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GFI MailEssentials

GFI MailEssentials is a GFI Software product filed under Email Security Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 28 versions listed, latest 22.5 (2 Oct 2026).

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Release and support dates as published by GFI Software; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

GFI MailEssentials 28 versions

Release dates are from the vendor product release notes; End-of-Life dates are from the vendor End-of-Life table. Version 21 is listed as the latest major release in the EOL table; later 22.x releases have no EOL date.

Version	Released	End of life	Source
22.5	2 Oct 2026	–	[6]
22.2	24 Sep 2025	–	[6]
22.1	31 Jul 2025	–	[6]
22.0	19 Jun 2025	–	[6]
21.8	24 Apr 2025	–	[6]
21.7	20 Jul 2022	–	[6]
21.6	14 Jan 2020	–	[6]
21.5	16 Apr 2019	–	[6]
21.4	20 Sep 2018	–	[6]
21.3	19 Jun 2018	–	[6]
21.2	17 Apr 2018	–	[6]
21.1	26 Oct 2017	–	[6]
21.0	5 Oct 2017	–	[6]
20.3End-of-Life (EOL) policy	24 Mar 2017	4 Oct 2018	[1][6]
20.2End-of-Life (EOL) policy	10 Jan 2017	4 Oct 2018	[1][6]
20.1End-of-Life (EOL) policy	3 May 2016	4 Oct 2018	[1][6]
20End-of-Life (EOL) policy	14 Jan 2016	4 Oct 2018	[1][6]
2015End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	13 Jan 2017	[1]
2014 R2End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Jun 2015	[1]
2014End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Mar 2015	[1]
2012End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Aug 2014	[1]
15End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Feb 2013	[1]
14End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Nov 2010	[1]
12End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Jun 2009	[1]
11End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Aug 2006	[1]
10End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Jan 2006	[1]
9End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Mar 2005	[1]
8End-of-Life (EOL) policy	–	Sep 2004	[1]

Lifecycle Policy

End-of-Life (EOL) policy. GFI stops support and maintenance of previous on-premise software versions 12 months after the latest major release, or after an independent, pre-announced period; SaaS products have no EOL because each release replaces the previous one. [1]

Sources 2

End-of-Life (EOL) for GFI Products - GFI Support retrieved 2026-10-14
GFI MailEssentials AI - Product Releases - GFI Software retrieved 2026-10-14

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