SimpleSYN now uses the default waste folder instead of a sub folder for its deletions. This prevents reminders being shown for deleted items
Enhanced compatibility with third-party synchronization tools
The SimpleSYN add-in could prevent Outlook from sending emails if more than one data files are available
Enhanced sorting of duplicates in the Duplicate Finder
Minor bug fixes and optimizations
Version 3.0 (Build 5008) released 2/8/2013:
Fixes a problem that could cause duplicated items
Minor bug fixes
New Version 3.0 released 2/7/2013
NEW: Support of Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit)
NEW: Support of Outlook 2013 (32-bit/64-bit)
NEW: New User Interface and optimization for Windows 8
NEW: Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012
NEW: Support for fast user switching. SimpleSYN can now be used by more than one user simultaneously
NEW: Support for Microsoft terminal server
NEW: New network connection. The synchronization via the internet is now also possible if some intermediaries like ISPs, firewalls or routers are blocking protocols required by version 2.1
NEW: Optimized set-up
NEW: Optimized synchronization when using more than 10 clients
NEW: Enhanced duplicate finder
NEW: The new version is now based on .NET Framework 4
Bug fixes and optimizations
Version 2.1 (Build 4189) released 6/23/2011:
Solves a problem where SimpleSYN could reset its settings under certain conditions
Enhanced support for Exchange public folders
Enhanced support for Outlook 2010 (64bit)
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1 (Build 3936) released 10/16/2010:
NEW: Improved communication
The communication was reconfigured to the Windows Communication Foundation and the "Peer Name Resolution-Protocol (PNRP)"
NEW: Improved security
The communication is digitally encrypted with AES 256-Bit in the standard setting
NEW: Improved conflict resolution
NEW: Improved SimpleSYN client configuration
The configuration of the SimpleSYN client computer is now separated and automatically installed in the standard setup. That means Windows users are no longer required for individual synchronization settings
NEW: Improved user administration/assignment of user privileges
SimpleSYN does not only make use of the Windows/domain user, but also has its own internal user administration. This allows the assignment of user privileges to be quickly and easily realized by SimpleSYN users
NEW: Internet synchronization (only Business Version)
NEW: Filter function (only Business Version)
NEW: The synchronization can now be paused
NEW: The folders are now sorted alphabetically in the synchronization settings
NEW: The user interface has been visually improved
NEW: The documentation has been completely revised
NEW: Support of Outlook 2010 (32bit/64bit)
The synchronization settings on the SimpleSYN clients are no longer deleted by locking the Outlook pst
Data files are now shown sorted in the synchronization settings
Improved recognition of duplicates
Improved allocation of items during the initial synchronization
Synchronization problems between exchange servers were rectified
Improved firewall check and approval under Windows Vista and Windows 7
Several smaller bug fixes and optimizations
Version 2.0 (Build 3512) released 8/21/2009:
NEW: Windows7 is now supported
Better Unicode handling
Enhanced Windows Firewall detection
Version 2.0 (Build 3496) released 7/29/2009:
Enhanced support for long folder names, when using other encodings as Latin
Enhanced compatibility with some system tools, which are deleting temporary files
Version 2.0 (Build 3455) released 6/18/2009:
A rare problem when creating new Outlook folders is fixed
A compatibility problem between SimpleSYN and other Outlook add-ins is fixed
An error when exiting SimpleSYN while synchronizing is fixed
Several minor bug fixes and optimizations
Version 2.0 (Build 3434) released 5/28/2009:
NEW: SimpleSYN 2.0 does now include automatic updates
When switching the active Outlook profile, SimpleSYN has sometimes started to synchronize too many items again. This problem is fixed with this release
When synchronizing the folder which is used for deleted items, SimpleSYN stopped working. This folder can no longer be synchronized
SimpleSYN sometimes stopped working if an invalid target folder was specified. This problem is fixed now
Several minor bug fixes and optimizations
Version 2.0 (Build 3407) released 4/30/2009:
Problems with special characters like ‘/’ in folder names are fixed
Performance and memory usage optimized if a lot of folders are synchronized automatically
Performance optimization while synchronizing many similar items
Invalid Outlook profiles will not crash SimpleSYN anymore
None existing folders on the client side will now be created automatically while configuring a client
Minor optimization and bug fixes
New Version 2.0 released 3/27/2009
NEW: Intuitive user interface
NEW: Setup is carried out in a few steps through a configuration wizard
NEW: Improved system capacity, quick data adjustment
NEW: Different Outlook folders can get synchronized with several computers to exclude in that way certain items from the synchronization
NEW: Synchronization of several computers with individual synchronization setting
NEW: Extensive solutions for synchronization conflicts (manually, completely automatically)
NEW: Selection, which Outlook element should get synchronized
NEW: New security setup
NEW: With the version 2.0 an altered license and price model is getting introduced
NEW: New feature "Duplicate finder"
NEW: Better supports of Windows Vista
Version 1.3 (Build 5092) released 1/2/2007:
Under certain circumstances SimpleSYN.NET could prevent emails from being send if the outbox folder was opened
Version 1.3 (Build 5088) released 12/8/2006:
NEW: SimpleSYN.NET supports Microsoft Vista and Outlook 2007 now
Version 1.3 (Build 4466) released 10/23/2006:
NEW: New menu item in “SimpleSYN.NET > Tools > Repair Links” to manually update links to contact items inside another item
NEW: New menu item in “SimpleSYN.NET > Tools > Repair distribution list” to manually update links to contact items inside a distribution list
NEW: New folders for contact items are now automatically added to the address book
NEW: If you are upgrading from version 1.3 your settings will be kept. For upgrading from version 1.2 first uninstall SimpleSYN.NET from the control panel
SimpleSYN.NET displayed error messages in the tray area under certain circumstances. These errors are now solved
Under certain circumstances the content of some items was not synchronized, if the items were created by an external application which was not RTF aware
A very rare error during synchronization has been removed
Links to contact items inside another item are now automatically updated
Links to contact items in a distribution list are now automatically updated
Version 1.3 (Build 4202) released 8/10/2006:
Bug fix for SimpleSYN.NET under Windows 2000
SimpleSYN Mobile version history
Version 1.8 (Build 11806) released 10/6/2023:
Addresses a compatibility issue that arises when using iOS 17, where certain appointments were displayed as meeting invitations instead of regular appointments. Note: If your appointments were erroneously synchronized, please disable calendar synchronization in your iOS device's account settings and then re-enable it.
Fixes issues when synchronizing SMIME signed emails. Signed emails were not shown correctly and attachments were missing.
Version 1.7 (Build 11506) released 7/10/2023:
Fixes an error when replying or forwarding an email. If the replied or forwarded email contained an invalid HTML body, the new email failed to be sent.
Version 1.6 (Build 11402) released 6/19/2023:
Existing meeting invitations in a calendar folder that is not the default calendar can now be answered. Note: If an meeting invitation is received by email, the default calendar must also be selected for synchronization. Otherwise, an error message will appear on the device when answering meeting requests.
New major versions can be installed from within the program in the future, provided that the license is valid for the newer version (e.g. subscription).
Version 1.5 (Build 11203) released 4/3/2023:
Fixes a bug when synchronizing birthdays and anniversaries. Birthdays might appear one day shifted in Android if the synced contact was from a Outlook.com address or from an Exchange server.
When synchronizing birthdays, any assigned appointments in the calendar are updated correctly.
A contact's display name or subject was not always updated when changes were synchronized.
The "postal code" field in the postal address has not been updated correctly. However, this field is not visible in Outlook.
Minor optimizations.
Version 1.4 (Build 11107) released 3/8/2023:
Fixes a bug that prevented the creation or modification of subfolders in default folders.
Emails were not synchronized correctly if they contained invalid "From" or "Sender" properties.
If a device requests an invalid body format of an element, the body is now marked as truncated.
If an email contains only Exchange server addresses, an attempt is made to determine the corresponding SMTP address from the address book. Previously, these emails were not fully synchronized.
Allows storing invalid email addresses in contacts.
Improves performance when synchronizing data within an IMAP account.
Fixes a bug that caused the UI to hang when canceling an update download.
Minor fixes and optimizations.
Version 1.3 (Build 11009) released 2/9/2023:
Fixes an error when synchronizing recurring appointments. If the device has sent an end date for a recurring appointment, the duration of the appointment series may not have been updated correctly.
If the time zone of a recurring appointment was changed on the device, an error occurred and the changes were not synchronized.
Recurring appointments with an invalid end date in the recurring appointment settings were ignored. The end date is now corrected and the appointment is synchronized.
Fixes an error in synchronizing email recipients when Outlook account settings cannot be retrieved.
Fixes an error that caused the internal @simplesyn.app email addresses to change unintentionally.
Advanced options might not have been saved if the "Enable HTTP or HTTPS service" setting was changed.
Other minor bug fixes.
Version 1.2 (Build 10816) released 1/12/2023:
Fixes an issue where some Outlook folders may not be displayed on the device. Note: If some folders are still missing from your device after installing this update, remove the SimpleSYN Mobile account from the device and set it up again.
Version 1.1 (Build 10726) released 11/28/2022:
Fixes a problem with automatic program updates.
Version 1.0 (Build 10701) released 11/2/2022:
NEW: Displays a data protection dialog once during start up.
Fixes contact address fields not being updated correctly. The field with the address summary was not updated correctly.
Fixes an error when sending a feedback form. The feedback was not sent if automatic error reporting was disabled.
Fixes a crash when running SimpleSYN Mobile side-by-side by multiple users on the same machine.
Do not respond with an error if the client retries the deletion of a previously deleted item.
If the client tries to update a write-protected folder, a wrong status code was being sent.
Version 1.0 (Build 9710) released 1/11/2022:
Fixes an error while synchronizing calendar data which caused some Android devices to not be able to edit appointments at all.
Fixes an error in the association of meeting requests and appointments. This error caused the iPhone or iPad to show the appointment twice.
Fixes an error while importing time zone information in meeting requests. Depending on the time zone, meeting requests could not be send. Also fixes an error in time zones without a daylight saving time.
After a meeting request was send, the meeting was not correctly flagged as being send.
Version 1.0 (Build 9601) released 12/2/2021:
Fixes an error in the inital configuration page. The settings were sometimes not immediately saved which causes the setup of the devices to fail.
Enhances the compatibility with more restrictive network environments. A fallback to plain HTTP can now happen if no WebSocket connection to our central servers is available.
Some internal errors were not logged correctly, which made diagnosing them difficult.
Fixes a crash during the detection of the synchronization status.
Fixes a crash while downloading an update.
Minor optimizations and fixes.
Version 1.0 (Build 9516) released 11/16/2021:
Fixes a bug when synchronizing recurring appointments. If an exception already existed for a new recurring appointment, the import of the item failed.
Fixes another bug when synchronizing recurring appointments.
Fixes a possible crash if importing a new item failed.
Some items were not displayed correctly on the device, if the items did not contain information about the used encoding. This was primarily the case when synchronizing notes.
Additional minor fixes and improvements.
Version 1.0 (Build 9428) released 10/28/2021:
Fixes an error when adding calendar items. Some time zones were not correctly converted, which lead to unsynchronized items.
Version 1.0 (Build 9411) released 10/12/2021:
NEW: Works around an error in Android devices, that forces the existence of all default folders (e.g. Inbox). This workaround simplifies the synchronization of additional PST files that does not contain all default folders.
NEW: Exchange server accounts can now be synchronized.
NEW: Simplifies the manual connection configuration.
Fixes an error when persisting deselected folders in "Configuration". Some times the selection was not saved correctly.
Fixes an error when saving new user accounts. New user accounts were sometimes not found by the client device until the main window had been closed.
Fixes an error when synchronizing the folder hierarchy of Exchange accounts.
Exchange recipients are now displayed correctly in the fields "To", "Cc" and "Bcc".
Fixes a silent crash when exiting the app.
The setup now checks the availability of the TCP port used by SimpleSYN Mobile.
In future, SimpleSYN Mobile will correctly restart when being updated automatically.
Version 1.0 (Build 9328) released 9/28/2021:
An error when synchronizing monthly recurring appointments has been resolved. Note: If you have synchronized monthly recurring appointments, they will only be corrected during the next synchronization. You can either change those appointments in Outlook to force a synchronization, or you can remove the SimpleSYN Mobile account on your device and recreate it. This will force a full re-synchronization of every item.
There was an error in the setup program, which prevented SimpleSYN Mobile being installed on some Windows language configurations.
Activating or deactivating the automatic configuration will now adjust the configured hostname accordingly.
Some advanced settings where sometimes not persisted correctly.
Additional minor fixes and performance optimizations.
