Lyris User's Guide
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New in version 4.0
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· · What is New in this Version?
· · · New in version 4.0
· · · · Major new features in v4.0
· · · · Important New Features in v4.0
· · · · Significant New Features in v4.0
· · · · Notable Improvements in v4.0
· · · · Other Improvements in v4.0
· · · New in release version v3.0
· · · New in 3.0 beta 5 (v2.548)
· · · New in 3.0 beta 4 (v2.547)
· · · New in 3.0 beta 3 (v2.545)
· · · New in 3.0 beta 2 (v2.543)
· · · New in 3.0 beta 1 (v2.542)
· · · New in Version 2.5
· · · New in Version 2.0
· · · New in Version 1.2
· · Software License Agreement
· Frequently Asked Questions

New in version 4.0

Here is a summary of the improvements in this version.

Major new features
Sub/unsub/confirmation reports.
Much improved admin "add" command.
Confirm once to many lists.
MIME digests.
Much faster web interface.
German, French, Danish and Japanese versions.
Incoming mail processed by priority.
Built in web server.
HTTP fetching of ads.
In memory message processing.
Versions going up to several million messages per hour.
Rebranding option.
Linux version now available.

Important New Features
"Accepted" option only allows joining from domains you specify.
Subscription confirmations use a failsafe reply-to.
Header/footer random rotation.
listname-digest@... joins you to the list and sets you to digest.
"End quiet" sets no admin response to your commands.
Button to change retry time on outgoing mail to resend immediately.
Button to mark an outgoing message as done.
Ability to set the confirmation document with your own text.
Improved mail merging in documents, auto-responders.
New member count reports by status and type.
One response message to admin commands.
Site and server wide banning option.
No more speed/memory feature restrictions.
Script included for sub/unsub directly from your own web site.

Significant New Features
Review options to obtain reports by type of member.
Header/footers can be defined for entire site or server.
Member id, site, list document caching for increased speed.
New windows installer.
Lyris List Manager extension mechanism for subscribe/unsubscribe.
Unsubbed members are marked as "unsub" rather than deleted.
Option to subscribe and set membership options at the same time.
Options to disable reject bad mail filters.
Email command to get email message by date.
New improved look to web interface.
Date unsubscribed member field.
Moderation notifications show real message that will be sent .

Notable Improvements
Option to allow blank message bodies in postings.
Delete all members has option to not delete admins.
Mail merge tag for showing lists you are a member of.
Mail merge tags for all recipient properties.
Server admin can receive transaction reports for all mailings on a server.
Option for real-time detailed SMTP send tracking.
Require password option, assigns a password when admin adds users.
Email command to "delete listname memberid".
Support for ip address email addresses.
Option to not send held notifications.
Automatic signature detection when sending to lyris@.
Scheduled deletion of finished incoming and outgoing mail.
Addition of a mailing's Title to the delivery report.
Several command-line database repair command line options.
Option to use cascading style sheets.
Support for more than 16 TCP/IP addresses.
Purge and unsub can now can take an email address or member id.
File contents can now be specified in lyris.plc option file.

Other Improvements
Incoming mail processing now runs fully parallel.
Added "lyris mailreceive xxx" command line.
SetConcurrency("string") optional LCP call for Solaris.
Moderated message auto-approve scheduling email commands.
User unsubbing twice do not get an error the 2nd time.
Multiple negatives in "BAN" supported.
Index mailing now supports "get listname date".
Removed obsolete feature for [xxx@ccc.com] rewriting.
Scheduled tasks now run in separate threads.
Create many members web page runs at a lower priority.
Unsub/purge now include copy of email message in response.
List administrators receive a warning email at 95% capacity.
Database files reduced in size.
New "lcptrace" command line option.
Header/footer features are now HTML-mail and MIME-mail aware.

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Major new features in v4.0

Important New Features in v4.0

Significant New Features in v4.0

Notable Improvements in v4.0

Other Improvements in v4.0

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