Dada Mail Developers

[dadadev] Dada Mail 4.10.0 alpha 1 Released

2012-02-07T03:25:05Z

Install: http://dadamailproject.com/support/documentation-4_10_0-alpha1/install_dada_mail.pod.html
Download: https://github.com/downloads/justingit/dada-mail/dada-4_10_0-alpha1.tar.gz

uncompress_dada.cgi:

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/raw/v4_10_0-alpha1_2012_02_06/uncompress_dada.cgi

Here's the release notes:

This release of Dada Mail features the continuing work on the Bounce Handler. This round of enhancements centers around a new sublist called, "Bouncing Addresses" (or, "bounced_list", internally). You may now direct the Bounce Handler to move addresses that have reached the Bounce Score Threshold to this list, instead of outright removing them from your Subscribers.

From there, you may view the bounced history of each bouncing address and either permanently remove the address from your mailing list, or reinstate the address as a subscriber

This release of Dada Mail also features a clean-up of the, "View" screen in Dada Mail. These changes are to help a list owner feel more in control over their mailing list, by making the various mailing lists more malleable to work with.

Members of all sublists can be easily browsed through using enhancement pagination links - first, last, previous, next pages (etc), as well as more organized searching, that features the same refined user interface. The data can now be sorted alphabetically, ascending or descending by email address or by any of the profile fields.

Individual subscribers can now be more easily administrated. From each subscriber's membership screen, you can see all the sublists an individual address is a member of and move the address to and from. A running history of the addresses membership is also available.

Recent subscription/unsubscription activity is also now easily viewed in a new admin screen titled, Recent Activity which currently shows the last 100 seperate events that have happened in your mailing list.

Here's some screenshots of some of the new enhancements:

Quite a bit more can be seen/done on the individual address screen:

http://dadamailproject.com/images/dev/membership.jpg

A little recent activity:

http://dadamailproject.com/images/dev/recent_activity.jpg

[dadadev] Re: Your Subscribers -> View screen enhancements

2012-02-02T17:50:05Z

> Is it possible to be able to toggle back and forth between the tabs without the entire page reloading between each? That takes a lot of time if you are working changes into one of the tabs.

It's possible, but it may not make the cut for the initial revision of all this.

> Also, if you make a change to authorized senders, when the page reloads it loads to the subscribers tab. It would be nice if it loaded back to the last tab used.

Yeah, I noticed little things like that, and I'll hope to get it all a little more consistent.

[dadadev] Re: Your Subscribers -> View screen enhancements

2012-02-01T15:41:59Z

This looks great. Love the ability sort columns, and any improvement to the user interface is helpful. Is it possible to be able to toggle back and forth between the tabs without the entire page reloading between each? That takes a lot of time if you are working changes into one of the tabs. Also, if you make a change to authorized senders, when the page reloads it loads to the subscribers tab. It would be nice if it loaded back to the last tab used.

Warm regards,

Mary Ann

On Feb 1, 2012, at 1:21 AM, Justin J wrote:

Hello everyone,

I've been working on some enhancements for the, "Your Subscribers -> View" screen. You can see what I'm seeing at:

http://www.dadamailproject.com/images/dev/new_view_list.jpg

This little screenshot shows some of the more fancier things that are now available:

* The list type switcher widget is a little more clearer, using tabs instead of just random boxes
* Columns are now sortable, either ascending or descending - including profile fields
* Searching through a list has that same sort of sorting options - this screenshot is actually a sort on, "Z"
* Pagination! You can now browse through all the screens easily, using the links to the First, Previous, Next Last and the next 5 (or so) "pages".
* It's easy to see at glance how many subscribers you have, or in this case, how many search results you found - in this example, there's 235.

So, little things, but hopefully it'll make working with a large list, with fields a little more pleasant.

I kind of want to work on the Download/Export funtion a little bit - perhaps allow you to download the search results, instead of the entire file, which would be nice.

The same sort of functionality would be nice for the, Unsubscribe/Remove function, so you could search for something and then remove all the results you get.

I'd also like to give a bit more functionality to individual editing of addresses, so you could click on an address in a table like this, and have more options, like copying the address to, say, the Authorized Senders list, or something like that,

[dadadev] Your Subscribers -> View screen enhancements

2012-02-01T01:20:04Z

Hello everyone,

I've been working on some enhancements for the, "Your Subscribers -> View" screen. You can see what I'm seeing at:

http://www.dadamailproject.com/images/dev/new_view_list.jpg

This little screenshot shows some of the more fancier things that are now available:

The list type switcher widget is a little more clearer, using tabs instead of just random boxes
Columns are now sortable, either ascending or descending - including profile fields
Searching through a list has that same sort of sorting options - this screenshot is actually a sort on, "Z"
Pagination! You can now browse through all the screens easily, using the links to the First, Previous, Next Last and the next 5 (or so) "pages".
It's easy to see at glance how many subscribers you have, or in this case, how many search results you found - in this example, there's 235.

So, little things, but hopefully it'll make working with a large list, with fields a little more pleasant.

I kind of want to work on the Download/Export funtion a little bit - perhaps allow you to download the search results, instead of the entire file, which would be nice.

The same sort of functionality would be nice for the, Unsubscribe/Remove function, so you could search for something and then remove all the results you get.

I'd also like to give a bit more functionality to individual editing of addresses, so you could click on an address in a table like this, and have more options, like copying the address to, say, the Authorized Senders list, or something like that,

[dadadev] Bounce Handler Enhancements continued

2012-01-21T01:00:06Z

Hello everyone,

I've been working on the Bounce Handler some more. To refresh what has been happening, here was some of my original plans:

http://dadamailproject.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/dadadev/20111019010503/

The, "Scorecard on the main screen (of the bounce handler)", "better bounce rules and algorithms", and "per-list scorecard prefs" features have been made in the last major ver. of Dada Mail (as well as the "decay rate" feature)", I'm now moving onto this:

> Going one step further, I'd like to also have a new option available (again, per-list): instead of an outright deletion of the subscriber from the mailing list, perhaps instead the address is moved to a, "currently bouncing" sublist, so that the list owner can more easily look over the addresses (and the history of the bounced messages per address) and perhaps see why the messages are bouncing. From there, the list owner can make a choice of: >
> * removing the address once and for all, > * sending a, "Hey, you're bouncing! Are you really there? Confirm that you're still there and resubscribe!" > * allowing a list owner to just simply re-subscribe an address and remove them from the "currently bouncing" sublist > * or, well, nothing

I've implemented partly points #1 and #3, not sure if I'm really going to implement point #2 at all and point #4 is is easy enough to create.

Along with this feature is a feature to easily lookup why an address is bouncing, so you can make a wise decision on what to do about the address. The main problem is that sometimes, addresses bounce because a mailing list's sending is compromised by a broken mail server, or being subjected to black listing - there's really no reason to lose a chunk of your mailing list, just because of a temporary problem,

The work is being done at:

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/tree/features-bounce_handler_sublist

If you'd like to follow along,

[dadadev] Dada Mail v4.9.1 Released

2012-01-04T23:05:04Z

Here's the relevant links:

Install: http://dadamailproject.com/d/install_dada_mail.pod.html
Download: http://github.com/downloads/justingit/dada-mail/dada-4_9_1.tar.gz

uncompress_dada.gi:

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/raw/v4_9_1-stable_2012_01_04/uncompress_dada.cgi

Changelog:

4.9.1
Summary 4.9.1
This release of Dada Mail includes fixes for bugs found in the 4.9.0 version of Dada Mail, plus support for the Amazon SES SMTP Interface.

Features 4.9.1
Amazon SES SMTP Interface Supported
You can learn more about Amazon's SES SMTP Interface here:

<http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/SMTP.html>

Dada Mail can now be configured to use Amazon's SES SMTP Interface, as well as working with the Amazon SES API - whichever you prefer. See the Amazon SES docs for more information:

<http://dadamailproject.com/d/features-amazon_ses_support.pod.html>

Bugfixes 4.9.1
Images do not show up with HTML::Template::Pro template engine https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/246

tmpl_set tag not working with HTML::Template::Pro https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/245

Black List Matching Problems
https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/244

tag used, but not supported anymore https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/243

dead link for email links in clickthrough tracker https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/242

Send a Webpage: some <link rel="stylesheet" [...] /> tags confuse Dada Mail, break HTML Message https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/241

[dadadev] Dada Mail v4.9.1 Beta 1 Released

2011-12-19T01:55:04Z

Hello Everyone,

v4.9.1 beta 1 has been released. Amazon just announced the SMTP Interface to their SES service and this version now supports that:

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/SMTP.html

Installation Instructions:

http://dadamailproject.com/support/documentation-4_9_1-beta1/install_dada_mail.pod.html

Dada Mail 4.9.1 beta 1 (.tar.gz)

http://github.com/downloads/justingit/dada-mail/dada-4_9_1-beta1.tar.gz

uncompress_dada.cgi

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/raw/v4_9_1-beta1_2011_12_18/uncompress_dada.cgi

Changelog:

Features 4.9.1

Amazon SES SMTP Interface Supported

You can learn more about Amazon's SES SMTP Interface here:

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/SMTP.html

Dada Mail can now be configured to use Amazon's SES SMTP Interface, as well as working with the Amazon SES API - whichever you prefer.

Bugfixes 4.9.1

Black List Matching Problems

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/244

tag used, but not supported anymore

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/243

dead link for email links in clickthrough tracker

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/242

[dadadev] Dada Mail v4.9.0 Stable Released

2011-12-07T14:30:04Z

Here's the links you'll want:

• Installation Instructions

http://dadamailproject.com/d/install_dada_mail.pod.html

• Dada Mail 4.9.0 (.tar.gz)

http://github.com/downloads/justingit/dada-mail/dada-4_9_0.tar.gz

• uncompress_dada.cgi script (Save Link/Page As...)

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/raw/v4_9_0-stable_2011_12_06/uncompress_dada.cgi

I outlined some of the final optimizations findings here:

http://dadamailproject.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/homepage_blog/20111206214225/

The Changelog is below:

Dada Mail Changelog for version 4.x.x
Summary 4.9.0
This release focuses on many parts of Dada Mail to optimize performance. Benefits of all this work include faster mass sending speeds. Potentially must faster.

Sending performance has been optimized. Less memory used, faster template parsing
Amazon SES sending performance has also been improved
New time and date template tags available
HTML::Template::Pro support added.
Bounce Handler improvements, including per-list preferences and a "bounce score decay" feature.

Features 4.9.0
Bounce Handler
Rename to: Bounce Handler
The Bounce Handler (Known in the past as, "Mystery Girl") has been renamed to simply, Bounce Handler. I don't very much listen to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs anymore.

The config variable $PLUGIN_CONFIGS also referred to this plugin as, "Mystery_Girl" - as in this code snippet:

$PLUGIN_CONFIGS = {

                    Myster_Girl => {
                            Server                      => undef,
                            Username                    => undef,
                            Password                    => undef,
                            # ...etc

This has also been change to simply, "Bounce_Handler":

$PLUGIN_CONFIGS = {

                    Bounce_Handler => {
                            Server                      => undef,
                            Username                    => undef,
                            Password                    => undef,
                            # ...etc

Set Scorecard Prefs per-list, instead of Globally Bounce Handler preferences, including the Soft Bounce Score, Hard Bounce Score and Score Threshold are now set per mailing list, instead of having to be set in the global config.

Decaying Scores
Bounce Scores can now, decay, or be reduced every time a mass mailing is sent out. This is to help minimize scores from email addresses that temporarily have had problems with delivery, but are otherwise valid email addresses. An email address's bounce score will also now be automatically removed, if the score goes at or below, 0.

Bounce Scorecard Conveniently on the default screen The Bounce Scorecard is now presented on the default screen for the bounce handler, instead of being shown on a separate screen. Navigating the scorecard is now a little more intuitive, as well.

Forward bounces to List Owner
Bounce messages can now be forwarded to the List Owner, once the Bounce Handler has reviewed the message.

SES Support
Dada Mail/Bounce Handler should now have support for Amazon SES sending. This is still marked as, Experimental (as is SES support in total), but SES-specific rules have been whipped up. Please give us feedback!

HTML::Template::Pro support, Faster Template Rendering "HTML::Template::Pro" renders the templates that Dada Mail uses throughout the app, including HTML screens and custom email messages, much faster than what's included with Dada Mail ("HTML::Template"). "HTML::Template::Pro" will need to be installed separately.

See the features doc on "HTML::Template::Pro" for more information:

<http://dadamailproject.com/support/documentation/features-html_template_pro.pod.html>

Faster sending using Amazon SES
Dada Mail now uses a persistent HTTP connection when talking with Amazon SES. This can speed up sending by .3 - .7 seconds/message.

New Template Tags for Date/Time
Dada Mail now has support for various simple Date and Time formats to use in HTML and Email templates, as well support for more flexible/advanced "strftime" formats:

<http://dadamailproject.com/support/documentation/features-email_template_syntax.pod#date_related_tags>

New import script, dada_archives_backup_to_sql.pl This script allows you to import archive data from the backup of a DB File, to the SQL backend. This helps if your DB Files are corrupted/incompatible with your current server environment.

Changes 4.9.0
Documentation Updates
A new/update entry in the General FAQ, Tuning Dada Mail to Send Mass Mailings Faster:

<http://dadamailproject.com/support/documentation/FAQ-general.pod.html#tuning_dada_mail_to_send_mass_mailings_faster>

Installer: some plugins/extensions installed by default

Mailing Monitor (although the cronjob will still need to be set, manually)
Change Root Password
Screen Cache
Log Viewer
Tracker
Multiple Subscribe
AJAX'd Subscription Form
Blog Index

CPAN Module Changes and Updates
LWP unbundled
The "LWP" group of Perl modules is no longer available with Dada Mail. "LWP" is used for such things as, Send a Webpage and some web services, like Amazon SES. You will have to install "LWP" yourself. Most shared hosting companies will have this already installed, for you.

MIME::Tools upgraded to v5.502
This upgrade to MIME::Tools has a very positive improvement on sending speed.

Bugfixes 4.9.0
Unsub Notices when removing addresses from the email come with unsub link? https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/240

[dadadev] RE: Cc: and Bcc: headers are enabled

2011-12-06T21:28:17Z

>This was this issue?

> https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/224

Yes, that was it, thanks.

Warm regards,

Mary Ann

[dadadev] RE: Cc: and Bcc: headers are enabled

2011-12-06T21:10:04Z

> Justin, did you delete these lines in the newer versions of Dada or am I going to have to go back in and delete them each time I upgrade?

This was this issue?

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/224

Which was closed (fixed) in v4.8.3

http://dadamailproject.com/support/documentation-4_8_4/changes_4_x.pod.html#dada_bridge_strips_cc_and_bcc_headers_from_list_emails

So you should be fine moving forward.

[dadadev] RE: Cc: and Bcc: headers are enabled

2011-12-06T20:56:46Z

Justin, did you delete these lines in the newer versions of Dada or am I going to have to go back in and delete them each time I upgrade?

Warm regards,

Mary Ann

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin J [mailto:justin@dadamailproject.com] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:56 AM To: Dada Mail Developers
Cc: dadamailtest@gmail.com
Subject: [dadadev] Cc: and Bcc: headers are enabled

If you want to play around with this yourself, open up:

dada/DADA/App/FormatMessages.pm

Find these lines in the formatheaders method,

        $entity->head->delete('Cc')
            if $entity->head->count('Cc');
        $entity->head->delete('Bcc')
            if $entity->head->count('Bcc');