[DBTech] DragonByte Mail [Paid] 5.1.0b1

[themago]

Is it possible to use different SMTP details for this plugin from the default smtp details used for regular xenforo mail?

So that regular mail goes through one smtp server and these mails are sent from another

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Is it possible to use different SMTP details for this plugin from the default smtp details used for regular xenforo mail?

So that regular mail goes through one smtp server and these mails are sent from another

Yes, you can override SMTP for both mailing lists and digests

 

[themago]

When is the weekly newsletter sent? Is it possible to initiate the first newsletter manually and then set a custom date for when the weekly one will start recurring?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

When is the weekly newsletter sent? Is it possible to initiate the first newsletter manually and then set a custom date for when the weekly one will start recurring?

Unfortunately you can’t decide when it’s sent, and the user themselves can decide how often they want to see it.

 

[themago]

Unfortunately you can’t decide when it’s sent, and the user themselves can decide how often they want to see it.

When is it normally sent then? I have a lot of users and I want to be able to do a controlled test run. Or does it start sending from the time it's listed as active?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

I’m not at my work computer right now so I can’t say for 100% certain, but you can go to Tools -> Cron jobs and check when it’s scheduled there.

IIRC it’s at some point during the night. It runs daily and checks for users who are subscribed and who have not yet received the digest.

 

[themago]

Does this limit per hour feature work? I hadn't seen it previously

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Yes, but you should ideally not rely on it, or at least set it below your actual cap. This is because certain emails, such as important account notifications/registration confirmations/password reset emails etc, are not sent to the mail queue.

You also should not send any newsletters or other kind of bulk email from your forum if you have to cap emails per hour, if your member base is sufficiently large. For instance; if you have 40,000 members and have to limit emails to 1,000 per hour, it will take 40 hours to clear the mail queue, not counting any other outgoing mails that will be appended at the end of the queue.

 

[themago]

I don't have to do it, I'm using my own smtp server with unlimited mail, I want to do it for safety. The sites I'll be using it on have 350k members / 1.5 million members.

Does this setting only affect dbmail, or will those important mails from xenforo (account registrations etc) will also go into cap limit? I couldn't understand properly from your message

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Does this setting only affect dbmail, or will those important mails from xenforo (account registrations etc) will also go into cap limit? I couldn't understand properly from your message

Sorry for the confusion. I've looked into the code just now and I can confirm it affects ALL emails from your forum, including important account information emails. There is no reliable way to distinguish account registration emails etc from other, less important emails.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte Mail with a new update entry:

5.0.3

Update highlights​

This version adds the ability to specify a separate email to use as "From" email when using CLI to validate users' email addresses.

Furthermore, the Amazon SES/SNS bounce and complaint handling should now be much improved. This reworked handling has been in use here @ DBTech for the past 1-2 weeks, so I'm confident it's now working optimally.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: CLI email validation can now specify a separate...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Alpha1]

For Amazon SES sending, please consider to implement support for Sender reputation.
Amazon SES has reputation levels which you need to stay under or have your account suspended. There is one reputation metric for bounces and one for complaints. See:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/monitor-sender-reputation.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/reputation-dashboard-dg.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/reputationdashboardmessages.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/reputationdashboard-cloudwatch-alarm.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/monitoring-sender-reputation-pausing.html

Please consider to implement support for SES sender reputation. With one or more of the following features:

1. Display admin alert and admincp message if sender reputation is in danger. (alarm)
2. Reduce email sending if sender reputation is in danger. Suspend sending of non-critical emails (activity summary, newsletters, etc) and only send critical email that users directly request, like registration activation and email confirmation. It may be useful to be able to set which mailings are critical or not.
3. Increase email sending if sender reputation has plenty of positive reputation. i.e. option to send Activity Summary mail to members who have been inactive for within the set number of days but active within a year before that. Maximize the number of emails sent to inactive users based upon the room that the SES reputation leaves, so that there is no chance of going near the dangerous levels.
   The benefit of sending to inactive members that this way we can slowly have our total memberbase mailed, bit by bit.
   Email verification is very nice, but its not as reliable as sending real emails.

Also posted here:

Pending - Amazon SES reputation support

Amazon SES has reputation levels which you need to stay under or have your account suspended. There is one reputation metric for bounces and one for complaints. See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/monitor-sender-reputation.html...

www.dragonbyte-tech.com

 

[Alpha1]

Are Birthday Wishes E-mails on the roadmap?
Its a very popular request (6th most popular suggestion for XF with 160 votes so far) and will therefore make DBT Mail more popular:

P

Thread 'Send an alert and/or email on a member's birthday'

Sep 3, 2010

OK, this is a totally pointless "feature" I agree, but it might just add a little personal touch if a member receives a "Happy Birthday" alert on their birthday

And/or an email.

A lot of forums list members' birthdays at the bottom of forum home but as we all know, XenForo is all about less is more, so this would just be a way of acknowledging those members who have gone to the effort of entering their full birth date in their profile, without bloating the forum home page.

Besides, everyone likes being wished "Happy Birthday", even if it is via an automated script :rolleyes...

• Paul B
• Replies: 89
• Forum: XenForo suggestions

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[Alpha1]

Are Birthday Wishes E-mails on the roadmap?

I see I posted the suggestion back in 2018:

Pending - Birthday greetings

Please add birthday greeting email function to dbt mail. Its one of the top suggestions for XF: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/send-an-alert-and-or-an-email-on-a-members-birthday.3170/ It would fit dbt mail great and is very effective in bringing inactive members back.

www.dragonbyte-tech.com

 

[Sicilian]

As per the support ticket on your online store.

I need to stop email that is in the process of being sent. I cannot find a table named xf_mail_queue.

Can you please help? I need to stop an email that is in the process of being sent as this addon is just killing my forum.

Forum is run on a dedicated server, I was trying to mail 30k members.

 

[Sicilian]

I'm deleting the emails from xf_job, but keep getting added.

I want to stop the complete mailshot, how is this done?

 

[Alpha1]

Not all XenForo email templates contain logo and branding. Amazon SES requires this:

Do Your Recipients Know Who You Are? | Amazon Web Services

When you send an email for your organization, you want your recipients to read it. For that to happen, your email needs to be delivered, and your recipients need to identify the mail as valuable and worth reading. Of course, you need to provide valuable content in the email itself, but there is...

aws.amazon.com

Please consider to insert into email templates:

1. Logo
2. Branding / styling
3. Footer with social media links and required texts.

This would make XenForo email template compliant with Amazon SES.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Not all XenForo email templates contain logo and branding. Amazon SES requires this:

Do Your Recipients Know Who You Are? | Amazon Web Services

When you send an email for your organization, you want your recipients to read it. For that to happen, your email needs to be delivered, and your recipients need to identify the mail as valuable and worth reading. Of course, you need to provide valuable content in the email itself, but there is...

aws.amazon.com

Please consider to insert into email templates:

1. Logo
2. Branding / styling
3. Footer with social media links and required texts.

This would make XenForo email template compliant with Amazon SES.

All emails sent via XenForo will automatically include the board title as the header. You can edit the email templates yourself; customise this code:

        <tr>
            <td class="header" align="center" valign="top">
                <a href="{{ link('canonical:index') }}">{$xf.options.boardTitle}</a>
            </td>
        </tr>

Modifying this is outside the scope of this add-on.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte Mail with a new update entry:

5.1.0 Beta 1

Update highlights​

This version replaces the previous SMTP validation feature with a new API validation system, which can interface with a variety of 3rd party email validation services. Please do be aware that these services are paid. Unfortunately, the old SMTP validation feature has been disabled by remote mail servers like Google and Yahoo.

Furthermore, a bug has been resolved in which enabling both the "max emails per hour" global setting AND disabling the...

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