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ListMailPRO Email Marketing Software Forums => Development, Suggestions => Topic started by: shab on May 02, 2004, 08:22:53 pm

Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: shab on May 02, 2004, 08:22:53 pm
Here is a list of suggestions which I believe is useful for the next version of listmail. This should keep you busy... ;)

Arranged from most important to least important
- open-rate tracking
- one-click reset bounces
- global unsubscribe
- subscribers can change their profiles
- one-click or date range purge for removed/bounced users
- header/footer
- copy follow-ups to other lists
- sent message archive
- server and local time display

I'll add more suggestions in the future as soon as I get more ideas.

P.S. I've found some of these features in Autoresponder Plus and phplist.com
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: terryj on May 02, 2004, 09:00:47 pm
I wanted headers/footers and I came up with a solution (at least temporary until Dean adds header/footer options) by adding message codes called !header and !footer.

I added html code to these message codes and I added them to the top of my subscribe success pages, unsubscribe success pages etc through the custom html option.

I also created !emailheader and !emailfooter message codes with text to add to text email with any header footer additions I wanted.

I like your other suggestions too.

Thanks

Terry
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: DW 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!
Title: additions
Post by: petertwist on May 04, 2004, 05:38:00 am
Hi Dean, don't know if these have already been mentioned.

- Allow subscribers to change name/email address

- to be able to give out a 'subscribe' email address eg 'for more details send a blank email to my email@mydomain.com'

Peter
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: DW on May 04, 2004, 01:18:39 pm
- Allow subscribers to change name/email address

This was suggested above as "user profiles".

- to be able to give out a 'subscribe' email address eg 'for more details send a blank email to my email@mydomain.com'

This is already possible with the .CGI scripts included with ListMail in the /cgi folder of the ZIP.  Check out this page for the documentation:

http://www.listmailpro.com/help/7.html

Please let me know if you have any more suggestions!
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: davenet on August 19, 2004, 12:06:46 pm
Can the program suppress blank fields? Example, if I put in a custom field but in certain records the field is blank, can the program supress that field? This would be useful in printing addresses if I had a Address_2 field, but sometimes that field was not used or needed. Instead of having a blank line printed there, it would supress that one and not print it in the email that is sent out.

David
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: DW on August 21, 2004, 03:43:24 am
This is not currently a feature but is an excellent suggestion I will make note of.
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: valuehosted on September 28, 2004, 12:42:03 pm
Dean,

it's been a while since 1.77b came out - when can we finally see a new version... especially one with global unsubscribe, this is a HUGE must have for anyone running multiple newsletters.  

HUGE plus would be if this could be cross referenced to additional installs - for a true global unsubscribe or atleaast have admin be able to export/import a list of global unsubscribers.

--Tone
Title: tilt...
Post by: valuehosted on October 07, 2004, 07:57:34 pm
dean.. tilt...

--Tone
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: DW on October 08, 2004, 11:36:06 am
I'm working on it as we speak.
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: valuehosted on October 08, 2004, 01:23:51 pm
So are we looking at days, weeks or months?    :lol:

Also - on a personal note - did you get my last email re: ezinecertify.com ?

Thanks,

--Tone
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: valuehosted on October 12, 2004, 10:44:44 am
tilt
Title: good luck...!!!
Post by: BGSWebDesign on October 13, 2004, 09:59:26 am
Hi,

I've tried to get Dean to give an ETA that was accurate
on a new version for months - good luck on that one...

Have a search here for previous ETA posts...
Title: Just thought of this one today.
Post by: gwill23 on October 17, 2004, 01:06:38 pm
I don't know if it is on the list but...

global exclusions or blacklists.  email addresses or entire domains that can't be used.

I am a member of a group of list owners with a reach of over 3million subscribers.  We were talking and to my relief they are all having trouble emailing to hotmail and msn addresses.

This is due to restrictions they put on the servers.  It seems that if I send out 50 every 5 min they accept just fine but if it goes much faster than that it is a real issue.

Many of the members of this group have implemented a feature that keeps their subscribers from using .aol .hotmail and .msn addresses.  There are other domains that are trouble some as well.

It can really bog a server down if you have several thousand email addresses from these hosts.  Your queue will fill up and it will crash the server.  Not to mention that the bounces from your own mail server not being able to connect will cause your list to disapear fast.

From what I can tell it is not a black list on the IP.  It is simply some type of volume lock down.  It is temporary as well.
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: DW on October 19, 2004, 08:47:38 am
The ability to ban addresses and domains is coming in the next update.

When sending as much email as you do you should consider employing multiple IP addresses for sending.  This is tricky, the only one who I know knows how to do it is at http://simscripts.com

http://www.simscripts.com/exim_multiple_interfaces_patch.html

http://www.simscripts.com/qmail_multiple_interfaces_patch.html

Obtain 10-20 IPs for your server and use the patch (or your own mod) to automatically send email from a cycling list of IPs.  You will not be temporarily blocked (as often?) for sending thousands of emails per minute from the same IP.
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: mike2 on October 26, 2004, 08:40:52 am
Quote from: "DW"
When sending as much email as you do you should consider employing multiple IP addresses for sending.  This is tricky, the only one who I know knows how to do it is at http://simscripts.com


I've been looking for a way to do this with sendmail.  If anyone has any info on this, let me know, thanks.
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: DW on November 01, 2004, 11:41:55 am
Mike,

I'm interested in a similar patch for sendmail, too.  If you come up with anything please let me know.  I, not being a C programmer, also do not know how to implement this into Exim or qmail as Mihai from www.simscripts.com has done.

If anyone has specific details about how this (rotating IP sending) might be achieved with any MTA I'm definitely interested to hear it!
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: gwill23 on November 01, 2004, 10:12:06 pm
Just to let everyone know I asked about the qmail one and this is what I got back.

Quote
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me, here are some more details about the qmail
patch:
After patching qmail with this patch, it will use an ip pool for outgoing
messages, this ip pool is just a text file containing one ip on each
line, an example ip pool could look like this:
1.1.1.1
2.2.2.2
3.3.3.3
For each outgoing message qmail will bind on the ip placed on the first
line in that file ( in our example the receiving server will see the
message comming from 1.1.1.1 ). Then the patched qmail will move the ip
to the end of the file, so for the next message 2.2.2.2 will be used.
This is the mechanism used to rotate the ips.
This patch works independently of the operating system or control panel
so yes it works on plesk 7 reloaded too :)
Patching qmail costs $100/server.

>I would like more information on the qmail multiple IP address patch and how it work, cost, weather it will work ok with plesk 7 reloaded, etc...


I don't have the $100 right now or the need now that I don't send out to all at once so I will hold off.
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: DW on November 02, 2004, 08:30:06 am
The problem with Mihai's approach is when upgrades to the mailer software are applied you lose the patch.

It would be much better if he would explain how it's done so it can manually be re-applied by the admin.  I tried to get him to divulge his methods to me when I purchased his Exim patch for a client - to no avail.  I guess he wants to keep his corner of the market and fears copycats.
Title: A run down of suggestions.
Post by: krypton1 on September 14, 2006, 11:43:37 am
terryj,

Thanks for the suggestion on how to "hack" headers and footers.  I've been doing it the hard way!

Thanks,
Brian