After a lengthy development, ORF 6.9 is finally here, with new features and a host of improvements, and important bug fixes.

This release introduces the integrated GeoIP Blacklist, allowing you to filter emails by geographic origin for better control over your email traffic. The Log Viewer now shows Sender Location information, simplifying the process of tracing email sources. Additionally, the Reporting Tool now features GeoIP blacklist statistics for better insight into your geographic filtering.

The user interface has been improved with configuration errors and warnings highlighted for easier troubleshooting. The DKIM Test now offers a list-type configuration interface for the ‘Blacklist on neutral or permerror’ option, enhancing customization. Attachment management has been simplified, allowing you to resend quarantined attachments in a single email. We have added a new Network Settings page to centralize DNS and proxy settings, and the System Status page now displays DNS and HTTP proxy status information to help identify potential network-related configuration issues.

We have also added automated, but optional, Error Reporting feature to the ORF service for a smoother and more proactive issue resolution.

Several key bugs have been fixed, including issues with DKIM accuracy, DNS resolution, SURBL blacklisting, and attachment filtering, ensuring a more effective and reliable filtering performance.

But that is not all! For a complete overview of all the changes and to download the latest version, see the Change Log and visit the Client Portal.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to your feedback on ORF 6.9.

Dear ORF community,

Effective today, the price of ORF Fusion subscription has increased.

We understand that nobody likes to hear about a price increase, but we wanted to be transparent about the reasons behind it. Despite our efforts to maintain our prices over the past six years, the current economic situation has made it necessary for us to review and adjust our pricing policy.

The pricing adjustment applies to both new and existing ORF Fusion subscriptions that expire after today. If you currently have an active ORF subscription, your last payment method used will be automatically charged at the new price on the expiry date.

We are grateful for your support and feedback, which has been essential in shaping ORF into the product it is today. Our goal is to keep improving and adapting ORF to better meet your needs, and we are committed to making that happen.

Should you have any questions about this change or our pricing and licensing in general, feel free to contact us. We’re here to help.

Sincerely,

The Vamsoft ORF Crew

ORF 6.8 has been released with a host of new features and improvements.

The first notable feature is Plus Addressing, which enables the filtering and validation of recipient email addresses that contain plus tags (e.g. user+plustag@example.org). This allows for greater control and flexibility in email management, providing both users and administrators with more options for filtering and organizing incoming emails.

ORF 6.7 has arrived! With the latest update, our goal was to to make it easier to overview and navigate ORF logs, and to help administrators manage quarantined attachments directly from the ORF management tools. Logged events can now be displayed in a grouped view, so you no longer have to search for which event belongs to which email. We have introduced new columns, new log sorting options and a new dialog for managing and resending quarantined attachments, along with other improvements. For the full list of changes and details, see the ORF Change Log.

If you are ready to update, download the ORF 6.7 installer from the Client Portal.

The latest and greatest version of ORF is now available: the installer can be downloaded from the Client Portal section of our website after logging in.

ORF 6.6 adds support for a new email authentication system called ARC (Authenticated Received Chain), which is a novel protocol coming down the standards pipeline intended to solve email delivery issues caused by intermediate mail servers that render SPF, DKIM or DMARC invalid in emails.

For detailed information regarding this release, please consult the ORF Change Log.

Edit: If you are using ORF on Exchange 2010, please make sure you read the following KB: https://vamsoft.com/support/docs/knowledge-base/known-issues