Changelog

1.8.2 Bugfix Release (January 2nd, 2025)

Mailster v1.8.2 runs on Joomla 3, 4 and 5.

Here is the overview of the changes in this release:

Fixes

Opening the user edit view also works when there are mailing lists with names that contain the & symbol
Do not save attachment(s) when the email fails to be saved

Mailster v1.8.1 runs on Joomla 3, 4 and 5.

Here is the overview of the changes in this release:

Improvements

Improve styling in Joomla 5
Shorten (too) long subjects to the current max. length: 191 characters
Issue warning when Mailster system plugin (Email Forwarder) has access level not set to Public
Improve cronjob execution to bail if not all prerequisites are given
Add selected logging about queue status and actions

Fixes

Mailster v1.8.0 is the first release compatible with Joomla 5.
Joomla 3 and 4 are still supported, though.

Features

Improvements

CSV import also supports file with only emails (no name column)
Improve logging for sending (and errors reported)
Do not create Microsoft and Google default connections because of missing OAUTH2 support
Better checks in cronjob_mailster.php template

Fixes

Fix reCaptcha (v2 is still used)
Fix email character display/modification issues with Baltic encoding
Bounce emails containing email addresses in angle brackets are showing the addresses
Admin email archive toolbar buttons are enabled/disabled accordingly to "select all" checkbox actions
Fix multiple PHP warnings
Fixing PHP 8.1/8.2 deprecated notices (Deprecated: strlen(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated)
Fix Joomla 5 issue: Type of MailsterControllerCron::$logger must be Psr\Log\LoggerInterface

Mailster v1.7.10 fixes a couple of important bugs.

Improvements

When moderation is active, the list administrators (serving as moderators) should not need to approve their own messages to the list
Mailster recognizes when the Joomla email sending is disabled (even though the Joomla mailer is used in one or more active mailing lists)

Fixes

Profile plugin (editing List subscription in Joomla user profile in backend) works now for Joomla 4
Fix error: Non-static method PEAR::isError() cannot be called statically
Fix issue in CB synchronization (when doing actions in CB backend)
Fix two bugs related to email digests that could prevent digests from being sent
Case insensitive blocked email addresses check
Fix some PHP Deprecated messages (PHP 8.1 and later)

Mailster v1.7.9 fixes a couple of bugs, mostly related to the compatibility with PHP 8.1 and 8.2

Improvements

Fixes

When formatted HTML with very long lines is encountered, automatic line splitting may run into issues. e.g. when formatted Text from Google Docs is copied into the email body.
This is now fixed.
Fix CB Bride Plugin issue for saving changes in CB "my account" profile
Avoid errors with empty body/html/attachments under PHP 8.x
Fix error 1406 Data too long for column references_to
Fix subscriber module problem with PHP 8.1/8.2
Avoid PHP Deprecation Warnings under PHP 8.2
Better capture enqueuing issues