Updates and Fixes
Arclab® MailList Controller
- The license includes free updates for 12 months.
After the 12 months have expired, you can purchase an update or continue to use the last version included in the 12 months.
See also: Information on License Keys and Free Updates - Update orders are price reduced.
To order the update, visit our order page, select your country (or region) and switch to "Updates" on the next page.
Latest Changes:
18-OCT-2023 Version 13.5
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- Added an option to enable the "List-Unsub Header" in the editor.
- Optionally, the header line "List-Unsubscribe" can be inserted into every outgoing message. This allows the recipient to easily unsubscribe from future messages if this function is supported by the recipient's mail program. This function is now required or recommended by some mail providers.
- The newsletter templates have been revised. A "mailto" link is now inserted at the end of each message, which, in addition to the keyword for unsubscribing (in the subject), also contains the original email address of the recipient (in the body). Otherwise, in the case of forwarding and aliases, the wrong email address may be removed from the list or the removal may not work.
- The default autoresponder messages have been slightly revised.
However, this only applies to new installations, as your existing autoresponders will not be changed. - Updates SMTP functions.
20-FEB-2023 Version 13.4
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- Service release
- Updates SMTP/IMAP/POP3 functions.
- SSL/TLS Update. Supported: SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3
- Important: Most email providers have deprecated TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
(Transport Layer Security).
If you are using an outdated program version, you need an update to continue to be able to connect to the mail server. - The automatic detection of the mail server has been updated.
27-OCT-2022 Version 13.3
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- Service release
- Fixes some minor issues in the mail service and UI.
- Important: There is currently a known issue with MS 365 (Exchange Online)
email accounts. This is explained here.
Please note that this is a general problem that cannot be solved by an update.
06-OCT-2021 Version 13.2
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- Service release
- Fixes some minor issues in the mail service and management application.
- Fixes an issue with the automatic update notification.
15-MAR-2021 Version 13.1
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- This update gives you more control over the ODBC driver (Microsoft Database Engine) to be used.
- The program does not need a special driver version, only a 32bit ODBC driver for MS Access *.accdb is required.
- The setup checks if a valid ODBC driver for *.accdb is already present
on your system.
The installation of the "Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010" is enabled (by default) if no valid ODBC driver was found. - Updates import function.
23-OCT-2020 Version 13
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- This update is focused on the database driver (ODBC), Windows 10 compatibility and maintenance.
- The update improves the compatibility with Windows 10.
- The program uses a newer release of the MS ODBC driver (Microsoft Access Database Engine).
- Various minor bugs have been fixed.
- The automatic mail server detection has been improved.
- Updates "New List" wizard.
19-DEC-2019 Version 12.94
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- Service release
29-JUL-2019 Version 12.93
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- Service release
15-JUL-2019 Version 12.92
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- Service release
- Fixes a rare problem that could cause the program not to start.
- Improves system stability
03-AUG-2018 Version 12.91
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- Service release
- TLS/SSL update for SMTP and POP/IMAP
08-JUN-2018 Version 12.9
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- Service release
- New lists are now configured to use "Double Opt-In" by default (you
can change it in the list settings).
Users from the EU should use this option or use an external double opt-in mechanism to be compliant with the EU GDPR. - Fixes an issue with the "Add Image" function of the internal editor.
- Fixes some minor issues in the mail service and management application.
- See also: EU GDPR Compliance
09-JUL-2017 Version 12.8
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- Service release
- Updates management application
- Form generator: The new version replaces custom email address verification:
preg_match('/^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9.-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9]\.[A-Z]{2,6}$/i',$a);
with built-in php email validation check:
filter_var($a, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) - Updates mail service
23-JAN-2017 Version 12.7
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- Updates management application
- Updates mail service
- Global blacklist text file will now be applied to list messages (outgoing mail), synchronization (incoming email) and import.
- The number of blacklist entries and the number of blacklisted recipients will be shown in the service logfile.
- Updates filter routine used for import and linked list to sort out invalid email addresses in an external database
- Updates contact viewer
01-NOV-2016 Version 12.61
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- Service release
- Updates contact viewer
- Updates mail service
- Fixes "Resend Subscribe Confirmation" in German version
19-SEP-2016 Version 12.6
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- Service release
- Updates main
- Updates mail service
- Updates export function
- Updates blacklist: The blacklist now also catches subscribe requests if the sender of the email is different from the subscriber (email in text-body)
- Fixes some minor issues
11-JUN-2016 Version 12.52
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- Service release
- Updates user manual
- Fixes "The operating system is not presently configured to run this application." issue related to MS Office 2016 update
23-MAY-2016 Version 12.51
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- Fixes Outlook "resize" image issue
- Adds "What's next" dialog after list creation
- Updates "Add Image" dialog
- Updates "Edit Member" dialog
- Updates service
20-APR-2016 Version 12.5
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- Updates UI
- Updates internal editor
- Updates import/export
- Updates contact viewer
- Updates service
- Updates new list wizard
- Setup repairs damanged Access Engine ODBC installation
- Adds routine to fix "Unable to load odbcj32.dll" to startup
- Enables multi-selection to delete message drafts
- New "Add Hyperlink" dialog to avoid "Error 100"
- New "Insert Image" dialog
- Adds auto-filter if MS Word is defined as "External HTML Editor"
- Fixes issue with missing font styles when importing a HTML file exported from MS Word as "Filtered HTML"
- Adds new placeholder ##RID## to insert a random ID into the message, e.g. for open-rate email tracking Sample: ##RID## >> AC34928.CE3847DE
- Fixes issue with ".0" added to a decimal field value of a linked list.
- CSV text file export changed to ANSI encoding, because many users had
problems with unicode CSV files.
Please use the MS Access format to export UNICODE data.
03-DEC-2015 Version 12.3
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- Fixes some minor issues
- Adds backward-compatibility for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
- Updates newsletter templates dialog
- Adds some more newsletter templates
- 16.03.2016 Updated installer repairs the "MS Access Database engine" to fix "unable to load odbcji32.dll" issue.
03-NOV-2015 Version 12.2
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- Version 12.2 contains a major update of the internal editor.
- Includes new responsive email newsletter templates
- Includes new static (non-responsive) email newsletter templates
- Updates "Templates" dialog
- Adds a new option to "Template" dialog: "Add additional unsubscribe footer"
- Adds a new option to "Template" dialog: "Add additional info header"
- Updates HTML filter to bypass <!--[if mso]> (required to import responsive templates)
- Disables HTML filter function for "Source Mode" (3rd party templates can be loaded unmodified using this option)
- Old templates are no longer visible in "Templates"
- If you used a previous version before and you want to use one of the
old templates, select "Import HTML File" and choose one of the old templates:
Program Files (x86)/Arclab/MailList Controller/templates/EN-*.htm
13-JUL-2015 Version 12.1
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- Service release
- Windows 10 users should update to version 12.1 (or newer)
02-FEB-2015 Version 12.02
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- Fixes an issue, where a linked list with 14 or 15 fields causes an ODBC error.
19-JAN-2015 Version 12.01
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- Fixes an issue, where the number of sent messages shows ZERO or a low
number, even if all messages have been sent out.
If you are unsure, that all messages have been sent out, go to "Sent Messages" and click on "Retry Mailing".
14-JAN-2015 Version 12
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- Version 12 uses a new license key system. Syntax: AMLC12-123456-123456-123456-123456
- Updated UI using larger text fonts for better readability
- Updated mail service
- Updated WYSIWYG message editor
- WYSIWYG HTML editor now uses the latest version of MS HTML (IE)
- Support for CSS3 styles (be aware that most mail clients will not support CSS3)
- New automatic import function for HTML messages
- "Test Email" now saves the last recipient. This feature was requested
quite often.
Thanks to all our users for your suggestions. - Better support for custom web forms (Subscribe/Remove)
29-JUL-2014 Version 11.1
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- Service release
- Updated Mail Service
- Fixed an issue with ODBC Text and MS Excel (.xlsx) driver
28-MAY-2014 Version 11.01
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- Service release
- Fixed Core Setup > "Custom Setup" > "Service User Account" > "Run service as user"
01-APR-2014 Version 11
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- MailList Controller version 11 uses a new database format for the internal database (.accdb instead of .mdb).
- The setup includes the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable, which will install the required drivers for .accdb and .xlsx.
- The "Custom Setup" allows you to choose between the old database format (MailList Controller verion 9 or 10) and the new format.
- Existing users of version 10 can simply install the new version without uninstalling the old version (if qualified for a free update).
- Updated mail service.
- Updated export function to export directly to .accdb instead of .mdb.
15-NOV-2013 Version 10
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- UI update
- Updated mail service
- Updated internal editor
- Modified HTML import to filter javascript, XML and MS Word specific code (this code is not useable in a newsletter message)
- Added "Auto-detect Mail Server" to "New List Wizard"
- Added pre-defined server settings for major mail providers
- New Free Version limited to 50 members.
- New Light Version limited to 500 members.
- The software is available in German and English language.
- Service release: Version 10 is fully compatible to version 9. If you are currently using MailList Controller 9.x, then you can simply download and install MailList Controller 10 without loosing any lists or settings.
30-OCT-2013 Version 9.4
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- Service release
- This updates fixes an issue with MS IE 11 On some MS IE installations the save function of the internal message editor did not include the latest changes made in the "Rich-Text (HTML)" section. Please install version 9.4 to fix this issue.
- We recommend all MS Windows 8.1 and MS IE 11 users to update to MailList Controller 9.4 or newer.
- The update changes the main program and the editor to version 9.4. The service version is still 9.3
22-MAR-2013 Version 9.3
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- Service release
- Updated internal editor
05-OCT-2012 Version 9.2
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- Service release
- New Portuguese translation
- The program is now available in: Deutsch, English, Italiano, Portugues
- Fixes a minor problem, where the logfile contains duplicate log entries.
04-JUN-2012 Version 9.1
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- Service release updates the internal editor
- Updated image auto-import for style and css definitions
22-MAY-2012 Version 9.04
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- Fixed a problem which could cause an "empty message" after a click on "Update now!" when using an external html editor
07-MAY-2012 Version 9.03
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- Increased max. field length to 250 when importing
- Added filter to import HTML messages with charset="unicode". Unicode HTML will be converted to utf-8 encoding.
- Logfile now shows all INBOX messages when using IMAP - [NLM] = Non List Message
26-APR-2012 Version 9.02
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- Spaces in the subscribe and remove keywords will now be ignored, so
that "Re mo ve" equals "Remove". Also spaces inside
the confirmation-ID will be ignored, which addresses a problem with invalid
encoded subject lines generated by some webmail clients.
In other words: keywords are not case-sensitive and spaces will be ignored.
16-APR-2012 Version 9.01
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- Fixes a problem, where the use of a subset can cause the application to crash.
05-APR-2012 Version 9.0
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- New unicode version supports all charsets and languages!
- New database format
- New file formats
- Utf-8 message editor
- Utf-8 auto conversion on message import
- Charset setting is obsolete. All messages will be sent in utf-8 format.
- Added auto-field-mapping for import
- New and improved returned mail detection.
- Soft- and hard-bounce detection
- Mail-block and challenge detection
- Remove transient, out-of-office messages from inbox.
- Important: MailList Controller 9 is NOT compatible with older versions like e.g. 8.62.
10-OCT-2011 Version 8.62
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- Service release
- Modified php Webform Generator to avoid any php Notices
03-SEP-2011 Version 8.61
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- This update affects IMAP accounts only.
The program now moves processed messages to the IMAP folder "Inbox.MailList Controller" instead of "MailList Controller", which makes it more compatible with different mailhosts. Please subscribe to "Inbox.MailList Controller" now if you want to check processed messages. - The release date in the "Update and License Managment" section was left to 08/2011, so that all users of version 8.6 can update to the new and improved version for free, even if the free update persiod has expired 08/2011.
24-AUG-2011 Version 8.6
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- Added IMAP/SSL/TLS support for incoming messages (compatible to MS Exchange)
- Service release
- Fixed: Windows position after restart
- New online user manual
27-FEB-2011 Version 8.51
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- Fixed: In some cases the global blacklist file was wiped before the synchronization
- Fixed: Problem with subscribe messages
Its recommended to update to version 8.51, if you have any problems with the subscribe function.
22-FEB-2011 Version 8.50
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- The new version includes Free Email Newsletter Templates
- Added "External Editor" to HTML Souce
- Source Mode allows to disable the internal editor when importing html files and using an external html editor
- Preview Subset function added to verify the subset/query before sending out a list message
- The program now uses the list name as X-Mailer header field by default
- X-Mailer header field can be removed form the message header
- Fixes "Report Message" problem when sending from an external mailclient
- Service release fixes some minor issues
07-JAN-2011 Version 8.40
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- The program is now available in: English, Chinese, Czech, Deutsch, Espaniol, Francais, Italiano, Nederlands, Portugues, Russian, Türkce language
- Double Opt-In: The remove request must not longer be authenticated (only the subscribe request must be authenticated). This change was requested by many users.
- Webform Wizard now supports UTF-8 webpages
- Message-Charset will be auto-detected during setup
- Added fail-safe functions for auto-responder messages to avoid duplicate messages on HDD errors.
- Added fail-safe functions for message-forwarding to avoid empty messages on HDD errors.
- Internal changes in the List Settings.
06-AUG-2010 Version 8.30
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- Service release 09/06/2010 Version 8.3.
If you have downloaded version 8.3 before, then please redownload the latest version. - Modified SMTP Engine
- Improved Subscribe/Remove and Returned message detection
- Fixed a problem in the HTML Webform Generator
- Fixed a problem regarding personalization and line-breaks
17-JUN-2010 Version 8.20
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- Italian version available
- Service release
- Added HTML Webform Generator
21-MAY-2010 Version 8.11
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- Added auto-detect SMTP login test to the New List Wizard
05-MAY-2010 Version 8.10
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- Automatic "Update and License Management"
- The free version can be upgraded to Professional or eXtreme by entering the "License Key"
- Single setup for all versions (can be downloded directly from our website)
- Automatic update checks
- Multi-language (English, Deutsch, Francais, Spanish, Portugues)
- Fixed "Start Date" issue, when using a linked List together with an external Client.
- Removed Windows 7 and Vista UAC "Warning Message" on Service Start/Stop
19-FEB-2010 Version 8.01
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- This version updates the mailservice and the editor to version 8.0.
It fixes a problem with "special" chars (like umlauts) in the filename of an attachment or inline attachment.
The main program version is still 8.0.
The service version is shown in the section "Outgoing Messages" -> "Info|Details" -> "Version".
13-JAN-2010 Version 8.0
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- New version
- New user interface
- New and improved SMTP delivery
- Added global blacklist support
- Added subscribe archive
- New Import/Export functions
- New failsafe functions
- Updated user manual
04/19/2009 Version 7.2
- New pause / break function allows to add a pause after sending out a
specific number of messages.
The server slowdown (global) function is still available through the program "Options", but its recommended to
reset the server slowdown to 0 and use the new (list specific) Pause / Break function instead.
See: List Settings -> Outgoing Messages (SMTP) and Program -> Options - News List Wizard: Test SMTP (autodetect authentication)
- Use Aliases: modified Logfile entries
- Remove email requests: Filters out RE: FW: AW: xx:
- New revision of the user manual
- German user manual included
- Service release
01/04/2009 Version 7.1
- German Version available - the download includes MailList Controller in English and German language
- Service release
08/08/2008 Version 7.02
- Fixed ".." issue (invalid image URL)
- Service release
06/21/2008 Version 7.01
- Added autoconversion for xhtml -> html
- Modified HTML->Text conversion
- Service release
05/28/2008 Version 7.0
- New Version
- Updated User Interface
- Subsets (Queries) and Groups
- Support for SSL and StartTLS
- Directory Drop Mode
- Service release
01/17/2008 Version 6.51a
- Service release (Setup)
08/22/2007 Version 6.51
- Service release
07/14/2007 Version 6.50
- Service release
- Internal Mailserver removed from program
07/02/2007 Version 6.04
- Fixed a problem with base64 attachments related to MS Exchange error
05/01/2007 Version 6.03
- Fixed a problem with multiple recipients in the to-line when using a shared pop3 account.
12/14/2006 Version 6.02
- New POP limit (max messages)
- Modified the "Send and Receive" function to prevent the mailservice from stopping if there is a communication problem between the server and the program.
11/16/2006 Version 6.01
- Fixes a problem with the pop3 component consuming too much memory. This problem does not appear on all systems, but we suggest to download to the latest version.
11/01/2006 Version 6.0
he new version also work under MS Windows Vista.
Please use our
support form to request the latest version.
The installation only requires a few steps:
- Please uninstall the 5.x version first.
- Now install the new 6.x version and start the program.
- Select "Custom Setup"and click "Next".
Click on "Browse"to select the "data" directory of the previous version.
The default location is "c:\program files\arclab\maillist controller\data". - Click "Next", "Next"and "Finish".
- Now the program should run and show your existinglists.
11/22/2005 Version 5.30
- Service release
- Added details to all sections
- Minor changes in GUI
- New List Wizard
- Database fields can be added/renamed after list creation
- New Import/Export filter
07/01/2005 Version 5.20
- Service release
- Minor changes in GUI
- Added list specific delayed send mode
- Added statistic information for incoming messages
02/04/2005 Version 5.15
- Service release
- Home and Standard Edition removed
12/01/2004 Version 5.1
- New GUI
- Shared account mode (use aliases on a single pop account for multiple lists)
- Improved database support
- New status information inside the program
07/20/2004 Version 5.01
- Service release
07/01/2004 Version 5.0
- Application runs as Service on Windows 2000/XP and Windows 2003
- External Clients
- New eXtreme Edition
- The new version is for Windows 2000/XP/2003 only.
It will not work on Windows 9x/ME/NT4. - Please backup your data-dir before going further.
- First you should export all your lists. MailList Controller version 5 uses a different format, which requires that you export your lists before. A simple "install-over" will not work!
- Next please uninstall the old version and delete the old data-dir.
- Now install the new version and run the program.
04/11/2003 Version 4.63
- Service release
10/29/2003 Version 4.62
- Service release
09/28/2003 Version 4.6
- Service release
08/01/2003 Version 4.5
- Changed Database Format
- Internal List supports up to 15 custom Fields (Personalization)
- Modified Editor
- New Freeware version available.
- New Home Edition available
Important: Please export your lists before you update to the new version!
The new version cannot use the old list format.
03/27/2003 Version 4.1
- Service release
01/28/2003 Version 4.0
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