Here's the relevant links:

• Installation Instructions http://dadamailproject com/support/documentation-4_9_0-alpha2/install_dada_mail pod html

• Dada Mail 4 9 0 alpha 2 ( tar gz) http://github com/downloads/justingit/dada-mail/dada-4_9_0-alpha2 tar gz

• uncompress_dada cgi script (Save Link/Page As ) https://github com/justingit/dada-mail/raw/v4_9_0-alpha2_2011_11_28/uncompress_dada cgi

alpha1 differs from alpha2 in a few ways A big way is that all the bounce handler work is actually included in this alpha, which mysteriously was missing in alpha 1 And that work now works, which it didn't before :) There's also initial support for bounce handling w/Amazon SES, which is nice

Some screenshots of the new bounce handler stuff:

http://dadamailproject
com/images/dev/bounce_handler1
jpg

Here, you can see the scorecard on the default screen, and the new scorecard prefs, including the, "decaying" pref:

Looking at an individual report:

http://dadamailproject
com/images/dev/bouncehandler2
jpg

This is actually a good example of how that decaying score idea is good one, since these two bounces are from over a year ago and are the only bounces that this address, which is still subscribed, has Everytime a message goes out, this score will continue to go down, until its not on the scorecard at all

The entire changelog:

4 9 0 This release is currently in ALPHA and there are many unknown bugs Many Probably

Please do not use in a production environment
 Only use for testing
purposes

Summary 4 9 0 This release focuses on many parts of Dada Mail to optimize performance Benefits of all this work include faster mass sending speeds Potentially must faster

*   Sending performance has been optimized
 Less memory used, faster
    template parsing

*   Amazon SES sending performance has also been improved

*   New time and date template tags available

*   HTML::Template::Pro support Added

*   Bounce Handler improvements, including per-list preferences and a
    "bounce score decay" feature

Features 4 9 0 Bounce Handler Set Scorecard Prefs per-list, instead of Globally Bounce Handler preferences, including the Soft Bounce Score, Hard Bounce Score and Score Threshold are now set per mailing list, instead of having to be set in the global config

Decaying Scores Bounce Scores can now, decay, or be reduced every time a mass mailing is sent out This is to help minimize scores from email addresses that temporarily have had problems with delivery, but are otherwise valid email addresses An email address's bounce score will also now be automatically removed, if the score goes at or below, 0

Bounce Scorecard Conveniently on the default screen The Bounce Scorecard is now presented on the default screen for the bounce handler, instead of being shown on a separate screen Navigating the scorecard is now a little more intuitive, as well

SES Support Dada Mail/Bounce Handler should now have support for Amazon SES sending This is still marked as, Experimental (as is SES support in total), but SES-specific rules have been whipped up Please give us feedback!

HTML::Template::Pro support, Faster Template Rendering "HTML::Template::Pro" renders the templates that Dada Mail uses throughout the app, including HTML screens and custom email messages, much faster than what's included with Dada Mail ("HTML::Template") "HTML::Template::Pro" will need to be installed separately

See the features doc on "HTML::Template::Pro" for more information:

<http://dadamailproject
com/support/documentation/features-html_template
-pro
pod
html>

Faster sending using Amazon SES Dada Mail now uses a persistent HTTP connection when talking with Amazon SES This can speed up sending by 3 - 7 seconds/message

New Template Tags for Date/Time Dada Mail now has support for various simple Date and Time formats to use in HTML and Email templates, as well support for more flexible/advanced "strftime" formats:

<http://dadamailproject
com/support/documentation/features-email_templat
e_syntax
pod#date_related_tags>

New import script, dada_archives_backup_to_sql pl This script allows you to import archive data from the backup of a DB File, to the SQL backend This helps if your DB Files are corrupted/incompatible with your current server environment

Changes 4 9 0 Documentation Updates A new/update entry in the General FAQ, Tuning Dada Mail to Send Mass Mailings Faster:

<http://dadamailproject
com/support/documentation/FAQ-general
pod
html#t
uning_dada_mail_to_send_mass_mailings_faster>

CPAN Module Changes and Updates LWP unbundled The "LWP" group of Perl modules is no longer available with Dada Mail "LWP" is used for such things as, Send a Webpage and some web services, like Amazon SES You will have to install "LWP" yourself Most shared hosting companies will have this already installed, for you

MIME::Tools upgraded to v5 502 This upgrade to MIME::Tools has a very positive improvement on sending speed