Passwords for FortiMail administrators that use local authentication are encrypted when stored in the configuration file. FortiMail 8.0.0 now offers stronger encryption at rest.

When each administrator logs in, their password will be automatically migrated to the new encryption format. Alternatively, the admin account or another super administrator can reset all passwords so that FortiMail immediately uses the new format for all local administrator accounts.

Caution: If you are temporarily testing the new firmware, then passwords must be stored in both the new and old format. Otherwise when you downgrade, administrators may not be able to log in. This could require a clean install and recovery from a backup.

Names in administrator login dialogs are now case-insensitive. Previously, names were case-sensitive.

Note: When you upgrade to FortiMail 8.0.0 or later, if some names differ only by capitalization, they are automatically renamed so that they will still be uniquely identifiable. For example, admin and Admin could be renamed to admin and Admin_1. To find renamed administrator accounts, see the log messages.

Added a firmware tab under System > Maintenance > Firmware for administrators to update the firmware and view the update history.

Query names and time periods are now simpler. Some bugs were fixed.

Note: Default values have changed. This may mean that reports are automatically generated at a different time, or include different charts and intervals. When you save a report profile, settings in the configuration file will be migrated to their new equivalents.

Moved the AntiSpam section under Security > Option > Preference to Security > Option > AntiSpam.

Reorganized the GUI sections and changed some wording.

Many CLI settings have been moved or renamed. For details, see the change log in the FortiMail CLI Reference.