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3721

Development, Suggestions / A run down of suggestions.

« on: May 03, 2004, 12:18:57 pm »

Thanks for your suggestions

- open-rate tracking

This will soon be a feature.  For now, you can use a 3rd party script I developed:
http://listmailpro.com/forum/index.php?topic=7.0

- one-click reset bounces

A good suggestion.  Currently there isn't a way to view how many times a user has bounced or if they are in danger of being removed, let alone a method to reset them.

- global unsubscribe

I have been tossing ideas around about global or multi-list unsubscription.  I agree, it needs to be addressed ASAP.
 
- subscribers can change their profiles

Coming eventually.  I want to keep the Custom HTML theme of the program for this so it's a bit difficult and time consuming.  I hope to have this in a near future release once some more often-requested and long-missing features are implemented.

- one-click or date range purge for removed/bounced users

An advanced user query option could come with the advent of the new powerful rule-based sending feature which will be in the very next release.
 
- header/footer

I may not implement these since I allow for message codes of the type "Custom Text" which can be used almost as easily.
 
- copy follow-ups to other lists

A "Copy List" feature, to copy everything from one list except users, is coming in the next release.
 
- sent message archive

Sent message viewing is coming in the next release.  Archived message viewing will take some time as I want to keep with the Custom HTML theme of the program.

- server and local time display

I have always wanted to make the program display in the viewing user's time zone.  I've also been thinking about a "server status" page which will show all of the important paths, configuration options, etc. of the server.  A good suggestion, too.

Keep 'em coming!

3722

General Help & How-To / What's new in 1.77b? (I have 1.77) *DNO*

« on: May 03, 2004, 12:10:49 pm »

Jim,

There isn't a lot new, just a few improvements and bug fixes.  This update was released because a few people were having troubles with SMTP not recognizing a failed connection, which is pretty serious.  Now, the program should error out and give a reason when there are any problems.  v1.77b also features a fixed/improved Test Mail Settings button / feature.

3723

Development, Suggestions / multiple newsletter signup boo-boo

« on: May 03, 2004, 12:04:31 pm »

Currently, the only workaround for subscription is to set the following variable on your form:

<input type=hidden name=overwrite_dupes value=1>

I don't recommend unsubscription by form in a multi-list subscribe environment, though it does appear that I could ignore lists they are not signed up on fairly easily (I'll add it to the list).  Instead, I recommend using a "Remove Link" message code.

3724

General Help & How-To / Scheduled Emails - how do you know if it's working?

« on: May 03, 2004, 12:01:51 pm »

When the message is processed by dailymail and sent it will be removed from the "Scheduled Email" page.

It seems likely that your cron task is not configured correctly / working.  I recommend that you enable "Send report to admin when dailymail runs" so that you can see whether or not it is.  If it is running correctly you should receive a Dailymail Report email.

3725

General Help & How-To / Scheduled mail, is it working - Throttle Code

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:59:13 am »

Neil,

I wonder if this is the same problem you are having where you reported a low number of removes.  It is possible that your server has not finished sending your email.  Some hosts are not optimized for sending very large amounts of email quickly and can get backlogged considerably, taking hours upon hours to finally finish delivering your messages after ListMail queues them.

When sending an email you can check out the number of rows in the lm_sendq table, which is the ListMail queue.  When the program starts sending to the server you should see a large number of entries in the queue.  As messages are sent to the server the number of items in the queue decrease.

One way to see if the server is indeed accepting your messages is to uncomment a line in admin.php to enable SMTP debug messages:

 // debug, shows SMTP messages
 // $bugs = '1';

should become:

 // debug, shows SMTP messages
 $bugs = '1';

Note that this will output a LOT of SMTP messages when sending email to your list.  These messages can only be seen when doing a "Send Email" to your list, not with scheduled email.

ListMail should, however, detect when your server is not accepting messages correctly..  It seems likely that your host is having troubles sending the messages once queued.

3726

General Help & How-To / Which Files Do I Overwrite For New Install

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:43:33 am »

Neil,

I realize I need to add some upgrade documentation to the online help or right in the member area.  Up until now I have been including instructions with the update email.  (Which I didn't release for v1.77b)

Standard upgrade procedure is as follows:

1. Simply replace all of the files in your main ListMail folder, except config.php with the new ones.

2. Re-login to the program so that any required database changes can take effect.

With v1.77b you need to relogin to the program not because the database has changed, but because the login process has changed.

Regards

3727

General Help & How-To / dailymail not working

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:34:50 am »

Your host should be able to set this up for you.

Please see the online help for dailymail, available at:

http://www.listmailpro.com/help/10.html

Regards

3728

Development, Suggestions / Update User Profile

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:29:57 am »

A user profile page is coming eventually.  It's taking time because I want to keep the powerful Custom HTML theme going for the program.

For the meantime you can set the following variable in your signup form to allow overwriting of duplicate addresses (v1.77b)

<input type=hidden name=overwrite_dupes value=1>

Email open/views tracking is coming soon.  For now you might have success with one of the scripts noted in the following post:

http://listmailpro.com/forum/index.php?topic=28.0

3729

Development, Suggestions / more Suggestions

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:17:50 am »

Multi-list subscription is possible.  Check out this page from the new help:

http://www.listmailpro.com/help/30.html

The only problem is if a user signs up to one list, then tries to subscribe to another list from the same form, an error occurs because they are already on the first list.  This can be avoided with the following addition to your signup form (v1.77b):

<input type=hidden name=overwrite_dupes value=1>

Soon, this will be moved into a list option, instead of being settable in the signup form, to prevent abuse.[/url]

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Development, Suggestions / Diferente administrator’s profiles

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:13:35 am »

I hope to be able to provide multi-administrator support in the future but need to make sure the program is more secure first.  The problem is, many people will be tempted to give away a service free or inexpensively, which often attracts hackers and spammers.

3731

Development, Suggestions / number of readers and custom field filtering

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:11:42 am »

The rule-based sending feature, coming in the next release, will allow you to send based on search results as you wish.  I plan on having the same powerful rulesets available for the export process, so this could be used to determine how many of a certain type of user there are - at least until I have rulesets implemented for user listings.

A number of subscribers message code, with fudge factor, is quite simple.  I will definitely be able to implement this for the next release.

3732

General Help & How-To / What are the changes in the latest release?

« on: May 03, 2004, 11:02:36 am »

Changes between versions can be found in the Changes.txt file included in downloadable distributions.

The next release will include many basic features that were previously missing, like sent message viewing, welcome/confirmation on import, etc. and more.  It will also include some powerful new features such as rule-based sending, which will allow you to send to multiple lists and sub-lists based on search results and dates, all with a powerful 3 level AND/OR system.

3733

Testimonials, Feedback / Fantastic Product!! Great Work Dean

« on: May 03, 2004, 10:41:41 am »

Thank you for your kind comments.  I intend to provide improvements, new features, and excellent support long into the future!

3734

Testimonials, Feedback / This forum is a great idea for a great product!

« on: May 03, 2004, 10:37:56 am »

Thanks for your kind comments, Jon!

While I don't really recommend modifying the program since custom changes are overwritten as I release updated files, you can do it if you want.  Of course, I do not allow you to re-sell modified versions of the script.

I, too, am looking forward to the future of the forum and also your ideas!

Regards

3735

General Help & How-To / Warning : Cannot add header information - headers already

« on: May 02, 2004, 04:15:39 pm »

Warning :  Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /your/site/www/mail/config.php:113) in /your/site/www/mail/signup.php on line 53

If you are receiving the message above, here is the solution.

Some (FTP) clients automatically send .php files as Binary as opposed to ASCII which can alter formatting.

What you need to do is remove all extra characters from the end of your config.php file after the closing PHP tag:

?>

The characters will likely be "invisible" spaces or line breaks. Simply hit delete a few times with the cursor after the last bracket, save the file, and re-upload it.