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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:
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520 Message editor toolbar problem after switching user on Windows XP.
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1052 Flicker & redraw problems when resizing main window.
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396 SQLITE[14] error if Windows User Account name contains non-ANSI characters.
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897 Crashes if national characters are in the Windows user name.
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1189 Broadcast to large number of prospects > the app stops responding for a while.
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1039 Odd behavior when Stop toolbar button is clicked while adding lots of recipients to broadcast job.
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1092 Problem trying to initiate sending of two broadcasts at the same time.
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1142 Messages with images show up with 'attachment' icon in Outlook 2003.
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1185 Missing body if variable not closed.
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1107 Broadcast can only be sent to one autoresponder.
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1177 Counter-intuitive log messages if an email causes a loop.
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881 Searching through a large number of prospects using Find takes long and the app stops responding.
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880 Importing large number of prospects (10,000) > the app stops responding.
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1141 Program doesn't warn after you install an older version, it may just corrupt the configuration.
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604 If a out server is deleted while sending, it crashes the program.
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430 .ver files are often missing (version is now stored in the header).
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229 Changing the number of threads takes *long* or even hangs the program.
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919 Takes long to receive lots of small messages.
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1144 Takes long to open Options with a very large number of blocked addresses (50,000).
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1048 Undeliverables are not removed from the queue right away.
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1113 People who unsubscribed are not removed from the queue right away.
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869 Opt-out reply doesn't work with "Add to blocked" on.
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1040 Follow-up is very slow and disk-intensive.
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1322 Unsubscribed prospect doesn't get removed from broadcast.
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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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