v6.3.0 Released
Hello Everyone,
v6 3 0 of Dada Mail is now released:
Installation Instructions http://dadamailproject com/support/documentation-6_3_0/install_dada_mail pod html Dada Mail 6 3 0 Stable ( tar gz) http://dadamail googlecode com/files/dada-6_3_0 tar gz uncompress_dada cgi script (Save Link/Page As…) https://raw github com/justingit/dada-mail/v6_3_0-stable_2013_04_08/uncompress_dada cgi
Changelog:
Summary 6 3 0
v6 3 0 of Dada Mail comes with enhancements to Dada Mail's Amazon SES sending support, Gravatar support, block css to inline css conversion for HTML messages (experimental), and support for tracking email addresses on 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 Be warned that Amazon SES sending does have a long list of prerequisites, some of which may need to be seperately installed via CPAN
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 will be vastly expanded on in the future We'd like to get the feature out there, in it's current state, to start gathering information to be used for analytic support and gain feedback on this new feature
This feature also requires changes to Dada Mail's SQL schema, which should happen automatically during the first run of Dada Mail, right 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
Mass Mailings: Convert CSS blocks to inline styles in HTML messages
Support has been added to Dada Mail to allow you to author HTML messages with your CSS stylings in the head of your document (easy to author), but have the CSS converted to inline styles (more universally supported in mail readers)
This option can be found in the list control panel under, Mass Mailing - Options: Convert CSS style blocks to inline styles in HTML messages (Experimental)
This is an experimental feature, and you will have to seperately install the CSS::Inliner Perl CPAN module
Installer CPAN modules is covered here:
http://dadamailproject com/d/FAQ-general pod html#how_do_you_install__cpan_perl_modules
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 2013 release
This product includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available from http://www maxmind com
blog_index cgi extension: cached screens
The HTML/Javascript data that the blog_index cgi extension makes are now cached, helping relieve unneeded load on your backend
Support in Detecting Outside CPAN Perl Libraries
To help make using the more advanced features of Dada Mail - ones that require you to install additional Perl CPAN modules that aren't included with Dada Mail (Amazon SES, Gravatars, JSON, etc), Dada Mail itself will attempt to detect common places where private, account-specific Perl libraries are placed By default, Dada Mail will look for Perl Libraries in the home directory of an account
If you are running a Cpanel-powered account, Dada Mail will play well with how Cpanel's Perl Module Installer work
Bugfixes 6 3 0
Bridge: Check to make sure List Owner/List Admin isn't the same as List Email doesn't account for email casing
https://github com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/367
Invalid List error on List Invitation Confirmations
https://github com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/366
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