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This section contains information about the latest release of the module such as release history, changes made to the current version and the list of known issues.

1.  Release History

November 8, 2007

Mailing List module v5.1.4 is released.

Changes:

• Fixed: The anchor links are inserted incorrectly.
• Fixed: Home item is opened instead of the Mailing List Tasks page after changing the MailingList root item location.
• Fixed: The connection string field type is not shared.
• Fixed: A letter will not be sent if a website where Mailing List is installed requires authentication (for instance, if anonymous access is not enabled in IIS settings).

January 2, 2007

Mailing List module v5.1.3 is released.

Changes:

•  Fixed: The Mailing List module fails to create, edit, rename or delete mailing list when working with the SQL database.
  
•  Fixed: The Danish language set as default is automatically switched to English when you go to the Mailing List Tasks Page and enter 'Manage subscribers'.

December 15, 2006

Mailing List module v5.1.2 is released.

Changes:

• Fixed: An error appears if Mailing List is established in the English client and a user tries to open Mailing List via Content Editor » Module » Mailing List after switching to Danish.
  
• Fixed: Field length in databases is a bit short. A ten character limit for country names doesn’t allow you to enter the names of such countries as the United States for example.
  
• Fixed: Click the Cancel Queued Mails button on the Running Jobs page. The jobs are deleted from the Running Jobs page, but the mail is still being sent.
  
• New Feature: The Mailing list root (/sitecore/content/Modules/Mailing List) can be placed under any item in the Master database.

July 25, 2006 

Mailing List module  v5.1.1 is released.

Changes:

• Fixed: Exception in MailingList.Finalize() and GetMailingListID() methods.
   
• Fixed: Exception on ‘Rename the mailing list’ event.
   
• Fixed: Mailing List module performance issue.
   
• New Feature: Mailing list Items are stored not only in the module’s database but also in the Sitecore database now. This approach allows administrators to restrict access to mailing lists using the Sitecore security tools.
  Select a user in the Security Editor. Navigate to /Sitecore/content/Modules/Mailing List/Mailing Lists/. Select a Mailing List and assign rights as desired.
   
• New Feature: If your Website doesn’t allow anonymous access, put login information into the ‘User’ and ‘Password’ fields of the ‘Publishing’ section of the MailingList settings item. Then enable ‘Basic authentication’ for your website in the ‘Directory Security’ tab of the IIS properties page.

May 25, 2006 

Mailing List module  v5.1.0 is released.

Changes:

• Fixed: Executive Summary page counts deleted subscribers.
   
• Fixed: When a not logged in User creates a mailing list, the User cannot see the system/modules/MailingList/configuration Item. In this case, MailingList assumes that no configuration is defined and falls back to /data/maillist.mdb without any notification.
   
• Fixed: The module is not localized.
   
• Fixed: Additional recepients (typed in manually in the Send Mail wizard) are not counted when queueing and sending mail.
   
• Fixed: The Send Queued Mails button on the Running jobs page starts a new job without checking if there is already any job running.
   
• Fixed: When the Filter method of the Mailhandler returns false, MailingList adds an error entry to the log:
   
• Fixed: Sending mail (TestHTML) 15:02:24 ERROR Mail to test7@local.host was unsent.
   
• Fixed: The length of the Country field of the subscribers increases to 50 characters.

New Features:

• Attachment Management Tool.
   
• It is possible to change layout via internal link in URL mails.  

February 24, 2006

MailingList v5.0.1.6 is released

Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed: 

•  Filtering subscribers did not work in SQL server configuration.
   
• An exception was thrown when a User adds two custom fields with the same key to a subscriber Item.
   
• new MailingList() throws NullReferenceException if current user doesn't have rights to access ML items.
   
• MailingList settings item didn't get published.
   
• Misspelling in logs.
   
• Individual mails setting didn't work. 
   
• Send out mail button didn't work.  

January 27, 2006

MailingList v5.0.1.5 is released

Changes:

• The module is rebuilt for compatibility with Sitecore 5.1.1.9.

October 25, 2005

MailingList v5.0.1 is released

2.  Known Issues

• The Mailing List does not support grouping of the MailingList items by folders.
   
• Sample files provided with the module are taken from Sitecore v4.
   
• When a User uses the Send button while editing the letter, Sitecore will not ask about saving changes and will not save them automatically. 
     
• When using the Send button in the editor to send a mail, the page is not reloaded after the send operation is completed. This may lead to an error when the Item is saved.
   
• The mail which was not sent due to an error (for example, SMTP server failure) is still moved to the Sent mails folder. 
   
• The Cancel Queued Mails button on the Running jobs doesn't stop the current job.
   
• The Clear button in the Search filter clears just the input fields. To remove the filter, you should press the Search button with empty search parameters. 
   
• If a User wants to develop his own class for sending mails, he needs to derive a custom class from the Sitecore.Modules.MailingList.Core.UrlMailSender class. 
   
• The RecipientUrlMails setting issue.
  The following scenario results in an error and an exception in logs:
  * Set RecipientUrlMails setting to Yes.
  * Try to send a letter (HTML, Text or Url).
   
• If a sender uses an additional recipients field, then all additional recipients will get messages in the utf-8 encoding.
   
• Incorrect message is shown when attachment validation fails.
   
• Cancel Job button click doesn’t refresh the Running Jobs page.
    
• Renaming the mailing list in the Mailing List application doesn’t change the Sitecore mailing list item name.
  The workaround for this is to delete the item, refresh the Mailing Lists view – a new item for the renamed mailing list will appear.
   
• When the SQL database is used, MaililngList doesn't show the newly created Mailing Lists.

Workaround:

1)   In Enterprise Manager, select database Mailinglist, then the Tables section and select table Lists in the table list, Choose Design Table in the context menu. Then select the Deleted field and set its default value to 0. Close the Designer window and save changes.

Please notice that lists that were created after upgrading but before completing the above mentioned steps will not be visible in the Mailing List editor until you set value of the field Deleted to 0 for that lists.

2)  Use the altered script that creates Lists table: