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v5.0 Enhancements |
MailList King v5.0 is the most significant upgrade since the initial release with over 250 changes and improvements.
For information on upgrading, please visit our upgrade page.
v5.0 Top Twenty Five New Features
| 1. | Now supports multithreaded SMTP sending for blazingly fast delivery of messages. |
| 2. | SMTP Server is now significantly more reliable with automatic reattempting of message delivery and an optional final delivery via standard SMTP. |
| 3. | New validation function allows you to check the validity of all addresses in your mailing list (without needing to send a message) |
| 4. | New relational database structure for more efficient database storage and offering many new fields, including when users were last sent messages, how many messages they have been sent, fax, domain, etc. |
| 5. | Custom fields can now be created to match your own database requirements. All fields, including custom ones, can be used to personalize messages to recipients |
| 6. | Now offers "Tasks" which allow you to automatically retrieve addresses (for adding/removing to/from the database or processing as undeliverable) from Outlook folders |
| 7. | Now offers "Auto-responders": automatic sending of messages to recipients based on incoming e-mail |
| 8. | Can now export members to Outlook as contacts (with member's groups specified as Outlook categories) |
| 9. | MLK now automatically determines a user's country from their e-mail address and allows you to block particular countries from joining your list |
| 10. | Completely redesigned statistics dialog offering more concise information, including compiling data over days/weeks or months and easier navigation by time or group |
| 11. | Can now use the Outlook/Outlook Express stationery files directly within MailList King and create your own HTML templates |
| 12. | Optionally allows tracking of read messages, so you can determine which users actually open your mailers and how many they read |
| 13. | A list member's entire history can now be viewed (when they subscribed, sent messages, received messages, etc) |
| 14. | Many new pre-built filters, such as users who have not been sent a message since.., users whose addresses have not been validated, as well as a user specified filter |
| 15. | More control over individual groups, including blocking users from joining or sending to particular groups, and assigning descriptions to groups |
| 16. | Sorting is available on twelve fields (even if the entire database is not cached) including domain, TLD, country, etc. |
| 17. | Many improvements to styling and UI layout including the use of graphics in tabs and drop down lists, and Outlook 2003 folder glyphs |
| 18. | Completely redesigned the importation functionality to automatically detect the formatting of imported files and provide easier mapping of import fields |
| 19. | New Optimize database function offers a variety of functions to compress and optimize the database for speed and efficiency |
| 20. | Outlook Categories can now be used as groups when importing Contacts from Outlook |
| 21. | Can now import and export to Microsoft Excel format |
| 22. | Can now create an auto processing rule to forward all messages in specified outlook folders to groups in your mailing list |
| 23. | New message editing options allow users to edit the HTML source or plain text source of a message, as well as edit the message in an external HTML editor |
| 24. | New GroupInfo command allows users to access information on a particular group (or all groups) in your mailing list (optional) |
| 25. | Can now automatically send out reminders to users who do not confirm their opt-in or opt-out requests |
Complete Change List
| Changed: Now the entire mailing list is displayed as unique member list (rather than showing one entry per member per group) | |
| Added: It is now easier to modify the sender address for outgoing messages, including quick access to the most recent addresses | |
| Added: Can now use e-mail stems for user message sending, e.g. all messages to MY_GROUP@mycompany.com are forwarded to MY_GROUP | |
| Changed: Improved the start up wizard | |
| Added: Now can sort by domain and TLD | |
| Added: Can now block users by country | |
| Added: New option to guess the user's country based on their e-mail address | |
| Changed: Completely rebuilt graphs and statistics dialog | |
| Changed: New db format | |
| Added: Custom Field support | |
| Changed: Vast improvements to import mapping feature | |
| Added: Can now "Lock" a group to prevent new users from joining it | |
| Added: Can now specify custom fields for the database | |
| Added: Now users can send GroupInfo command to see details on a specific group or all groups (Optionally) | |
| Added: Groups can now be locked to prevent users joining | |
| Added: Can now specify that MLK should reattempt sending of failed address when sending via the Internal server (as many times as required) | |
| Added: Can now specify that MLK should use standard SMTP to send to any failed address when sending via the Internal server | |
| Added: Now when retrieving addresses from Outlook contacts can use Categories as Groups | |
| Added: Importing directly from Excel Spreadsheets | |
| Added: Exporting directly to Excel spreadsheets | |
| Added: Automatic processing of read receipts | |
| Added: New database fields for when the user last read a message and how many messages they have read | |
| Added: Can now view the entire history for a user (when subscribed, sent messages, received messages, etc) | |
| Added: Can now use the Outlook/Outlook Express stationery file within MailList King | |
| Added: Can now add your own stationery/HTML templates | |
| Added: FAST multithreaded sending via SMTP server | |
| Added: Internal SMTP server now much more reliable with multiple send attempts, including optional final send via standard SMTP | |
| Added: You can now create personalized auto-responding rules to send messages in response to messages that match certain rules | |
| Added: Can now validate e-mail addresses in your mailing list (i.e. by attempting to send to the server and then not sending) - PRO VERSION | |
| Changed: Optimize/Repair function has been implemented into a new Update Database function | |
| Added: Delete Sending Log files older than x months function in Update Database dialog | |
| Added: Archive DB Log records older than x months function in Update Database dialog | |
| Added: Delete statistics records older than x months function in Update Database dialog | |
| Added: Delete Completed Sending Tasks older than x months function in Update Database dialog | |
| Added: Now there are separate actions available when a user specifies an invalid group when subscribing or unsubscribing | |
| Changed: Modified message headers to avoid encoding that might flag anti-Spam software | |
| Added: Can now change the properties of the selected image in the message editor (change border, alignment, etc) | |
| Added: Can now specify custom fields as personalization fields in a message | |
| Added: Database now stores a record of when and how many messages have been sent to/by the user | |
| Added: Can now specify and build your own custom filters | |
| Added: Can now specify an e-mail address to send acknowledgments related to failures to | |
| Added: Much faster retrieval of folders from Outlook as folder list is only filled as expand each node | |
| Added: Now easier to access and change the sender address for messages | |
| Added: New option in send message dialog to edit the message in the default HTML editor | |
| Added: New option in send message dialog to edit the plain text body of the message | |
| Added: New option in send message dialog to edit the HTML source | |
| Added: Fax Field | |
| Added: Request Read Receipts and Automatically Process Read Receipts to Advanced options | |
| Added: Now remembers the Hide Completed check box status in the View Sending tasks window | |
| Added: Sending log can now be displayed while messages are being delivered | |
| Added: Better handling of MAPI message counting to deal with never-ending retrievals under Outlook Express | |
| Added: Always explicitly logs off from a MAPI session | |
| Changed: When manually inserting send recipient list it now displays rejected address before sending and allows sending to be cancelled | |
| Added: Now guesses the first and last name for manually pasted addresses (in SMTP format) | |
| Added: Warning when there are no unsent recipients remaining when choose to save them | |
| Fixed: Duplicate progress messages when sending via SMTP | |
| Changed: Database format completely redone for greater speed and storage efficiency | |
| Removed: Delete All Entries menu item (now is better to use functions in Group Options) | |
| Removed: Merge All Entries menu item (now is better to use functions in Group Options) | |
| Added: Now can sort by twelve fields even if database isn't cached | |
| Added: Can now navigate the sent messages dialog using next/prior/delete | |
| Added: Now navigation buttons in reprocess error dialog are disabled if movement unavailable | |
| Added: Multiple selection and processing in Errors dialog | |
| Changed: Improved layout of process addresses dialog | |
| Changed: Folder scanning available even in the unregistered version | |
| Added: Retrieve from folders function now allows selection of a single file | |
| Added: Better handling of variables in the retrieve from message folders dialog | |
| Added: Can now scan addresses from mail or file folders and add them directly to your Blocked Addresses List | |
| Added: Can now override the character set and content encoding of messages | |
| Added: Main graph can now optionally display only unique entries, rather than total entries | |
| Added: Now all database fields (including custom fields) can be used to personalize messages | |
| Added: Support for new and custom fields to exporting | |
| Changed: Improved formatting of export files | |
| Added: Better checking for existing file names when exporting | |
| Added: Can now cancel importation | |
| Added: Now when importing it detects whether the import file has multiple columns or not | |
| Added: Now warns when importing files it warns you if the fields have not been mapped | |
| Added: New menu item allows a back up to commence immediately from a back up file | |
| Changed: Now main graph is updated to the most recent records | |
| Changed: Increased SMTP server time out to 120 seconds | |
| Changed: Default SMTP server connection threads to five | |
| Added: Now even regular sends use the Send Tasks functionality from greater stability, editing of tasks, resending, etc. | |
| Changed: Improved the message heading when scheduled messages are being processed | |
| Added: User ID Field | |
| Changed: Now when resending a message from the send log it uses the current selection (rather than the original recipients) | |
| Added: Now setup wizard allows you to select a sending and retrieval method as well. POP and SMTP Settings are only requested if needed | |
| Added: Setup Wizard now detects your email software | |
| Changed: Setup wizard can now be activated later and not modify any settings | |
| Added: Now when retrieving contacts can choose to only return the main address for each recipient | |
| Added: Glyphs to options tabs | |
| Added: Now remembers the fields that are selected in the retrieve addresses from message folders dialog | |
| Added: Can now automatically process folders to retrieve addresses from messages (for adding, removing or processing as bounces) | |
| Added: Now remembers how many messages have been sent to each group in the database and when | |
| Added: Now displays the member count for each group in the main group list | |
| Changed: Better method of sending subscribe info commands | |
| Added: Can now double click a group name to see full statistics for that group | |
| Added: New custom filter: Users belonging to multiple groups | |
| Added: New custom filter: Users not emailed since... | |
| Added: Graphics to many drop down lists and tab controls | |
| Changed: No longer unfilters the entire database when displaying another dialog | |
| Fixed: May encounter error if select Reset Bounce count for all entries | |
| Added: Now remembers the selected filter under Custom Filter tab | |
| Added: Now double-clicking the schedule icon in the status bar starts the next sending task | |
| Added: Clicking Ctrl+T starts the next sending task | |
| Added: Can now multiple select images to insert into a message | |
| Changed: Now when updating old e-mail addresses (MODIFY command) and the new email address already exists the groups of the old address are copied to the new one, and the old address deleted | |
| Added: Can now specify users (when unsubscribing, searching, etc) by UserID rather than e-mail address | |
| Added: Can now specify a description for groups | |
| Changed: Now group statistics and general statistics share the same table | |
| Added: Can now show/hide columns using a menu item | |
| Added: Now can add a custom comment to contacts | |
| Added: Now remembers the action you last used in the process addresses dialog | |
| Changed: If the backup on exit option is enabled it now also backs up when closing a database (to open a new one) | |
| Added: Now warns you before closing options if valid SMTP details have not been set and offers the chance to set them | |
| Added: Now can block users who have unsubscribed, just from that group or from the entire mailing list | |
| Added: for custom bounce filter can now specify the number of bounces | |
| Added: Custom filter to display users who have sent numerous messages | |
| Added: Full color tray icon under Windows XP | |
| Changed: Improved the checkbox column to make it more accessible | |
| Added: In Edit User Record can now send a subscription report to the user | |
| Added: Can now block users from attaching files that are forwarded to other users | |
| Added: Link in menu to tutorial | |
| Changed: Now displays message after click OK if a valid message/contacts folder is not selected in an outlook folder retrieval dialog | |
| Changed: Now don't display an error message for unavailable PST files | |
| Added: In user's group list displays the date that the user joined the group | |
| Added: Improved compatibility when sending via SMTP with embedded images | |
| Added: Now on last task in the schedule it shows the correct number of messages left to send, rather than the number to send per batch | |
| Changed: Now when exporting to CSV format it forces the comma as a delimiter | |
| Removed: Prompting for the export type before exporting | |
| Added: Now when creating a new folder it changes the selection to the new folder | |
| Changed: Better internal handling of the clipboard | |
| Added: Now displays warning when attempting to embed images with identical filenames into a message | |
| Added: Now read-receipt is supported even when sending via SMTP | |
| Added: Confirmation of deletion of single users can be disabled | |
| Removed: Exclusive database option is not longer accessible via the UI | |
| Added: Displays date of the last message sent by admin | |
| Added: Four new filters related to reading of messages by user | |
| Added: Can now specify a period for which automatic processing is disabled | |
| Added: Outputs some unexpected errors when debugging is enabled | |
| Added: Now can optionally display a summary when a message completes sending | |
| Removed: Send logging option (now always logs unless db logging is disabled) | |
| Removed: Superfluous archive logs larger than x KB option | |
| Removed: Clear all entries option from the log and errors dialog | |
| Added: Now when delete an entry from the send log it removes the associated send log file (with all details of the sending) | |
| Added: Improved wording of sending log | |
| Changed: Now maintains the entire log even when sending a message in batches | |
| Added: Hints to the labels display in the main window | |
| Changed: Now doesn't display sender address retrieval errors when using Extended MAPI | |
| Changed: Much faster exporting of textual data (e.g. when saving unsent recipients to file) and logging | |
| Changed: Now formats member numbers with thousands separators | |
| Added: Now remembers the last ten used sender addresses | |
| Added: Now for the To address you can specify a display name | |
| Added: Now remembers the last ten used To addresses | |
| Added: Now when specifying extra To, CC or BCC recipients for a message can include a display name | |
| Added: Improved layout of message recipients dialog | |
| Added: Can now retrieve exclusion list from e-mail software folders | |
| Added: Warning if specify manual recipients option but do not provide any recipients | |
| Added: Image selection dialog in Message send dialog now displays all images as thumbnails | |
| Changed: Now when manually specifying addresses to send to, it checks rejected addresses as they are added rather than at send time (so they can be edited) | |
| Changed: Now always uses full SMTP addresses (e.g. Nigel Cross |
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| Added: Addresses shown in the To or CC field now show with their full name | |
| Fixed: Now always breaks long lines in HTML import files | |
| Fixed: Now ampersands in URL's are not replaced by & | |
| Fixed: Add Recipients dialog too tall for 800x600 system | |
| Added: Now MLK message files store custom plain text body | |
| Added: Can now display contacts deleted by the administrator | |
| Fixed: May get formatting problem after using spell checker on plain text | |
| Changed: Configuration data and database now saved to Windows Application Data folder | |
| Added: Now internal SMTP server supports staggered sending (delay between sending of each message) | |
| Added: Internal SMTP Server now supports custom plain text bodies | |
| Added: Can now limit the display the main graph to unique group members | |
| Added: Can now display a logging window while a sending is underway | |
| Removed: Obsolete "Obtaining your DNS Address" link | |
| Changed: Can now override the X-Mailer setting when sending via SMTP | |
| Added: Now when filtering the database it shows the percentage of the total database displayed (as value in status bar) | |
| Fixed: Sometimes get unnecessary MSHTML prompt to save warning in HTML message editor | |
| Changed: Now uses database table for internal handling of forwarding lists (for user sent messages) | |
| Fixed: In a rare situation the body background file might not be embedded correctly | |
| Added: The action for a web form message can now be set to "NONE" if a user should not be added to the database (useful only for auto-responder functionality) | |
| Added: Now when sending automated messages it always displays the name in the email to address | |
| Added: Now when sending double-optin reminders the subject line is prefixed with "REMINDER" | |
| Added: Now remembers selected control option in the current tab on close down | |
| Added: New filters to display addresses that are valid or have failed validation | |
| Changed: Now deletes old back up files when optimizing the database using the update Database tool | |
| Changed: Improved layout of the menu | |
| Changed: Minor improvements to layout of progress dialog | |
| Added: New option allows you to reset the bounce count for a user if no sending errors are encountered within x months | |
| Changed: Now the reply name for forwarded messages is set to the name of the group | |
| Added: Can now reprocess an entire selection of items in the errors dialog by ignoring MLK blocking rules | |
| Changed: Now more consistent naming of group contacts throughout the software as "members" | |
| Changed: Shortcut to change group is now Ctrl+G | |
| Added: Shortcut (Ctrl+L) to re-open the last message that was sent | |
| Changed: Now only loads each database table in errors dialog as displayed | |
| Changed: Now prevents the user from specifying the following chars in group names: | , " * < > '' [ ] = & @ ? / \ : | |
| Changed: Now when a web form contains a field twice and one is blank it uses the field value that is specified | |
| Added: Improved styling of Message Retrieval dialog | |
| Added: Animation to Message Retrieval dialog | |
| Changed: Now message details are always displayed in the Message Retrieval dialog | |
| Changed: No longer shows non-functional progress dialog when retrieving messages via SMAPI | |
| Added: Can now double click log entries to view full details | |
| Added: Now when warned about a feature not being available in the unregistered information, you can choose to display order info | |
| Added: Now position and size of Active sending tasks dialog is remembered | |
| Added: HTML and XML file types to those available in the "Retrieve addresses from folder" function | |
| Changed: Improved the layout of many dialogs | |
| Changed: Does not prompt for a correct group name during processing of subscribes, for errors related to spaces found in e-mail addresses | |
| Changed: Retrieve settings from Outlook in startup wizard is now just a link | |
| Added: Now writes the application version to the send log | |
| Changed: Outlook 2003 graphics in retrieve from outlook folders dialog | |
| Changed: No longer display unsupported folder types (tasks, notes, etc) in retrieve from outlook folders dialog | |
| Fixed: Can appear to edit the folder names in folder tree of outlook | |
| Changed: Replaced HTML editing component | |
| Added: Redo button to Rich Text message toolbar | |
| Added: Full justify button to Rich Text message toolbar | |
| Added: Now warns during installation/uninstallation if the app is still running | |
| Added: New installation script with significantly smaller download size | |
| Fixed: MSHTML.DLL Access Violation that could occur with some versions of Internet Explorer | |
| Changed: Now all Outlook units share MAPI Login function | |
| Fixed: In some situations the NameSpace objects is left assigned | |
| Added: Much better routine for guessing the first and last name from a full name | |
| Added: Now when generating full name from first and last name the individual name parts are capitalized | |
| Fixed: In some rare situations where the DB fails to load on start up the settings might be saved without having been loaded | |
| Added: Now waits five seconds before starting a scheduled sending on start up | |
| Changed: Now when retrieving items from contacts it always uses the Outlook default contacts folder | |
| Added: Now automatically fills the default Outlook Contacts folder in the export to Outlook Distribution list dialog | |
| Fixed: User count display may not update after manually adding contacts (incl. from Outlook folders) | |
| Added: Now when specifying an invalid address using modify e-mail address function it allows you to ignore MLK blocking rules | |
| Fixed: If specify that don't want to overwrite a file when exporting window closes without letting a new name be specified | |
| Added: Now in Open DB dialog it shows the number of members | |
| Fixed: After deleting the last displayed record in the Edit Member dialog the dialog was not closing | |
| Added: Now all group selection combos auto-fill as you type | |
| Added: Can now show all removed addresses at once in Errors dialog | |
| Changed: Now when adding recipients from a text file it does not clear the existing recipients | |
| Changed: Now when adding recipients from an Outlook folder it does not clear the existing recipients | |
| Added: Clear All button to manual recipients dialog | |
| Added: Now when adding addresses to blocked list, it converts any that are in SMTP format | |
| Added: More explicit warning if attempting to restart a sending task that has already completed | |
| Added: Can now manually terminate specific threads when sending via the Internal Server or multi-threaded SMTP | |
| Added: Can now specify the time-out during a send via the Internal Server or multi-threaded SMTP | |
| Fixed: May get weird issues if set schedules too far into the future |