Version 8.8

Major New Features

New Homepage

See how successful your mailing was at a glance. New homepage shows important stats and trends, and lets you drill down to see the details.

Automatic Database Synchronization

ListManager may use ODBC to synchronize its recipient data with any other data source that can use ODBC. Synchronize according to a schedule, on demand, or before sending to a mailing.

Unsubscribes Recorded Per Mailing

See which mailings cause the most opt-outs, or which mailing caused a particular member to unsubscribe.

Suppression List

Specify a list of email addresses that shouldn't receive a particular mailing.

Mailing Data Export

New API function lets administrators export mailing metrics to other applications.

Administrative Auditing

See who's using the administrator's interface. ListManager's web access log shows who viewed particular pages, at what time and even from which IP address.

Minor New Features and Changes

    Members is now a top-level tab, with easier navigation of member-related tasks.

    Check your spelling from within ListManager's interface using the HTML editor. Requires Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

    Table search lets you quickly find the data you need on almost every table in ListManager.

    Each list admin may specify a preference to have the HTML editor enabled or disabled by default.

    HTML editor is disabled when HTML files are imported.

    HTML portions of automated message defaults and templates have been removed.

    ListManager now runs on Solaris 9 and 10.

    ListManager now uses PostgreSQL version 8.0.3. Users of earlier versions should upgrade to this version.

    Direct upgrades from ListManager 6.1 are no longer supported. Users who wish to upgrade from 6.1 should upgrade to 7.0 before upgrading to 8.8.

    Changes have been made to the mail queue to prevent the backup of mail for domains that are unable to process mail quickly enough.

    When running ES 2.1, the webserver may not respond to S96httpd-lm stop. If that is the case, the process may be terminated using kill -9.

    ListManager now supports SSL3 and TLS 1.

Version 8.8b

    Thirty day email delivery report available.

Version 8.8c

    Faster upgrades from previous versions for users with large members_ tables.

    Better support for japanese mail merge.

See changes.txt for a list of what's changed in this and other versions.