OpenEMM Changelog

What's new in OpenEMM 2015

Feb 24, 2015
  • Usability:
  • improved usability on sending page
  • improved agnTag validation
  • order in administration menu
  • minor improvements like more reasonable default settings, better sorting, improved output formatting, etc.
  • OpenEMM reports an instructive error message if database can not be contacted
  • Mailings:
  • FCK editor replaced by CK editor
  • bulk download for all graphics components of a mailing as one ZIP file
  • HTML mailing preview with optional image suppression
  • stepping and blocksize visible in sending tab
  • Recipients:
  • names of import profiles in dropdown sorted now
  • export exports field user_remark as well
  • time driven automated import and automated export
  • Target Groups:
  • new target groups based on mailing received, mailing opened and mailing clicked
  • Actions:
  • double opt-in action with option for multiple opt-ins
  • Administration:
  • more options for user self service
  • Webservices:
  • new webservice methods for bulk operations
  • Backend:
  • configurable mailing generation lead time (emm.properties: mailing.generation.minutes=60)
  • revised and updated bounced mail detection and processing
  • Security:
  • filtering of harmful statements in Velocity scripts
  • extended user activity log for better monitoring
  • information about former failed logins
  • Other:
  • online update takes over more configuration settings from old installation
  • better error reporting in case of database access problems
  • code and libraries ported to run with Java 8 and Tomcat 7 or 8
  • Bugfixes in release 2015
  • Statistics:
  • recipients statistics initially shows zero values only
  • archive statistics show no net click values (fix contributed by ...)
  • Backend:
  • fix for online update feature to recognize version numbers with blanks like "2013 R2"

New in OpenEMM 2013_R2 (Nov 22, 2014)

  • Other:
  • latest version of context sensitive online help
  • all JARs compatible with Java 7
  • BUGFIXES:
  • Mailings:
  • the embedded HTML editor does not launch
  • after update to OpenEMM 2013 buttons are missing to edit target groups
  • defining delivery time for date-based mailings more than 3 hours in the future results in mails not sent
  • Recipients:
  • custom profile fields can not be filled with times before 12:00:00
  • numeric profile fields can not be edited in the recipient detail view
  • recipient list shows error "Resource key ... not found in default bundle"
  • blacklist import mode does not accept duplicates in the import file
  • menu "blacklist" does not work if permission to view recipients is missing
  • Actions:
  • action scripts lead to error forms even if they should not
  • Webservices:
  • legacy webservices 1.0 are vulnerable to SQL injections
  • methods AddMailing and UpdateMailing of Webservice API 2.0 do not work
  • method SendMailing of Webservice API 2.0 does not send mails
  • method AddContentBlock of Webservice API 2.0 fails to include images
  • Backend:
  • rule-based conversion of softbounces to hardbounces does not work
  • Plugins:
  • extension "blacklist_wildcard_search" does not work

New in OpenEMM 6.2 (Dec 13, 2010)

  • New features :
  • Mailings:
  • when editing a CM-template based mailing the right bar shows only removed content modules to speed up performance
  • Mailing:
  • global setting of follow-up action for link clicks
  • Mailings:
  • speed of mailing delivery can be trottled with parameters blocksize and stepping
  • Mailings:
  • property attachment.maxSize in file emm.properties defines maximum size of email attachments
  • CMS:
  • list of CM templates for mailing assignment shows mailing descriptions instead of mailing IDs
  • Other:
  • online update preserves old settings in emm.properties and cms.properties
  • Other:
  • improved speed of database
  • Bug fixes :
  • Mailings (Source: internal):
  • Mailing wizard does not create an exception after step 2
  • Mailings (Source: internal):
  • save button for content is no longer missing after mailing was sent but content can not be changed
  • Mailings (Source: SourceForge, BugID: 2947705):
  • Mailing can now be archived after being sent
  • Mailings (Source: OpenEMM forums):
  • Image browser of FCK editor works with Internet Explorer (contributor: inteco)
  • Recipients (Source: internal):
  • after deleting the content of a custom field in a recipient profile the content is no longer reset to its default value
  • Recipients (Source: internal):
  • setting a filter in the recipient overview and clicking on "Update" instead of "Add" does not result in a misleading error message
  • Recipients (Source: internal):
  • Import wizard no longer shows a mailinglist error even if the real cause for the error is different
  • Recipients (Source: internal):
  • Import digests backslash characters in data fields
  • Target groups (Source: SourceForge, BugID: 3057540):
  • empty target groups are no longer storable and do not lead to error when selected in recipient list
  • CMS (Source: internal):
  • Assigning of a content module to more than one mailing at the same time works flawlessly now
  • New features:
  • GUI:
  • some optical improvements for left navigation, buttons and messages
  • Recipients:
  • checkbox in import profile to define handling of multiple duplicates
  • Recipients:
  • improved speed of import process
  • Recipients:
  • maillists in import view sorted alphabetically
  • Recipients:
  • entries in drop down box of DB field mapping for import profiles sorted alphabetically
  • Target groups:
  • deleted target groups used by a mailing are listed as deleted, preview of mailing works, sending does not
  • Target groups:
  • target group statistic now shows users bound to no mailing list too

New in OpenEMM 6.1 (Jun 12, 2010)

  • New features
  • Recipients
  • new selection option "Waiting for user confirmation" (Double opt-in)
  • Statistics
  • statistic for opened mailings shows when mailing was opened for the first time, not last time
  • Bug Fixes
  • Usability
  • sort icon for table columns does not overlap with column head caption in Firefox
  • Mailings
  • tab "trackable links" in mailing menu lists all links of the mailing in any case
  • Recipients
  • Import works when key column defined in import profile does not exist in import file
  • Forms
  • forms will be prefilled correctly with existing user data from database
  • Forms
  • no exception after existing form has been deleted
  • Backend
  • Mail generation recovery works even if process takes longer
  • Database
  • CMS demo database is accessible from OpenEMM by default

New in OpenEMM 6.0.1 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Recipients - new selection option "Waiting for user confirmation" (Double opt-in).
  • Statistics - statistic for opened mailings shows when mailing was opened for the first time, not last time.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Usability - sort icon for table columns does not overlap with column head caption in Firefox.
  • Mailings - tab "trackable links" in mailing menu lists all links of the mailing in any case.
  • Recipients - Import works when key column defined in import profile does not exist in import file.
  • Forms - forms will be prefilled correctly with existing user data from database.
  • Forms - no exception after existing form has been deleted.
  • Backend - Mail generation recovery works even if process takes longer.
  • Database - CMS demo database is accessible from OpenEMM by default.

New in OpenEMM 5.5.1 (May 6, 2009)

  • Campaigns (Source: internal)
  • Campaigns statistic shows real values
  • Campaigns (Source: internal)
  • Campaings will be included when copying mails and templates
  • Mailings (Source: internal)
  • Mailing wizard adopts mailinglist if template is selected
  • Mailings (BugID: 1998219, Source: SourceForge)
  • agnDATE tag no longer ignores type
  • Targets (BugID: 2033778, Source: SourceForge)
  • Date pattern matching using YYYYMM is fixed
  • Statistics (BugID: 2015803, Source: SourceForge)
  • Opened mails statistic shows only openings from 1 to 12 a.m.
  • Backend (BugID: 2015771, Source: SourceForge)
  • Problem when using internal SMTP server instead of Sendmail
  • Other (BugID: 2009460, Source: SourceForge)
  • recipient list generate "out of heap space" error
  • Other (BugID: 2018286, Source: SourceForge)
  • Upgrade from very old version generates ConversionException for customerid
  • Other (Source: internal)
  • Link after update leads back to correct port 8080