Version 7.5
New features for ListManager 7.5
Internationalization
The Internationalization feature allows you to create content and send mailings in languages that require characters that are not part of the standard ASCII character set. To select the character set you want to use or create a new one, see Utilities: Administration: Server: Internationalization and Localization: International Charsets. Also see Content: New Content: Internationalization and Mailings: New Mailing: Internationalization for more information on how to create content and mailings using international character sets. List documents (such as hello, confirmation, and goodbye messages), can also be created in various languages and international character sets. For more information on this, see Utilities: Automated Messages: Document Associations.
Triggered Mailings
Triggered mailings allow you to send a mailing based on a particular date/time or an event generated by a member, such as a clickthrough or purchase. The mailing is created and then sent at a given time after the trigger event occurs. These mailings work in conjunction with triggered segments. For more information on triggered mailings, see Segments: New Triggered Segment and Mailings: Advanced Mailings: New Triggered Mailing.
Sequential Mailings
Sequential mailings are a series of triggered mailings, arranged in sequence, to distribute mailings to members at given points after a trigger event. These mailings may contain different Content, and allow you to send varying follow-up messages in response to member events. For more information, see Mailings: Advanced Mailings: New Sequential Mailing.
Translation to Spanish, French, and German
ListManager is now available in three additional languages. The GUI will all be in the translated language. To change to another language, click on the "Language" link in the upper right hand corner of any page in ListManager, and select the desired language. In addition, new languages can be created. For more information on these, see Utilities: Administration: Server: Internationalization and Localization: Translations: Create and Edit Languages.
New Debug Log visible on the web interface
The Debug log is intended for programmers to diagnose and see any issues associated with the log files created by ListManager. This feature is only available to server administrators. The debug log view in the GUI reads the same text log file which is created automatically by ListManager, but this view can be configured and filtered to show only the error types or subsystems desired. For more information, see Utilities: Administration: Server: Debug Log.
Multiserver banning mechanism
The Member Ban settings have been moved from List Settings and Server Settings to all be in one place for ease of use. Member bans can now be created in Members: Bans. In addition, Global ban settings now allow you to determine what ListManager server should be used to download member bans from, so members can be banned across all servers by setting the ban on a single server and then pointing other servers to it. For more information on this, see Utilities: Administration: Server: Server Settings: Advanced: Global Ban Settings.
More customizability in Automated Messages
The List Documents feature has changed in this version. Now they are to be found in Utilities: Automated Messages: Document Content and Document Associations. Previously, list hello, goodbye, confirm, and held documents had limited customizability. Only a subject and body could be defined. In order to support foreign language translations, international character sets, and HTML messages, the List Documents feature has been modified in important ways. Please see the Utilities: Automated Messages: Document Content and Utilities: Automated Messages: Document Associations sections in the help manual for more information about this change.
Site based license decrease
You can now set a limit to the license level for a particular site and the lists associated with that site. This option is only visible to server administrators. For more information on this, see Utilities: Administration: Sites: New Site: Essentials.
New settings for TCP/IP addresses for sending/receiving email
This is a server admin only setting, useful for users with private networks. This allows you to set and view the specific incoming and outgoing IP addresses for servers and sites. For more detail, see Utilities: Administration: Server: Server Settings: Network Settings: Deliver Email and Ports.
Multiplatform Operating System and Database Support
ListManager now supports the following operating systems: Linux Redhat 9, in addition to Linux Redhat 7.3, and Windows 2003 Server, as well as Windows 2000/XP and Sun Solaris SPARC 8. ListManager now supports the following databases: PostgreSQL 7.3.2 Windows, as well as Oracle 9, in addition to Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000, and MSDE. For details on supported platforms and SQL servers, see Supported Platforms.
Member History
There is a new member history link, allowing you to view information about individual members, including activity, opens, clicks, interest events, purchases, and forwards, etc. For more information, see Utilities: Members: Find Members: History.
Blacklist lookup
The Blacklist option is only visible for server administrators. The purpose of this feature is to make sure that your TCP/IP address has not been blacklisted by any blacklisting or banning services before you send out your mailings. For more information on this, see Reports: Blacklists.
List Settings to Track Opens and HTML
You can now set up your lists to track opens and detect HTML by default. For more information on this, see Utilities: List Settings: Basic Information: Enable Features.
New Forward Tracking Reports
Automatically track who is forwarding your messages, and to how many people. For more information, see Reports: Mailings: Tracking Statistics.
New Customizable Charts
You can now chart any data that can be queried by an SQL statement, and save these charts to become part of your stock reporting tools. For more information on this, see Reports: Custom Charts.
New Programming Toolkit
ListManager's previous LCP-based toolkit has been upgraded with an HTTP based programming toolkit. For detailed information on this, please see the ListManager Programmer's guide for ListManager 7.5, available on www.lyris.com or Utilities: Other: Programming API.
Discussion Forum Interface New Features
Conferencing
ListManager's Discussion Forum Interface now has a conferencing feature to allow real time conferencing between members. You must be logged into the discussion forum interface to use this. You can then chat with other users in the same conference. See Conferencing With Other Members for further information on this new feature.
Password Link
If you forget your password when logging into the discussion forum interface, you can now opt to have it emailed to you immediately. For more information on this, see Accessing and Logging into the Discussion Forum Interface.
Attachments
It is now possible to send messages with attachments of any type in the discussion forum interface. Please see discussion forum interface's Sending Messages section for more information on this.
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