User Reference: Version History 8

Version 8.2 beta 13 10-Jun-2026

Bug 6303: Fixed a hard crash when parsing the message id of an email header.
Bug 6305: Url in the update information is now opened in the browser.
Bug 6308: Fixed a problem "malformed match expression" when searching.
Bug 6313: Error messages for CloudFlare when doing an update check are now ignored.
Bug 6315: Reply to is now again enabled if Mail is the default email client.
Bug 6323: The searchfield in the main window is now scrollable.
Bug 6326: Fixed a problem for the tooltips of the archive buttons in the toolbar and the Setup window.

Version 8.2 beta 6 29-May-2026

Known issue: for macOS 26.0 a white area shows to the right of the list of emails. The bug has been fixed by Apple for 26.1.

Feature 3509: Improved the mailbox selection. A top level mailbox can't be excluded anymore.
Feature 3894: Archiving again is now much faster.
Feature 4498: The license for Valentina Server is now handled by an update check.
Feature 5619: The installer now gives a warning when the license is out of date before the installation.
Feature 5821: Archives are now smaller and archiving a lot faster.
Feature 5913: Updated buttons and windows to latest Tahoe look.
Feature 5973: If Valentina Server is not installed then the menu item for managing the server is now only disabled and not removed.
Feature 5977: There is now a CustomGPT for help with Mail Archiver and MAX Messages.
Feature 5980: When archiving from IMAP the flags of the mailboxes are now considered for excluding mailboxes.
Feature 5982: Added a nice error message when the IMAP server gives an error "command received in Invalid state".
Feature 5989: If an account doesn't download all attachments then the yellow triangle is now shown for Inbox and Sent Messages, too.
Feature 6008: Simplified text in Tour.
Feature 6030: In the navigation of the Setup the Options area was renamed to General.
Feature 6032: It's now possible to search the session logs.
Feature 6037: Optimised some colors.
Feature 6039: Added the order ID which includes the date to the license file.
Feature 6041: There is another option for the structure of the pdfs: the attachments are in the folder of the email, but not in a subfolder.
Feature 6044: The journal file for the archive is now created in Application Support on the local hard disk.
Feature 6045: When cloning an archive the journal file will be created in Application Support.
Feature 6047: When creating a new index and the file is on a NAS then the index is created on the local hard disk.
Feature 6074: The format has been added to the applog.
Feature 6077: Renamed the "Upload to" menuitem to "Restore to".
Feature 6128: Improved German spelling.
Feature 6158: When sending an error report crash logs from the retired folder are now sent, too.
Feature 6176: For beta versions do the update check on every startup.
Feature 6179: Improved information for getting 20% off during the first 48 hours.
Feature 6180: Improved onboarding for new users.
Feature 6184: For beta versions the update check is now done immediately after each start.
Feature 6195: Improved speed for correcting encodings.
Feature 6198: Added warning when Valentina logging is set to log debug messages.
Feature 6200: New mailboxes are now added automatically to archiving if at least one sibling mailbox is being archived. In this case the new mailbox gets the selection status of the parent mailbox.
Feature 6201: Improved app size a bit for the standard version.
Feature 6228: The list of plans in the Setup now has tooltips for each plan.
Feature 6230: Added window splitter for plans and schedules in Setup.
Feature 6236: The app now uses a preemptive thread when archiving.
Bug 5990: The helper app again quits itself when the main app is put into the trash.
Bug 6051: It's now possible to export more then 100k emails for a singe mailbox.
Bug 6053: When it's not possible to send a scheduler notification email there is now only one error dialog instead of 2.
Bug 6060: Fixed a problem with html showing in emails.
Bug 6061: Fixed an issue with attachments not being exported to PDF.
Bug 6062: When Postbox is not installed archiving no longer has an OutOfBoundsException.
Bug 6063: Improved fonts for header area of email detail.
Bug 6078: Improved error message when accounts from Mail/Outlook can't be imported.
Bug 6090: If the selected date for archiving is earlier than 1900 there is now an error message.
Bug 6096: When cancelling an export to the internal database the progress window is now hidden.
Bug 6098: Improved overlapping text in the progress window.
Bug 6099: Improved permissions for database etc folders of Valentina Server.
Bug 6100: It's not longer possible to access Server Management in the Pro version.
Bug 6120: Fixed an issue when sending an error report.
Bug 6121: When importing accounts from Mail malformed Exchange accounts are now skipped.
Bug 6138: Fixed a ThreadAccessingUIException when exporting or importing emails.
Bug 6155: If a mailbox is available but can't be selected there is now an entry in the AppLog and the mailbox is skipped.
Bug 6169: Improved an internal reference when moving emails to the trash for the Pro version.
Bug 6212: Fixed an issue with the window height.
Bug 6217: Fixed a NilObjectException when importing an Internal Database archive.
Bug 6231: The link for the invoice now works fine when buying with the in-app store.
Bug 6238: Fixed a ThreadAccessingUIException when exporting to an internal database.
Bug 6242: Fixed an issue with an email which had both a mobile and a desktop image and only the mobile image was showing.
Bug 6243: Fixed an issue with uploaded plain text attachments which were base64 encoded.
Bug 6244: Fixed an issue with a Word document not being restored correctly to an IMAP account.
Manual Description Bug 6250: Fixed an IOException when downloading a new version
Bug 6255: Fixed an OutOfBoundsException when getting headers from IMAP.
Bug 6256: Fixed another issue for malformed emails.
Bug 6257: Fixed a problem with the scheduler helper app starting twice.
Bug 6263: Improved speed of getting headers for IMAP.
Bug 6267: Fixed an issue with the recent items menu.
Bug 6271: Fixed an issue where an attachment wasn't being archived.
Bug 6273: Now crash logs in the retired folder are sent in an error report, too.
Bug 6278: Replaced file icons for missing external attachment with 1x1 pixels.
Bug 6280: Improved error handling when archiving from IMAP.
Bug 6283: Fixed a problem with inline attachments not being reuploaded.
Bug 6286: Fixed a problem with the search not giving the correct result.
Bug 6287: Fixed an issue with a wrong error message that Full Disk Access was missing for Mail.
Bug 6288: Reply to is now only enabled if Mail is the default email client.
Bug 6291: If Gmail throttles getting mailboxes, headers or emails then there is now an entry in the applog. Also getting data has been improved somewhat for Gmail.
Bug 6292: Emails can switch to DarkMode again.
Bug 6302: Fixed a wrong error message about a corrupt archive but the diagnosis result was almost empty.

Version 8.1.1 28-Mar-2026

Version 8.1.0 13-Feb-2026

Bug 6070: When printing an email it no longer shows "unregistered" after registration.

Version 8.1.0 beta 10 27-Jan-2026

Feature 341: It's now possible to move columns in the list of emails.
Feature 1067: It's now possible to decrypt S/MIME encrypted emails.
Feature 2697: There is now an option to update the mailbox of already archived emails when archiving again.
Feature 4173: Added another structure option for creating PDFs where the attachments are next to the PDF and not in a subfolder.
Feature 4386: There is now a full macOS window menu with tiling etc.
Feature 5490: It's now possible to start resending the license from the Settings window.
Feature 5518: When starting Mail Archiver from the installer the beachball no longer shows up.
Feature 5538: The Mails folder where emails are created in for PDFs has been renamed to Emails. When the mailbox is archived again the old folder is renamed.
Feature 5652: When opening the Setup the password for the server no longer is automatically visible.
Feature 5779: When editing passwords for an account there is now a show button.
Feature 5786: When the app is not registered the PDFs now have a watermark.
Feature 5817: The launch agent file is now removed when necessary.
Feature 5823: Improved converting html to text.
Feature 5824: Improved an icon for the Tour.
Feature 5870: Improved handling of index for emails.
Feature 5882: In addition to an edit icon for projects and keywords there is now an icon to go to the Settings for adding those tags.
Feature 5894: Renamed the translations of database dump.
Feature 5907: The archive button in the Setup is now a bit larger.
Feature 5908: It's now possible to start importing accounts from Mail/Outlook when creating a new account.
Feature 5926: When sending an email for a schedule the error messages now show the name of the schedule.
Feature 5927: The checkbox "Archive all mailboxes" has been changed to a radio button group.
Feature 5937: Replaced the select/new buttons in the Setup with standard buttons.
Feature 5939: Both PDF and MBOX formats now have a default archive location selection like the Internal Database has.
Feature 5946: Changed style of tab panels of Tahoe to latest.
Feature 5974: It's now possible to start a schedule manually with a context menu.
Feature 5992: Improved indexing which makes adding a large amount of emails faster.
Feature 6007: Mail Archiver now has an additional file ending because there were problems with the existing one on Tahoe. By default the app now uses .vdb_max as file ending for the archives.
Feature 6043: There is now a boolean option "local_journal" to have the journal on a local hard disk in the Application Support folder.
Bug 5787: Improved default font handling when creating PDFs.
Bug 5822: Removed some extra entries from the context menu when viewing an email.
Bug 5843: Fixed a NilObjectException when archiving to PDF.
Bug 5877: Improved switching between fields of the simple search.
Bug 5903: When doing a diagnosis on the archive the notification no longer is shown directly after starting the diagnosis.
Bug 5930: Fixed a ThreadAccessingUIException when adding an account in the Setup.
Bug 5943: It's no longer possible to delete the last bookmark in Server Management for the Pro version.
Bug 5950: Fixed a NilObjectException when trying to archive from a deleted schedule.
Bug 5954: Fixed a problem with attachments with long names not being displayed correctly.
Bug 5969: It's now possible to archive again after cancelling to archive to PDF.
Bug 5970: Main and Tour window no longer show up a couple of pixels beneath the menubar under Tahoe.
Bug 5986: When opening/creating an archive there is now a default order for the fields of the list of emails.
Bug 6000: Fixed an OutOfBoundsException when renaming an account.
Bug 6001: The option to block remote content in the email viewer is now enabled by default.
Bug 6011: Improved handling of journal files.
Bug 6042: vdb files are no longer greyed out when doing a Cmd-O.
Bug 6049: Fixed a timeout message when sending scheduler emails for user accounts.
Bug 6050: Fixed a problem when uploading emails to an IMAP account.
Bug 6052: Fixed an issue with reconnecting to an IMAP account.
Bug 6055: Fixed a problem with reindexing not hiding the progress window.
Bug 6056: Fixed an infinite loop when searching and resetting the search multiple times.
Bug 6059: The LaunchAgent is now properly updated on older macOS versions.

Version 8.0.6 22-Dec-2025

Bug 6016: Improved deliverability when sending emails with user accounts.
Bug 6017: Added workaround for Mail Archiver hanging for some users on 26.2 when loading the mailboxes for Mail in the Setup.

Version 8.0.5 8-Dec-2025

Bug 5979: The Outbox mailbox can now be archived if it's used as Sent Messages mailbox for IMAP.
Bug 5981: Fixed a NilObjectException when getting mailboxes for IMAP accounts.
Bug 5984: Fixed an OutOfBoundsException when checking the SRV records of a domain.
Bug 5987: Fixed an OutOfBoundsException when trying to edit a tag in the Preferences.
Bug 6006: Fixed some problems for the schedule in Tahoe 26.2.

Version 8.0.4 10-Nov-2025

Bug 5958: Fixed a StackOverflowException when the user has managed to create a mailbox in Views. It's also no longer possible to create submailboxes of Views.
Bug 5961: Fixed a hard crash for the Tour. Also the text now shows up in all cases.
Bug 5962: Fixed a NilObjectException when archiving from a POP account.
Bug 5963: Improved handling when creating PDFs. There is now a timeout and a default stylesheet.
Bug 5971: Fixed an error "Length of deleted record is NOT zero" for the Internal Database.
Bug 5975: Fixed a NilObjectException when cloning an archive.
Bug 5976: Improved handling of index files on SMB shares.

Version 8.0.3 27-Sep-2025

Bug 5932: It's now possible to have the license resent with the order id alone.
Bug 5945: Fixed an issue when sending emails with the built-in functionality.
Bug 5949: Fixed a problem with archiving from IMAP.
Bug 5951: Fixed an exception when re-importing mbox files.
Bug 5952: Adjusted the dialog with the warning for a new macOS version.

Version 8.0.2 20-Aug-2025

Bug 5766: Fixed a problem with mailboxes not being sorted correctly which resulted in a NilObjectException.
Bug 5920: Fixed a NilObjectException when quitting.
Bug 5925: Fixed a problem with downloading external images.
Bug 5928: Fixed a problem with the update check in the scheduler helper app.
Bug 5931: Archiving with the option "archive duplicate emails in multiple mailboxes" no longer hangs or is super slow.

Version 8.0.1 4-Aug-2025

Feature 5900: It's now possible to do a diagnosis when the trial has expired.
Feature 5919: Multiple spaces are no longer removed when creating mailboxes for mbox or pdf.
Bug 5879: Fixed a problem with archiving emails in a date range.
Bug 5896: Fixed a NilObjectException when making an image preview.
Bug 5897: The helper app no longer is visible in the dock in rare cases.
Bug 5898: Emails with a 2 digit year of 00 can now be parsed.
Bug 5901: The macOS minimum version is now set correctly to 11 and not 10.14.
Bug 5902: Fixed an error message when starting "Helper app couldn't be loaded".
Bug 5903: When doing a diagnosis on the archive the notification no longer is shown directly after starting the diagnosis.
Bug 5917: Fixed an error when updating archive from a version before 7.3.

Version 8.0.0 21-Jul-2025

Bug 5889: Fixed a NilObjectException when dragging a person to a group for Pro.
Bug 5890: It's again possible to change the verbose level for Pro.

Version 8.0.0 beta 4 17-Jul-2025

Fixed some problems with the scheduler helper app.

Version 8.0.0 beta 1 11-Jul-2025

Feature 4532: When getting the mailboxes for archiving there is now a progress window showing.
Feature 4887: The attachment count and the date now show the monospace system font for the list of emails.
Feature 5159: It's now possible to edit tags with project, keywords, priority, due date, flag and note.
Feature 5262: It's now possible to search for images, movies, text documents etc for attachments.
Feature 5419: It's now possible to a search for multiple words with a "smart contains" operator for message, from, to etc.
Feature 5421: It's now possible to search in a date range for the current and last day, week, month and year. It's also possible to search within the last days, week, months and years.
Feature 5422: It's not possible to a simple pattern matching. From, to etc support ? and *. Message only supports *.
Feature 5436: The window for adding a mailbox is now also a popover window.
Feature 5486: It's now possible to search for mailboxes in the Filter window.
Feature 5535: Improved warning when the free disk space is getting low.
Feature 5542: Improved handling of mailboxes and attachments for Dropbox.
Feature 5552: Improved error handling when uploading an email makes an error. There is now a dialog asking to skip, repeat or cancel.
Feature 5557: When moving emails to another mailbox there is now a progress window.
Feature 5617: Improved some error messages when creating a PDF.
Feature 5631: Added support for Thunderbird tags.
Feature 5650: The progress window is now updated a bit less often.
Feature 5651: During installation the install button is now disabled.
Feature 5655: Decreased the size for email previews a bit. New emails archived now use 10-20% less space. Archiving is abut 10% faster.
Feature 5659: Improved typography for tour.
Feature 5660: The fields in the filter are now sorted for every supported locale.
Feature 5662: There is now an import wizard for importing accounts from Mail and Outlook.
Feature 5682: Added support for MailDir storage of emails in Thunderbird.
Feature 5696: Remove the proxy section in the Settings
Feature 5709: There is now an error message when the port for Proton is not 1143
Feature 5713: It's now possible to archive from POP accounts.
Feature 5714: Increased the size of the applog window.
Feature 5718: Uploaded emails for the Sent Mails of Gmail now end up in the correct mailbox.
Feature 5754: Improved size of dmg.
Feature 5769: Added direct link to add an app specific password for Gmail.
Feature 5791: Updated archive views for Valentina 15.
Feature 5795: After archiving to a new archive the information about the archive is now updated in the Setup window.
Feature 5812: Emails which are uploaded back into an IMAP account are not set to unread.
Feature 5869: Improved error handling when adding or removing scheduler helper app to/from the login items.
Bug 5559: Improved blocking of external content.
Bug 5582: Fixed a problem with message ids when archiving Gmail from Mail.
Bug 5616: When an email is archived to PDF with an emoji in the subject which is not supported by the version of macOS there is no longer an error message.
Bug 5643: When trying to close the Filter window with Cmd-W the main window is no longer closed.
Bug 5646: Fixed a problem when exporting emails to mbox.
Bug 5657: Resolved handling of Filter window.
Bug 5691: The search for the due date no longer makes a crash.
Bug 5695: Improved error handling for IMAP accounts when it's not possible to get the password from the keychain.
Bug 5701: Fixed a problem converting urls to links.
Bug 5719: There is now an error message when uploading an email that is too large.
Bug 5720: Fixed a problem when getting mailboxes from Outlook.
Bug 5739: It's not longer possible to drop an index file into the database selection in the Setup.
Bug 5762: Returns in mailboxes from iCloud are now replaced by a space.
Bug 5793: Improved LaunchAgent for Sequoia.
Bug 5803: Fixed a NilObjectException when deleting a schedule while a schedule is running.
Bug 5813: It's not longer possible to show the trial expired window multiple times.
Bug 5819: Fixed some issues with "block all remote content".
Bug 5827: It's now possible to upload emails to accounts where the mail server is case-sensitive.
Bug 5838: When installing Valentin Server the verbose level is now set to 1 (errors and warnings) instead of 2 (errors, warnings and debug messages).
Bug 5845: When there is an error during archival to PDF it's now possible to archive again.
Bug 5853: Removed access to Contacts which didn't work anymore anyways.
Bug 5857: When the main window is not transparent then the labels for the buttons now show again.
Bug 5862: The text in the Tour window is no longer black after switching to DarkMode.
Bug 5864: Fixed a NilObjectException when archiving from a schedule.
Bug 5867: Fixed a hard crash when running a schedule.
Bug 5872: Fixed a problem with loading the scheduler helper app after a restart.
Bug 5873: After duplicating a schedule in the Setup the checkmark/block icons now show up immediately.
Bug 5876: Improved timeout for loading external images.
Bug 5880: Fixed a problem with the sort order.