FAQ / Popular Topics

Frequently asked questions and other popular topics not related to a specific software product.

How to obtain support from Syncplify

At Syncplify we care about providing the best experience to our customers. In an effort to streamline the entire support process we have recently developed a new infrastructure for all of our customers to request, obtain, and track the progress of their support requests.

When requesting assistance, first and foremost, please, take a moment to determine in which category your request falls:

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How to log into my Syncplify Customer Center Portal

The Syncplify Customer Center Portal (aka Syncplify Customer Center or Syncplify Customer Portal) is a new customer self-service portal that was introduced along with the launch of Syncplify Server! v6. Via this portal, a Syncplify customer can perform several common actions, like:

The portal can be accessed at this URL: https://cc.syncplify.com/

Your credentials have been sent to the email you used when you first purchased the software. The portal, though, has a function (on the login page) to request a password reset if you forget it or if you missed the original enrollment email.

How to access/download your invoice(s)

This procedure is - at the moment - limited to orders that include Syncplify Server! v6 licenses. Old orders (older versions of the software) or order that include AFT! licenses are, at this time, still managed via third party distributors and resellers who are responsible for invoicing them.

When you order a Syncplify software product (Syncplify Server! v6+) you or your company may need an invoice for your records. You can find such invoice in your Syncplify Customer Center Portal. 

First, locate the order for which you need an invoice in the Orders page of the Syncplify Customer Center Portal:

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For all orders that were successfully completed, you will see a little blue icon that looks like a document next to the order number. Click on that icon to access the invoice for that particular order.

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Please double check your address, VAT code (etc...) on the invoice, if it's not correct you can edit your customer profile as shown in the picture below, and the changes will be reflected instantly in all of your invoices.

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Once you access the invoice you can do several things: just display it on screen, print it on a printer, or "download" it by using your operating system's Print to PDF or Save to PDF function (all modern Windows, Linux and MacOS systems have had this feature for years):

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Maintenance and Support explained

What is the Maintenance and Support Plan?

The Maintenance and Support plan is a contract tied to your Syncplify software license, designed to provide you with comprehensive support and updates. Here are the key benefits you can expect:

Importance of Running the Latest Version

To ensure you receive the best possible support, we recommend keeping your Syncplify Server! up to date with the latest version. Our team continuously works to improve the software and fix reported issues, so the most recent version is likely to resolve many problems. If you encounter an issue with an older version, updating to the latest release may solve it and save you time. If the issue persists with the current version, our support team is ready to assist you promptly.

Understanding Incidents

It is crucial to distinguish between what constitutes an incident and what does not:

Costs

The cost of a maintenance and support plan is typically around 30% of the license's MSRP. However, you can benefit from discounts by pre-paying for multiple years of maintenance and support during your license purchase.

For example:

By understanding these details, you can make the most of your Maintenance and Support plan and ensure seamless operation of your Syncplify Server!.

Emails from Syncplify not received. Why?

Here at Syncplify, we take support requests very seriously, and we always reply. Usually within 2-4 hours, and never beyond the second business day. The same applies to license-code delivery emails when you purchase a license from us.

Sometimes, though, the intended recipient does not receive our reply. Here’s a list of some of the most common causes:

1) Wrong requester e-mail address

Believe it or not, the most common reason for not receiving a reply from our support team is that you have mistyped your own email address while filling in the support request form. If you type john.doe@gmil.com (instead of gmail.com) we hit the “reply” button, and then get an “undeliverable” back from the server.

2) Your antispam rejects our reply

Sometimes we spend a lot of time typing a reply, just to find out that when we finally hit “send”, we receive an error like this:

554 5.7.1 <support@syncplify.me>: Sender address rejected: Blocked by this recipient

If you send us a support request and wish to receive our reply back, please, make sure your antispam is not rejecting emails coming from the syncplify.me domain name. We never spam anyone, so whitelisting our domain name is a safe choice.

3) Your antispam puts our reply in the junk/spam folder

This one is tricky because if your antispam didn’t reject our email but only moved it to the spam folder, there’s no way for us to know that our reply did not reach you. From our perspective, it went through. So, please, always check your spam folder when you’re waiting for a response from us.

4) Also look at the "clutter" folder

Some email providers (like Office365 for example) don't only have a junk/spam folder, they also have a so-called "clutter" folder, where they temporarily place emails that their algorithms determines to be "not urgent". We've been advised that, occasionally, emails from our domain are mistakenly places into this "clutter" folder, so we recommend you check it as well.

5) Unknown causes

Even when everything else fails, please, remember that you can always skip the email channel, and submit a ticket right here in this very support portal.

Why Internet Explorer is not supported


Most software products by Syncplify are configured via web user interfaces (UIs). These are graphical interfaces that run inside of most browsers.

All browsers based on Chrome/Chromium as well as those based on Firefox are fully supported, and most other independent browser engine work well, too. The only browser we officially do not support is Internet Explorer.

The reason is simple: while almost all other browsers have converged onto a common DOM (document object model) and, even more importantly, a common JavaScript standard (ECMA-262), Internet Explorer is the only browser that went its own way, more often than not causing issues with web UIs that every other browser is, instead, capable of running flawlessly.

Even Microsoft (who makes Internet Explorer) has given up on trying to support it, and has officially announced that as of August 2021 their own office suite will not support Internet Explorer anymore. Furthermore, as of June 2022 Microsoft is planning on dropping Internet Explorer for good and move exclusively to their newer browser engine (Edge).

In our opinion, this goes to show that our choice not to support Internet Explorer in our products was correct. So, please, do not use Internet Explorer in conjunction with any Syncplify software products, and - if you at all care about your safety and broad software compatibility - we recommend you do not use Internet Explorer at all.

ECCN and export restrictions

Being a US-based corporation, Syncplify is subject to the United States rules regarding the import/export of software products. This article aims at clarifying some of the most common doubts regarding such a topic.

First of all, the ECCN for all Syncplify products (except Notepad!, of course) is 5D002.

Here are some definitions to better understand what such a number means:

5A002(a)(1): Information security hardware that is designed or modified to use “cryptography,” employing analog principles when implemented with digital techniques, with the following features:

5D002(c)(1): “Software” that has the characteristics, or performs or simulates the functions of the equipment controlled under ECCN 5A002

The United States Departments of State, Treasury, and Commerce maintain comprehensive lists of sanctioned entities, including companies, organizations, and individuals. As a U.S.-based company, Syncplify is legally obligated to conduct thorough screenings of all export sales against these lists. Consequently, Syncplify is prohibited from accepting orders from any individuals or entities included in these sanctioned lists. Furthermore, Syncplify is expressly forbidden from exporting its products to the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.

Should you have any further inquiries regarding export restriction, please, feel free to contact us.

How to buy/renew/extend your maintenance and support plan

Though we never force any of our customers to buy (or keep current) their maintenance/support plan, we do encourage them to do so because that's the only way to gain access to:

Buying or extending your maintenance/support plan is really easy. First of all, log into the Syncplify Customer Center with the same email address that was originally used to purchase your license.

Once you're in, locate the license code which maintenance plan you want to buy or extend, and select the Buy/extend maintenance item from the three-dot menu on the right-hand side of the same line of the license code, as shown in the screenshot below:

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You can even co-term multiple maintenance plans, and have all of them expire on the same day, by simply selecting multiple license codes with a check-mark, and then clicking the button on the top-right corner (as shown below):

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Please be aware that when buying/extending any maintenance plan, the minimum time period will be 1 year, so you will be prompted to select a date that is at least 365 days in the future.

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What is LLTS (Limited Long-Term Support)?

When we retire a software version, we typically keep providing a certain level of support for it for a certain period of time, to make sure the transition to the new version that replaced it is as smooth as possible.

This period of extended support is called LLTS, or Limited Long-Term Support. And, as the term itself suggests, it's limited in terms of time, scope, and priority.

So, how is this LLTS different from the level of support the current version receives? In summary, when a certain software version under LLTS:

It is, therefore, always extremely important to keep your software up to date, and always use the most recent (current, under active development) version of the software.

Syncplify Server! version schedule: current, retired, and LLTS

At every ISV, and Syncplify is no exception, software development is an ever ongoing process. Every so often new versions are released, to add new features, improve the existing ones, and/or fix bugs and issues that are discovered or reported by users and customers.

When the changes are big enough, a new major version number is assigned to the release, and that's how you go from v4.x to v5.x, then to v6.x, and so on. When this happens, the old major version goes into Phase-Out and remains under Limited Long-Term Support (LLTS) for a certain amount of time, to offer our users/customer a comfortable way to plan and execute the upgrade to the most recent major version. Then, once the LLTS period ends, the old version becomes Retired, and from that moment on it will receive no more support of any kind, no bug-fixes, no development, and no customer service (but if you have an active maintenance plan you'll still be able to upgrade to the then-current version and receive support for that one).

Here's a schedule of all Syncplify Server! versions' release, phase out (LLTS), and retirement dates:

Version Release Phase-out (LLTS) Retired
Syncplify Server! v7 Jan 2025 (projected) n/a n/a
Syncplify Server! v6 Dec 2022 Jan 2025 (projected) Dec 2027 (projected)
Syncplify.me Server! v5 Feb 2018 Dec 2022 Dec 2024
Syncplify.me Server! v4 Jan 2016 Feb 2018 Feb 2020
Syncplify.me Server! v3 Oct 2014 Jan 2016 Jan 2017
Syncplify.me Server! v2 Mar 2014 Oct 2014 Oct 2015
Syncplify.me Server! v1 Nov 2013 Mar 2014 Mar 2015

Please, plan your updates and upgrades according to the schedule here above.
Thank you!