[appsuite-announce] Open-Xchange releases OX App Suite v7.10.4, OX Documents v7.10.4 and OX Guard v2.10.4

[Open-Xchange App Suite Maintenance Announcements]

Dear Open-Xchange Customers and Partners,

Open-Xchange is pleased to announce the release of OX App Suite v7.10.4, OX Documents v7.10.4 and OX Guard v2.10.4.

OX App Suite v7.10.4

OX App Suite is a modular platform designed for Telco’s, Hosters, and other Service Providers. It delivers a wide range of cloud-based services. These include email, file sharing, document management, time management, cloud storage and metrics for monitoring end-user behavior. Enhancements to the OX App Suite platform in this release include:

- Subscribe Improvements
Similar to calendar, it is now also possible to subscribe / unsubscribe from shared contact, and task, folders. It is also possible to select which folders are used for synchronization via CalDAV and CardDAV.

- Design Changes
The redesign of the OX Mail compose dialog; the login page and the floating windows will provide a fresh look and improved the user experience.

- Storage Provider Support
Nextcloud”, “ownCloud” and "WebDAV" are popular online storage solutions that focus on sharing. OX App Suite v7.10.4 will now support the subscription to these providers.

- Improved Feedback Tool
The feedback feature has been extended to provide feedbacks via Net Promoter Score (NPS). Additionally, system administrators can set when, and how often, the feedback interface is displayed to end users.


OX Documents v7.10.4

For service providers looking to attract customers, OX Documents is the perfect hook. Fully integrated into OX App Suite, OX Documents now includes the following new features:

- Better collaboration in real time
To make collaboration even more efficient, multiple users can now edit exactly the same text at the same time.

- More attention to comments with @mentions
To make sure a specific user sees a comment, it is now possible to add them, as an @mention, to a comment in OX Spreadsheet and OX Presentation. The user mentioned will be notified, by email, with a link to the comment. 

- View documents in browser tab
To allow simultaneous document viewing and multitasking, documents can now, optionally, be viewed in a separate pop-out browser tab.


OX Guard v2.10.4 for OX App Suite v7.10.4

With this release, Open-Xchange integrates OX Guard even more closely with OX App Suite, improves security and improves usability. Enhancements to OX Guard include:

- New Mailfilter rules for PGP Emails
In OX App Suite v7.10.4, with OX Guard, users can create rules to automatically encrypt specified incoming emails. Additionally, it is possible to create rules based upon PGP signatures.

- Improved Handling of Decrypted Messages
With a newly introduced user option, decrypted messages can be automatically re-encrypted when another email is selected, or if the user moves to another application, such as calendar or contacts.

- Improved Elliptical Curve Support
Elliptical curve support for PGP encryption, and signatures, has been greatly enhanced in this release.


What’s New in General and Feature Overviews

Open-Xchange provides more detailed overviews and Feature Overview documents relating to new product releases. These can be found at https://www.open-xchange.com/resources/ox-product-updates/whats-new/


General Information – Please Note

- Open-Xchange encourages administrators to regularly update to the latest available release. To ensure a stable and up to date environment please note the different versions supported. An overview of the latest supported Major, Minor and Public Patch Releases can be found in the OXpedia at: https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Version_Support_Commitment

- With OX App Suite v7.10.4 the OX Documents SpellCheck has been introduced. To use the new service this must be installed, configured and run. All Documents related core modules for OX Text, OX Spreadsheet and OX Presentation rely on this service in order to check spelling for typed words and text contained in opened documents. More information under https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Documents_Installation_Guide#SpellCheck_Service

- In accordance with the supported browser policy, Open-Xchange announces the discontinuation of support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge Legacy, with the next release. For details of all supported browsers please refer to the requirements page at: https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_System_Requirements#Desktop_Browser_.28Minimum_display_resolution:_1024_x_768.29

- As already communicated and in accordance with the supported platform policy, Open-Xchange announces the discontinuation of support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SLES 12), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and CentOS 6 with the release of OX App Suite v7.10.4. We encourage administrators to update to the latest operating system version. For details of all supported platforms and databases please refer to the requirements page at: https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_System_Requirements#Software_Requirements


Shipped packages and versions

- Open-Xchange App Suite Middleware (Backend) v7.10.4-rev7
- Open-Xchange App Suite Frontend v7.10.4-rev6
- Open-Xchange App Suite USM v7.10.4-rev2
- Open-Xchange App Suite Hazelcast Enterprise v7.10.4-rev1
- Open-Xchange App Suite EAS v7.10.4-rev2
- Open-Xchange App Suite Documentconverter API v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Imageconverter v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Office v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Documents Collaboration v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Documentconverter v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Readerengine v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Spellcheck v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Open-xchange PDF Tool v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Office Web v7.10.4-rev3
- Open-Xchange Guard v2.10.4-rev3


Complete Release Notes 

- Open-Xchange App Suite v7.10.4:
https://software.open-xchange.com/products/appsuite/doc/Release_Notes_for_Release_7.10.4_2020-08-05.pdf

- Open-Xchange Guard v2.10.4 for OX App Suite v7.10.4:
https://software.open-xchange.com/products/guard/doc/OX_Guard_Release_Notes_for_Release_2.10.4_2020-08-05.pdf


Download and Installation

For details of how to install and update OX App Suite, please refer to the instructions provided at:
https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:UpdatingOXPackages

For details of how to install and update OX Documents, please refer to the instructions provided at:
https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Documents_Installation_Guide

For details of how to install and update OX Guard, please refer to the instructions provided at:
https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_Guard

Best regards,
Your Open-Xchange Team

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