v5.0 Enhancements
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v5.0 Enhancements |
MailList King v5.0 is the most significant upgrade since the initial release with over 300 changes and improvements.
For information on upgrading, please visit our upgrade page.
v5.* 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
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Changed: Now the entire mailing list is displayed as unique member list (rather than showing one entry per member per group) |
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Added: It is now easier to modify the sender address for outgoing messages, including quick access to the most recent addresses |
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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 |
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Changed: Improved the start up wizard |
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Added: Now can sort by domain and TLD |
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Added: Can now block users by country |
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Added: New option to guess the user's country based on their e-mail address |
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Changed: Completely rebuilt graphs and statistics dialog |
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Changed: New db format |
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Added: Custom Field support |
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Changed: Vast improvements to import mapping feature |
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Added: Can now "Lock" a group to prevent new users from joining it |
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Added: Can now specify custom fields for the database |
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Added: Now users can send GroupInfo command to see details on a specific group or all groups (Optionally) |
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Added: Groups can now be locked to prevent users joining |
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Added: Can now specify that MLK should reattempt sending of failed address when sending via the Internal server (as many times as required) |
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Added: Can now specify that MLK should use standard SMTP to send to any failed address when sending via the Internal server |
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Added: Now when retrieving addresses from Outlook contacts can use Categories as Groups |
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Added: Importing directly from Excel Spreadsheets |
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Added: Exporting directly to Excel spreadsheets |
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Added: Automatic processing of read receipts |
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Added: New database fields for when the user last read a message and how many messages they have read |
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Added: Can now view the entire history for a user (when subscribed, sent messages, received messages, etc) |
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Added: Can now use the Outlook/Outlook Express stationery file within MailList King |
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Added: Can now add your own stationery/HTML templates |
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Added: FAST multithreaded sending via SMTP server |
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Added: Internal SMTP server now much more reliable with multiple send attempts, including optional final send via standard SMTP |
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Added: You can now create personalized auto-responding rules to send messages in response to messages that match certain rules |
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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 |
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Changed: Optimize/Repair function has been implemented into a new Update Database function |
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Added: Delete Sending Log files older than x months function in Update Database dialog |
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Added: Archive DB Log records older than x months function in Update Database dialog |
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Added: Delete statistics records older than x months function in Update Database dialog |
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Added: Delete Completed Sending Tasks older than x months function in Update Database dialog |
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Added: Now there are separate actions available when a user specifies an invalid group when subscribing or unsubscribing |
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Changed: Modified message headers to avoid encoding that might flag anti-Spam software |
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Added: Can now change the properties of the selected image in the message editor (change border, alignment, etc) |
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Added: Can now specify custom fields as personalization fields in a message |
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Added: Database now stores a record of when and how many messages have been sent to/by the user |
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Added: Can now specify and build your own custom filters |
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Added: Can now specify an e-mail address to send acknowledgments related to failures to |
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Added: Much faster retrieval of folders from Outlook as folder list is only filled as expand each node |
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Added: Now easier to access and change the sender address for messages |
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Added: New option in send message dialog to edit the message in the default HTML editor |
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Added: New option in send message dialog to edit the plain text body of the message |
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Added: New option in send message dialog to edit the HTML source |
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Added: Fax Field |
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Added: Request Read Receipts and Automatically Process Read Receipts to Advanced options |
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Added: Now remembers the Hide Completed check box status in the View Sending tasks window |
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Added: Sending log can now be displayed while messages are being delivered |
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Added: Better handling of MAPI message counting to deal with never-ending retrievals under Outlook Express |
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Added: Always explicitly logs off from a MAPI session |
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Changed: When manually inserting send recipient list it now displays rejected address before sending and allows sending to be cancelled |
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Added: Now guesses the first and last name for manually pasted addresses (in SMTP format) |
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Added: Warning when there are no unsent recipients remaining when choose to save them |
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Fixed: Duplicate progress messages when sending via SMTP |
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Changed: Database format completely redone for greater speed and storage efficiency |
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Removed: Delete All Entries menu item (now is better to use functions in Group Options) |
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Removed: Merge All Entries menu item (now is better to use functions in Group Options) |
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Added: Now can sort by twelve fields even if database isn't cached |
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Added: Can now navigate the sent messages dialog using next/prior/delete |
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Added: Now navigation buttons in reprocess error dialog are disabled if movement unavailable |
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Added: Multiple selection and processing in Errors dialog |
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Changed: Improved layout of process addresses dialog |
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Changed: Folder scanning available even in the unregistered version |
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Added: Retrieve from folders function now allows selection of a single file |
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Added: Better handling of variables in the retrieve from message folders dialog |
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Added: Can now scan addresses from mail or file folders and add them directly to your Blocked Addresses List |
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Added: Can now override the character set and content encoding of messages |
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Added: Main graph can now optionally display only unique entries, rather than total entries |
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Added: Now all database fields (including custom fields) can be used to personalize messages |
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Added: Support for new and custom fields to exporting |
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Changed: Improved formatting of export files |
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Added: Better checking for existing file names when exporting |
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Added: Can now cancel importation |
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Added: Now when importing it detects whether the import file has multiple columns or not |
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Added: Now warns when importing files it warns you if the fields have not been mapped |
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Added: New menu item allows a back up to commence immediately from a back up file |
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Changed: Now main graph is updated to the most recent records |
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Changed: Increased SMTP server time out to 120 seconds |
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Changed: Default SMTP server connection threads to five |
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Added: Now even regular sends use the Send Tasks functionality from greater stability, editing of tasks, resending, etc. |
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Changed: Improved the message heading when scheduled messages are being processed |
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Added: User ID Field |
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Changed: Now when resending a message from the send log it uses the current selection (rather than the original recipients) |
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Added: Now setup wizard allows you to select a sending and retrieval method as well. POP and SMTP Settings are only requested if needed |
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Added: Setup Wizard now detects your email software |
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Changed: Setup wizard can now be activated later and not modify any settings |
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Added: Now when retrieving contacts can choose to only return the main address for each recipient |
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Added: Glyphs to options tabs |
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Added: Now remembers the fields that are selected in the retrieve addresses from message folders dialog |
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Added: Can now automatically process folders to retrieve addresses from messages (for adding, removing or processing as bounces) |
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Added: Now remembers how many messages have been sent to each group in the database and when |
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Added: Now displays the member count for each group in the main group list |
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Changed: Better method of sending subscribe info commands |
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Added: Can now double click a group name to see full statistics for that group |
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Added: New custom filter: Users belonging to multiple groups |
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Added: New custom filter: Users not emailed since... |
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Added: Graphics to many drop down lists and tab controls |
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Changed: No longer unfilters the entire database when displaying another dialog |
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Fixed: May encounter error if select Reset Bounce count for all entries |
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Added: Now remembers the selected filter under Custom Filter tab |
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Added: Now double-clicking the schedule icon in the status bar starts the next sending task |
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Added: Clicking Ctrl+T starts the next sending task |
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Added: Can now multiple select images to insert into a message |
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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 |
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Added: Can now specify users (when unsubscribing, searching, etc) by UserID rather than e-mail address |
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Added: Can now specify a description for groups |
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Changed: Now group statistics and general statistics share the same table |
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Added: Can now show/hide columns using a menu item |
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Added: Now can add a custom comment to contacts |
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Added: Now remembers the action you last used in the process addresses dialog |
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Changed: If the backup on exit option is enabled it now also backs up when closing a database (to open a new one) |
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Added: Now warns you before closing options if valid SMTP details have not been set and offers the chance to set them |
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Added: Now can block users who have unsubscribed, just from that group or from the entire mailing list |
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Added: for custom bounce filter can now specify the number of bounces |
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Added: Custom filter to display users who have sent numerous messages |
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Added: Full color tray icon under Windows XP |
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Changed: Improved the checkbox column to make it more accessible |
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Added: In Edit User Record can now send a subscription report to the user |
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Added: Can now block users from attaching files that are forwarded to other users |
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Added: Link in menu to tutorial |
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Changed: Now displays message after click OK if a valid message/contacts folder is not selected in an outlook folder retrieval dialog |
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Changed: Now don't display an error message for unavailable PST files |
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Added: In user's group list displays the date that the user joined the group |
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Added: Improved compatibility when sending via SMTP with embedded images |
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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 |
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Changed: Now when exporting to CSV format it forces the comma as a delimiter |
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Removed: Prompting for the export type before exporting |
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Added: Now when creating a new folder it changes the selection to the new folder |
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Changed: Better internal handling of the clipboard |
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Added: Now displays warning when attempting to embed images with identical filenames into a message |
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Added: Now read-receipt is supported even when sending via SMTP |
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Added: Confirmation of deletion of single users can be disabled |
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Removed: Exclusive database option is not longer accessible via the UI |
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Added: Displays date of the last message sent by admin |
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Added: Four new filters related to reading of messages by user |
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Added: Can now specify a period for which automatic processing is disabled |
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Added: Outputs some unexpected errors when debugging is enabled |
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Added: Now can optionally display a summary when a message completes sending |
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Removed: Send logging option (now always logs unless db logging is disabled) |
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Removed: Superfluous archive logs larger than x KB option |
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Removed: Clear all entries option from the log and errors dialog |
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Added: Now when delete an entry from the send log it removes the associated send log file (with all details of the sending) |
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Added: Improved wording of sending log |
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Changed: Now maintains the entire log even when sending a message in batches |
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Added: Hints to the labels display in the main window |
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Changed: Now doesn't display sender address retrieval errors when using Extended MAPI |
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Changed: Much faster exporting of textual data (e.g. when saving unsent recipients to file) and logging |
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Changed: Now formats member numbers with thousands separators |
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Added: Now remembers the last ten used sender addresses |
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Added: Now for the To address you can specify a display name |
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Added: Now remembers the last ten used To addresses |
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Added: Now when specifying extra To, CC or BCC recipients for a message can include a display name |
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Added: Improved layout of message recipients dialog |
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Added: Can now retrieve exclusion list from e-mail software folders |
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Added: Warning if specify manual recipients option but do not provide any recipients |
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Added: Image selection dialog in Message send dialog now displays all images as thumbnails |
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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) |
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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 |
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Fixed: Now always breaks long lines in HTML import files |
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Fixed: Now ampersands in URL's are not replaced by & |
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Fixed: Add Recipients dialog too tall for 800x600 system |
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Added: Now MLK message files store custom plain text body |
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Added: Can now display contacts deleted by the administrator |
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Fixed: May get formatting problem after using spell checker on plain text |
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Changed: Configuration data and database now saved to Windows Application Data folder |
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Added: Now internal SMTP server supports staggered sending (delay between sending of each message) |
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Added: Internal SMTP Server now supports custom plain text bodies |
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Added: Can now limit the display the main graph to unique group members |
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Added: Can now display a logging window while a sending is underway |
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Removed: Obsolete "Obtaining your DNS Address" link |
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Changed: Can now override the X-Mailer setting when sending via SMTP |
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Added: Now when filtering the database it shows the percentage of the total database displayed (as value in status bar) |
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Fixed: Sometimes get unnecessary MSHTML prompt to save warning in HTML message editor |
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Changed: Now uses database table for internal handling of forwarding lists (for user sent messages) |
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Fixed: In a rare situation the body background file might not be embedded correctly |
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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) |
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Added: Now when sending automated messages it always displays the name in the email to address |
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Added: Now when sending double-optin reminders the subject line is prefixed with "REMINDER" |
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Added: Now remembers selected control option in the current tab on close down |
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Added: New filters to display addresses that are valid or have failed validation |
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Changed: Now deletes old back up files when optimizing the database using the update Database tool |
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Changed: Improved layout of the menu |
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Changed: Minor improvements to layout of progress dialog |
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Added: New option allows you to reset the bounce count for a user if no sending errors are encountered within x months |
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Changed: Now the reply name for forwarded messages is set to the name of the group |
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Added: Can now reprocess an entire selection of items in the errors dialog by ignoring MLK blocking rules |
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Changed: Now more consistent naming of group contacts throughout the software as "members" |
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Changed: Shortcut to change group is now Ctrl+G |
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Added: Shortcut (Ctrl+L) to re-open the last message that was sent |
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Changed: Now only loads each database table in errors dialog as displayed |
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Changed: Now prevents the user from specifying the following chars in group names: | , " * < > '' [ ] = & @ ? / \ : |
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Changed: Now when a web form contains a field twice and one is blank it uses the field value that is specified |
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Added: Improved styling of Message Retrieval dialog |
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Added: Animation to Message Retrieval dialog |
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Changed: Now message details are always displayed in the Message Retrieval dialog |
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Changed: No longer shows non-functional progress dialog when retrieving messages via SMAPI |
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Added: Can now double click log entries to view full details |
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Added: Now when warned about a feature not being available in the unregistered information, you can choose to display order info |
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Added: Now position and size of Active sending tasks dialog is remembered |
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Added: HTML and XML file types to those available in the "Retrieve addresses from folder" function |
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Changed: Improved the layout of many dialogs |
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Changed: Does not prompt for a correct group name during processing of subscribes, for errors related to spaces found in e-mail addresses |
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Changed: Retrieve settings from Outlook in startup wizard is now just a link |
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Added: Now writes the application version to the send log |
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Changed: Outlook 2003 graphics in retrieve from outlook folders dialog |
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Changed: No longer display unsupported folder types (tasks, notes, etc) in retrieve from outlook folders dialog |
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Fixed: Can appear to edit the folder names in folder tree of outlook |
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Changed: Replaced HTML editing component |
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Added: Redo button to Rich Text message toolbar |
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Added: Full justify button to Rich Text message toolbar |
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Added: Now warns during installation/uninstallation if the app is still running |
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Added: New installation script with significantly smaller download size |
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Fixed: MSHTML.DLL Access Violation that could occur with some versions of Internet Explorer |
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Changed: Now all Outlook units share MAPI Login function |
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Fixed: In some situations the NameSpace objects is left assigned |
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Added: Much better routine for guessing the first and last name from a full name |
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Added: Now when generating full name from first and last name the individual name parts are capitalized |
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Fixed: In some rare situations where the DB fails to load on start up the settings might be saved without having been loaded |
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Added: Now waits five seconds before starting a scheduled sending on start up |
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Changed: Now when retrieving items from contacts it always uses the Outlook default contacts folder |
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Added: Now automatically fills the default Outlook Contacts folder in the export to Outlook Distribution list dialog |
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Fixed: User count display may not update after manually adding contacts (incl. from Outlook folders) |
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Added: Now when specifying an invalid address using modify e-mail address function it allows you to ignore MLK blocking rules |
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Fixed: If specify that don't want to overwrite a file when exporting window closes without letting a new name be specified |
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Added: Now in Open DB dialog it shows the number of members |
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Fixed: After deleting the last displayed record in the Edit Member dialog the dialog was not closing |
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Added: Now all group selection combos auto-fill as you type |
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Added: Can now show all removed addresses at once in Errors dialog |
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Changed: Now when adding recipients from a text file it does not clear the existing recipients |
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Changed: Now when adding recipients from an Outlook folder it does not clear the existing recipients |
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Added: Clear All button to manual recipients dialog |
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Added: Now when adding addresses to blocked list, it converts any that are in SMTP format |
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Added: More explicit warning if attempting to restart a sending task that has already completed |
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Added: Can now manually terminate specific threads when sending via the Internal Server or multi-threaded SMTP |
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Added: Can now specify the time-out during a send via the Internal Server or multi-threaded SMTP |
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Fixed: May get weird issues if set schedules too far into the future |
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Added: Improved methods for editing and creating new users |
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Fixed: Incorrect sorting of folder tree under XP |
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Fixed: If option not set clear new user field when sending is not set then user send count is not incremented |
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Added: New glyph column to main graph showing status of users (new/many bounces/many sends/normal) |
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Added: Now all grids remember their layout settings |
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Added: Glyph status column to sending tasks grid |
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Added: Glyph type column to grid |
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Added: Glyph type column to sending log grid |
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Added: Glyph column to group statistics grid |
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Added: Glyph column to group activity grid |
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Updated: Now uses new Xequte registration handling method |
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Added: Now registered versions of MLK4 and MLK5 can run on the same system |
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Changed: Now messages forwarded using the retrieval tasks function are sent using the Admin address (option can be disabled in settings.ini) |
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Changed: In Select Groups tab it now does not display groups until a search button is clicked |
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Added: Now the database log (View|Log) is filtered by month |
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Added: Error checking for unregistered IE editing DLLs |
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Changed: Select Group box width now resizes to available width |
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Added: Hourglass while preparing options |
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Added: Automatic searching of groups under the select groups tab is now optional |
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Changed: Logging option has now been changed to a "Disable all logging" option |
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Added: Hidden option to also update all membership counts for uses when optimizing the database |
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Changed: Now when sending automated messages (acknowledgments, etc) it always specifies the users name in the To address |
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Changed: Now never changes the OLE reply address unless user specifically sets the option to allow overriding |
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Fixed: Change sending method option is not shown when editing sending tasks |
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Fixed: Check/Uncheck buttons are shown for the incorrect filter under custom filters |
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Fixed: Sometimes count displayed in status bar is not up-to-date |
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Fixed: Not all options are enabled when enabling user sending |
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Added: UserID field to user record dialog |
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Fixed: Incorrect message error displayed when specify a custom field that contains an invalid character |
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Changed: Now when inserting personalized fields it clears the default to address (as the recipient address will go in the to field) |
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Fixed: Attachments panel not displayed when loading a message with attachments |
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Fixed: Can add duplicate attachments |
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Fixed: When overwriting a message with attachments the attachments from the old message are inherited |
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Added: Shift+Ctrl+R to re-register all of the DLL's that MLK uses |
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Added: If error detected displaying the send dialog it prompts to register MLK's DLL's |
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Added: Glyphs to group checklistbox in main window |
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Added: Glyphs to group checklistbox in Select group membership dialog |
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Added: Glyphs to group checklistbox in edit member dialog |
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Added: Glyphs to group checklistbox in export distribution list dialog |
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Added: Glyphs to Tasks checklistbox in edit tasks dialog |
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Changed: No longer exports the message body when exporting the send log (as HTML source can cause problems for Excel) |
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Removed: Non-searchable Insertion Details field |
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Fixed: Issues parsing web forms with similarly named fields |
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Added: Address details to SubscribeInfo record |
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Changed: Import map dialog now has a cancel option |
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Changed: Wording of sending method in options |
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Changed: Edited all data that is output to the send log |
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Fixed: Images within messages maintain their original path and may appear as attachments |
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Fixed: When cancel out of Set Schedule settings dialog, it closes the Message Editing window |
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Fixed: When there are no recipients for a message when scheduled sending it still closes the Message Editing window |
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Changed: Now remembers the Base URL path when viewing a scheduled or logged message (so can view images even if they used relative paths) |
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Added: Now displays warning text in recipient box if there are no database recipients listed |
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Added: Now remembers the settings in the retrieve from file folders dialog |
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Added: Now remembers the default tab in Edit Member dialog |
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Added: Now remembers the last export filename used |
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Changed: Now if (un)subscribe a user to multiple groups using comma, then double opt-in messages are sent for each group separately |
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Added: New option to allows you to automatically create any new groups encountered without prompting |
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Changed: Now when importing it creates all new groups encountered without prompting |
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Changed: Now if a user belongs to multiple groups and the option is specified to use the user's group when forwarding, the message is forwarded to all the groups the user belongs to |
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Added: Hidden option allowing you to skip certain domains when sending via Internal Server (so they are sent via SMTP) |
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Added: Now remembers the currently selected tab in the Statistics and Errors dialogs |
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Changed: Now much faster at performing functions when only one record is selected |
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Added: MLK now fixes Outlook base class definitions if they are not defined |
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Changed: Content of help tab is now centered in the window |
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Added: Can now specify in advanced options how many messages a member must send or be sent to have star or double star status |
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Changed: Help file now in CHM (HTML) format, not WinHelp |
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Fixed: Progress display may not be hidden after a repair |
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Added: Confirmation dialog if trying to open MLK without an open database |
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Added: MLK UI is locked if open MLK without an open database |
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Changed: Now all columns display ellipses if the text is too wide for the column |
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Added: Shortcut Alt+G to create a new group |
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Added: All compatible HTML editing shortcuts to plain text editor |
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Changed: FAQ now only links to the online version (no local copy) |
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Added: Can now type a path into the open DB dialog |
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Added: Open DB dialog now offers a drop down list of recent database paths |
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Added: Now remembers the selected fields when exporting |
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Added: Now remember all fields when print mailing lists |
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Fixed: May not be able to edit the heading when printing your mailing list |
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Fixed: Difficult to cancel importation |
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Added: Now search tab resizes controls to better match window size |
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Added: Option to add extra text to the buttons on the message editing toolbar |
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Changed: Storage section of some settings |
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Added: Ctrl+Shift+I to display DB and Settings folders |
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Added: Shortcut to create a new user |
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Changed: Layout of menus |
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Added: Extra buttons to main toolbar |
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Added: Help Link in Errors dialog |
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Added: New automatic back up option: Once a day |
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Updated: Extended MAPI library DLL to address some issues with Outlook 2003 |
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Removed: CDO sending option |
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Added: better log reporting when sending automated messages e.g. if the message file or e-mail address is invalid |
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Changed: No longer displays error dialog if a problem is encountered sending opt-in messages |
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Fixed: Outlook sometimes takes a long time to close after MLK has accessed it |
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Changed: Sending methods wording |
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Changed: Improved display of folders when retrieving from message folders using MAPI |
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Added: No longer displays warning if you delete messages from an Outlook folder while MLK is accessing it * |
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Fixed: Wasn't locking group list boxes while adding items to them * |
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Fixed: When rename group it may not be updated in the main window * |
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Added: Warning if specify same folder for incoming messages and as a destination for moving messages after checking * |
v5.01 Change List:
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Added: Warning the first time try to use Auto-responders or folder tasks |
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Fixed: A/V when closing Outlook settings |
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Fixed: Warning when using POP |
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Fixed: May get warning about SMTP server usage even in registered version |
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Fixed: Column order in display columns menu item always changes |
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Fixed: Column order and layout may be corrupted on close down |
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Added: Now web forms can have GroupInfo or SubscribeInfo as actions |
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Fixed: Not setting the personalized subject |
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Fixed: When resend messages via SMTP after SMTP server may resend to all |
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Fixed: Bare LF issues when sending via single threaded SMTP |
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Fixed: Hotmail, Gmail and others only display the plain text body |
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Fixed: Alignment buttons in message editor may align entire body |
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Fixed: Some issues with remembering the sorting and layout of grids |
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Added: Improved send logging |
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Added: Address messages in send task list that do not have a subject/name displayed |
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Added: Improved layout of sending tasks columns |
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Added: When clicking Ctrl+Shift+R it also checks the Outlook class definitions |
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Added: Now supports HTML web submission forms that use bullets |
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Added: Deep logging for single-threaded SMTP |
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Fixed: May get blank messages when sending via some mail servers |
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Added: Now automatically detects Outlook class errors and offers to fix the problem |
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Added: Can now specify domains to skip when validating addresses |
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Changed: Please register dialog is displayed from first usage |
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Changed: Layout of Please Register dialog |
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Fixed: Even if select sub-folders option when retrieving addresses from Outlook it may only process the top-level folder |
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Added: Can now optionally send single part HTML messages (Option in Settings.ini) |
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Added: Some logging for processing message processing |
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Fixed: Attachments may be ignored when retrieving POP messages |
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Fixed: Rules that work on the destination recipient when using POP may not work |
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Fixed: When right-click item and move to blocked list, it might only be deleted |
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Added: New Save option to save the current message as a stationery file |
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Fixed: Now more accurate at reporting sent recipient count status after completion |
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Changed: Handling of Exchange Public Folders |
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Fixed: Problems forwarding messages that are destined for the entire mailing list |
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Fixed: May not be able to add back an address that is listed in the unsubscriber list |
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Added: Can now modify the sending address that is used for acknowldegment, welcome and confirmation messages |
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Fixed: When forwarding a user message to an identical recipients list it may not send |
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Fixed: When importing and an entry already exists, custom fields may be replaced by those in import file |
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Removed: Obsolete insertion data column |
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Added: Now rebuild field lists for all field display controls |
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Added: Now when an error is encountered when batch processing user can cancel out |
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Added: Now can batch set a certain field (including all custom fields) for all selected contacts |
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Added: Can now add your own items to the history list |
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Fixed: Problems using multiple SMTP threads in the standard or unregistered version |
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Added: Now display warning if trying to create an Outlook distribution list with too many entries |
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Changed: Reverted to v4 encoding routine (v5 method still an option) |
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Changed: Mime boundary which might be flagged by Spam Assassin |
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Fixed: Difficult to modify the sent status of recipients in View Recipients dialog |
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Fixed: If cancel building of unique recipients when sending, it may still send to the initial recipients |
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Added: Ctrl+Alt+S to toggle through all available sending methods in message editing dialog |
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Fixed: Some issues related to loaded HTML with extended <HTML> tags |
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Added: Better wait cursors for slow HTML operations |
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Changed: Method used to handle content encoding |
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Changed: Can now disable the content encoding reference |
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Changed: For SMTP Server and multi-threaded SMTP now uses default character set unless one is specified |
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Added: Now can override content encoding for SMTP Server and multi-threaded SMTP |
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Added: Can now disable the xmailer tag |
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Added: Can now specify the character set of the outgoing message |
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Added: Now checks that the same folder is not specified for message retrieval and moving messages to (automatic folder retrieval tasks)* |
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Added: Can now process web form messages using automatic retrieval tasks* |
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Changed: When database is not fully cached clicking the header of a sorted column no longer unsorts it* |
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Added: New sort column: Record Date* |
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Fixed: When processing web forms, may get multiple field values for custom fields* |
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Changed: Can now toggle recipients sent status using space or double click in view recipients dialog* |
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Added: Can now specify multiple possible subjects for web submission messages* |
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Changed: Web form field editing is now handled with a separate form* |
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Added: Web form submission editing dialog now shows an example message form* |
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Fixed: Now better at coping with wacky dates returned from Outlook* |