Changelog

1.5.3 Bugfix Release (17.02.2019)

Mailster v.1.5.3 was released to fix several bugs.

Improvements

Frontend chronological and thread view can be filtered by mailing list (by user), this is a new option in the menu settings

Fixes

Newly added list recipients immediately show up (updating cached recipients)
Users can only have access to active mailing lists in frontend
Shorten too long mail references, avoid from queue filling up with garbage
Copied mailing list can retrieve emails ("lists only not checked since" als allow never checked lists to be checked)
Compatibility MySQL improved (Fix: for MySQL NO_ZERO_DATE to insert fwd_completed as NULL and not 0000-00-00 00:00:00)
CB Plugin: sync works when admin edits other users' profilesModeration mode checkbox options can be unchecked

Mailster v.1.5.2 was released to optimize performance and fix several bugs.

Improvements

Cronjob optimization for the "all" execution mode. Avoids sending delays for installations with many lists.
Enable to sleep only 0.1 or 0.5 seconds with the "wait between the sending of two mails" functionality to allow for more reasonable performance while adhering to limits (e.g. Siteground not allowing more than 10 emails per second)
Show charset conversion functionality missing in system diagnosis
Warn user if the system requirements are not met in regards to the charset conversion functionality (iconv or mb_convert_encoding is required)

Fixes

Moderation mode checkbox options can be unchecked
Do not send out "your email is no forwarded" notifications when the sender does have an empty email address
Fix for "keep original header" setting for multiple CC addresses - put all of them in one header, not multiple CC headers
Do not send <> as the sender of notification emails
Avoid some unnecessary PHP warnings

Mailster v.1.5.1 is a release that optimizes usability and performance and fixes several issues.

Improvements

Subscriber Module only shows options for subscribe form when this type of module was chosen (and unsubscribe respectively)
Database optimization to allow for quicker searches
CB Plugin: dynamic settings show/hide
Remove "insert sender email for empty FROM name" setting
Remove "Tag with Mailster Email header setting" (will always be done)

Fixes

Joomla users can be deleted by admin again (subscription log does not stop crash process)
Fix issue when opening up thread detail view
Fix for raw cases where email headers cannot be retrieved in first try
No deprecated notice on digest edit screen

Most of the new features come from the motivation to support our users to run their mailing lists in a GDPR compliant way.

Features

Subscription log in which subcription/unsubscription actions are recorded for audit purposes
Subscription log can be exported to CSV file
Essential, Business, Ultimate Edition: Email archive Retention period ("keep emails for X days") can be defined
Essential, Business, Ultimate Edition: new setting to enable Opt-In / Opt-Out confirmations for admin actions (only for actions related to list-to-user-relationships, not working for adding/removing whole groups)
Subscription Module and Plugin: new option to require a terms of service acceptance before subscription

Improvements

Remove CC addressing mode in order to avoid undesired side effects
No plugin execution during Joomla update
Warn when SSL or TSL is used in active ingoing/outgoing server and no OpenSSL extension is found
Compatible with Joomla 3.9

Fixes

Features

Allow to block emails based on domain and/or host name and/or top-level-domain (examples: *@mail.ru, sales@*.in) in global filter settings
Auto-correct some special cases where the text editor screw up the HTML-based unsubscribe URLs

Fixes

De-selecting "Allowed to send/post" restricted settings (e.g. admin) works
Subscriber plugin shows unsubscribe forms correctly again
Fix issue with non-breaking spaces (UTF-8 character C2A0) by replacing it with HTML entity
Inline images send by iPhone/iPad Mail Clients show up correctly in Mailster's mails
Make subscribe/unsubscribe plugin and module work again on Joomla 2.5
CB Plugin: user group sync works when a readonly field is used
Fix some notices when working with digests