History of MailList King Email Mailing List Management Software

Complete Change History

• Changed: Increased maximum size of database tables from 4GB to 128GB (Note: No longer compatible with Windows 95, 98, or ME)
• Added: Unsubscribes are not added to the error list if the failure occurred because the member is already unsubscribed
• Changed: Improved display of available option in Edit Group dialog
• Added: Improved menu text in main window
• Changed: Now does not send a subscribe double opt-in unless a user passes all subscription rules
• Added: When importing multiple address columns can be amalgamated into MLK's address field
• Added: Now includes validation result in the history log
• Added: RAC Command List processing functions now include the email list in the acknowledgement email
• Changed: If you allow members without email addresses then only contacts with email addresses are shown in the select members dialog
• Added: More detail in log particular related to Outlook syncing
• Added: Now looks for County as alternative for State or Province
• Added: Now uses the selected group if none has been checked
• Removed: Demoted option: WebFormSubjectsPartialMatching. Now always enabled
• Added: Installer no longer prompts for program files folder or start menu folder when updating an existing install
• Added: Improved installer compression for smaller download
• Added: Installation progress now displays on task bar in Windows 7
• Added: New graphics in selectors in Statistics dialog
• Changed: Improved error message for modifies that do not have an update address
• Added: Delete key prompts to remove the current group, Ctrl+Enter edits the current group, Ctrl+A selects, then unselects all
• Changed: Group box in Options dialog uses checkboxes (for deletion)
• Changed: Improved group hover hints
• Fixed: May not remember member sending rights
• Fixed: Mixed column types may cause ignored records when importing from Excel
• Added: Now starts an Outlook Send/Receive if sending is delayed due to the Outbox containing items
• Added: Now performs HTTP retrieval in background thread
• Added: Automatically triggers an Outlook Send/Receive when sending a test message
• Added: Improved wording for functions to create new items
• Removed: Mail merge printing in Send Message dialog
• Removed: No longer displays warning message if enter Personalization Options with a message that does not contain personalization fields
• Removed: Print button in preview dialog
• Added: If you allow members without email addresses it now performs an accurate count of recipients in Message Editor
• Fixed: Changes to live spelling in Message Editor may not stick
• Added: Improved error messages for bad selections in the Options dialog
• Changed: Invert currently displayed members is now hidden unless using ShowAdvancedMenuItems
• Added: Can now nest groups within other groups
• Added: Outlook Sync now also synchronizes sub-folders
• Added: Some improvements to Outlook sync speed
• Added: Improved hints for Outlook Sync wizard
• Added: New "Print Letters" function with full mail merge functionality
• Added: New "Print labels" function to output postal labels for your members
• Added: Can now send personalized SMS messages to recipients in import file
• Added: Previewing of SMS sending tasks
• Added: Now provides estimate of SMS task delivery times
• Added: Can display all recipients of a sending task that unsubscribed
• Added: New Postal Address field that returns a fully formatted postal address with options
• Added: Member selector now allows you to choose groups
• Added: New custom filters: Have email address, Have mobile phone number and Have postal address
• Added: Can now instantly filter (show only) checked members with right-click function
• Added: Now defaults to optimistic locking when sharing a database for better performance
• Added: Improved error handling for locked record situations
• Added: Automatic checking for common misspelling and synonyms of country names
• Added: Under Windows 7 shows progress in the task bar
• Added: Processing summary dialog now uses a tree view for easy navigation of failures
• Added: Can now select mobile phone numbers in the select members dialog

V9.01 Change History

• Fixed: Need to change from recipient tab in Task properties before can click "Send Now" if recipients have been changed
• Fixed: Sending task ID may not be unique
• Added: Use unique filename for pasted images
• Added: Uncheck all in right-click menu
• Added: Checkbox column is now themed
• Added: Checkbox custom fields can be created by adding the "_TF" suffix, e.g. MyCheckbox_TF
• Added: New Custom Filter to display all checked custom fields (and counts of each)
• Added: Can now have up to six custom field columns visible
• Added: Can now automatically reset the vacation status for members after x number of days
• Fixed: Vacation date not set when manually enabling vacation mode
• Changed: Less aggressive at autochecking groups when no groups are checked
• Added: No longer re-performs a group search if the selection is the same and no membership changes have been made (even if MLK is restarted)
• Added: New hidden option: Optimistic Record Locking
• Changed: Custom filter box only display warnings when making changes with the mouse

V9.02 Change History

• Fixed: When automatically subscribing members MLK may not abort due to an unknown group and add the member to a null group
• Fixed: No longer counts ghost items in the MLK Outbox
• Added: Some improvements to the Help file
• Added: Optimize function now deletes ghost sending tasks
• Added: Labels added to sending history
• Added: Print button in Letter preview dialog
• Fixed: If unique database settings is enabled group nesting may not be enabled when changing databases
• Added: Printing and saving of previews now available in right-click menu

V9.03 Change History

• Added: New "Checked Members" recipient option for messages to make it easier to make custom selections for a sending task
• Added: MailList King now differentiates between soft (temporary failure) and hard (permanent failure) bounces and increases users bounce counts by three in the case of a hard bounce
• Added: Now when creating a new member and the specified contact already exists you are asked if you want to overwrite it
• Added: Now always shows all member's groups in hover hints
• Added: Updated help file to improved readability
• Fixed: Ctrl+V does not reformat before pasting in the message insertion dialog
• Added: Now permits you to manually create group names that are not capitalized
• Fixed: Progress caption may not update in multiple-thread send progress dialog
• Added: Reprocess dialog includes an All Domain item in the drop down list
• Fixed: May not enclose fields in quotes when backing up
• Added: Better debug logging for history items
• Added: When processing [un]subscribes with multiple groups it is considered a success if any one of the groups process correctly
• Changed: Email Software settings are now in advanced options
• Fixed: May get ghost sending tasks listed as errors
• Added: Can use /OwnSettings to force loading of settings from the database sub-folder
• Added: Also locates contact by email address when allowing duplicate addresses even if name is different
• Fixed: When using multiple databases with unique settings, the wrong configuration may be used
• Fixed: Option to prompt when an no/unknown group is specified for unsubscribe may cause the unsubscribe to fail
• Fixed: When updating an email address it may not update destination address of scheduled messages for that contact
• Added: When searching by Member ID, the "UID" prefix is optional
• Added: Copes better with embedded images that use non-ANSI characters
• Removed: Deprecated option: Block undeliverable addresses from being re-added to the mailing list
• Added: Internal SMTP Server does not assign local connection failures to recipients
• Added: Personalization fields are available even when right-clicking a member to send them an SMS
• Fixed: Database open dialog shows hidden fodlers *
• Fixed: May not remember "Check Spelling before Sending" option *

v9.10 Top Five New Features

Complete Change History

• Fixed: Error when displaying recipients of some sending tasks
• Added: /SAFE mode also resets form and toolbar positions
• Added: Can check the checkbox of all displayed members (right-click menu)
• Fixed: May get group error when import from backup
• Changed: Renamed "Record Date" to "Join Date"
• Fixed: May not find Microsoft stationery on some Windows systems
• Fixed: Some issues with subscribing duplicate email addresses
• Changed: Now when allowing duplicate email addresses it checks for contacts by email address if the exact name is not found
• Added: Can now edit addresses in drop down combos
• Fixed: Multiple "None" items can appear in drop down lists
• Changed: Suppresses error message for disconnected/empty drives
• Added: Always obfuscates passwords in debug logs
• Fixed: Double paste in blocked list editor
• Added: When optimizing database it also checks for membership of deleted groups
• Fixed: May get error deleting groups when using Optimistic Record Locking
• Added: Group column in History dialog is sortable
• Added: Users membership count is always checked in Edit Membership dialog
• Fixed: Column sorting may not be remembered in History dialog
• Fixed: Some options don't show as checked in Statistics dialog
• Added: Some styling improvements in Statistics dialog
• Changed: Now defaults to using same sending method for admin and automated sending
• Added: Can now specify a different reply address for automated sending
• Changed: Year selector in history dialog is drop down combo, rather than a spin box
• Added: Now allows you to use Windows Live Mail on Windows 7
• Added: New commands to adjust users undeliverable message counts: BounceSoft, BounceHard, BounceRemove
• Added: History differentiates between admin and automated processing of undeliverables
• Added: Much simpler to build complex member search with option to add or remove to the current set of results
• Added: Clear button to reset the search
• Added: Search fields are now categorized
• Added: Group Membership count search field
• Added: "Send Test Message" function available when editing acknowledgement messages
• Added: Improved setting of test values for personalization preview and test sends
• Added: More included stationery
• Added: Stationery dialog is now resizable
• Added: 15 new styles
• Added: Web form HTML preview shows themed controls
• Added: Auto-adjusts height of preview in web form wizard
• Added: Layout improvements in Options

V9.12 Change History

• Changed: Always aligns start of ISP Sending Limits period with the sending of an Admin message
• Added: When pasting addresses it checks for comma or semicolon delimiting and automatically converts to line break delineation
• Added: Improved status text for active sending tasks (including showing percentage complete)
• Fixed: In rare situation may start sending even if a sub-form is active
• Fixed: No longer tidies names (of email addresses) that the Admin has specified
• Fixed: Control focus issue in web form wizard
• Added: New random number field allows you to make your messages look less boilerplate
• Added: Can specify a custom reply address for each automatic responder
• Fixed: Last message date now supports multiple databases correctly
• Added: Clicking folder path shows Key Folders dialog
• Added: Open Database dialog now provides more details about database in selected folder (group count, create date, etc)
• Added: Open Database dialog only displays "New Folder" button when relevant
• Added: Further encoding of insertion details for reduce the size of database
• Added: Right-click function to immediately unsubscribe the selected member(s)
• Added: New After Processing option for POP Retrieval: Forward to Email Address

V9.13 Change History

• Added: Stores more meta data to database information file
• Added: All message editing dialogs support recent file list
• Fixed: HTML elements with empty tags can cause parsing errors
• Fixed: Outlook synchronization may fail with certain sync settings
• Changed: Now only shows unique member counts
• Added: Can now specify permanent or temporary failure status when manually processing bounced addresses

V9.20 Change History

• Added: Now supports unlimited number of active sources for mailing list messages (POP accounts, Outlook Folders and MAPI Inbox)
  
• Added: Group clouds are now available in the Statistics dialog and Help mode
  
• Added: Each auto-responder can now use a custom POP account or Outlook folder
• Added: Now displays "marquee" type progress dialog during retrieval
• Added: More status information when processing multiple retrieval tasks
• Fixed: Cancelling options may not reset settings
• Added: Improved auto-responder handling
• Added: Now includes SSL support files in main installation
• Added: Improvements to layout of options
• Added: Auto-Responder Creation dialog is now a wizard
• Changed: Default group name is now "General"
• Added: Auto-responder dialog automatically generates a default name
• Added: Task list dialog is now resizable
• Added: Better warning message/history if a member specifies an unknown group when sending to the mailing list
• Fixed: HTML messages may not show embedded attachments in the Errors Log
• Changed: Some new sending task graphics
• Added: Differentiates connect and deliver timeouts to improve internal server throughput
• Fixed: Slow display of Statistics dialog
• Added: Improvements to Help file

V9.22 Change History

• Fixed: Excel spreadsheets with spaces in column names can cause import issues
• Fixed: Settings wizard may not display current POP settings
• Added: Now checks if Outlook is 64 bit version and disables non-compatible options
• Added: Improved functionality when using Outlook 64 bit
• Added: Improved method of generating Outlook folder trees
• Added: Defaults to Inbox in Add from Outlook folders dialog
• Added: No longer displays some internal Outlook folders in Add from Outlook folders dialog
• Added: Differentiates embedded image references from emails when parsing HTML
• Added: Attachments are not parsed even when not using Extended MAPI
• Added: CSS Preview does not include scrollbar
• Added: Improved styling with new skin, "Chrome"
• Added: Easier exporting in the unregistered version
• Added: When a Remote Admin Command fails it displays the error in the log
• Added: May not output error for automated message failures when using the internal SMTP server
• Added: Can specify whether active sending tasks are sent in creation order or in turn *
• Added: More accurate confirmation when closing and their are active sending tasks *
• Added: Applies correct character encoding when sending test messages *

V9.23 Change History

• Added: Ensured all numbers are formatted correctly to localization settings
• Added: Outlook Synchronization supported with Outlook 2010 64bit
• Added: Processing Errors dialog now differentiates between admin and user errors

V9.25 Change History

• Added: Some improvements to statistics dialog
• Fixed: When pasting Excel spreadsheets it may come in as an image
• Added: Handles invalid POP dates
• Fixed: Copying of history items may cause incorrect results
• Fixed: May not correctly determine Outlook version is 64bit