v6 3 0 of Dada Mail has been released! I'm about done adding features, so this release will reflect the final product I think Here's the change log, download links, etc,

• Installation Instructions http://dadamailproject com/support/documentation-6_3_0-beta1/install_dada_mail pod html
• Dada Mail 6 3 0 Beta 1 ( tar gz) http://dadamail googlecode com/files/dada-6_3_0-beta1 tar gz
• uncompress_dada cgi script (Save Link/Page As…) https://raw github com/justingit/dada-mail/v6_2_2-stable_2013_03_29/uncompress_dada cgi

Summary 6 3 0

v6 3 0 of Dada Mail comes with enhancements to Dada Mail's Amazon SES sending support, Gravatar support and tracking email addresses for message opens/clickthroughs

Features 6 3 0

Amazon SES setup: Vastly Simplified

Dada Mail's included installer now supports setting up Amazon SES for you - all you'll need to do is give it your AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Access Key

You no longer need to set up a seperate aws-credentials file, or download, configure and install any outside Amazon SES scripts

The installer will check to make sure all required CPAN modules are installed, and also has a small tester utility to make sure Amazon SES is working

The installer will also be able to detect your previous Amazon SES settings, when you decide to upgrade

More information on Dada Mail and Amazon SES:

http://dadamailproject com/d/features-amazon_ses_support pod html

Email Tracking for Opens/Clickthroughs

Dada Mail can now be set to optionally track email addresses, when tracking Clickthroughs and Message Opens These address can currently be exported per mass mailing This feature is somewhat experimental, as features that can stem from this new ability can be vastly expanded from what Dada Mail currently has

This feature also requires changes to Dada Mail's SQL schema, which should happen automatically, during the first run of Dada Mail, after an upgrade One can perform these changes manually, by issuing the following SQL:

    ALTER TABLE dada_clickthrough_url_log ADD email VARCHAR(80);
    ALTER TABLE dada_mass_mailing_event_log ADD email VARCHAR(80);

The option to track email addresses is located in the Tracker's list control panel screen, under, Preferences - Track with Email Addresses

Admin Menu: Archive Count now shown

The list control panel's admin menu will now list how many archives you have, under, Message Archives - View (# of messages)

Extended Gravatar Support

Gravatars ( https://en gravatar com/ ) now show up in the List screen, the List's Archive indexes, and in the blog_index cgi plugin

Password Protect Directories Plugin: Works with already-exisiting htaccess

In past versions, the Password Protect Directories Plugin would write (and if there was an already existing htaccess file, Write Over) its own htaccess file This does not play nicely with anything else that may need to use an htaccess file

Now, this plugin will first look and see if an htaccess file exists, and if so, if specific directives for the plugin itself exist If so, the plugin will only update the file and change the directives it needs in order for the plugin to work

It's advised, that if you upgrade to first disable the plugin's cronjob, remove the directives in the htaccess file specific for the plugin (or the entire htaccess file, if nothing else requires this file, upgrade, and then re-set the cronjob for this plugin

Geo IP databases Updated

Dada Mail has updated it's Geo IP databases to the newest, April release

This product includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available from http://www maxmind com

blog_index cgi extension: cached screens

The HTML/Javascript that the blog_index cgi extension makes is now cached, helping relieve unneeded load on your backend