Welcome to the BlueMind 5.5 documentation section
Discover all the new functional, technical and corrective features
in Release Notes 5.5.
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Changes and fixes in BlueMind 5.5
⇒ The latest technical and security improvements and fixes are flagged at Hotfixes release notes.
Documentation updates for version 5.5
Upgrade schedule
The documentation is kept up to date until the end of support for bug fixes for the BlueMind version. After this period, only security patches will be included for a further 6 months.
See the page dedicated to version end of support dates: https://forge.bluemind.net/apidoc/
August 2026
- Release notes 5.5.17: publication of release notes 5.5.17 (12 August 2026)
More updates
July 2026
- Release notes 5.5.16: publication of release notes 5.5.16 (29 July 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.15: publication of release notes 5.5.15 (20 July 2026)
- Restart BlueMind: Information on restarting an installation (July 13, 2026)
- Synchronizing with Android: Updated layout of the account creation guide and added information about the email addresses used for a Microsoft account (July 8, 2026)
- Hierarchical storage (HSM): Additional details on the HSM storage policy (July 3, 2026)
- Selecting recipients: Added information about the number of search results displayed (July 2, 2026)
June 2026
- Built-In Videoconferencing: correction to information regarding video conference invitation patterns (June 30, 2026)
- Scheduled Jobs: Upgrade to the page, clarification of information, addition of a job description (June 26, 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.14: publication of release notes 5.5.14 (15 June 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.13: publication of release notes 5.5.13 (4 June 2026)
May 2026
- Managing out of the office and Editing Groups: further details added on how automatic replies work for group messaging (29 May 2026)
- Release Notes 5.5.12: publication of the 5.5.12 release notes (28 May 2026)
- LDAP Synchronization: updated information on LDAP group management (21 May 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.11: publication of release notes 5.5.11 (21 May 2026)
- Editing shared mailboxes: Redesign of the shared folder management screen introduced in version 5.5.11 (20 May 2026)
- Setting up SSO Kerberos: Windows 10 configuration added (18 May 2026)
- Editing shared mailboxes > Sharing and delegation: clarification regarding the recipients of invitations sent to shared mailboxes (18 May 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.10: publication of release notes 5.5.10 (15 May 2026)
- Release notes for version 5.5.9: addition of important information regarding the update fix (11 May 2026)
- Hardware Sizing: Redesign and update of information regarding BlueMind’s recommended system specifications (5 May 2026)
- Installation Prerequisites: information added regarding unsupported Linux versions (5 May 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.9: publication of release notes 5.5.9 (4 May 2026)
- Backing up and Restoring Data: Retention policy update (7 May 2026)
April 2026
- BlueMind major version update > Maximum size of stored emails: further details added regarding the information provided (28 April 2026)
- Adding a linked attachment: Clarification of the behaviour regarding the automatic detachment of a file (27 April 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.8: publication of release notes 5.5.8 (24 April 2026)
- Organise a meeting: Update to information on managing proposals for new timetables (21 April 2026)
- Built-in integrated telephony: Pages on configuring Wazo and XiVO have been moved to the administrator's guide (17 April 2026)
- Compatibility: addition of information regarding a known limitation when deleting an invitation email from a Samsung device connected via EAS (17 April 2026)
- Selecting recipients: addition of a note on the maximum number of recipients permitted per message (15 April 2026)
- LDAP Exports: information added regarding the incompatibility between the LDAP plugin and the AppArmor application (10 April 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.7: publication of release notes 5.5.7 (8 April 2026)
- Updating BlueMind: update to the screens in the update guide (10 April 2026)
- Post-installation Configuration: update to the post-installation configuration guide screens (10 April 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.7: publication of release notes 5.5.7 (8 April 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.6: publication of release notes 5.5.6 (2 April 2026)
- BlueMind major version update: addition of a check on the size of messages stored on the server prior to the update (2 April 2026)
March 2026
- Configuring Outlook: simplified process for creating an Outlook profile and email account (31 March 2026)
- BlueMind major version update: further details added regarding Tika prerequisites (30 March 2026)
- Enabling two-factor authentication from the command line: addition of an example showing how to enable MFA (multi-factor authentication) for one or more users or for admin0 (27 March 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.5: publication of release notes 5.5.5 (6 March 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.4: publication of release notes 5.5.4 (3 March 2026)
- Connecting with Interstis: a page on connecting to Interstis has been added (2 March 2026)
February 2026
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LDAP Synchronization and Active Directory Synchronization: clarification on ‘global’ and ‘incremental’ imports (25 February 2026)
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BlueMind major version update: Eligibility test update (20 February 2026)
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BM5 release notes: find all the notes for minor versions and patch releases of BlueMind version 5 in one place. This link is now also accessible via the banner at the top of the page (13 February 2026)
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Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP): Removal of the dedicated page and update of information (11 February 2026)
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High availability: Removal of the dedicated page and update of information (11 February 2026)
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Editing shared mailboxes: the term ‘functional box’ has been removed from the user interfaces; the term ‘shared boxes’ now refers to the new type of boxes; older versions are indicated by the addition of the terms ‘old’ or ‘previous’ (10 February 2026)
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Release notes 5.5.3: publication of release notes 5.5.3 (9 February 2026)
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Backing up and Restoring Data: clarifications regarding retained backups (6 February 2026)
January 2026
- Resolving known issues with Outlook: paragraphs added (30 January 2026)
- The number of calendars displayed is limited
- The number of emails in a folder containing event cancellation emails differs between Outlook and the MailApp
- Information added regarding the configuration of Outlook user workstations via Group Policy Objects (29 January 2026).
This addition relates to the following pages and paragraphs: - Release notes 5.5.2: publication of release notes 5.5.2 (27 January 2026)
- Mail roles: new “Global delegation permissions” role available for users and groups (21 January 2026)
- BlueMind Tools and Resources: Links and information updated (21 January 2026)
- Added information on system requirements regarding the available disk space required on the ‘
/var’ partition (19 January 2026).
This addition relates to the following pages and paragraphs: - Major version update: Known Issues: update to known issues (16 January 2026)
- Outlook - Known limitations: addition of known limitations regarding the use of Outlook (14 January 2026)
- Implementing MAPI for Outlook: addition of the prerequisite regarding the formatting of email addresses in the Active Directory (19 January 2026)
- Domain management > General configuration: update to the procedure for adding fonts for message composition (12 January 2026)
- Working with Thunderbird: details on how shared mailboxes work in Thunderbird (12 January 2026)
- Release notes 5.5.1: publication of release notes 5.5.1 (9 January 2026)
- Release Notes 5.5: Initial publication of the 5.5 documentation (5 January 2026)