Hot on the heels of 2 10 14 Beta 1 us 2 11 Alpha 4

This release is a features only release, meaning all the bugs tagged
and fixed in the 2 10 14 Beta 1 release have no been applied to this
release, but this release does have some fancy new features Complete
documentation is here:

http://mojo
skazat
com/support/documentation-2_11-alpha4

Here's the changelog, if there are any questions I can help in
answering, let me know:

This is a features-only release and doesn't contain bug fixes For a
bugfix-only development release, do see 2 10 14 beta 1,

Download 2 11 Alpha 4

tar gz distibution:

http://downloads sourceforge net/mojomail/dada-2_11-alpha_4 tar gz? download

zip distribution:

http://downloads sourceforge net/mojomail/dada-2_11-alpha_4 zip?download

New Features

$MAILOUT_AT_ONCE_LIMIT

This variable sets how many different mailouts may go out from an
installation of Dada Mail at one time Conservatively, this is set
to, 1 by default

There are a few reasons why you wouldn't want to set this to any
higher limit, one being that there's a possibility that there is a
limit on how many email messages you are allowed to go out in a
specific period of time

Another reason is that sending out too many messages at once may
cause the server your running to be overloaded

$MAILOUT_STALE_AFTER

$MAILOUT_STALE_AFTER sets, in seconds, how long a mailout can go with
no mailing activity until Dada Mail itself won't automatically
restart it The default, 86400 seconds is one full day

This variable attempts to safegaurd you against having a dropped
mailing that you've, forgotten'' about restart,mysteriously''
and unintentionally

A mailout may still be restarted if this limit has been surpassed,
but it must be done manually, through the list control panel

Sending Monitor Index Refreshes Every 60 seconds

This should allow you to keep tags on all your mailings for a list at
once, without having to visit each individual screen

This screen will also reload a mailing, if necessary (just like the
individual screens)

Pause a Mailing

You now have the ability to pause a mailing, instead of simple
stopping a mailing A stopped mailing cannot ever be restarted, a
paused mailing may be restarted with ease

Mailout Queueing Support

WIth the Mailout At Once Limit, Dada Mail now supports queueing of
awaiting mailouts

More Information on New Features

Multiple Mailouts can go on at one time

By default (conservatively) Dada Mail only allows you to have one
mailout at one time You can change this in the Config pm file, under
the variable, $MAILOUT_AT_ONCE_LIMIT Past versions (before ver 2 11
alpha 4) had no specific limit on the amount of mailouts they supported

This is to allow you to have a good idea on how to easily keep below
any server restrictions on how much email you can send in a specified
period of time

For example, if you're allowed to send 500 messages and hour, and you
have your batch settings set to send one message every 8 seconds,
that's approx 450 messages you'll be sending each hour If you're
only allowing one mailout to go out at one time, you'll be sending
approx 450 messages each hour - pretty easy

There's a bit of wiggle room for other emails that may get sent out,
like subscription and unsubscription requests

Any mailouts that have been submitted to Dada Mail that are over the
limit set in $MAILOUT_AT_ONCE_LIMIT will be Queued They'll just wait
in line until the number of mailouts is less than the limit

The order at which awaiting mailouts are sent is usually
chronological, first in, first out If you submit a mailout that's
submitted at 10:00am and submit another mailout at 11:00am, the
mailout you submitted at 10:00 am will be sent out first

There is one way to change this que and that's by pausing a mailout

Pausing a mailout will be basically move that mailout to the bottom
of the queue and it won't ever be reloaded to be sent until after its
manually unpaused

If you do unpause a mailout, it will jump back in line where it once
was For example, if you have three mailouts, one that is submitted
at 10:00am and one at 11:00am and another at 12:00pm and you decide
to pause the 10:00am one, it will stop sending out and the mailout
submitted at 11:00am will start The 10:00am mailout will be at the
bottom of the queue

If you then unpassed the 10:00am one, it will jump back where it once
was, but since the 11:00am mailout is going, it won't restart until
either the 11:00 am mailout has unexpectantly stopped, or the 11:00am
mailout has finished