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16 March 2015

Important Information About thebat.net Email Accounts

Ritlabs, SRL has been notified by Google that email hosting services for thebat.net is being phased out. The decision is part of a change in Google’s business model that has affected thebat.net and many other internet service providing companies as well.

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05 February 2015

The Security and Speed Boost in the 64-bit Version of The Bat!

The 64-bit version of The Bat! has been released to the public, part of The Bat! v6.7.20. The 64-bit version of The Bat! offers many added benefits for speed, stability and security. In terms of overall performance, it is 5% faster than the 32-bit version in a 64-bit operating system.

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23 December 2014

The Bat! v6.7.5 Christmas Edition

Ritlabs, SRL releases The Bat! v6.7.5 Christmas Edition which includes several feature improvements and a number of important fixes. You can always access the "What’s new" page of the website to see the entire list of changes and improvements. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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29 August 2014

The Bat! on Touch Screen

The new version of the secure email client The Bat! 6.6 supports Windows Touch technology on desktops and laptops with touch screen as well as hybrid devices and Windows 8 tablets. This will enable The Bat! users to be more productive with email correspondence, using a broader range of devices.

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29 July 2014

An Influential German Magazine Praises The Bat! for Its Focus on Security

German computer magazine c’t (Magazin fur Computertechnik) has published an article on the email programs. The Bat! got a good evaluation. The magazine named diversity of the configuration options, easy email handling, task scheduling features, RSS reader, confidentiality of correspondence and safety among the strongest sides of the program.

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17 May 2014

The pFragments Microsoft Office Exploit Does Not Affect The Bat! Users

It exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the handling of the 'pFragments' shape property within the Microsoft Word RTF parser. The Bat! users should not be worried, as the program is invulnerable to the recently reported pFragments Microsoft Office exploit. The Bat! uses its own component to handle RTF messages.

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26 March 2014

Save your time with RSS feed subscriptions in The Bat! v6.3.2

The major update of this version is the internal implementation of the RSS feed subscriptions. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a technology that allows fetching news published on web-sites, blogs or forums. RSS feeds keep you in touch with the latest events and increase the efficiency of your work.

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25 December 2013

The Bat! v6.1.8 – specially for Christmas

In respect of the good tradition at Ritlabs, SRL we have released The Bat! Christmas Edition today. This version is aimed at increasing the program’s stability and comes with a Christmas splash-screen.

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24 December 2013

Ritlabs, SRL has been awarded the Conscientious Taxpayer title

Ritlabs, SRL has been awarded the title "Conscientious Taxpayer" according to the results of the selection organized by the Сhief State Tax Service of the Republic of Moldova. The ceremony of awarding the Cup and the "Certificate of Trust" was held on December 24, 2013.

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19 December 2013

New secure protocols in The Bat! v6.1

The new The Bat! v6.1 comes with major improvements regarding the support of the cryptographic protocols. Previous versions of the program supported TLS 1.0 only, however we also implemented SSL 3.0 - an older version of the protocol to comply with the outdated mail servers. We also added the support of TLS 1.1 - a newer version of the protocol to enhance the security of messages in transit.

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