Email Autoresponder Software for Windows - FollowUpExpert

Build 2022 - 2009-11-11

FIX

5282

It should not fail with an error when trying to send via Gmail's SMTP.

Build 2014 - 2009-10-16

FIX

5275

The program should work with SMTP servers that don't support authorization.

FIX

5276

Turning off SMTP authorization should have an effect even if the login & password are still there.

NEW

5236

SMTP protocol logging.

NEW

5234

More detailed SMTP server errors.

Build 2003 - 2009-09-14

FIX

5212

There should be no login failures when trying to authenticate SMTP using a valid login and password.

FIX

5148

Should support connection to all SMTP servers supported by v3.x.

Version 4.0.6 Build 1992 - 2009-08-05

FIX

4607

Should not fail to open as a result of a software conflict with Logitech QuickCam, Google Desktop and possibly other apps (DLL injection).

FIX

5076

It should correctly recognize certain bounce types as permanent errors instead of temporary ones.

FIX

5120

National characters should work in $(Original-Subject).

FIX

5051

"Subscriber" tab, "Add", "Import" and so on -> When subscriber is added, it should show on the report as manual opt-in on report.

FIX

5050

"Subscriber" tab, "Add", "Import" > When subscriber is added, it should show on the report as manual opt-in on report.

FIX

5044

Subscriber name fields -- $(Name) etc. -- should work in replies to unsubscribe requests.

FIX

5063

Subscribers that are unsubscribed/bounced/deleted should be removed from broadcasts to multiple lists.

FIX

5041

Should not stop processing incoming mail if a message triggers an error.

NEW

5052

Support for BCC field.

FIX

5036

Should handle bounces caused by DNS errors as fatal errors (detected if the "Cannot deliver to the email address" option is on).

FIX

5001

SWREG: fix IE problem with Personal edition order.

FIX

4981

Some messages are recognized as bounces preventing opt-in/opt-out etc.

FIX

4951

When importing from text file it should ignore lines with empty columns.

FIX

4964

Should never send to blocked addresses.

Version 4.0.5 Build 1952 - 2008-12-25

NEW

4036

Database of outgoing messages is now up to 15 times smaller resulting in better performance and less disk usage while sending.

NEW

4633

Sends messages up to twice as fast as version 4.0 at the same time using less CPU.

NEW

4394

"Subscribers" tab > option to delete inactive members, copy selected members to a list. UI enhancements.

NEW

4289

Testing with a sample message for conditions.

NEW

4773

"Blocked Addresses" no longer limits the number of addresses added in one batch.

NEW

4556

Set the default backup file name to program name + time stamp.

NEW

4764

More relaxed naming rules for subscriber custom fields.

FIX

4931

If there's an error downloading from first account, it shouldn't skip the second one.

FIX

4930

Bounce handling options should not turn off by themselves.

FIX

4295

"Incoming Mail Account" > Switching from Gmail account back to POP3 should not port set to 995.

FIX

4933

User should not be able to access the "Mailing List" window while importing subscribers from another list.

FIX

4924

Should display next-follow-up drop-down for subscribers.

FIX

4903

Should not crash intermittently while processing new mail and scheduling follow-up messages.

FIX

4861

Text extraction/parsing should work for messages certified virus-free by AVG antivirus software.

FIX

4649

Should send messages in presence of AVG antivirus outgoing mail scanning.

FIX

4664

Duplicate emails should not end up in the database.

FIX

4918

Should not immediately send followup set up to go in a week.

FIX

4844

Complete rewrite of the outgoing mail database; it now works much better with huge configurations (100,000+ subscribers, millions of outgoing messages).

FIX

4894

Extracted fields should work in opt-in replies and messages sent to a list of specific addresses.

FIX

4648

Should not hang sometimes when sending to two lists.

FIX

4808

Should not take this long to add blocked addresses to a large configuration.

FIX

4806

"Download Sample Message" should not have problems converting HTML messages to plain text.

FIX

4752

Should not take several seconds to open a mailing list with 100000+ subscribers.

FIX

4581

Should not take this slow to add a large number of blocked addresses.

FIX

4753

"Collecting information about outgoing mail" window disappears but it continues to collect information in the background.

FIX

4629

Should not take this long to process messages.

FIX

4633

It should deliver the message every time it says it sent one in presence of Norton Internet Security.

FIX

4603

Blocked addresses should not be case-sensitive.

FIX

4632

Should not crash while opening a follow-up message for editing.

FIX

4631

Deleting the only follow-up message should have an effect.

FIX

4592

Should not stop responding after an autoresponder/list is cloned.

FIX

4431

Should update jobs & recipients, and mailing lists & autoresponders if an outgoing mail server is deleted.

FIX

4034

Should not pop up an error if someone unsubscribes while setting next follow-up etc.

FIX

4283

Should not send changed follow-ups nor send to new subscribers while editing a mailing list.

FIX

4458

Should not fail or corrupt a file when extracting from huge zips.

FIX

4453

Should not take minutes to save blocked addresses after one address is added to the list.

FIX

4345

"Move Up" and "Down" for follow-up should keep the selected follow-up(s) visible.

FIX

4400

Should not crash at startup because of a database engine error.

FIX

4026

Should not show error message when switching from "Parsing Rule" with "Save as" expanded.

FIX

4028

"How can I use these links in my emails?" has background. Should be transparent.

FIX

4042

Stopping processing shouldn't take so long.

Version 4.0 Build 1838 - 2008-07-05 (Release)

FIX

3481

Should not stop sending after a while.

FIX

3477

Should not be possible to close the progress window using Alt+F4.

FIX

3583

Log should not occasionally show date/time in wrong format.

Version 4.0 Build 1813 - 2008-06-20 (Release Candidate)

NEW

3397

"Scheduling follow-ups" is over 20 times faster in cases where no subscribers are eligible for follow-up.

NEW

3416

Importing subscribers from a file is now 4-6 times faster.

NEW

3236

Sends 4-5 times faster than version 3.6 (performance may vary in production environment).

FIX

3336

Should consistenly schedule all follow-ups even if the task is killed.

FIX

3332

Deleting a mailing list should remove the relevant jobs.

FIX

2852

Clone should not appear to hang the application.

FIX

2631

Should not produce random "Aborting" errors in the log.

FIX

3236

Should not report 'database is locked' under heavy load while sending.

FIX

3234

Should not produce zero-length files in outgoing mail folders and stop sending.

FIX

2981

Upgrade should not fail with "Invalid characters used" if subscriber custom field name contains a comma.

Version 4.0 Build 1752 - 2008-05-16 (Beta 4)

NEW

2445

When a fresh copy of the new version is started, it automatically detects an older-version configuration and gives the user an option to carry it over to the new version.

Version 4.0 Build 1748 - 2008-05-13 (Beta 3)

NEW

3203

Check for an update only at startup or on user's request.

FIX

2982

Subscriber that is removed manually from a mailing list does not get removed from outgoing mail jobs.

Version 4.0 Build 1736 - 2008-04-11 (Beta 2)

NEW

2965

Auto-complete for email address boxes now lists the choices and works for matches inside strings ("info" will match both "info@domain.xxx" and "me@info.xxx").

NEW

2633

"Clone": An option to copy without subscribers.

NEW

2603

Should let user know that a sending limit has been reached.

NEW

2560

If "Save as" contains a custom field that isn't there, the field should be added to the schema.

FIX

2753

Auto-complete should not much more than necessary in email address fields.

FIX

2952

"Blocked Addresses" => Duplicate addresses should be ignored.

FIX

2964

Error message when deleting messages from in-account should include the name of the account and mention that it happened when trying to delete.

FIX

2903

Message editor should not prepend URLs that use data fields with "about:".

FIX

2937

Should not take so long to exit while sending.

FIX

2935

Should not crash at exit while sending.

FIX

2925

Data fields in "From" text box should not get messed up.

FIX

2758

"Follow-up Messages" tab > "Preview" => Should preview just selected follow-ups.

FIX

2921

"Follow-up Messages" tab > "Preview" => Should show progress while generating preview messages.

FIX

2581

Adding a new field on Parsing Rule should update custom fields on Mailing List.

FIX

2604

Outgoing Mail Server - Test should not say no connection to Internet if invalid login.

FIX

2606

Custom fields added to a new mailing list should not be lost.

Version 4.0 Build 1652 - 2008-02-13 (Beta 1)

NEW

2255

More elegant "New" window.

NEW

2167

"Status" panel > the user can filter incoming/outgoing mail, events, and tracking links.

NEW

2223

Support for Gmail.

NEW

1755

Office 2007 look.

NEW

2057

Sending limits are now configurable via the "Outgoing Mail Server" window.

NEW

1522

Support for background message delivery in Home edition (formerly: Standard Edition).

NEW

1942

"Status" > "Outgoing Mail": User can now delete outgoing mailings, retry failed recipients using the context menu.

NEW

1108

"Follow-Up Messages" tab now lists follow-up intervals in addition to the names.

NEW

1815

Follow-up intervals can be specified in minutes as well as hours/days/weeks.

NEW

1727

"Subscribers" tab now shows the total number of subscribers to the mailing list.

NEW

1254

"Banned Content" tab ("Options").

NEW

1704

Easier subscriber import.

NEW

1785

Revised User's Guide with new tutorials.

NEW

1758

Autoresponder / Reply / Don't reply to any given address too often.

NEW

1617

Option to download a sample message while setting up parsing of incoming mail.

NEW

1299

Easier parsing of incoming mail.

NEW

1491

Unlimited number of subscriber custom fields. Fields are now stored in a SQL database which means greater safety.

FIX

2533

Inconsistent time/date formatting in log & in reports.

FIX

2514

Should not schedule follow-ups until "OK".

FIX

2330

Should not corrupt click-tracking links with URL parameters.

FIX

2304

Should not fail to load EML files with images with no filename.

FIX

1963

"Status" > "Outgoing Mail" > Pause may have no effect.

FIX

2164

Should not stop responding at any point while creating mailing even with huge lists.

FIX

2215

Should warn user in a meaningful way, if invalid incoming mail account address is used.

FIX

1898

"Subscribers" tab > "Import" -> opt-in confirmations should not be sent until changes are saved.

FIX

2005

"Status" > "Outgoing Mail" => New mailings should appear after Restore while server stopped.

FIX

1557

"Status" > "Outgoing Mail" => New mailings should not disappear while server stopped.

FIX

2224

Should use secondary server if primary is over the limit.

FIX

1982

Mail Settings > Changing "Primary server" may have no effect if display names are similar.

FIX

1782

Message to Subscribers > Title says "Plain text" but the combo "HTML".

FIX

2156

Should delete the job if mailing generation fails (and show an error message).

FIX

2201

If you Stop while sending some messages may be unsent.

FIX

2213

After the user changes the name of an SMTP server, should start using the new name immediately.

FIX

1892

Too many logins to SMTP with multiple parallel threads.

FIX

2042

Should send as fast as the previous versions or faster. I was able to increase it to 7.3 message per second.

FIX

1438

Shouldn't try to send messages through a server that's over the limit because it wastes resources.

FIX

1536

Outgoing mail limits don't work properly (unconfirmed).

FIX

2047

Optional name capitalization should be consistent across the various name-related fields.

FIX

1493

Problem with national characters in recipient's name.

FIX

1533

"Status" > "Outgoing Mail" => National letters are not rendered properly.

FIX

1488

Fixed UTF-8 parsing problem.

FIX

1983

Message sent by FX have higher spam score than Outlook 2003.

FIX

2024

User should be able to operate links using the keyboard.

FIX

1814

"Status" > "Outgoing Mail" => Relevant messages should be removed after autoresponder/mailing list deleted.

FIX

1517

When upgrading from large older configuration no window is shown.

FIX

1923

$(First-Name), $(To-First-Name) doesn't work in preview messages.

Version 3.6

"Status" panel lets you see incoming & outgoing messages.
Support for national characters in outgoing emails and data fields.
AND/OR message conditions (match all conditions/match any condition).
Easier & simpler "Find Prospect" window.
*Much* faster follow-up generation.
Optimized and less CPU-intensive background sending.
Simplified & flicker-free user interface (main window & message editor).
Numerous fixes & usability improvements including:
- 520
  Message editor toolbar problem after switching user on Windows XP.
- 1052
  Flicker & redraw problems when resizing main window.
- 396
  SQLITE[14] error if Windows User Account name contains non-ANSI characters.
- 897
  Crashes if national characters are in the Windows user name.
- 1189
  Broadcast to large number of prospects > the app stops responding for a while.
- 1039
  Odd behavior when Stop toolbar button is clicked while adding lots of recipients to broadcast job.
- 1092
  Problem trying to initiate sending of two broadcasts at the same time.
- 1142
  Messages with images show up with 'attachment' icon in Outlook 2003.
- 1185
  Missing body if variable not closed.
- 1107
  Broadcast can only be sent to one autoresponder.
- 1177
  Counter-intuitive log messages if an email causes a loop.
- 881
  Searching through a large number of prospects using Find takes long and the app stops responding.
- 880
  Importing large number of prospects (10,000) > the app stops responding.
- 1141
  Program doesn't warn after you install an older version, it may just corrupt the configuration.
- 604
  If a out server is deleted while sending, it crashes the program.
- 430
  .ver files are often missing (version is now stored in the header).
- 229
  Changing the number of threads takes *long* or even hangs the program.
- 919
  Takes long to receive lots of small messages.
- 1144
  Takes long to open Options with a very large number of blocked addresses (50,000).
- 1048
  Undeliverables are not removed from the queue right away.
- 1113
  People who unsubscribed are not removed from the queue right away.
- 869
  Opt-out reply doesn't work with "Add to blocked" on.
- 1040
  Follow-up is very slow and disk-intensive.
- 1322
  Unsubscribed prospect doesn't get removed from broadcast.
- 1314
  Sometimes appears to send to some email addresses more than once (no duplicates are sent, it's a logging problem).

Version 3.5

Easier incoming mail account & outgoing mail server management; you can now manage the accounts/servers in the way similar to Microsoft Outlook interface.
Much simpler prospect field management & access.
When you click "Send" to deliver your newsletter to prospects, it now starts sending almost immediately (in seconds) even with a large number of prospects (10,000+).
Sending now is done in background; the program replies to incoming messages as fast as possible while delivering your newsletters in the background.
Now works much faster with a large number of autoresponders (100+) and with large messages (5MB+). Processing is faster and it takes less time to open autoresponder with large amount of huge messages.
You can now move prospects between autoresponders with a single mouse click ("Move" button on the "Prospects" tab).
Opt-in information for each prospect that signed up via email or web form (useful in case of a false spam/abuse report).
Simplified windows & dialogs.

Version 3.3

Improved prospect import (the user can load/save column mapping, the import window now shows sample values for each column).
The user can now change port numbers (SMTP/POP3) for individual autoresponders.
Now autoresponders can be set up to optionally reply to the Reply-To: field instead of From:.
Fixed an ugly bug in the built-in SMTP server that caused the application to randomly crash. It occurred very rarely but it was very annoying anyway.
Several minor fixes.

Version 3.2

You can create and maintain a list of blocked email addresses the program will never send to nor accept opts-in from.
Way to clone the settings of an existing autoresponder (right-click the icon and select "Clone").
Easier and more intuitive integration with web forms.
First and last name can now be separately extracted from a message sent by a web form.
When importing prospects from a text file, columns may now be separately mapped to the first and last name.
The user can now insert HTML tables into HTML messages using the built-in message editor.
Numerous bugfixes.

Version 3.1

Support for ISP limits for outgoing messages. The user can easily add limits for SMTP servers specifying the maximum number of messages to send per hour/day/week/month. (Options > Limits).
Ability to send all follow-up messages at once to an email address by clicking the new "Test" button added to the "Follow-Up Messages" tab. This lets the user easily test their follow-up sequence.
Support for testing message broadcast. The user can preview a message by sending it to an email address.
A separate window showing a log of all events that happen during download of new mail, processing, sending and so on. The window is updated in real-time. (Events > Details)
Option to automatically remove a prospect from an autoresponder database when he or she opts in to another.
Substitute text for name field. For instance, "Dear Sir," when name is not present instead of "Dear,". (Options > Substitute name).
Now the program works much faster with very large email messages (larger than 2MB).
Faster download of new messages from a POP3 account.

Version 3.0

Write your messages with ease using completely new message editor:
- Create messages containing colors and graphics using the editor's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) capability.
- Add and send images along with your message.
- Open as many independent windows as you like when creating new messages to your prospects.
- Easily insert fields into a message by clicking the new "Insert Field" button. All fields available in a given context are listed along with their descriptions.
- Load and save messages in various formats. This lets you create a library of letter templates and layouts and exchange HTML pages with your favorite web design software.
Have invalid addresses automatically removed from your databases using its built-in bounced message (delivery failure notification) handling.
Measure effectiveness of your campaigns and follow-up communication by calculating the click-through rates. You can add click-through tracking links to your messages and the program will tell you how many users clicked a given link.
Use support for double opt-in to make sure your mailing list is 100% legal. The program may send a confirmation request to everyone that wants to opt-in.
Send your messages much faster thanks to many performance improvements we made to the sending engine:
- Messages are now generated at least an order of magnitude faster than in the previous version.
- The sending engine now minimizes the number of time it connects to servers. In other words, it connects to an SMTP server and tries to send as many messages as it can (up to a user-defined limit) and reconnects only if it is necessary.
Minimize the number of messages sent through your ISP's SMTP server by using the built-in server while making sure that your have a 100% delivery rate. The program may be told to use the built-in server to send to most of the recipients. If the built-in server is not able to deliver to an email address it will use an external SMTP server.
Include the text of the original message in your replies.
Have the program automatically capitalize prospects' first, middle and last names when they are used in a message.
Test your web form integration and parsing code using a special testing window.
Increase your productivity by taking advantage of the new XP-style user-interface.
Keep your software up to date by being automatically informed about updates and new versions.
Verify your POP3 and SMTP settings by clicking a single button.
Enjoy dozens of user-interface enhancements and modifications.

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