Messaging Server Features by Release

This page provides a high-level overview of Messaging Server features by release, starting with Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 2003Q4.

Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 (Java ES 2003Q4, December, 2003)

• LMTP
• Linux Support
• Brightmail and Spamassassin support
• 2-way SMS
• Flexible message aging and purging
• Distributed shared folders
• Built-in system monitoring and recovery

Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 2004Q2 (June, 2004)

• Communications Express client
• Message store enhancements
• Sieve filter enhancements
• Numerous MTA enhancements

Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 2005Q1 (March, 2005)

• S/MIME in Comms Express
• Enhanced logging
• Symantec SAVSE support using ICAP
• LDAP over SSL
• Improved SSL support

Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 (Sun Java Communicaations Suite 5, March, 2007)

• Unified messaging vendor enhancements
• Message store feature enhancements:
  • Ability to restore expunged messages
  • Implementation of IMAP SORT
  • Extension notification plugin facility to allow for multiple plug-ins
  • Message store quota by folder and by type
• MTA feature enhancements:
  • SMTP/LMTP binary and chunking
  • IMAP IDLE command
• Anti-abuse enhancements:
  • Sender policy framework
  • Milter interface.
• Compliance and archiving support - Integration with AXS-One archiving solution
• Java Message Queue support
• Directory Server 6.0 support
• Sun Monitoring Framework 2.0 support.

Sun Java System Messaging 7 (Communications Suite 6, July, 2008)

• Sun Convergence client
• Very large mailbox support
• New user rehost utility
• Additional support for Java Monitoring Framework
• Support for Solaris Management Framework
• CLI-based remote administration
• Message store database rolling backup
• Additional LEMONADE support for mobile messaging, including message future release (RFC 4865), IMAP URLAUTH (RFC 4467), IMAP Catenate (RFC 4469), IMAP Condstore (RFC 4551), and SMTP BURL (RFC 4468)

See What Are the Communications Suite 6 RR Component Product Versions? for an actual list of product version numbers for a fresh install of Communications Suite 6.

Sun Java System Messaging Server 7 Update 1 (Communications Suite 6 Update 1, December, 2008)

• S/MIME support for Convergence

Sun Java System Messaging Server 7 Update 2 (Communications Suite 6 Update 2, April, 2009)

• IPv6 support
• Protection from webmail zombie clients
• ENS enhancements
• Support for Microsoft Exchange envelope journaling format.