Group Mail is an email application designed specifically for Mailing List management and Distribution. If you maintain mailing lists or if you regularly send messages to large groups of recipients, then Group Mail will be your saviour. Group Mail is perfect for keeping friends, customers, investors, and clients digitally informed.
For information on Updating from Group Mail v2 or lower please see the end of this file.
Build history & What's New:
* Changes in version 3.4.033
Bug: Dates not showing correctly for some sent messages.
Update: Sending to large groups would slow down after approx 20,000 recipients due to excessive duplicate checking. This will no longer happen.
* Changes in version 3.4.030
New: New URL Friendly merge fields for use when building personzlized links in messages. All fields are now available as URL friendly ones. Basically any of the URL friendly fields encountered will be encoded using URLEncoding (similar to Server.URLEncode in ASP)
Update: Faster duplicate checking when importing, faster recovery list/exclusion processing when sending.
Update: Enhanced support for International users. Better font support. Basic BiDirection editing support now available for Arabic/Hebrew based users.
Update: Memory usage reduced by 10%
Bug: Copy/Move dialog now closing. This bug was introduced in last release. Fixed.
Bug: Sort order on the Browse dialog now being saved when the software was closed. Fixed.
Bug: If the exclusion list contained one recipient and you chose to add that recipient to a group then you could cause a lock out. Fixed.
* Changes in version 3.4.021
Update: Direct Sending will now use all MX Hosts available for a domain when sending automatically regardless of the retry setting. This will greatly increase the delivery rates.
Update: Toolbar and Tabs updated to work better in Windows XP.
Update: Address Book Importer now supports Office XP. Several issues with importing from Outlook in Corporate mode have been resolved also.
Bug: Sometimes when direct sending the DNS lookup procedure would stall. Fixed.
Bug: If you closed the Recipient Move/Copy window while a copy or move was in progress you received a file error.
Bug: Import and Export options on the right click menu in Group Manager failed to start up either tool properly. Fixed.
Bug: Encoding of some 8bit subject lines was producing unreadable text. Fixed.
* Changes in version 3.4.017
Bug: CompleteName merge field was incorrectly mashing the First name and initial together - ugly!
Bug: Resume sending sometimes caused a problem when preping the message for sending. This is fixed.
* Changes in version 3.4.016
Bug: Helpfile wasn't loading correctly.
Bug: Pro/Plus not remembering license information if not licensed correctly at the time of install.
Bug: Address book import screen was resizable when it shouldn't have been.
* Changes in version 3.4
New: 7 New character sets in Message Setup
New: Windows XP Tested and tweaked
Update: 1 click resume feature has been tweaked as per feedback
Update: Identity Manager re-arranged - again because of feedback
Update: All DNS functionality has been re-written for faster more robust performance when direct sending
New: Log view/history and 1 click resume capabilities
* Changes in version 3.3
- Update: Documentation has gone into full edit review and is being updated based on feedback.
- Update: Faster standard sending - up to 20% faster that previous versions.
- Update: Changes to Recipient Dialog - Email Address is now first field available (User request).
- Update: New Advanced Email Setup options - control ESMTP Mode and domain usage better now.
- Bug: Importing of multiple distribution lists is now possible.
- Bug: Status display in Send Engine was duplicating some status entries (NOTE: Not messages - just display text). Fixed.
- New: Address Book Import support - the software is now capable of importing directly from most popular email address books (Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape, Eudora, Pine, Exchange and Lotus Notes - more are on the way).
- New: Ability to be able to turn off ESMTP support manually. Some servers didn't like any attempt to connect via ESMTP - now you can force the software to talk pure SMTP to them.
- Update: New file importer screen - redesigned to resemble the new address book importer.
- Update: Numerous tweaks to the recipient browser with regards to post action selections
- Update: Much improved version of SMTP Express available to Plus users.
- Bug: Importing recipients via Exclusion list when you have no groups created caused a fatal error - fixed.
- Bug: Some subject lines caused problems when saving messages - fixed.
- Bug: Problems with Copy/Move screen and error 52 - fixed.
* Changes in version 3.2.046
- Bug: Messaging Save option not functioning correctly and in some cases causing crashes.
* Changes in version 3.2.045
- Update: Better filtering and exclusion messages when sending now featuring in log files
- Update: Send Engine revised, tweaked and generally refined.
- Update: Plus - updated SMTP Express component - now supports 128 connections
- Update: Grids enhanced to show multiple rows in alternative colors - user requested update.
- Bug: If you chose to delete a recipient from the recipient browser/viewer but none were selected then the entire set of command buttons were disabled and the appliction would have to be terminated using a three finger salute. This has been corrected/fixed.
- Bug: Grid Sorting options weren't being saved properly on shut down - this has been resolved.
- Bug: Attachment order on saved messages was stored in reverse order. Fixed.
- Bug: On some systems the File Attachment dialog appearred incorrectly (short file names etc.). Fixed and now also includes new Win2000 support.
* Changes in version 3.2.040
- Update: Major improvements have been made to the way messages are previewed before sending. See the Test / Preview on the Prepare to Send screen.
- Update: Direct Send Retry now forces a fresh DNS lookup and will cycle through the MXHost list for each troublesome domain automatically.
- Bug: If no text message is included with a HTML message some of the inline images may not get encoded as inline. Fixed.
- Bug: If the computer has a invalid TCP domain name then none is specified with the EHLO or HELO command. This has been updated so that the domain part of the senders email address is used, if that isn't available then the localhost address is used.
- Bug: Wrapping was always applied to text when no Encoding was enabled - even if encoding was disabled.
- Bug: If the first few lines of a previously message contained a tab character then the message wouldn't view properly on the Message History tab, it also wouldn't load properly from that tab.
- Bug: Importing from the clipboard - if the last record was not terminated with a CRLF sequence it would be ignored. Fixed.
* Changes in version 3.2.032
- Bug: Modifying Group names didn't work properly after changes were made to update code in last release. Fixed.
- Update: Faster Deleting
- Bug: Blank lines in Exclusion List. Fixed
- Bug: Unable to test Direct Send settings correctly. Fixed.
- Bug: Double Byte Safety - Deletions not working properly. Fixed.
- Bug: Saluation Field not getting merged correctly. Fixed.
- Bug: License Module refusing some keys. Fixed.
- Bug: Prepare to Send dialog would sometimes close of it's own accord. Fixed.
- Bug: Preview sometimes not showing signature properly.
- Updated: Error Processing while sending has been enhanced.
* Changes in version 3.2.026
- Bug: DNS Address not being saved properly. Sometimes causing a GPF. Fixed.
- Updated: Help file.
- Bug: Retry/ReRoute option values not correctly being saved, Fixed.
- New: Email Setup dialog
- Updated: Direct Sending Engine enhanced
- Updated: Inproved error handling
- New: Direct Send Retry and ReRoute feature added
- Bug: Memory leak on some systems when using Plus version. Fixed
* Changes in version 3.2
- New: Group Browser
- New: Search Options
- New: Customizable Grid Views
- New: Easier List Sorting
- New: Group Printing
- New: Recipient Setup Grid
- New: Check/Verify Email Addresses from the Recipient Setup screen
- Bugs: Error 27 when sending addressed and handled better
- Bugs: Attachment Order when a message is saved is backwards
- Bugs: Sending Split was sometimes being skipped - fixed
- Tweaks: any reported issues with 3.1 have been addressed in this build.
- Tweaks: All frames used have been updated.
* Changes in version 3.1
- New Name - Aureate Group Mail is now three products - Group Mail Free, Pro and Plus
- New Feature: Direct Send added to Group Mail Pro and Plus
- New Feature: SMTP Express High speed sending now available in Group Mail Plus
- Tweak: Attachment Procedure streamlined
- Tweak: Improved Sending Engine with improved HTML supported and Error Checking
- Tweak: Email Server Setup dialog re-arranged
- Tweak: Message Setup dialog re-arranged and simplified
- Bugs: A number of interface bugs have been quashed.
- Tweak: New Antispam measures added to Group Mail Free - send limitation of 100 added
- Tweak: Group Mail Free is now advertisement free.
- Tweak: New About Box and Splash Screen
- Tweak: DSN (delivery status notification) feature replaced with Request Read Receipt option
- New Feature: New Test options added to Setup dialogs and Send screens.
- Tweak: APOP Authentication support added (to complement traditional POP Authentication)
- New Feature: CRAM-MD5 SMTP Authentication Support added
* Changes in Build 3.0.611
- KOI8 Encoding corrected and some new character sets added.
- Bug fixed when trying to load an active log file as a block file
- Text Wrapping is now optional
- Some issues with extended SMTP commands have been corrected
- New lighter faster ad technology in Free Edition
- Brand New SMTP Engine (based on our upcoming v4 technology). It's more reliable and faster
* Changes in Build 3.0.451
New Features
- POP3 Authentication Support (check before send)
- Full Range of ISO Character Sets now supported
- New Prepare to Send Window with new functionality (e.g. Message Previewing)
- New Server Setup, Message Setup and Identification Windows
- New Merge Field - Username - this strips the domain part of an email address away - handy if you don't have a Name for the person you are sending to.
Fixes etc.
- Email Field on the Merge Menu didn't work - you had to use the Pop menu
- Sending Optimized (especially for non personalized messages)
- Default Encoding is set correctly now.
- Text Attachments (text and HTML) are now correctly attached on International systems.
* Changes in Build 3.0.300
New Feature!! - Now each recipient can have up to 4 unique/custom attachments send to them when you decide.
Inline Image support improved. There were parsing limitations in earlier releases which caused some inline images to be skipped - this is no longer the case.
The date shown on some messages being sent was being localized incorrectly for some timezones. This has been corrected.
Connection resetting with some Mail servers was being skipped - this has been corrected.
Importer has been tweaked - logging improved.
There was an intermittent issue with the Exclusion list - it would sometimes fail to load properly when sending - this has been corrected.
Main program interface has minor changes to increase speed and reduce the resource requirements for the application.
Names can now include comma's in them. This wasn't possible before.
All core technologies and components have been upgraded to the latest versions. This may cause some issues when running the software on older versions of Windows - this can be corrected however by visiting the correct download section for your Operating system at http://www.microsoft.com and downloading the latest system updates and patches.
* Changes in build 3.0.205
On some systems there was a problem with attachments not listing correctly - this has been fixed.
When mailing through mid-night the timer would report an incorrect negative time taken to send - this has been corrected.
Anti Spam modifications to the Free Edition have been made.
* Changes in build 3.0.200
Improved HTML Message supported added - now with support for inline images.
The importer has been re-designed with a new field match up tool and the ability to determine file format, field count and delimiter type automatically.
Message priority (when sending) has been added.
The attachment window and process have been entirely re-designed.
* Changes in build 3.0.180
Cut, Copy and Paste shortcuts would some times stop working for the Subject line on the Edit Message tab - this has been fixed.
Import Filter precendence has been changed for that filters are applied before duplicate checking takes place.
A new notice has been added to the Free Edition which reminds Users of their responsiblity when it comes to sending messages.
When sending a mailing where an exclusion list didn't exist sometimes the first attempt at mailing would fail - this has been fixed.
A new message tag has been added to the Free Edition which now contains additional details regarding the sender of the message - such as name and email address. This is intended to reduce the number of people using the produce for spamming.
* Changes in build 3.0.160
Field layouts can now be saved for importing later and re-using.
Exporting has been tweaked - the exporter now remembers the last export file used for each group.
Double byte safety has been added for people using double byte language versions of Windows. This must be enabled on the setup menu and will result in slower deletions but will prevent groups from becoming corrupt on those systems.
Invalid Domain error found and corrected. When sending a 501 error would some times occur with some email servers.
The Importer has been overhauled and optimized. it is now much much faster at importing data.
Sending Speed has been improved overall. Recovery and Exclusion checking have been optimized.
SMTP Connection authentication support added. Authentication is required by a growing number of service providers now.
The Exporter has been overhauled.
Faster modifying of recipients. The active Group no longer has to be re-loaded.
* Changes in build 3.0.120
Partial Sending feature added to the Prepare to Send Window.
New Right click menus added to all major parts of the application.
New Group Only view option added to Group Setup.
X-Mailer Identification tag now removed.
Support for Invalid Recipient Error generated by some email servers added.
Message History sorting issue now corrected.
Full Version number details are now shown in the About Box.
Adding and Modifying Recipients has been optimized.
Additional Error Checking and logging added to the logs.
Full Version number details are now shown in the About Box.
Logfile printing added to the Send Results dialog.
Problems with the attachment list not resetting properly after clicking New Message have now been resolved.
Type Mismatch Error on some Systems when adding recipients has now been resolved.
* Changes in build 3.0.105
New options added to the Importer to increase speed.
15 Day Trial Version has now been converted to a Free Advertisment Sponsored Edition
Registered version no longer carries an ad when sending.
Date Filtering Issue fixed. Filters wouldn't correctly function sometimes on systems which only used two digit years.
Attachments with Long Pathnames can now be sent. Previously the names got truncated and this caused them to be skipped.
Installation now includes the latest OLE runtime files available for Windows.
Attachments listing is now correctly reset when your sending a new message.
Improved support for large fonts.
Out of Memory Error Message when sending fixed.
* Changes in build 3.0.092
First Release Build.
Updating from version 1.x or 2.x:
If you are upgrading from version 1.x or 2.x please read make sure to install this software into the previous Group Mail directory. Then run the Group Updater utility after installation. This will convert all your existing group files for use in this new version. For further details on the Update process please consult update_readme.txt.
Updating v3.0
The Group Mail installation will attempt to locate the last installed copy of version 3.0. Please double check when it prompts for permission for the file install that it has chosen the correct directory. You will not need to do anything else.
Using this software:
Please consult the helpfile for operational instructions.
Uninstalling:
To un-install this software please go to Control Panel and use the Add Remove programs applet. Group Mail will appear on the list of installed applications. Just double click on it to remove it.
For more information on using Group Mail and how to purchase Group Mail Pro or Group Mail Plus please see http://www.infacta.com/purchase.html
