiles and searches all accounts under all your profiles similar to Outlook Express identities.



We encountered some limitations with Mozilla Thunderbird so I'm outlining them here.

First of all,  Mozilla Thunderbird does not support having more than one account with identical settings. So, you cannot set 2 accounts to have localhost as a server name. Therefore we had to limit our wizard to allow configuring only one account as localhost (of course without affecting the multi-account functionality for other newsreaders). If you use more than one accounts you will be able to auto-configure only one of them using the wizard.

First version could auto-configure all accounts and warned you when you wanted to auto-configure more than one account (offered Yes/No choice) - but if you allowed that to happen ("Yes"), these accounts would disappear in Mozilla Thunderbird. So we figured it would be the best for a beginner to avoid any hacks and limit wizard to only one account.

If however you are advanced user, you probably don't need the wizard for auto-configuring your accounts. In this case there are 2 ways how you can overcome Mozilla Thunderbird limitation of having only one account with unique settings.

First method is to set one account to localhost and another to 127.0.0.1 - these are essentially the same thing. This way you can have 2 accounts but no more. Second method involves that you create new profiles - now each profile can have 2 accounts like in the first method. But of course this means you'll have to switch profiles. To create profile go to start menu and run Mozilla like this: thunderbird.exe -ProfileManager

Most users will not need more than a single newsgroups account so they should be just fine with the wizard as it is. But if you do have some suggestions regarding this - feel free to let us know - we're open to good suggestions!

Download demo on download page and full version on registered user page.

Changes since last release:

yDecode 1.70:

  • added Mozilla Thunderbird support in Auto-Config and Test Config
  • minor bug fixes and improvements

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode 1.69 released (Windows Live Mail support in Test Config)
« on: January 30, 2010, 02:14:56 PM »
yDecode 1.69 has been released.

Errors and reporting in Test Config are now improved. It supports Windows Live Mail as well. The messages that Test Config can report are basically grouped into 3 categories and color-coded for easier understanding.

INFO message - tells you about something related to tests
OK message - indicates that the test has passed
ERROR message - indicates a possible problem (usually, you can use Auto-Config button to fix it).

Sample output:

Quote
INFO: Found 1 Outlook Express accounts.

ERROR: Outlook Express account 'Account' will not decode yEnc or work with yDecode.
Account settings - Server: 'invalid.server.name' - Port: 123 - SSL: No
Required settings - Server: 'localhost' - Port: 119 - SSL: No
Use Auto-Config button to configure this account automatically. Look at troubleshooting section of the help file for more info on this error.

INFO: Found 1 Windows Live Mail accounts.

OK: Windows Live Mail account 'My News Server' configured OK
Account settings - Server: 'localhost' - Port = 119 - SSL: No

INFO: Checking server connection availability. Please wait...

Download demo on download page and full version on registered user page.

Changes since last release:

yDecode 1.69:

  • added Windows Live Mail support in Test Config and improved reporting

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode 1.68 released (important release notes)
« on: January 29, 2010, 01:46:34 AM »
yDecode 1.68 has been released.

Although this is named as a minor update, the update is all but minor. There are a lot of improvements to the code and only the most important changes are outlined below. Following are a few additional notes on these.

First of all, the way how the settings are stored has changed. We could not avoid it because we wanted to add new features and to make the program more compatible with various Windows versions. Therefore, full uninstall is highly recommended - mainly to avoid errors on uninstall and also to avoid having some of the files kept on your disk after the uninstallation has finished (as uninstaller has also changed).

To support users that switched to Windows 7 we added Windows Live Mail support in Auto-Config. yDecode worked before with Windows Live Mail too as it is compatible with a number of newsreaders, but this should make things easier for all of us. Older version could mangle Windows Mail accounts because it didn't support Unicode and it did a simple conversion of data to plain text. It worked properly on all accounts that used English-only but mangled all non-English characters so if you're somewhere in the US it probably worked well for you but maybe didn't for someone in Europe for example. Anyway, with full Unicode support this version fixes that and also improves accounts detection with both Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail so you can now easily configure them for our yEnc decoder.

Success and error messages that are reported at the end of the Auto-Config wizard are carefully picked and written to make them easy to understand and as much informative as they can be. There is also wider range of these messages and they are not as generalized as they used to be but much more specific to inform you about the exact state you have on your system.

Here is how the new wizard looks like (use Auto-Config button to start it):



Download demo on download page and full version on registered user page.

Note for users of Windows 95/98/Me: yDecode no longer works on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me due to lack of Unicode support on these older operating systems. Microsoft no longer supports them (support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006) so it makes no sense to maintain new yDecode versions for these systems. Please upgrade to at least Windows 2000 (we recommend Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7) to use this new version or download yDecode 1.63 here which works well on Windows 95/98/Me. We still offer limited user support for yDecode 1.63 but generally we don't recommend it. Installer will warn you if you're installing this on Windows 95/98/Me but will not stop you from doing so (we don't like programs to be "too smart" and fail to offer human selected choice where that could be required).

Changes since last release:

yDecode 1.68:

  • added a wizard for selection of supported newsreaders (click on Auto-Config)
  • added support for Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express identities (older version supported only "main identity")
  • fixed a number of shortcomings and bugs in relation to Auto-Config (support for Unicode in accounts, bugs with account detection etc.)
  • improved reporting and very carefully picked error messages for Auto-Config for easier understanding of wizard success or error messages
  • added large program icon compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7
  • a lot of code refactoring to prepare for new features
  • program settings are now saved in current user local settings directory instead of program installation directory on all Windows
  • some other setting values have changed to add new features
  • due to setting changes full uninstall is highly recommended before installing this version instead of just doing an upgrade

Download demo on download page and full version on registered user page.

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode 1.67 released (bug fixes)
« on: January 02, 2010, 01:43:24 AM »
yDecode 1.67 has been released.

This minor update corrects very important bug that caused multipart messages to be decoded incorrectly. It only surfaced recently when we tested yDecode with Windows Live Mail. It probably also affects Windows Mail users as well. Even though this problem is not visible in Outlook Express due to the fact it handles decoded messages differently than Windows Live Mail it is still a problem if you for example upgrade to Windows Live Mail and forget to upgrade yDecode as well. So, we highly recommend everyone using older version to upgrade.

Download demo on download page and full version on registered user page.

Note for users of Windows 95/98/Me: yDecode no longer works on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me due to lack of Unicode support on these older operating systems. Microsoft no longer supports them (support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006) so it makes no sense to maintain new yDecode versions for these systems. Please upgrade to at least Windows 2000 (we recommend Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7) to use this new version or download yDecode 1.63 here which works well on Windows 95/98/Me. We still offer limited user support for yDecode 1.63 but generally we don't recommend it.

Changes since last release:

yDecode 1.67:

- fixed bug which caused multiparts to be decoded incorrectly when data packets were split the way yDecode didn't expect

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yDecode General Discussion / Upgrades to yDecode forum
« on: December 24, 2009, 03:57:36 PM »
We upgraded yDecode forum, tweaked it a little bit and refreshed it with the new theme.

Hopefully, now you will find it easier to use!

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode 1.65 released (Unicode, DPI-aware support...)
« on: December 09, 2009, 06:41:17 PM »
yDecode 1.65 full version for registered users have been released.

yDecode is now even more compatible with more recent version of Windows like Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Also some minor functionality has been improved or simplified. If you wonder why there was never version 1.64 - it was an internal release and we added new features in the meantime so we skipped it. Read the list of changes for full details.

Note for users of Windows 95/98/Me: yDecode no longer works on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me due to lack of Unicode support on these older operating systems. Microsoft no longer supports them (support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006) so it makes no sense to maintain new yDecode versions for these systems. Please upgrade to at least Windows 2000 (we recommend Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7) to use this new version or download yDecode 1.63 here which works well on Windows 95/98/Me. We still offer limited user support for yDecode 1.63 but generally we don't recommend it.

Changes since last release:

yDecode 1.65:

- added multipart cache expiration time as an option (recommended value is 3 days to avoid slowdowns of your system)
- yDecode is now Unicode compatible (more compatible with recent Windows e.g. Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7)
- yDecode is now DPI-aware (resizes properly with DPI setting change, also improves Windows compatibility)
- updated info in About window for easier contact
- remote port is now auto-adjusted to default values when SSL checkbox changes (you can still modify it afterwards)
- yDecode no longer works on Windows 95/98/Me due to lack of Unicode support on these systems. Minimum required version now is Windows 2000 (or later)

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode and Norton firewall problem (and a solution)
« on: October 23, 2009, 08:46:57 PM »
Due to some people having issues with Norton firewall and not knowing how to set it up to allow yDecode to work properly we added this issue to the online troubleshooting help file.

Take a look here (question #6):
http://www.ydecode.com/help/manual_troubleshooting.htm#q006

Usually when you get an error like "unable to connect to server" and everything seems to be configured properly like - there is no error in "test config" this could be possible cause if you have Norton installed. Try and let us know if you have some tips to add.

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode with Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail
« on: September 11, 2009, 08:46:13 PM »
UPDATE 2010-01-29: New version of yDecode (1.68 and later) now comes with build in Auto-Config wizard that can configure Windows Live Mail automatically, therefore we recommend you use the wizard to simplify this process. You can still configure it manually by following this tutorial but it is no longer necessary.




We just tested yDecode with Windows 7 and it works properly. We also tested our other software and it also appears to work correctly on Windows 7. Windows 7 feels like "Windows Vista Second Edition" to me.

IMPORTANT UPDATE 2009-09-18: Do not run yDecode in compatibility mode (e.g. Windows XP SP3) on Vista or Windows 7 as it will cause problems with its operation. yDecode is already compatible with Vista and Windows 7 - both 32 and 64 bit versions and does not need such tweaks!

First thing you should know is that Windows 7 ships without built in mail and news reader like it used to be the case with earlier versions like XP (Outlook Express) and Vista (Windows Mail). If you search the help files it will also tell you about this and recommend you install Windows Live Mail.

Basically, Windows Live Mail is a way to go with Windows 7 if you want the same functionality you had with Outlook Express and Windows Mail. Windows Live Mail is nearly identical to Outlook Express and Windows Mail except for few minor details in the user interface. It has a built in newsreader and also works on other Windows than Windows 7 so you can use it on XP or Vista as well. It can import settings, emails and newsgroups from Windows Mail and from Outlook Express. If you are used to Outlook Express or Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail transition should be a no-brainer but have in mind that a few things are different and you will need to get used to it.

Download it here: http://download.live.com/wlmail

Now on to yDecode - it works but in the current version the automatic configuration does not (it detects "Windows Mail"). However, note that auto-config and test-config buttons in yDecode are not essential to yDecode operation they are just for helping you doing the configuration automatically but do not affect how the program operates - with manual configuration it works properly - all you need is to set your newsreader (WLM for example) server setting to localhost - like this:





You must keep your own "this server requires me to log in" setting unchanged not uncheck it (like on above screenshot) if your server needs username/password. My server happens not to need them so the settings on the screenshot are unchecked and empty username/password.

The only thing to modify really is to put localhost under the server tab server name.

You will not have account detected in "Test Config" in yDecode but the above will work. In the next release which will follow shortly yDecode will probably get a support for Windows Live Mail auto-configuration as well.

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yDecode General Discussion / yDecode and Thunderbird 2 issue (and a solution)
« on: August 19, 2009, 05:53:42 PM »
It appears that Thunderbird 2.x has issues with yDecode multipart decoder.

It downloads messages twice unlike Outlook Express or Windows Mail and that appears to "confuse" yDecode and Thunderbird with it so the multipart message/image etc. don't show up as fully decoded but rather instead it shows only a first part of the messsage (even though yDecode downloaded the rest of the parts as well).

Fortunately there is a simple solution - so if you are using Thunderbird simply upgrade to 3.0 (currently beta 3) which seems to have this bug fixed and downloads messages only once as it is supposed to.

If you have any additional questions or comments feel free to contact us.

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yDecode General Discussion / Easy Post 3.0 (final) released
« on: May 31, 2009, 06:31:08 PM »
New version of the easiest to use Usenet posting software is released!

Changes:

======================================================================
Easy Post 3.0:
======================================================================

- A number of bugs have been fixed from earlier releases (memory allocation, incorrect posting, incorrect resume mode if there was a posting error and many others)

- Posting functions rewritten from scratch - now it accepts very large files

- Improved GUI compatibility with Windows Vista (and probably also with yet unreleased Windows 7)

- Fixed connection issue with servers that require login (username and password)

- Improved calculation of remaining time and fixed bugs with percentage calculation

Download:
http://www.ydecode.com/page_download.htm

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yDecode General Discussion / Common configuration issue with SSL enabled servers and the solution
« on: May 24, 2009, 01:45:23 AM »
One of the common problems beginners get with SSL enabled servers and yDecode is that they apparently configure everything correctly (no problems in "test config") but the system doesn't work.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not use SSL if your server does not require it - it will not be any better if you enable it - in fact - it won't work at all!

If this may be the case for you as well please make sure that the following configuration is met:

yDecode

1. Set Remote Server to your server name - e.g. news.yourhost.com
2. Set Remote Port to 563
3. Check the SSL box to enable SSL connection
4. Set Local Port to 119

Outlook Express, Windows Mail or other newsreader

1. Set server name to localhost (or 127.0.0.1)
2. Set port to 119 (same as local port above)
3. UNCHECK SSL option in Outlook Express or other newsreader

This will result in unencrypted (non-SSL) connection on your machine but encrypted connection to the actual server.

The key here is to uncheck the SSL option in your newsreader because yDecode cannot (and does not need to) accept encrypted connections and they are also not needed locally (SSL connections are slower than non-SSL ones). But it can use SSL with remote servers.

If you experience an issue with SSL enabled server try the above configuration - it should work.

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yDecode General Discussion / Changes and upgrades to ydecode web site
« on: May 23, 2009, 04:16:35 PM »
ydecode.com will be undergoing some changes in the next few days/weeks. You will see some differences "here and there". We will try to maintain the same basic concept but the functionality will be increased.

The goal is to provide you with better experience, faster loading and better looking web site to serve better the needs of our loyal customers.

We will of course do detailed testing of how it looks and its functionality as we always do - but if you experience some problem with the web site or something looks odd, please let us know so we can correct it quickly.

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