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Direct Mail Changelog

What's new in Direct Mail 6.2.1

Apr 16, 2024
  • Fixed issue with Scan Incoming Mail on macOS Sonoma
  • Fixed issue preventing sending on OS X 10.11

New in Direct Mail 6.2 (Jan 30, 2024)

  • Improved compatibility with new 2024 Google and Yahoo sender requirements
  • Added option to prevent sent emails from being saved to Outlook Sent Items when sending via Microsoft account
  • Added option to select which Google or Microsoft account to authenticate when adding to Direct Mail
  • Fixed crash that could occur on launch on OS X 10.11

New in Direct Mail 6.1 (Apr 7, 2023)

  • Fixed support for legacy templates on macOS Ventura 13.3
  • Added Mastodon links and icons to the Social Follow block

New in Direct Mail 6.0.9 (Apr 7, 2023)

  • Improved layout and rendering of emails on Outlook for iOS

New in Direct Mail 6.0.8 (Feb 9, 2023)

  • Improved accessibility support for editing message content
  • Fixed bug that could cause a crash when closing project windows or quitting Direct Mail

New in Direct Mail 6.0.7 (Nov 15, 2022)

  • Improved support for macOS 13 Ventura
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 6.0.6 (Sep 20, 2022)

  • Added support for new Google authentication method
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 6.0.5 (Sep 14, 2022)

  • Added support for new Google authentication method
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 6.0.4 (Jul 13, 2022)

  • Fixed crash that occurred when starting a click-triggered autoresponder
  • Fixed bug affecting polls in copied or duplicated messages
  • Fixed bug that could prevent unused images from being removed from disk
  • Fixed bug when reloading spam tests
  • Fixed bug affecting the Autoresponder window user interface
  • Added warning before sending campaigns that contain zero-width or zero-height images
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 6.0.2 (Jan 28, 2022)

  • Added TikTok to the “Follow” block list of social networks
  • Fixed API misuse issue affecting network data transfers
  • Fixed bug that could cause data loss when moving a project across volumes
  • Fixed bug that could cause poll result rating values to be calculated incorrectly
  • Fixed bug that could cause the number of remaining free emails to be calculated incorrectly
  • Fixed bugs that could cause sync to fail when uploading local changes to the cloud
  • Fixed regression that could cause data integrity issues when moving projects to the cloud
  • Fixed bug affecting the presentation of items in the What’s New window
  • Fixed bug that was slowing down syncing of local changes to the cloud
  • Fixed bug that labeled complaints as unsubscribes when exporting detailed campaign report data
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 6.0 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • Updated the Direct Mail app icon and related project and template icons
  • Added a new template “Poll” block that gives senders a quick and easy way to get feedback from their subscribers
  • Expanded the selection of fonts available in the template editor
  • Added a WhatsApp option to the “Follow” block
  • Changed the default font for the “Starter” template
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.9.1 (Sep 17, 2021)

  • Updated campaign reports to show information about Mail Privacy Protection
  • Improved compatibility with macOS 12 Monterey
  • Improved identification of recipient email clients
  • Improved support for sending campaigns via Microsoft accounts
  • Fixed bug that broke the Scan Incoming Mail feature on macOS 11 Big Sur
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.9 (Aug 5, 2021)

  • Added support for Apple Silicon
  • Improved the onboarding experience for new users
  • Improved interface for selecting Microsoft Groups to import
  • Microsoft Groups importer now imports organizational contacts
  • Campaigns sent via a Microsoft account can now include headers prefixed with "X-"
  • Updated email client icons
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.8 (Mar 11, 2021)

  • Fixed Big Sur compatibility issues
  • Improved the onboarding experience for new users
  • Improved experienced when importing mailing lists from Mailchimp
  • Updated Mail Designer 365 plugin to support Apple Silicon
  • Changed default template to “Starter”
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.7.2 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • Added support for a new SMTP Access subscription plan
  • Improved support for sending campaigns via Microsoft and Google accounts
  • Improved email address syntax validation
  • Improved the “Welcome to Direct Mail” interface
  • Fixed user interface anomalies when running under macOS Catalina
  • Fixed incorrect toolbar heights that could occur in some situations
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.7.1 (Dec 20, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when duplicating message folders
  • Fixed a bug that could result in incorrect social website URLs
  • Restored the ability to customize touch bar controls on macOS 10.15.1 and newer
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.7 (Dec 20, 2019)

  • Added support for macOS 10.15
  • Added five new templates: Glimmer, Merry Pines, Quattro, Silicon, and Slopes
  • Improved the performance and responsiveness of Direct Mail during cloud sync operations
  • Improved undo and redo support: message edits can be undone or redone even after the editor has been closed, and Direct Mail now shows more helpful context when an operation is undone or redone
  • Added support for importing groups from Microsoft Exchange and Office 365
  • Added support for Single Sign-On (enterprise customers only)
  • Added support for sending email via Gmail and G Suite accounts (enterprise customers only)
  • Added support for sending email via Exchange or Office 365 accounts (enterprise customers only)
  • Added support for sharing templates across an organization (enterprise customers only)
  • Added support for enforcing message-content policies across an organization (enterprise customers only)
  • Improved account management
  • Fixed a bug that result in false positives when a message was checked for broken links
  • Option-clicking a color swatch now actives the system color sampler (macOS 10.15 required)
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.6.2 (Jun 26, 2019)

  • Restored the ability to share campaigns to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest via the Share menu
  • The Google Sheets importer now supports the Sheets v4 API and modern OAuth authentication
  • The MySQL importer now supports the “utf8mb4” character set
  • Numeric comparisons in if/else/endif mail-merge tags now work correctly
  • Updated Facebook icons and colors to match new brand guidelines
  • Implemented a workaround for iOS Mail reformatting issues
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.6 (Mar 28, 2019)

  • Direct Mail is now available in French, Italian, and Spanish
  • Added the ability to export messages in the Messages tab to PDF format
  • Improved the printed layout (and PDF export) of messages
  • Expanded and improved printed (and PDF) campaign reports
  • Direct Mail now suggests a strong password when creating an account or editing your account password
  • Direct Mail now syncs your password to iCloud Keychain (if enabled)
  • Improved the handling of URLs with international domain names
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.5 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Direct Mail now accepts payments made via PayPal
  • Direct Mail is now available in German
  • Improved the responsiveness of the message editor and reduced CPU usage
  • Added feature to split text blocks
  • Added support for Continuity Camera in macOS 10.14 Mojave
  • Added new iPad Pro models to the “Simulate Screen Size” menu
  • Added a warning message when opening a project that is saved in Dropbox
  • Added more a helpful error message when attempting to send a message with a missing link
  • Added support for JSON-LD scripts in HTML source
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent images from being pasted or dropped into a message
  • Fixed a bug that could cause message thumbnails to flicker
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the welcome window to display recent projects in the wrong order
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the toolbar height to vary incorrectly
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.4.1 Build 589 (Oct 17, 2018)

  • Improved the interface for editing smart groups and rule-based searches
  • The “Simulate Screen Size” menu now lists iPhone models instead of screen sizes
  • Fixed a bug related to printing the Preview window while in dark mode
  • Fixed a bug that could occur when importing templates while in full-screen mode
  • Fixed a bug that could occur when inserting video thumbnails
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash after printing or exporting data
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash while editing the source code of an HTML message
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when clicking on the font popup menu
  • Corrected the placement of the “Customize Touch Bar…” menu item
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.4 Build 578 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Added support for macOS 10.14, including Dark Mode support
  • Improved the interface for browsing design test results
  • Improved the interface for importing addresses
  • Added a sample project and tour to help new users learn about Direct Mail’s features
  • Added menu items for additional Find options to the Addresses tab search field
  • Added shortcuts for showing synced addresses in their source apps (e.g. Contacts, Daylite)
  • The plain text editor now remembers text substitution and spell-checking preferences
  • The Welcome to Direct Mail window now works even when Spotlight is disabled
  • Added support for Daylite Legacy
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.3.2 Build 564 (Aug 2, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented some projects from being upgraded
  • Fixed missing and incorrect text labels
  • Additional bug fixes to prevent crashes

New in Direct Mail 5.3.1 Build 563 (Jul 18, 2018)

  • Added a new “Personal Data” window with features to help users comply with privacy law requirements
  • Improved performance and reduced memory use, especially with larger mailing lists and cloud projects
  • Added the option to mark a subscribe form checkbox as required
  • Added a "Starter" template to make it easier to build modern templates from scratch
  • Added an Emoji button to the message toolbar
  • Improved results when fetching video thumbnails from YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook
  • Improving the parsing and combining of “full names”, especially for CJK and non-Latin names
  • Fixed broken Pinterest and LinkedIn sharing links
  • Added support for serving email campaign web versions over HTTPS
  • Improved the Apple Contacts import interface
  • Improved the Send window to clarify the number of selected recipients
  • Added additional help links to the autoresponder window
  • Improved handling of web fonts, especially when the fonts are already installed on the user’s system
  • Removed Comic Sans MS from the list of email-safe fonts, as it is not available on iOS
  • Improved place name descriptions
  • Improved error handling and error messages
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.3 Build 562 (Jul 17, 2018)

  • Added a new “Personal Data” window with features to help users comply with privacy law requirements
  • Improved performance and reduced memory use, especially with larger mailing lists and cloud projects
  • Added the option to mark a subscribe form checkbox as required
  • Added a "Starter" template to make it easier to build modern templates from scratch
  • Added an Emoji button to the message toolbar
  • Improved results when fetching video thumbnails from YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook
  • Improving the parsing and combining of “full names”, especially for CJK and non-Latin names
  • Fixed broken Pinterest and LinkedIn sharing links
  • Added support for serving email campaign web versions over HTTPS
  • Improved the Apple Contacts import interface
  • Improved the Send window to clarify the number of selected recipients
  • Added additional help links to the autoresponder window
  • Improved handling of web fonts, especially when the fonts are already installed on the user’s system
  • Removed Comic Sans MS from the list of email-safe fonts, as it is not available on iOS
  • Improved place name descriptions
  • Improved error handling and error messages
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.2.3 Build 541 (Apr 21, 2018)

  • Restored the ability to drag and drop images on macOS 10.13.4
  • Added the ability to insert a tab character by typing option + tab
  • Improved networking performance
  • Optimized the downloading of design test result images
  • Updated the default color palette
  • Closing projects is now faster
  • Fixed a bug that prevented spell checking during typing from being enabled by default
  • List structure is now preserved when changing text styles
  • Added a warning about malformed unsubscribe links
  • Added an upgrade warning for users running incompatible versions of macOS 10.12
  • Fixed several memory leaks and crashing bugs
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.2.2 Build 539 (Mar 2, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when viewing campaign reports
  • Fixed a bug that could cause cloud syncing to pause unnecessarily
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when signing out of a Direct Mail account
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a campaign to appear canceled when it had not been
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when closing the Send window
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the crash reporter window to appear unnecessarily
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent font popup menus from displaying correctly
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.2.1 Build 537 (Jan 16, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the subscribe form preview thumbnail from displaying correctly
  • Fixed a bug that could result in incorrect design test previews
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes or memory corruption
  • Improved the validation of message editor toolbar user interface elements
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 5.2 Build 534 (Dec 8, 2017)

  • Added integrations for 70+ additional apps and services via PieSync
  • Improved readability of the Montserrat font family through the use of slightly heavier font weights
  • Improved keyboard navigation in message editor popovers
  • Improved reliability of image uploads over unstable network connections
  • Improved scrolling responsiveness when browsing design test results
  • Exported design test screenshots are now saved as PNGs
  • Added support for the "x-apple-disable-message-reformatting" meta element
  • The “What’s New in Direct Mail” window now includes detailed release notes
  • Fixed an incompatibility with the Full Keyboard Access system preference
  • Fixed an issue with context menu cut, copy, and paste commands in the message editor
  • Fixed an issue with incorrect highlighting of image blocks after a drag and drop operation
  • Updated all fonts to the latest versions

New in Direct Mail 5.1.1 Build 530 (Nov 4, 2017)

  • Fixed crashes that could occur when removing campaign reports or starting autoresponders
  • Fixed an issue with cloud syncing
  • Additional bug fixes

New in Direct Mail 5.1 Build 529 (Nov 2, 2017)

  • Fixed several macOS 10.13 and 10.13.1 compatibility issues
  • Added the ability to create a new address group from selected addresses
  • Improved performance when navigating projects with large numbers of campaign reports
  • Updated plug-in for Mail Designer (includes support for Mail Designer 365)
  • Message anchors are now compatible with more email clients
  • Link underlining can now be toggled on and off
  • Improved VoiceOver support for inserting new content into messages
  • Improved processing of imported HTML content
  • Fixed a crash that could occur under some circumstances when using Google Analytics tagging
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Scan Incoming Mail from working correctly
  • The file preview window that is available when importing addresses is now much faster when displaying large numbers of records
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when deleting nested autoresponder folders
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when moving projects to the cloud
  • Fixed an issue that was hiding the subscribe form logo grow/shrink size buttons
  • Several additional bug and crash fixes

New in Direct Mail 5.0.2 Build 525 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue that could cause broken email layouts when image hosting is disabled
  • Fixed an issue handling projects with system-reserved filenames
  • Fixed a memory leak

New in Direct Mail 5.0.1 Build 524 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Added an optimization to reduce message size and improve load times for the recipient
  • Fixed an issue causing broken emails when image hosting is disabled
  • Fixed an issue affecting background color rendering in Outlook
  • Fix HTML processing issue that affected the height of some image elements
  • Added simulated screen size dimensions for new iPhone and iPad models
  • Added an optional toolbar button to toggle “view source” mode
  • Added an optional toolbar button to trigger an autoresponder
  • Restored the ability to rename projects when running on macOS 10.13
  • Fixed an IPv6 connectivity issue
  • Fixed a cloud sync issue
  • Fixes for various crashes
  • Additional improvements and bug fixes

New in Direct Mail 5.0 Build 523 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • A helpful “What’s New” window now highlights some of the improvements in each major new release
  • An all-new template gallery includes over 50 all-purpose designs ready for customization
  • Redesigned template browser with larger thumbnails
  • An alert is now shown when attempting to remove a project from the cloud
  • Direct Mail now includes a suite of professionally designed and selected web-safe fonts that can be used in your emails
  • The brand new Integrations window provides a centralized place to learn about and connect Direct Mail to hundreds of other apps and websites
  • Recent design tests are now grouped together by message and sorted by date
  • New design tests can now be created using only the email clients the user selects
  • New design tests can now be purchased using email credits
  • The Unlimited Plan now includes free design tests every month; additional tests can be purchased for a nominal fee
  • The design test results window now has improved navigation, faster downloading, smoother scrolling, and support for magnification
  • The design test results window now includes a convenient “re-test” button for testing flagged results
  • The Spam Test window now performs more in-depth checks and provides better suggestions for improving message content
  • Added one-click support for tagging your email campaigns for Google Analytics
  • Greatly improved the speed of downloading updates from the cloud
  • Improved the responsiveness of the user interface when processing updates for the cloud
  • Added ability to customize what an email campaign will look like when it is shared in a social media timeline or feed
  • A new Excel importer eliminates the need to round-trip through CSV files and supports multi-sheet workbooks, as well
  • Autoresponders can now be saved as “drafts”, which means that they are not running yet, but can still be integrated into larger automation workflows and started when the entire workflow is ready
  • Existing autoresponders can now be duplicated
  • A helpful, explanatory popover now appears whenever the user selects or moves the insertion point into a mail-merge tag
  • Added support for two-factor authentication for Direct Mail accounts
  • Added support for the Touch Bar on compatible Mac hardware
  • Added support for VoiceOver and other accessibility features
  • Added ability for user to specify custom DKIM signing keys for their domain names
  • Facebook video URLs are now supported when inserting video content
  • The Preview window now remembers its scroll position when updating
  • Added Galaxy S8 screen size to the Preview window
  • New projects now include a helpful Getting Started template
  • Added menu items for the Welcome and What‘s New windows to the Help menu
  • Templates that are created from an existing message or installed from a third-party can now be added directly to the cloud
  • Replaced the “Show in Finder” option with a “Save As…” option for easier sharing of templates
  • Added “Share on LinkedIn” and “Share on Pinterest” to the list of available in-message sharing options
  • Fixed a bug that caused some customers to be incorrectly prompted for App Store payment when ordering a design test
  • The Welcome window now shows all Direct Mail projects saved on your local hard drive as well as projects saved to your Direct Mail cloud account
  • Launch behavior has been changed to no longer create a new, empty project on behalf of the user if an existing project cannot be found
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes or hangs when using the “Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)” text encoding
  • Added menu items for adjusting the baseline of the selected text (default, superscript, subscript)
  • Added menu item for removing all styling from the selected text
  • Standardized the behavior of editing the text of existing links so that it matches the behavior of other macOS applications (e.g. TextEdit, Notes, etc.)
  • Users are now warned if the message they are attempting to edit contains hidden content that can only be edited in Mail Designer
  • Updated and moderized the user interface
  • When creating a new project, the user can now have it automatically moved to the cloud
  • Fixed several bugs related to pasting or dragging image content from outside of Direct Mail into the message editor
  • Several improvements to improve the responsiveness of the user interface in large projects
  • Fixed an issue preventing the FileMaker importer from working on systems with multiple installations of FileMaker
  • Fixed issues related to incorrect highlighting of source list items when switching tabs
  • Added a data integrity alert when trying to open a Direct Mail project saved on a network volume
  • Revamped the template chooser to support larger thumbnails, easier browsing, search, and better organization
  • Some address importers are now restricted and, due to abuse, can only be enabled after talking to our support team
  • Moved Apple Mail-, Mail Designer-, and Stamps-related menu items from the Help menu into the new Integrations window
  • Fixed some keyboard navigation bugs
  • Added a "Rename" options to the contextual menus for messages, groups, reports, and autoresponders
  • Duplicate subscribe form submissions now appear independently, instead of being coalesced into one submission
  • Direct Mail now warns the user before moving a document out of the cloud
  • Fixed several issues related to image rotation, scaling, and EXIF handling
  • Fixed several issues related to contextual menus in the message editor
  • The window that appears when opening a document in the cloud now reports more accurate progress and network throughput numbers
  • Direct Mail now understands more varieties of Vimeo URLs
  • The Reports > Share menu now includes an option to Copy URL
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing Apple Mail email account names from being displayed correctly
  • Fixed a bug preventing partial downloads from being restarted correctly
  • Added a user-visible preference to control whether the most recently used project is opened when Direct Mail is launched
  • Enabled the use of CONTAINS, LIKE, and MATCHES in conditional mail-merge tags
  • Fixed bug in the calculation of historical campaign performance data for each address
  • Added a Paragraph Direction formatting option
  • Pressing the escape key while editing an address now aborts the edit operation
  • Improved the user interface for toggling the “send to duplicates” option
  • Many other bugs fixes and improvements
  • Direct Mail now requires macOS 10.11 or newer
  • Completely rebuilt message editor allows users to create a wide variety of bespoke designs that look great on mobile, web, and desktop (yes, even Outlook). Highlights include:
  • Point-and-click (or drag-and-drop) to insert single or multi-column sections
  • Fill sections with all types of content blocks: text, images, buttons, video, maps, social sharing, social follow, and more
  • Edit, duplicate, rearrange, and delete sections and blocks with the click of a mouse
  • Choose from professionally curated color schemes and typography options, or design your own
  • Limitless customization is just a click away: adjust colors, borders, alignment, links, spacing, sizes, styles, and more
  • Dynamic sections can show or hide based on whether the message is opened on a mobile device or desktop
  • Enable powerful personalization by showing or hiding sections based on recipient criteria you define
  • Integrated image editor allows users to perform a wide variety of live, non-destructive editing operations without having to leave Direct Mail:
  • Remove Background
  • Crop
  • Rotate
  • Color Adjustment
  • Photo Filter
  • Color Overlay
  • Vignette
  • Blur
  • …and more

New in Direct Mail 4.3.10 Build 447 (Aug 4, 2017)

  • Fixed text rendering issues on macOS 10.12.6
  • Fixed bug resuming partial cloud downloads
  • Fixed additional bugs and memory leaks

New in Direct Mail 4.3.9 Build 446 (Feb 24, 2017)

  • Fixed bug affecting the Find/Replace panel
  • Fixed crash when using templates with certain custom calendar date formats
  • Fixed bug affecting Daylite linking
  • Fixed bug related to system keychain access
  • Updated Mail Designer Pro plug-in
  • Updated expiring provisioning profile
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.3.8 Build 445 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • Improved compatibility with the forthcoming macOS 10.12.2 update
  • Improved cloud syncing performance
  • Improved compatibility with templates that use Microsoft conditional comments
  • "Open from Cloud" window now shows local uploads that are still in progress
  • Fixed issue relating to importing CSV files with non-standard text encodings
  • Fixed crash when opening the Project Settings window
  • Several other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.3.7 Build 443 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • Direct Mail is now compatible with macOS 10.12 Sierra
  • Fixed a bug that could cause message, folders, or autoresponders to disappear when syncing
  • Improved cloud syncing performance
  • Improved application responsiveness during sync operations
  • Fixed a bug that could cause project to be re-downloaded from the cloud unnecessarily
  • Added ability to import multiple vCards that are dropped into the address table
  • Improved handling of Notification Center notifications
  • Fixed a bug causing a "frozen" insertion point when editing messages
  • Fixed a bug that could cause HTML comments to appear as the title of a link in the campaign report
  • Fixed a bug that could cause images pasted from Microsoft Office to not appear correctly
  • Several other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.3.6 Build 441 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Direct Mail is now compatible with macOS 10.12 Sierra
  • Fixed a bug that could cause message, folders, or autoresponders to disappear when syncing
  • Improved cloud syncing performance
  • Improved application responsiveness during sync operations
  • Fixed a bug that could cause project to be re-downloaded from the cloud unnecessarily
  • Added ability to import multiple vCards that are dropped into the address table
  • Improved handling of Notification Center notifications
  • Fixed a bug causing a "frozen" insertion point when editing messages
  • Fixed a bug that could cause HTML comments to appear as the title of a link in the campaign report
  • Several other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.3.5 Build 437 (Jun 13, 2016)

  • Added support for importing templates from Mail Designer Pro 3
  • Fixed a bug in the message editor that was preventing button labels from containing whitespace
  • When importing from Apple Contacts, "primary" values now respect distribution list settings
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing the font panel from being resizable
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing some Direct Mail 2 projects from being upgraded
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.3.4 Build 436 (May 25, 2016)

  • Added a workaround to prevent image corruption when using OS X 10.10
  • Fixed bug preventing the editing of some sections in the Storesletter template
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect image sizing in The Talk template
  • Fixed user interface bug affecting the MySQL importer and made the error messages more helpful
  • Fixed a scrolling bug when selecting message folder contents, autorepsonder folder contents, or design test results
  • Improved the user experience of editing the text of a hyperlink
  • Added the ability to export design test results
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.3.3 Build 434 (Apr 19, 2016)

  • Editing of mailing lists is no longer interrupted by background updates
  • Improved cloud syncing performance on older Macs
  • Fixed bugs that could cause Direct Mail to crash
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.3.2 Build 433 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • Fixed bugs that could cause Direct Mail to fail to sync with the cloud correctly on older versions of OS X
  • Fixed bugs that could cause Direct Mail to crash
  • Fixed bugs that could cause Direct Mail to use more memory than necessary
  • Fixed an issue with the OS X Contacts and Daylite sync feature
  • Fixed a user interface issue related to contextual menus

New in Direct Mail 4.3.1 Build 431 (Mar 30, 2016)

  • Fixed bugs that could cause Direct Mail to crash
  • Fixed bugs that could cause Direct Mail to use more memory than necessary
  • Fixed bugs that could cause Direct Mail to use more battery power than necessary
  • Fixed bugs that could cause Spotlight to not work with Direct Mail Project documents
  • Fixed bugs that could cause inconsistent behavior when canceling a delivery
  • Fixed bugs related to the Preview window
  • Added more helpful error messages when a Direct Mail Project cannot be opened

New in Direct Mail 4.3 Build 429 (Mar 17, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Messages and autoresponders can now be organized into folders.
  • Address groups in Direct Mail can now sync directly with Apple Contacts.
  • Autoresponders can now be easily triggered in a sequence. This makes setting up advanced automations (like a weekly training course by email) a breeze!
  • Autoresponder can now be manually triggered from inside Direct Mail.
  • Improved Features:
  • The design test window now shows more useful information about which email clients are popular with your subscribers (see Arrange By > Popularity in the toolbar).
  • Modernized user interface for the spam test, design test, and autoresponder windows.
  • Dragging and dropping email addresses from Apple Mail now imports names as well as email address.
  • Mail-merge tags can now be used safely inside of URLs by prepending the tag with "uri:". For example, [uri:first name] will insert the first name field properly formatted for use in a URL.
  • Custom columns that include numerical data are now sorted naturally (instead of strictly lexicographically).
  • Improved support for contextual menus across the entire application.
  • Improved compatibility with templates imported from Mail Designer.
  • The Scan Incoming Mail feature now exposes the ability to re-scan a mailbox from the beginning.
  • Unlimited Plan usage can now be checked right from the Send window.
  • Design tests now complete in a shorter amount of time.
  • Date-based autoresponders no longer require the trigger date to be set well in advance of the sending time.
  • Several additional bug fixes and improvements.

New in Direct Mail 4.2.6 Build 428 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • Fix a bug with the file content preview window when importing addresses from CSV files or Google Sheets
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing the Direct Mail logo from being correctly inserted into the footer of outgoing email campaigns. If you do not want this logo to appear in your email campaigns, you can turn it off in the Preferences window under the Messages tab.
  • Improved support for importing and exporting HTML that includes Microsoft-style conditional comments
  • When importing .tab files, the correct field and record separators are now chosen automatically
  • Improved the automatic CSS inliner to preserve custom style attributes set on the body element
  • MacBook Pros with discrete graphics cards now default using to power-saving integrated graphics instead
  • When creating a new Direct Mail account, the user is now given the option to automatically save their new password in the OS X Keychain
  • Added a user preference to disable the opening of the most recently used project
  • "Automatic" text encoding now yields better results
  • Fixed animation issues in the "Map" section of campaign reports
  • Fixed user interface issues in the design test window
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.2.5 Build 425 (Dec 16, 2015)

  • Campaign report maps now use Apple Maps (on OS X 10.11 and newer)
  • Fixed a bug causing blank template thumbnails in the template chooser
  • Fixed a bug when dragging and dropping images from Safari, Chrome, Firefox into the message editor
  • Fixed a bug with cloud syncing related to 404 errors
  • Fixed user interface issues with campaign reports for autoresponders that have been deleted
  • Fixed a file locking bug related to opening a project that is already open on another device
  • Projects are now automatically closed if the volume they are saved on is unexpectedly unmounted
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.2.4 Build 424 (Nov 5, 2015)

  • Performance improvements in viewing and updating campaign reports, especially for large projects, and especially when running on OS X 10.11
  • Lower energy consumption and reduced CPU usage
  • Hovering over links in the Preview window and the Report > Message tab now reveals the URL
  • The campaign report comparison view now includes comparisons for opens and clicks within first 24 hours
  • Fixed a problem with constrained line height in messages with large font sizes
  • Added iPad Pro screen resolutions to the Preview window
  • Fixed a crash or stall that could occur on some devices when sending a large number of images
  • Improved fullscreen window behavior in OS X 10.11
  • Fixed a bug that prevented subscribe form popup menus from being edited
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.2.3 Build 421 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect merging of conditionals or merge-tags
  • Improved the import interface to show how file/worksheet contents will be mapped to address fields
  • Improved support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Added support for new gTLDs
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.2.1 Build 418 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Fixed several bugs that were causing crashes in earlier versions
  • Added support for importing from Google Sheets
  • New autoresponder trigger: adding a new address via the API
  • Faster cloud syncing
  • Reduced memory usage
  • Improved bounce notification detection
  • Subscribe form logo size can now be adjusted
  • Added "Number of Email Opens" and "Number of Email Clicks" columns to the Addresses tab, Smart Groups, and Find Addresses Matching Rules
  • Added ability to drag and drop events from Calendar to the attachments window
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 4.1 Build 412 (May 16, 2015)

  • Added support for the new Direct Mail API
  • Improved the preview window to now show link URLs on hover
  • Improved web-hosted email campaigns to use responsive rendering on mobile devices (if the template supports it)
  • Improved the subscribe form editor to warn when an email field is not found
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the cloud service from starting on app launch
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes or hangs when signing out
  • Fixed a bug that could cause view-only cloud projects to close unexpectedly
  • Fixed a bug that could cause excessive bandwidth usage when downloading cloud projects
  • Fixed a rare crash when using the Quick Look feature
  • Fixed a bug that could cause images, attachments, or templates to go missing from a cloud project
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Direct Mail 3.6.4 Build 364 (May 2, 2014)

  • Fixed several bugs that were causing crashes, hangs, and high CPU usage
  • Improved performance under memory pressure
  • Added support for importing and syncing the Individual Salutation (Individuelle Anrede) field from Daylite
  • Added support for selecting the image that appears when sharing your campaign on Facebook and Twitter
  • Added support for alerting the sender of DMARC policy issues before an email is sent
  • Added support for new gTLDs
  • Added ability to check or uncheck all groups and blacklists in the Send window by option-clicking
  • Added Greek text encodings
  • Added ability to sort message and groups lists by various criteria
  • Fixed bug preventing unchecking of some blacklists in the Send window
  • Fixed bug that could cause "From" email header to be incorrect in certain circumstances
  • Fixed bug in Design Test window causing incorrect calculation of subscriber email client usage
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect CSS padding in emails viewed on iOS

New in Direct Mail 3.6.3 Build 363 (Feb 6, 2014)

  • Fixed issues that could cause network-shared project files to become damaged
  • Improved image resizing algorithms
  • Various other bug fixes

New in Direct Mail 3.6.2 Build 362 (Jan 30, 2014)

  • Fixed issues that could cause network-shared project files to become damaged

New in Direct Mail 3.6.1 Build 361 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue importing CSV files
  • New template gallery and message editor makes customizing templates quick, easy, and fun!
  • Enhanced the selection of built-in templates for better appearance, editing, and compatibility with the top email clients
  • Unsubscribe, company information, and other essential template elements are now automatically translated into your native language (English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Swedish, and Japanese)
  • Added support for email notifications when a new subscriber joins your list
  • Added support for including a brief message in the new subscriber confirmation email
  • Improved integration with Mail Designer Pro
  • Improved keyboard navigation
  • Improved automatic CSS inlining
  • Improved support for tracking HTTPS URLs
  • Improved support for pasting RTFD content
  • Added support for SMTP throttling wait time in seconds
  • Added support for IMAP CRAM-MD5 authentication
  • Added support for searching help articles from the Help menu
  • Automatic quote and dash substitution now disabled when editing HTML source code
  • Improved the algorithm for selecting HTML fallback fonts
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent FileMaker Pro importing from working correctly
  • Fixed a bug that could cause iCloud SMTP authentication to fail
  • Fixed a bug that could cause images to be stretched incorrectly when resized
  • Fixed a bug that could table columns to expand unnecessarily
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the New Design Test screen to fail to load
  • Fixed several bugs related to MySQL importing
  • Fixed a bug when importing empty CSV fields
  • Fixed a bug that could result in corrupted email messages in cases where the user had added invalid message headers
  • Numerous other bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Direct Mail 3.5.3 Build 353 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • Added support for OS X 10.9 Mavericks, including file tagging and energy saving features
  • Revised the Reports user interface to make better use of screen space
  • Added a Report menu to the menu bar
  • Added the ability to export detailed recipient open and click data
  • Added support for Mail Designer Pro
  • Several template improvements
  • Entering an email address as a link destination now automatically creates a mailto: URL
  • Design tests now report when most results will complete
  • Email and web addresses are now automatically turned into links
  • The font panel now advises when a selected font may not be supported in most email clients
  • Inserting a video now sets the thumbnail image description to the video title
  • Added instructions for importing from Numbers
  • Improved keyboard navigation
  • The "Resend to Failed" feature now resends to all failed addresses instead of selected addresses only
  • Fixed a bug importing HTML documents with elements on OS X 10.7.5 and earlier
  • Fixed a bug that could cause design test screenshots to be displayed at the wrong resolution
  • Fixed a bug that broke certain templates on Mac OS X 10.6
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent conditional tags from evaluating correctly
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent time-related mail-merge tags from honoring the sender's time zone
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the Find panel from working in certain situations
  • Numerous other bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Direct Mail 3.5.2 Build 352 (May 29, 2013)

  • Support for IPv6 SMTP connections
  • Fixes for a variety of bugs and crashes

New in Direct Mail 3.5.1 Build 351 (May 7, 2013)

  • Minor bug fixes

New in Direct Mail 3.5.0 Build 350 (May 1, 2013)

  • New: View and share campaign reports on the web.
  • New: Built-in templates now support 100% customizable color schemes.
  • New: Added the "Talk" and "Simple Invite" templates
  • New: Direct Mail now syncs unsubscribe information back to Daylite.
  • New: Smart groups can now include addresses from more than one source group.
  • New: View recent account activity and purchase history from the Direct Mail Account control panel.
  • New: Added ability to import all email addresses from a single card in the OS X Contacts database
  • New: Campaign report summary can now show all links and email clients (instead of top 5 only).
  • New: Added a large/small size option for embedded subscribe forms
  • Improved handling of URLs referenced in CSS declarations
  • Enhanced all built-in templates
  • Added new color schemes and new text fields to Art Gallery templates
  • Improved email preview line appearance when opening emails on Android
  • Added warning when opening a project located in a shared or synchronized location
  • HTML parser and editor now respects DOCTYPE declarations
  • Improved CSS style parsing
  • Improved CSS inlining
  • Improved coordination of shared project files
  • Fixed several user interface bugs
  • Numerous other bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Direct Mail 3.4.2 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes after saving
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Summary tab to report incorrect unsubscribe numbers
  • Multiple Reply-To addresses are now possible
  • Additional bug fixes

New in Direct Mail 3.4 (Nov 15, 2012)

  • New Feature: New "Forward to a Friend" feature lets recipients easily share your email campaign.
  • New Feature: Drag and drop to import contacts from Daylite to Direct Mail (requires Daylite 4.1)
  • New Feature: Automatically sync Daylite Groups with groups in Direct Mail (requires Daylite 4.1)
  • New Feature: Link sent email campaigns back to Daylite (requires Daylite 4.1)
  • New Feature: New bulk edit feature lets you add, remove, or update multiple address fields at once.
  • New Feature: New web-based API to add, remove, and update your Direct Mail mailing lists.
  • Updated built-in templates for improved compatibility with Outlook and other email clients.
  • "e3 Delivery Service Account" has been renamed to "Direct Mail Account".
  • Add a preferences setting for the default message text encoding
  • Added a Rate Direct Mail in App Store menu item
  • Email addresses containing apostrophes are no longer flagged as invalid
  • Updated available text encodings to match options available in Apple Mail
  • Automatic HTML-to-plain-text conversion now takes advantage of the alt attribute on image elements
  • Fixed a bug that could cause errors when upgrading old projects
  • Fixed a bug that could cause errors when opening projects saved in DropBox
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent updates to a subscribe form design from being saved
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent mailing list updates from being applied correctly
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the Top 5 Email Clients list from showing all five email clients.
  • User is now always warned about layout changes when switching templates.
  • Added a help message that is displayed when the user tries to import Contacts after having denied access to Contacts.
  • Resized the Preferences window to fit the 11-inch MacBook Air.
  • Copying or cutting images from the message editor now places the image on the clipboard.
  • Fixed a bug preventing spam complaints from being shown in the Recipients tab of history reports.
  • Fixed a bug preventing the disabling of link tracking on composite and regular images.
  • Fixed a bug preventing the Open URL button from working on URLs without schemes.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect charset to be set on HTML messages.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the Show Duplicates feature from working properly.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Insert Numbered/Bulleted List feature from working properly.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause vague error messages when editing template names.
  • Spam complaints are now shown even for SMTP deliveries (where available).
  • Double-clicking the background of a message no longer causes the color scheme to change.
  • Fixed several crashing bugs.

New in Direct Mail 3.3 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • New Feature: Added over 20 fresh new email template designs and enhanced existing templates for viewing on mobile devices
  • New Feature: Our reworked subscribe form editor lets you easily add subscribe forms to Facebook, embed your form on your own website, and customize the color scheme.
  • New Feature: Instantly see what your message looks like on mobile by sending previews live to your iPhone (requires Stamps for iPhone 1.1)
  • New Feature: Receive notifications on your iPhone when your campaign has finished sending (requires Stamps for iPhone 1.1)
  • New in Mountain Lion: Share your email campaign via Twitter, Email, Messages, and more!
  • New in Mountain Lion: Notification Center now alerts you when your campaign has finished sending or when a design test completes
  • New Feature: Enjoy dramatic performance improvements, especially when working with large projects
  • New Feature: Added printing support for the History > Message, Recipients, Bounces, Spam Complaints, and Unsubscribes tabs
  • User interface enhancements
  • Added ability to import stationery from Apple Mail
  • History reports and design tests now recognize Outlook 2013, Outlook.com, and Android 4 email clients
  • Message editor now correctly imports document background color from RTF and RTFD documents
  • Improved font rendering on devices with limited font selection; improved general font handling
  • Composite images can now be zoomed in to a maximum zoom factor of 5x (up from 2x)
  • The image editor popover now respects file modification dates when choosing a previously chosen image
  • The Preview window now displays correct image dimensions and "alt" text for composite images when image loading is turned off
  • This History > Summary tab now shows the day of the week the mailing was sent
  • Added a "View in Web Browser" button to the History > Message tab
  • Added .asia, .tel., and .xxx as valid email TLDs
  • Added page numbers to all printouts
  • Restored missing images from the History > Summary printout
  • Added ability to change the background color of simple HTML messages
  • When importing a local HTML file, linked local stylesheets are moved to inline elements
  • History reports now recognize the Sparrow email client
  • Choosing an image from the image editor now copies the image into the document package
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes or hangs when importing Direct Mail 2 documents
  • Fixed a bug that was causing certain CSS selectors to be treated as mail-merge tags
  • Incorrect or unrecognized mail-merge tags will now be shown in the final merged message, instead of silently discarded

New in Direct Mail 3.2 (Aug 16, 2012)

  • New Feature: Use Design Tests to preview what your email will look like when viewed in a variety of email clients
  • Retina ready! Direct Mail now looks great on the new MacBook Pro with Retina display
  • Mountain Lion ready! Direct Mail works great on the brand new OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • User interface enhancements
  • Performance enhancements
  • Redesigned spam tests to be more descriptive and helpful
  • Improved template compatibility with a variety of email clients
  • Added feature to preview messages without images
  • Added feature to automatically convert embedded TIFF images to PNGs for compatibility with Windows email clients
  • Fixed various bugs related to keyboard navigation
  • Enabling dragging and dropping of vCard files into the Addresses tab
  • Fixed a bug preventing user interface interaction under some circumstances
  • Fixed a bug preventing the dragging of images from one project to another
  • Fixed ".mpr" file extension incompatibility with FileMaker Pro
  • Direct Mail no longer strips elements or stylesheet elements when sending your message
  • Added support for Mountain Lion Quick Look gesture
  • Preview window and History tabs now support viewing attachments with Quick Look
  • Fixed a bug causing hangs under certain circumstances in Snow Leopard
  • Fixed various problems pasting HTML content from Microsoft Word
  • Fixed a bug that could cause addresses to disappear when dragging and dropping
  • Fixed a bug that could cause hangs while opening projects on unmounted network volumes

New in Direct Mail 3.1.1 (May 24, 2012)

  • New in the History tab: swipe to go forward or backward when clicking through different sections of your history report (similar to the swipe gesture in Safari)
  • Several performance enhancements
  • Bug fixes for stability
  • User interface enhancements
  • Improved template rendering in iOS Mail
  • Map now responds to the pinch-to-zoom gesture
  • Added additional comparison criteria when comparing histories
  • Direct Mail now prompts to install the Mail Designer plug-in where appropriate
  • Direct Mail now prevents the deletion of groups with subscribe forms attached
  • Fixed a bug that could preventing automatic spell-checking
  • Fixed a bug that could preventing Direct Mail from remembering the last used project file
  • Fixed a bug preventing two or more recipients with the same location from being displayed correctly on the Map

New in Direct Mail 3.1.0 (May 7, 2012)

  • Support for our new iPhone app, Stamps for Direct Mail! View your campaign history reports on the go! Learn more about Stamps.
  • Added Deliver Now feature to e3 Delivery Service deliveries that are scheduled in the future.
  • Added user preference for disabling CSS inlining.
  • Performance improvements when performing bulk operations on addresses (checking, unchecking, setting subscribe flags, etc.).
  • Direct Mail now detects when SMTP delivery is being rate limited.
  • Improved help resources for resolving rate-limiting questions.
  • The Delimited Text Records (CSV) importer now remembers column mappings and attempts to guess mappings for newly selected files.
  • Added feature to copy externally referenced images into the document package.
  • The recipients table in the Addresses tab now correctly remembers columns sizes.
  • If an HTML link has no text content but includes an image, the image ALT text is displayed in the history report as the link title.
  • The Scan Incoming Mail feature now detects more varieties of bounce notices.
  • Fixed a crash when dragging email addresses from Apple Mail.
  • Fixed broken table sorting in the History tab.
  • Fixed a bug where deliveries scheduled past the year 2038 would send immediately.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed quitting the application while deliveries were in progress.
  • Fixed a bug preventing multiple project documents from being opened at the same time.
  • Fixed a bug affecting installing and removal of user-generated templates.
  • Fixed a bug preventing discovery and removal of duplicates with blank email addresses.
  • Fixed a bug preventing the correct parsing of conditional logic in message bodies.
  • Fixed a memory leak that occurred when processing conditional logic in message bodies.
  • Fixed HTML validation issues with some templates.
  • Minor user interface tweaks.

New in Direct Mail 2.3.4 (Dec 21, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug that was causing crashes during email delivery.
  • Important: You may need to enter your registration code again after upgrading to this version of Direct Mail. Choose Direct Mail > Enter Registration Code… from the menu bar and enter the registration code that was emailed to you at time of purchase.

New in Direct Mail 2.3.1 (Feb 16, 2011)

  • Fixed various issues affecting Mac App Store customers.
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect pricing to be displayed.

New in Direct Mail 2.3.0 (Feb 2, 2011)

  • New: Import addresses from FileMaker Pro.
  • New: Import addresses from Microsoft Outlook 2011 Mail and Contacts.
  • New: Unregistered and Basic users can now demo email tracking features without purchasing a Pro license.
  • New: Unregistered and Basic users can now demo inbox scanning features purchasing a Pro license.
  • New: Unregistered and Basic users can now demo junk mail scanner features purchasing a Pro license.
  • New: Unregistered and Basic users can now demo e3 Delivery Service without purchasing a Pro license.
  • New: To allow duplicates when importing, hold down the Option key while clicking Import.
  • New: Support for swipe gestures (left/right to change tabs, up/down to change selected message, group, or history).
  • Added keyboard shortcuts and improved keyboard navigation.
  • Streamlined "Daylite to Direct Mail" plug-in installation.
  • Apple Address Book importer now remembers column size and position.
  • Fixed bug causing address lists to re-sort while editing.
  • User interface enhancements.
  • Lifted restriction on sending multiple times during a session when using an unregistered copy of Direct Mail.

New in Direct Mail 2.2.6 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug preventing Scan Incoming Mail from connecting to certain POP3 servers.
  • Scan Incoming Mail now recognizes more varieties of bounce notifications.
  • Unsubscribed email addresses are no longer automatically deleted from groups, but simply marked as "unsubscribed".
  • "User" and "Domain" columns have been combined into one "Email" column.
  • Added support for discounts and coupons when purchasing e3 Delivery Service credits or upgrading to Direct Mail Pro.
  • Improved address export functionality.
  • Improved history maps performance.
  • Added a warning when attempting to send a message that does not have a subject.
  • Importing and sending to duplicate addresses is now allowed.
  • Fixed incorrect sorting order in address table.
  • The address table in the Addresses tab no longer reflects the status of the last attempted send.
  • Revised "Send Message" sheet and "Delivery in progress" sheet.
  • Removed "Show report after send" option.
  • Simplify Summary view in History tab.
  • Performance improvements when saving and loading documents.
  • Note: The first time you open a document that was created in an older version of Direct Mail, loading will take a bit longer than is usual. After saving that document again, however, load times will be much faster.
  • Direct Mail Project document file sizes are now smaller.
  • Rearranged some menu items.
  • Fixed some incompatibilities with the Growl framework.

New in Direct Mail 2.2.5 (Jun 15, 2010)

  • Fixed partial data loss bug occurring on Mac OS X 10.5 systems.
  • Scan Incoming Mail now works with IMAP servers and is better at identifying bounced emails.
  • Fixed several performance issues with history charts.
  • Fixed a bug that would prevent some web pages from being successfully imported.
  • Messages sent using e3 Delivery Service now respect the user's locale.
  • Fixed bug with printing custom column data.
  • Text attributes applied to [unsubscribe link] and [unsubscribe instructions] mail-merge tags are now honored when the message is sent.
  • Fixed text alignment issue in first-run setup window.
  • Added capability to send to duplicate email addresses.
  • Preview window now animates into place.
  • Various other minor bug fixes and enhancements.

New in Direct Mail 2.2.4 (May 4, 2010)

  • Fixed a crash that could occur when removing duplicates or sending messages.
  • Fixed a bug where messages sent using e3 Delivery Service would not correctly merge mail-merge tags relating to subscription group data (URLs, owner information, etc.).
  • Messages imported from web pages now have better CSS inlining.
  • Users are now prevented from accidentally shrinking message, address, and history view source lists to a zero width.
  • Message preview window no longer hides itself when the application is sent to the background.

New in Direct Mail 2.2.3 (Nov 12, 2009)

  • Users running Snow Leopard are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6.2. This update fixes several crashing bugs affecting Direct Mail. Choose "Software Update..." from the Apple menu.
  • "Automatically prepare plain-text alternative" setting for HTML messages now saved properly.
  • "Import Body from Web Page" feature more graceful at handling HTML errors.
  • Fixed a bug preventing Direct Mail from identifying URLs in the message body.
  • Fixed a bug causing crashes when canceling address import.
  • Dragging and dropping of groups from Apple Address Book now works properly.
  • Fixed a bug that was causing registration information to not be saved between launches.
  • Fixed a bug where custom subscription group web pages would not be displayed.

New in Direct Mail 2.2.2 (Sep 5, 2009)

  • Fixed critical bug preventing delivery history from updating.
  • Mail now respects the "wait inbetween connections" setting for outgoing mail accounts.

New in Direct Mail 2.2.1 (Aug 28, 2009)

  • Fixed Import Body from Web Page to work with more web pages.
  • Fixed bug causing Preview to appear blank in some cases.
  • Fixed several crashing bugs.

New in Direct Mail 2.2 (Aug 25, 2009)

  • New support for adding Cc and Bcc recipients to messages.
  • Fixed incorrect parsing and rewriting of certain URLs during delivery.
  • Added an option to automatically rename column headers to match imported data files.
  • Importing a message body from a web page now inlines CSS declarations and strips and HTML tags.
  • Failure reasons are now shown in the History > Recipients pane when hovering the mouse over the red X icon.
  • Fixed a variety of sorting bugs.
  • Importing from web pages now ignores cached content.
  • Expanded undo support.
  • Improved message header editor.
  • Changed e3 Delivery Service to prevent "on behalf of" alerts in Outlook.
  • Added hidden option to disable message signing with e3 Delivery Service.
  • The name and email field on subscription group subscribe forms can now be pre-populated using URL query string variables.
  • Direct Mail now warns you if it cannot open the most recently used document.
  • Under-the-hood changes to eliminate problems with SpamAssassin's URI_HEX rule.
  • Message, address group, and history tables now resize independent of their enclosing window.
  • Editor fields for the message and history tables are now properly aligned.
  • Direct Mail now uses online help content only.
  • Improved error reporting.
  • Fixed a variety of crashing bugs at address import and message send time.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.8 (Apr 15, 2009)

  • Added new [unsubscribe instructions], [unsubscribe link], and [unsubscribe url] mail-merge tags.
  • Added ability to automatically add a default signature to the bottom of new messages.
  • Direct Mail now automatically saves your delivery history after sending (if auto-save is enabled).
  • Direct Mail now automatically chooses the correct SMTP authentication scheme.
  • Added support for the AUTH PLAIN authentication scheme.
  • Added a "view all addresses" button to the Preview panel.
  • Fixed a bug where address status could be displayed as "sending" even after delivery had finished.
  • Lists (bulleted, numbered, etc.) now render correctly in sent messages.
  • Added a contextual menu to the address table's table header.
  • Insert Mail-Merge Tag menu now better indicates hierarchy of tags.
  • Importing V-Cards (VCF) now works properly.
  • Fixed a bug where un-deleting a message would fail to update the currently selected message view.
  • Rearranged some menu items for better clarity.
  • Fixed a bug where Direct Mail could be stuck in an infinite loop while sending messages.
  • Fixed a bug that caused crashes while using MySQL groups.
  • Fixed a bug on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) that could result in the toolbar not being shown.
  • Fixed a bug where duplicates addresses could be accidentally removed from blacklists.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking "Show in Addresses Tab" would not correctly show all the selected addresses.
  • Fixed a bug where pasting an email address could result in the domain portion not being saved.
  • Fixed a bug with duplicating messages.
  • Fixed a bug importing CSV files.
  • Fixed a bug where the previous/next arrows in the Preview panel were wrongly disabled.
  • Fixed a bug where changing content type from Rich Text would leave formatting and attachments intact.
  • Fixed a variety of crashing bugs.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.7 (Mar 19, 2009)

  • Fixed crash while editing, creating, or deleting messages.
  • Fixed crash while switching or closing windows.
  • Fixed problem checking and unchecking addresses in MySQL groups.
  • Fixed problem where a custom column could appear twice.
  • Fixed problem where sorting an address group would cause problems with address deletion.
  • Fixed crash when viewing the File menu.
  • Preview window now automatically selects the first address when previewing for the first time.
  • Double-clicking anywhere in an address table cell begins editing for that cell.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.6 (Mar 5, 2009)

  • Fixed error when opening legacy Direct Mail file formats.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.6 Beta 7 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • Fixed several memory leaks.
  • Fixed a crash when closing a document or quitting Direct Mail.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.6 Beta 3 (Feb 18, 2009)

  • Users running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) can now purchase email credits again.
  • New "Preview Message" window.
  • Undo/redo support for all message, address, and group editing operations.
  • Direct Mail can now show you duplicate addresses instead of just deleting them without confirmation.
  • Direct Mail now tracks the history of canceled deliveries.
  • Direct Mail Pro users can now use their own domain names for email tracking (both links and views), instead of being forced to use ethreemail.com.
  • Direct Mail can now import Organization information from Daylite (in addition to Contact information). Requires updated Daylite to Direct Mail plug-in.
  • "Send directly, but use SMTP server if necessary" delivery mode has been eliminated.
  • The message editor now gives a more accurate representation of what the final HTML will look like after the message is sent.
  • Subscription groups and MySQL groups now automatically try to reconnect to the server after Internet connectivity is restored (or machine awakes from sleep).
  • The Message and History tables now support "Small Icon" mode.
  • HTML messages now automatically generate a plain-text alternative.
  • Fixed various crashes while importing addresses from Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage.
  • Fixed various crashes during message delivery.
  • Address validation no longer crashes when validating an odd number of addresses.
  • Direct Mail no longer crashes when exporting less than 25 addresses.
  • e3 Delivery Service preference pane no longer incorrectly clips the account status text.
  • Importing now works correctly with UTF-16 text encodings.
  • New Purchase Email Credits menu item to make purchasing e3 Delivery Service credits more convenient.
  • Send Message sheet now shows the selected SMTP server.
  • Send Message sheet now shows the number of e3 Delivery Service credits available.
  • Send Message sheet now shows the total number of recipients that will receive the message.
  • Removed the "Warn Before Sending" preference.
  • Table columns in the Send Message sheet are now correctly sized.
  • Quick Entry importer now handles more freeform input.
  • Connection Doctor now highlights the SMTP account in question when using the "Test Connection" feature.
  • Address search results now correctly update when an address is edited.
  • Direct Mail now correctly positions new document windows.
  • Direct Mail now offers to switch your message to HTML content type if you are importing an HTML document.
  • Delay notices are now no longer incorrectly classified as bounce notices.
  • Pasting addresses now works when keyboard focus is on the group table.
  • Direct Mail now correctly auto-configures MobileMe SMTP accounts.
  • Direct Mail now attempts to connect over port 587 when auto-configuring an account.
  • Direct Mail is now more helpful in diagnosing SMTP connection errors.
  • Revised Software License Agreement window.
  • Fixed improper clipping of checkboxes in the Import sheet.
  • Import Addresses sheet now correctly sizes its sub-views.
  • Minor UI tweaks.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.5 (Dec 2, 2008)

  • New: Direct Mail can now import over 60 fields from your Apple Address Book contacts.
  • New: Edit menu now includes "Paste and Match Style" option.
  • Improved: The Import Addresses sheet is now resizable.
  • Improved: History item thumbnails now show bounces (in orange).
  • Improved: Direct mail now uses locale-aware number formatting.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes when invoking "Undo" command.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes when attempting to print purchase receipt.
  • Fixed: Validate feature (in the Addresses) menu has been changed to only check that addresses are syntactically correct.
  • Fixed: Quick Import feature now correctly recognizes lists of email addresses appearing on the same line.
  • Fixed: Quick Import feature now correctly recognizes email addresses with country TLDs.
  • Fixed: MySQL groups and the MySQL import feature now correctly respects text encodings.
  • Fixed: Date header on outgoing messages now set correctly for deliveries scheduled in the future.
  • Fixed: Email viewed in Gmail or Yahoo webmail client no longer appears double-spaced.
  • Fixed: Emails now correctly retain paragraph justification (left, center, right).
  • Fixed: No longer crashes when importing certain Apple Mail preferences.
  • Fixed: No longer when opening Preferences window.
  • Fixed: Send Message window now correctly sizes table columns.
  • Fixed: Images/attachments named using spaces or non-ASCII characters now display correctly in outgoing emails.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes when adjusting split views.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes when choosing "Revert" from the File menu.
  • Fixed: The Recipients pane in the History tab now automatically re-sorts when statistics are updated.
  • Fixed: Addresses table no longer incorrectly highlights as a drop destination when View All Addresses is selected.
  • Fixed: Message thumbnail table now correctly scrolls to selected message.
  • Fixed: Printed history summaries now correctly render their fonts.
  • Fixed: Several memory leaks have been corrected.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.4 (Sep 2, 2008)

  • Fixed: No longer crashes when adjusting split views.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes when closing document windows or quitting Direct Mail.
  • Fixed: URLs with pipe ("|") characters and/or parentheses are now correctly tracked.
  • Fixed: Rich text messages with images now always generate correct MIME types.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.3 (Jul 15, 2008)

  • Fixed: Significant improvements in application stability.
  • Fixed: Automated subscription groups now report correct number of new subscribes/unsubscribes.
  • Fixed: Attachment sheet now correctly reports attachment size.
  • Fixed: e3 Delivery Service Email Credit Purchase warning now only shown once.
  • Fixed: PHP scripting now more reliable.
  • Fixed: Text Record importer now works better with tab-delimited files.
  • Fixed: Quick Entry importer now allows more flexible input.
  • Fixed: Direct Mail documents are now searchable by Spotlight.
  • Fixed: Send Message window now correctly displays scroll bars.
  • Fixed: HTML previews no longer cache message attachment data.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.2 (Jun 12, 2008)

  • New: Support for lists in rich text messages.
  • Updated: Improved crash reporting mechanism.
  • Fixed: Crasher after choosing Undo.
  • Fixed: MySQL group crasher.
  • Fixed: CSV importer correctly parses CSV files with multi-line field entries.
  • Fixed: Connection Doctor network reachability status now automatically updates.
  • Fixed: MySQL group icon now displays correctly.
  • Fixed: CSV importer correctly remembers last used settings.
  • Fixed: History item table now responds to scroll wheel input.
  • Fixed: Mail merge tags now allowed in embedded rich text URLs.
  • Fixed: Click count for tracked links now accurate.
  • Fixed: Windows now remember their positions and sizes.
  • Fixed: Message merging now faster/more efficient.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.1 (May 26, 2008)

  • Fixed: Improved compatibility connecting to IPv6 servers and other DNS-related fixes.
  • New: Enhanced Daylite integration with ability to import more contact attributes.
  • New: Printing now available for messages, addresses, and history reports.
  • New: Added option to "Send to Selected Addresses" in the Send Message sheet.
  • New: Added "Edit Group Information/Name" contextual menu item.
  • New: Added keyboard shortcuts for switching between tabs.
  • Fixed: Message bodies imported from web pages now render correctly in Yahoo mail and other web clients.
  • Fixed: Validating address groups with zero addresses now works correctly.
  • Fixed: Connecting to SMTP servers now works correctly with more DNS configurations.
  • Fixed: Connection Doctor now works correctly with more SMTP servers.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes randomly when trimming quotations marks.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes randomly when rendering HTML messages.
  • Fixed: Connection Doctor now reports correct information for e3 Delivery Service.
  • Fixed: Connection Doctor now supports copying test result text.
  • Fixed: Grammar fix in CAN-SPAM warning dialog box.
  • Fixed: HTML/Plain Text splitter now remembers its position.
  • Fixed: Various other minor bug fixes and feature enhancements.

New in Direct Mail 2.1.0 (May 22, 2008)

  • New: Enhanced Daylite integration with ability to import more contact attributes.
  • New: Printing now available for messages, addresses, and history reports.
  • New: Added option to "Send to Selected Addresses" in the Send Message sheet.
  • New: Added "Edit Group Information/Name" contextual menu item.
  • New: Added keyboard shortcuts for switching between tabs.
  • Fixed: Message bodies imported from web pages now render correctly in Yahoo mail and other web clients.
  • Fixed: Validating address groups with zero addresses now works correctly.
  • Fixed: Connecting to SMTP servers now works correctly with more DNS configurations.
  • Fixed: Connection Doctor now works correctly with more SMTP servers.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes randomly when trimming quotations marks.
  • Fixed: No longer crashes randomly when rendering HTML messages.
  • Fixed: Connection Doctor now reports correct information for e3 Delivery Service.
  • Fixed: Connection Doctor now supports copying test result text.
  • Fixed: Grammar fix in CAN-SPAM warning dialog box.
  • Fixed: HTML/Plain Text splitter now remembers its position.
  • Fixed: Various other minor bug fixes and feature enhancements.

New in Direct Mail 2.0.4 (Mar 11, 2008)

  • Email tracking: see who opened your message and when
  • e3 Delivery Service: let our servers handle the work of getting your message delivered.
  • Automated subscription groups: Let your subscribers manage their own subscriptions using their web browser.
  • Support for multiple SMTP accounts.
  • ...and more!