04-August-2006

4.0 to Release in August

The Agent 4.0 Beta is in the final stage and we plan to release Agent 4.0 this month. The $15 Agent 4.0 upgrade promotion will end when Agent 4.0 is released. A list of Agent 4.0's prominent features appears below this screenshot.

Usenet Features

• Enhanced crosspost detection
• Ignore sub-thread
• Preview images in a separate preview window or within the message body pane
• User-definable folder property schemes for text and binary folders
• Folder properties that can auto-save binary attachments by file extension
• New "Binary" folder type that manages its own folder view state
• Automatic creation and management of attachment folders
• Redesign of attachment menus for better usability
• User-defined prioritization of tasks such as getting headers, getting small bodies, or posting messages
• Add any Usenet task to the top of the task queue by pressing the shift key
• Automatic persona assignments when posting Usenet messages
• Usenet filter expressions based on the "Newsgroups:" header
• Sort folders in the "Folders" pane
• Hide the "All Folders" desk

Email Features

• Optional display of HTML formatted messages
• Control whether HTML images are displayed in the message body pane
• Only display HTML images for contacts that you trust
• Email junk detection that uses Bayesian statistics
• Disable junk detection for contacts that you trust -- no false positives
• Enable or disable junk detection per email filter
• User-definable folder property schemes for email
• New address book design for storing contacts, domains, and mailing lists
• Progressive search on contact name and email address when composing an email message
• Automatically route and file email message based on your address book
• Automatically train your address book for junk and routing simply by filing messages
• Automatic persona assignments when sending email to contacts in your address book
• Persona protection ensures that you don't accidentally use the wrong persona
• Special handling to recognize, train, route, and reply to email lists
• Email routing report to review how recent emails were received and routed.

Other Changes

Agent 4.0 also includes bug-fixes and other minor features. An exhaustive list will be posted to the Agent Release Notes when Agent is actually released.

Regards,

The Forté Team