MailList King

v5.0 Enhancements


MailList King v5.0 is the most significant upgrade since the initial release with over 250 changes and improvements.

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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 ) internally
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

Changes in v4.*

 


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