[DBTech] DragonByte Mail 5.0.3

Update highlights

This update adds the ability to override the email transport to the Digest feature. Previously, you could only override the email transport for Newsletters, but it was rightly pointed out that Digests are bulk emails too, and it might be wise to allow it to be overridden as well.


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Feature: Ability to override email transport parameters for the Digest

Update highlights

This update fixes a reported issue with the "Mail tracking" feature where it would produce a server error.

The issue did not impact the functionality of the mod or delivery of the emails, it only affected read tracking statistics.


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Fix: Fix an issue with the "Mail tracking" feature as a result of the GuzzleHttp change in XF 2.1

Update highlights

This update features mostly back-end only changes, updating the Composer autoload method to take advantage of a new feature in XF 2.1 for improved performance and reliability.

Furthermore, a reported bug when deleting mailing lists has been resolved.


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Change: Now utilises new composer autoload method in XF 2.1 for improved performance and reliability
Fix: Fixed a server error that could occur when deleting a mailing list that had sent one or more mail

Update highlights

After a lengthy Beta period, this product has gone Gold

This version contains no changes from the previous version. Future updates will require XenForo 2.1.

If you want the full details on the v4.1.0 release, you can check it out here: https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/store/dragonbyte-mail.342/release/1731/


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No changes.

Because I will be taking advantage of features that only exist in XenForo 2.1, the next version will require XenForo 2.1.

In the meantime, I will release a "Gold" version of the current beta or RC version. This "Gold" version should work fine with XenForo 2.1. There are no known blocking issues with the planned "Gold" version of this mod preventing it from running on XenForo 2.1.

Update highlights

This version is a quick bugfix update to address an issue where emails would not send correctly after upgrade to XF 2.0.12.

If you want the full details on the v4.1.0 release, you can check it out here: https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/store/dragonbyte-mail.342/release/1731/


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Fix: Fixed various emails not sending correctly after upgrading to XF 2.0.12

Update highlights

This version is a quick bugfix update to address an issue where the "Inactivity Reminder" emails would not work correctly if the license had the Branding Free add-on.

Yeah, I'm not sure how that happened either

If you want the full details on the v4.1.0 release, you can check it out here: https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/store/dragonbyte-mail.342/release/1731/


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Fix: Fixed an issue where the inactivity email would not work correctly in certain scenarios

Update highlights

This version features major feature additions and enhancements, with the main highlights being the return of tracking features, as well as the SMTP Validation feature.

You're now able to enable "clicktracking" for mailing list emails, where the links in your email will be converted into a trackable format. When the user clicks links in your email, they'll get redirected to where the links originally pointed to, be they on-site links or external links.
In future updates, we'll expose these statistics to you via logs and statistics.

You're also able to track when an email is opened, along with an estimation of the read time per email.
In future updates, we'll expose these statistics to you via logs and statistics.

Both of these features can be disabled or enabled per mailing list.

The other major feature is, as mentioned previously, SMTP Validation. While this feature isn't as robust as 3rd party services you have to pay for, it is completely free.
If you use the "bounced email" setting in XF2, your server can use this email to essentially pretend to send an email to the remote email server, but cancel the connection before an email is actually sent.
This means if the email server reports that no such user exists, or the remote server doesn't exist any more, your forum will already know this user's email address is invalid.

Your forum will automatically verify 25 email addresses every 3 hours. These values cannot be changed, as increasing them would have a negative impact on the performance of your site. If you wish to manually verify more emails, you can use a command-line tool: php cmd.php dbtech-mail:validate-emails <numEmails>

This feature does come with some requirements regarding your server and your environment, and these are explained in the settings page for this product. Because of these requirements, this feature is disabled by default.

Discovered bugs have also been fixed.

Lastly, we've added an install-upgrade.json file in preparation for compatibility with the [TH] Install & Upgrade add-on.

If you want the full details on the v4.1.0 release, you can check it out here: https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/store/dragonbyte-mail.342/release/1731/


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Feature: Outgoing mailing list emails can now have "clicktracking" enabled, toggle-able per mailing list
Feature: Outgoing mailing list emails can now optionally track when someone opens the email in their client
Feature: Added SMTP email validation
Change: Add install-upgrade.json
Change: The mail history templates now include sent/opened statistics for users with the correct permissions
Fix: The Digest now correctly respects the on-off toggle in the "Digests" page in the AdminCP
Fix: The Inactive User Reminder now correctly respects the global shut-off switch in the options

Update highlights

This update fixes various issues reported in Beta 2.

The digest "introduction" field would not actually allow HTML in the final email as intended, and the "excluded forums" setting would appear to not save due to a display issue.

Lastly, a missing phrase in the "user change log" for the inactivity reminder email preference has been added.

If you want the full details on the v4.1.0 release, you can check it out here: https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/store/dragonbyte-mail.342/release/1731/


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Fix: Fixed the introduction not correctly allowing HTML in Digests
Fix: Fixed a display issue where the excluded forums in the digest settings would appear to not have saved
Fix: Fixed a missing phrase for the "receive inactivity reminder emails" preference when viewing the user change log

Update highlights

This update fixes various issues reported in Beta 1.

Most importantly, issues that would prevent a new mailing list from being added as well as issues with the "rebuild default subscribed" and "Mass unsubscribe" maintenance actions have been resolved.

If you want the full details on the v4.1.0 release, you can check it out here: https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/store/dragonbyte-mail.342/release/1731/


Complete Change Log

Fix: Attempting to add a new mailing list would halt due to referring to old, removed options
Fix: The "Email transport" option was not correctly selected when adding a new mailing list
Fix: The "mailing lists" list in the AdminCP was referring to an old, removed option
Fix: The upgrade step from v4.0.x would fail on porting the "subscribed" state when modifying the Subscription database table
Fix: The code for the "Rebuild default subscribed" and "Mass unsubscribe" maintenance actions is now correctly included
Fix: The restriction to only include users with state "Valid" when sending mailing lists has been added as intended
Fix: The "Email transport" option in mailing lists was not correctly applied when sending mail