PROGRAM HISTORY
3/12/08
Mail Machine 3.991 is released!
- An issue with archives not displaying properly has been resolved.
7/18/07
Mail Machine 3.990 is released!
- An input validation error was pointed out and fixed!
12/07/05
Mail Machine 3.989 is released!
- An issue with match-case when a user tries to unsubscribe has now been fixed! Thnak you Gunar!
8/15/05
Mail Machine 3.988 is released!
- An issue with the archived mailings not being able to be sent out has been fixed!
5/26/05
Mail Machine 3.987 is released!
- A security issue has been found and fixed! Thank you Kevin!
3/18/05
Mail Machine 3.986 is released!
- Administrators now have the ability to send an e-mail to themselves before sending a mailing out to the entire list.
8/18/04
Mail Machine 3.985 is released!
- Fixed subscribe w/o notification problem.
- Fixed duplicate check of e-mail addresses.
- Changed subscriber system to be more secure.
- Added more instructions and options.
6/17/00
Mail Machine 3.980 is released!
- Administrators now have the ability to subscribe or unsubscribe an e-mail address without the subscriber being aware. Also, minor cosmetic changes such as a "back" button and stats have been added.
9/03/99
Mail Machine 3.975 is released!
- Administrators now have the ability to have subscribers confirm their addition to the mailing list before they are actually added. This will stop people from adding e-mail addresses without the owners knowledge or entering fictitious addresses. Also, a problem dealing with HTML messages was fixed.
8/25/99
Mail Machine 3.95 is released!
- Administrators now have the ability to send out messages in HTML.
7/14/99
Mail Machine 3.9 is released!
- Administrators are now able to browse through a database of old messages and load, edit, and send them upon request.
- Some e-mail addresses using bad syntax would receive an internal server error rather than the default error page. This is now corrected.
- This version of Mail Machine uses a different send mail method and has been tested with over 45,000 e-mail addresses.
5/12/99
Mail Machine 3.8 is released!
- Subscribers are now able to remove themselves directly from the mailing.
- A confirmation e-mail is now sent to end the confusion to when the mailing has been completed.
4/15/99
Mail Machine 3.7 is released!
- A minor enhancement to the way e-mails look upon arrival was made.
2/06/99
Mail Machine 3.6 is released!
- The owner now has the ability to ban e-mail addresses from being able to join the mailing list at anytime.
12/19/98
Mail Machine 3.5 is released!
- The owner now has the ability to see all e-mail addresses currently subscribed to the mailing list without having to look at the .txt file.
- File locking has been added to insure that there will be no corruption of the e-mail list under heavy usage.
- Password enhancements such as an invalid password page, etc.
- More customization!
11/8/98
Mail Machine 3.1 is released!
- The owner now has the ability to see how many e-mail addresses are in the database.
10/7/98
Mail Machine 3.0 is released!
- The script now includes an administration section with the ability to send an e-mail to all subscribers and the ability to subscribe/unsubscribe e-mail addresses.
- The owner now has the ability to decide whether or not to receive a notice when someone subscribes or unsubscribes from the mailing list.
7/30/98
Mail Machine 2.1 is released!
- Some changes were made in the script to make it easier for people to install.
7/16/98
Mail Machine 2.0 is released!
- The script now includes better directions in order to setup.
- The script is faster because of enhancements due to the way e-mails are stored.
- When someone signs up for the mailing list they will now receive a confirmation e-mail as well as the owner receiving a notice of a new signup.
- When someone unsubscribes from the mailing list they will now receive a confirmation e-mail as well as the owner receiving a notice that the user has unsubscribed.
- The script is now much easier to customize so that it will fit in your site "theme."
5/07/98
Mail Machine 1.0 is released!