User Reference: Version History 8

Version 8.2 not released

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.

Bug 6153: Fixed a hard crash when decrypting emails.
Bug 6214: Fixed an OutOfBoundsException for a corrupt image attachment.
Bug 6216: Did more work on warnings about malformed emails when archiving from IMAP.
Bug 6222: Fixed a Json error when trying to send an email.
Bug 6224: Fixed a repeated NilObjectException when archiving on a schedule.

Version 8.1.1 28-Mar-2026

Bug 6040: Fixed some issues with a message about malformed emails.
Bug 6105: Fixed a crash for the Tour in the Pro/Pro Admin versions.
Bug 6110: Fixed a problem with the AppLog.
Bug 6113: Fixed a ThreadAccessingUIException when quitting.
Bug 6126: Fixed an IllegalCastException when printing.
Bug 6137: Fixed a NilObjectException when archiving from IMAP.
Bug 6141: Archiving no longer restarts after cancelling.
Bug 6150: Fixed a problem when parsing emails.
Bug 6152: Fixed a NilObjectException when importing accounts from Outlook.
Bug 6172: Fixed an issue with not all Thunderbird accounts being visible.

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.