New Features

Added option to store Salutation, First Name and Last Name or to store all names in one field as per previous versions. Added option to create and publish templates/newsletters from the overall administration console to specific users. Option to define opt-in/opt-out messages by Newsletter List or continue using defaults specified under preferences.  This is useful if you offer different lists in different languages. Added option to encrypt the URL when sending messages with click tracking embedded (Set by each site). Added preference to open the editor full page when editing a newsletter in the WYSIWYG editor. Added option for admin to search/find an email address across all sites Added button on advanced editor to email yourself a copy of the newsletter while modifying it in the editor. Added option to import subscribers as "pending subscribers" and email an invitation to join a list. Added Option to import subscription date under Subscribers--Import Added option to pull remote content into newsletter using %%BeginHttpGet%% %%EndHttpGet%% Added option to copy Newsletter lists, newsletters, custom fields when copying site When importing display list of those who were on opt-out list and filtered accordingly Added Select All checkbox on all screens with checkbox delete option Added image "align" option to simple editor Added option to specify port of SMTP server Added support for import Excel 2007 files (.XLSX extension) Added Automatic password generation for sub users, allow sub users to modify login information and email information Added option to not send opt-out confirmation email message The confirm messages on the "Delete Site" function has been made more specific to include site name, url, username, datecreated Added Checkbox to delete on bounce detail screen Added checkbox to opt-out individuals on the bounce detail screen Added Display of current license limits/restrictions at the top of the administration console System now stores a list of all who were emailed with each send (HistoryID, SubscriberID, newsletterID) Added send option to ignore all subscribers who received a recent newsletter (only works for newsletters emailed after upgrade).  This also allows you to restart a send that may have failed and ignore those who were already emailed Added Option to set importance/priority when sending a newsletter (High, Low) When updating profile and sending email notification to user, both old and new info is now included Added indicator and link in "A New Newsletter Has Been Submitted to the Queue" message to indicate if it requires approval Added Option for admin to define a custom message displayed to users on login such as system update message Made it a preference to always enable impression and/or click tracking when adding a new newsletter Added option to create a direct link to the DashBoard Report that does not require a login Added option to create a direct link to the Executive Report that does not require a login Added option to keep copy of all bounces that lost original subscriber identification headers Added option to send a newsletter to subscribers with no views AND no clicks on a previous newsletter. Added Wildcard searching on subscribers screen. Ex. %yahoo.com will return all email addresses ending in yahoo.com Added option to copy sub user accounts/settings to create a new account Option to set sub users to require/not require approval when sending to all subscribers Added Ability to set default values for demographic fields for dropdown and multi-select boxes. Just surround defaults by square brackets [] Incorporated the most recent version of the CuteSoft Version 6 Editor Option for Admin to move subscribers from the Opt-Out list to an active Newsletter list from the Opt-Out list page.

Usability Enhancements

Added link when adding a subscriber after displaying success message, the link takes you to screen to "Add another subscriber". Set default on subscribers table, column DeliveryFormat to 'html' Modified support form to clearly indicate who will receive it. Email is not sent to AdComplete.com Added error trap on Add Bulk to require a list be selected Added Error Trap so no FORM tag is entered in Preferences for Header/Footer The “Most Effective Links” report now sorts in descending order by default Created two additional indices on tbl_newspro_subscriberlists to enhance performance Added option to make name field required on opt-in form Added Ability to modify the contents of one demographic field based on the contents of another field under Tools--Alter Demographics Added NOLOCK statement to all SQL select statements in code, views, procedures to enhance performance

Bug Fixes

Added cascade delete from Subscribers to AutoResponseFutureItem.  When a subscriber was deleted any pending items were not deleted which caused the mail engine to fail. Fixed the select Query that checks queue for pending sends to account for very old dates where newsletter is still pending Fixed UpdateStatistics_CountClick to insert one impression on click if no view present in system Added error trap to mail engine to prevent failure when file attachments cannot be found Download Soft Bounces to a unique folder to prevent counting as wrong type. This happens if SMTP Express is still placing failed messages in same folder. Added error trap to prevent duplicate names for custom fields

New Features

Software has been converted to VisualStudio.net 2005 with Master Pages and now requires .NET 2.0 framework Incorporated latest version of CuteSoft editor (Version 5.3) Redesigned user console to use drop-down menus instead of tab navigation Added Auto Response feature where a newsletter can be sent X days after an activity. Activities include:  joining a list, clicking any link, clicking a specific link, viewing a newsletter or updating their profile. Added bounce filtering when sending to ignore people who bounced, email only people who bounced, or email only those with no bounces Added delivery format filtering when sending a newsletter so that only HTML or only TEXT subscribers can be emailed in a campaign Added A/B List Splitting option to email odd versus even subscribers, or Top 50 Percent versus Bottom 50% subscribers When creating additional users/sub users within an account they are now assigned to specific Newsletter Lists and are only notified when subscribers opt in/opt out/update subscriptions if they belong to a selected list Added tool to alter delivery format of subscribers based on list, no views/clicks, bounces, etc. Modified Subscriber Import tool to allow selecting whether or not to update name/password, and delivery format when importing subscribers Added delivery option to relay all messages when sending to a complete list instead of writing them to SMTP Express or IIS SMTP Added support for multi-select list boxes for demographic data. Use a triple comma instead of a double comma. Modified subscriber import utility to allow concatenating up to 3 fields for the name field. For example, you can now concatenate Salutation, First Name, Lastname. Or First Name, Last Name. Or First Name, Middle Name, Last Name. Ability to place people on a new list when querying demographics Added a subscriber activity report showing new subscribers during selected period, who clicked, and highest lifetime clickers Added option to view Stats activity log for a subscriber for all previous newsletters (Views, clicks, Links clicked) Added Audit Log to Track history of all changes made by users/sub users Added option to embed any dynamic variable/demographic fields in the subject line Preferences option to add Wrap="hard" to Text Version of newsletter as well as define width Option to search subscribers by SubscriberID, Newsletters and Newsletter lists by their ID's Added Administrator tool to rebuild all indices in the SQL database Added Option to insert these dynamic variables: ##NewsletterID##,##NewsletterListID##,##SiteID##, ##SubscriberPassword## Added dynamic variable called ##EmailMessageCount## that inserts the total number of emails sent in the campaign Added option to include Newsletter List Description on opt-in form Added Option to view Bounces by Domain for specific send in addition to for all sends Added option to define how many days in advance users can schedule newsletters. Added Option to only allow users to send during certain hours, Same applies for sub users Links in the executive report are now displayed as hyperlinks Reports containing subscribers with an edit link now open the edit link in a popup window Added option to delete Bounce Reasons in setup area Added Setup option to notify users if other users have modified the same newsletter at the same time Added a global search feature at the top of the user console for quick searching Added Option to make demographic fields required on opt-in form/members page Added preference to hide Newsletter List description on members page Added administrator setup email notification option to be notified when disk space drops below 500 MB.  When this happens eNewsletter Pro stops compiling emails until sufficient disk space is freed up. Option to Name newsletter as well as identify subject. Added option that automatically sends an administrative email when an newsletter in the pending queue has been "approved". Added Date Created/Modified timestamps to Newsletters, Newsletter Lists and Users Added user specific setting to hide bounce email account when a user is sending a newsletter List in admin area users who have recently performed an activity in the system Added Results per page drop-down menus on all View screens in user console to allow changing record set paging size Added Option for admin to edit fields in list format for all users. Added the executive report to the overall administration console so administrator can view reports for any site Custom newsletter fields can now be used in the demographic fields of subscribers in order to handle dynamic content. Added WYSIWYG editor in preferences to fields that can be HTML Added additional operators to query demographics/send based on demographics to include <,<=,>,>= Added these two fields to Opt in form creation...UpdateDemographicsIfSubscriberExists, RedirectURL Preferences option has been broken into multiple screen for easier editing

New Features

Mail Engine/Delivery Program is now multi-threaded and creates email messages much faster than previous version. Monitors disk space and stops compiling messages if disk has less than 500MB of free space.  Program continues when free space exceeds 500MB. Mail engine is now run as a service.  This eliminates the need for the scheduled tasks in the control panel and no longer relies on the administrator password for execution. Added option to use IIS SMTP Server in addition to Quicksoft SMTP Express. Option to use a different bounce address with each send Option to set subject line when sending Newsletters Enhanced upload tool that allows images to be directly embedded in a newsletter when using the HTML editor. Images are called using the full URL. Enhanced editor with the Ability to insert dynamic fields by selecting them from a drop-down menu Option to Browse and find local newsletter to upload/import Import page option fixes relative URLs when importing to prevent broken image links Send newsletter for validation option which sends all formats to a single subscriber for validation purposes Option to embed a link in the text version of your newsletter that leads to a page showing the HTML version.  The stats are fully tracked for this newsletter. The parameter is called ##HTMLNewsletterURL## All tracking parameters have been changed to ## rather than <>.  Attachments are now possible for all newsletter types Subscribers Records soft versus hard bounces at the subscriber level. Option to force all pending subscribers to become subscribers prior to a selected date Option to resend notice to all pending subscribers to subscribe Remove Bulk option now supports removing people from a single list in addition to all lists. Import now does not update all demographic fields, but only those being imported. Opt Out List Added Newsletter list specific opt-outs in addition to the global opt-out.  When using ##OptOutURLSingleList## a person is un-subscribed from that list only.  They are not un-subscribed from all lists. Option to import an opt out list from any type of database Opt Out list now retains these fields in the opt-out list to comply with spam laws:      Date Subscribed       IP Address       Opt In Method Allows user to enter a reason why they are unsubscribing Opt-In/ Opt-Out Process OptionalParameters can now be included in Opt-in/opt-out messages. Subscriber Name can now be included in Opt-in messages Confirmation link can now be placed in Opt-In message using ##OptInLink## Option to bypass final confirmation email after opting in. This field can be set globally in the preferences or can be set in each form using: <input type=hidden name="SendSuccessfulOptInMessage" value="False"> Added option to hide delivery format on opt-in form Added option to Update Subscriptions if subscriber already exists when a person attempts to subscribe. Added list-specific out-outs. Reports Executive Report now includes number of subscribers in Text,HTML,AOL formats, Bounce Email address, total soft/hard bounces. Option to report on list of subscribers who clicked a specific link. Altered export option to avoid exporting optional fields if desired. Added System summary report that is displayed when you log into the system. Option to have daily and weekly subscriber summary emailed to site user.  Report includes total subscribers, new subscribers, new un-subscribes, and a count of subscribers on each list General/Other Supports advanced searching %,*, wildcard,etc. Option to specify from name/from email in preferences for defaults and administrative messages. Application now supports creating sub users within a given user account with specific tasks assigned.  For example, a sub-user could be created with permissions to view reports. Added Preference to decide if a close button should be present on members page.  This is used if you are launching the members page in a popup window ##UpdateSettings## link now automatically logs in subscriber Added Warning not to use your email on Setup screen for bounce address Added warning on drop subscribers tool that all stats will be lost On Import, software now indicates how many subscribers already existed and were therefore updated. Newsletter selections are now check boxes instead of multi-selection list box Added field in admin area to store physical address of customer in database.

Bug Fixes

Trim all search fields Software no longer tracks style sheets as a click Software will now track links with styles applied such as <a style="text-decoration: none" href=" Sessions are turned off in the tracking page t.aspx to avoid creating a cookies.  This is necessary to comply with cookie laws in European countries.

April 14, 2003 -- Version 2.50

November 11, 2002 -- Version 2.10

June 24, 2002 -- Version 2.01

New Features

Added extra security for cross-site scripting. All output is written using Server.HTMLEncode to avoid malicous scripting Added option to transfer subscribers from one list to another.  For example, all subscribers on one list can now be assigned to another list. Added option to remove all subscribers from a specific list. Added Support for SubscriberEmail in Subject Added option to email all subscribers on all lists for promotional purposes On Bulk Import, added trap to make sure list is selected.  Added text to make it clear that a list must be selected in order to import. Made Headers in newsletter Un-identifiable (Changed from eNewsletterPro) Add support for passing username/password to mail component Add support for different Character Sets (default is US-ASCII) Added Preview AOL Version to View Newsletters Added totals to the site stats within the admin area Added support for Date, DateTime, and Time in message body Added Option to Send email notification when subscriber modifies their account Moved hidden form fields in opt-in form to end of form to prevent HTML editors from modifying hidden fields. Added support for bypassing opt-in confirmation

Bug Fixes

Updated bounces.asp to prevent timeout for deleting from large lists over 500,000 subscribers Fixed bug in Bounce Tracking whereby messages were not delivered to bounce address Fixed bug where Optional Parameters were not included when sending single message Fixed bug with excel import when a field name contained a space Fixed bug in spnewspro_CheckIfNewslettersInQueueAreReadyToBeSent which affected scheduling Fixed a bug in send.asp regarding the forward to a friend feature. HTML docs that had a <body.... tag did not display the friends message.