Dear subscribers
We just published updates to both stable versions 1.0 and 1.1
delivering important bug fixes and helps protecting Roundcube against
more XSS and CSRF attacks. Version 1.1.5 also has two new plugin hooks
integrated and version 1.0.9 comes with cherry-picked fixes from the
more recent version to ensure proper long term support.
See the full changelog in the wiki [1] and the selection for 1.0.9 on
the release page [2].
Both versions are considered stable and we recommend to update all
productive installations of Roundcube with either one of these
versions. Download them from GitHub via
https://roundcube.net/download.
As usual, don’t forget to backup your data before updating!
Best,
Thomas
[1] https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/wiki/Changelog#release-115
[2] https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.0.9
Hello folks
Roundcube 1.2 is pretty much complete and after adding some
last-minute improvements we just published a release candidate to give
it another round of testing before we slap the 'stable' tag on it. We
hereby invite you all to test the release candidate and report
remaining bugs to our issue tracker.
The most important features we added in 1.2 are:
* PHP7 compatibility
* PGP encryption in two flavours
* Improved security measures to protect from brute-force and CSRF attacks
See the full Changelog in our wiki:
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/wiki/Changelog
Download the packages or the signed source directly from Github:
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.2-rc
Please note that we recommend to test it on a separate environment.
And don't forget to backup your data before installing it.
Another note: with the upcoming stable release of 1.2.0 the old 1.0.x
and the 1.1.x series will only receive important security fixes.
Updates to these two branches are to be released soon. So stay tuned!
Best,
Thomas
Dear subscribers
After many ups and downs with our Trac platform which hosted our wiki
and the ticket system for years now, we finally migrated the data over
to Github where we already host the git repositories. Therefore,
on March 25th 2016 the trac.roundcube.net site will be shut down
Starting today, the site is in read-only mode meaning that user logins
and ticket reporting have been disabled already.
This means that submitting new tickets now goes through Github and so
does the roadmap planning and overview. The entry point for that is
our Github project page at https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail
Today we just migrated 4.8K tickets from the Trac database to Github
issues [1], leaving the invalid and duplicate ones behind.
Unfortunately the ticket numbers could not be kept and have all been
re-assigned. The original trac ticket numbers are mentioned in the
migrated issue body and can be used for searching. We'll also install
a redirect service which will translate old Trac urls to the
corresponding issue pages.
The wiki will also be translated into Github markdown pages. There's
some manual reviewing involved in order to update or remove outdated
information during this process. Please give us some more days to
complete that task.
Thank you for your understanding and see you on Github
Best,
Thomas
[1] https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues
Dear Roundcube users
We just published updates to both stable versions 1.0 and 1.1
delivering important bug fixes one of which seals a potential path
traversal vulnerability [1] recently reported by High-Tech Bridge
Security Research Lab. Although the vulnerability is not fully
disclosed yet, the attack scenario requires an active Roundcube
account as well as write privileges on the same host Roundcube is
served from (without open_basedir protection).
A second security improvement adds some measures against brute-force attacks.
See the full changelog here:
http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Changelog#RELEASE1.1.4
Both versions are considered stable and we recommend to update all
productive installations of Roundcube with either of these versions.
Download them from https://roundcube.net/download
If you prefer to patch your installation for the path traversal
vulnerability only, we also published patches on our download mirrors
for versions 1.0 [2] and 1.1 [3].
As usual, don't forget to backup your data before updating!
Thanks for all your support and happy new year!
Thomas
[1] https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23283
[2] https://sourceforge.net/projects/roundcubemail/files/roundcubemail/1.0.8/
[3] https://sourceforge.net/projects/roundcubemail/files/roundcubemail/1.1.4/
We're proud to announce that the beta release of the next major
version 1.2 of Roundcube webmail is out now for download and testing.
With this milestone
we introduce new features primarily focusing on security and PGP encryption:
* PHP7 compatibility
* PGP encryption
* Drag-n-drop attachments from mail preview to compose window
* Mail messages searching with predefined date interval
* Improved security measures to protect from brute-force attacks
And of course plenty of small improvements and bug fixes.
The PGP encryption support in Roundcube comes with two options:
Mailvelope
--------------
The integration of this browser plugin [1] for Firefox and Chrome
comes out of the box in Roundcube 1.2 and is enabled if the
Mailvelope API is detected in a user's browser. See the Mailvelope
documentation [2] how to enable it for your site.
Read more about the Mailvelope integration and how this looks like in
Alec's blog [3].
Enigma plugin
-------------------
This Roundcube plugin adds server-side PGP encryption features to
Roundcube. Enabling this means that users need to fully trust the
webmail server as encryption is done on the server GnuPG and private
keys are also stored there.
In order to activate server-side PGP encryption for all your users,
the 'enigma' plugin, which is shipped with this package, has to be
enabled in the Roundcube config. See the plugin's README for details.
Also read Alec's blogpost about the Enigma plugin and how it works [4].
Both encryption features are pretty new and not yet perfectly
documented. We'd much appreciate your feedback and your contribution
to the end-user documentation [5] or our wiki page [6].
IMPORTANT: with this version, we finally deprecate some old Roundcube
library functions [7]. Plugin developers, please test your plugins
thoroughly and look for deprecation warnings in the logs. These
function will be removed in the final 1.2.0 release and can therefore
render plugins dysfunctional.
See the full changelog on trac.roundcube.net [8] and download the new
packages from https://roundcube.net/download
Please note that this is a beta release and we recommend to test it on
a separate environment. And don't forget to backup your data before
installing it!
Enjoy and please share your experience either through our mailing
lists or as comments in the blog posts mentioned above.
Kind regards,
Thomas
[1] https://www.mailvelope.com
[2] https://www.mailvelope.com/en/help#watchlist
[3] https://kolabian.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/mailvelope-integration-pgp-encryp…
[4] https://kolabian.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/enigma-plugin-pgp-encryption/
[5] http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Online_Help
[6] http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Dev_Encryption
[7] https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/blob/master/program/include/bc.p…
[8] http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Changelog
Dear Roundcube users
We recently published updates to both stable versions 1.0 and 1.1 after
fixing many minor bugs and ensuring compatibility with upstream versions of
3rd party libraries used in Roundcube. Version 1.0.7 comes with
cherry-picked fixes from the more recent version to ensure proper long term
support.
See the full changelog here: http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Changelog
Both versions are considered stable and we recommend to update all
productive installations of Roundcube with either of these versions.
Download them from https://roundcube.net/download
As usual, don't forget to backup your data before updating!
Best,
Thomas
P.S. Stay tuned for the 1.2 beta release coming up soon with two options
for PGP encryption.
Dear subscribers
We're just a couple of days away from finishing our Roundcube Next
crowd funding and the good news is: we already reached our base goal!
That means Roundcube Next will get started and we can refactor the
core of Roundcube and get basic email and contacts functionality in
place. But that's just the start. If we can push the funding higher,
then we can schedule more of the Roundcube Next goals as seen in the
graphic on the campaign page. Without that extra support, it will
simply take us longer to get there.
Visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/roundcube-next--2#/story and
get involved if you haven't already.
Also on the campaign page: some sneak peeks on the visual concepts
we've been working on in the past few weeks. The screens are far from
being final or complete but you'll the the idea what the new webmail
may look like on desktops and mobiles.
So there's still time for you to make a difference. Back the campaign
today and help us push even further!
Best,
Thomas and the Roundcube Team
Dear Roundcube users
We just published updates to both stable versions 1.0 and 1.1 after
fixing many minor bugs and adding some security improvements to the
1.1 release branch. Version 1.0.6 comes with cherry-picked fixes from
the more recent version to ensure proper long term support especially
in regards of security and compatibility.
The security-related fixes in particular are:
- XSS vulnerability in _mbox argument
- security improvement in contact photo handling
- potential info disclosure from temp directory
See the full changelog here: http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Changelog
Both versions are considered stable and we recommend to update all
productive installations of Roundcube with either of these versions.
Download them from https://roundcube.net/download
As usual, don't forget to backup your data before updating.
And there's one more thing:
Our crowdfunding campaign for Roundcube Next is still ongoing and has
just been updated with more details of what we want to achieve. We'd
much appreciate your support for this exciting new project. Please
visit https://roundcu.be/next and spread the word about it.
Dear subscribers
What started with the hypothetical question, "how would we implement
Roundcube if we could start over again?" [1], has now grown into a
concrete plan how to create the responsive, fast and beautiful
successor of Roundcube. It has become clear that the architectural
changes necessary for this are way too big to be applied to the
current Roundcube codebase without breaking the compatibility in a
major way. That's why we're planning to define Roundcube One as
feature complete and focus on a new core engine for the future
Roundcube webmail application.
In order to make than happen, we can reply on long time partners who
supported Roundcube already in the past. Kolab Systems has offered to
drive this project by contributing their well established software
development capabilities and dedicate additional developer power to
help us get the work done. In addition to that, the folks from Kolab
Digital in London are going to share their expertise on the UX and
design part of it.
Two major goals are important to us: Besides improving the core
technology and modernizing the UI, we also aim to move some of the
groupware features we currently see in the Kolab suite into Roundcube
itself and make them available for other backends. And we'll certainly
provide a migration path to existing Roundcube installations.
So to enable us to achieve these high stake goals together for
Roundcube Next we proudly announce our crowdfunding campaign at
Indiegogo. Go to https://roundcu.be/next and back us if you can or
help us spread the word about it. Your websites, blogs and social
media channels can help us reach more people. Or if you're working
for, or are a customer of, an ISP who's already using Roundcube,
please forward this campaign to your product manager.
Let's challenge today's email and create the most awesome webmail
application people deserve to communicate freely using systems and
services they can trust. The next Roundcube will of course again be
100% open source and made available to everybody. This is your chance
to contribute to the success of free software.
Many thanks to all of our past, current and future supporters!
Sincerely,
The Roundcube Dev Team
[1] https://roundcubeinbox.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/roundcube-next-if-we-would-…
Dear Roundcube users and affiliates
The Roundcube development team gathers this weekend in The Hague at
the first Kolab Summit.
If you can make it there, we'd love to meet you in person and talk to
you about the future of Roundcube.
More information about the event and the location can be found here:
https://conference.kolab.org
Kind regards,
Thomas