Release Notes for Version 5.4.0 of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for e-Mail

These release notes cover release information for Version 5.4.0 of the IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Adapter for e-Mail. These release notes contain the following sections:
New in this release Installation, migration, upgrade, configuration
Product fix history WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time
Product compatibility Documentation updates
Hardware and software requirements

Note: Important information about this product may be available in Technical Support Flashes issued after these release notes were published. These can be found on the WebSphere Business Integration support Web site, http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiserver/support. Click the product you are interested in; if flashes are available, they are located in Self help > Solve a problem > Flashes (Alerts).

New in this release

New features and improvements made in this release include the following:

New operating system support

The adapter now runs on the following platforms:

New language support

This version of the adapter includes bidirectional (bi-di) support.

Refer to the Adapter for e-Mail User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.

Product fix history

Between release 5.3.0 and 5.4.0, the following problems, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.
Tracking
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Description
36801 Support for RFC 822 standard Internet (e-mail) addresses has been added.

Product compatibility

With this release, the Adapter is no longer supported on Solaris 7.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.

Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration

For general installation information, refer to the Installation Guide for WebSphere Business Integration Adapters. For hardware and software requirements, installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information specific to this product, refer to the Adapter for e-Mail User Guide.

Upgrade notes

Integration broker is InterChange Server:

Integration broker is WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker

WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time

Make sure that you run this version of the adapter with WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run-time version 1.8.0 or later.

The WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API .jar files and the associated scripts (CWConnEnv.bat and CWODAEnv.bat for Windows; CWConnEnv.sh and CWODAEnv.sh for UNIX platforms) are installed by the Adapter Framework installer. Before installing the adapter, make sure that Adapter Framework is installed. If the version is not 1.8.0 or later, you must download the latest WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API. This section provides instructions for verifying the version of the API, downloading the latest version, and enabling the adapter to run on various versions of InterChange Server and Adapter Development Kit.

Verifying the version of WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time

To check the runtime version, locate the manifest file (ProductDir\lib\WBIA.jar) and open it in a suitable Java JAR editor. Look for the following lines:

Implementation-Title: "CWConnectorAPI"
Implementation-Version: 1.8.0

Implementation-Version indicates the installed version of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API. If the version is not 1.8.0 or later, you must download the latest run time.

Downloading the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time

To download the latest version of the run time:

  1. Go to http://www.ibm.com.
  2. Click the Support and downloads tab.
  3. Under the Downloads heading, click All downloads & drivers.
  4. In the Enter search terms field, type "wbia api" and click Submit.

After you download and install the run time, you should see the following files:

lib\WBIA.jar
bin\CWConnEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWConnEnv.sh (UNIX)
bin\CWODAEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWODAEnv.sh (UNIX)
connectors\messages\CwConnectorAgentMessages.txt

Documentation updates

Product documentation is not included as part of the product package, either by CD or by electronic product distribution. The documentation for this product can be found in the following Information Centers:

To obtain the product documentation, visit the Web site and download the current documentation set for the release that you are using. Follow the instructions provided on the Information Center page to complete the installation.

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