nuevoMailer for ESPs

What's new in v.4.2

• Bot & scanners tracking filtering and protection:
  • Introduced a hidden Honeypot link to capture automated clicks from bots and scanners.
  • Introduced a Clicks frequency analysis.
  • Both above actions will add a suspicious IP in an exclusion list. In addition you can choose a Reports filtering method.
  • As a master administrator you can configure the above in your Configuration settings. They apply to all user accounts.
• The List-unsubscribe header now has the option to suppress the subscriber.
• Location is recorded in master administration panel upon login.
• Updated the built-in Bounces processor.
• Added a setting for the "message stream" in Postmark api.
• Updated jQuery & jQuery UI libraries to their latest versions.
• Easier to give your own personal look to the the Users panel. It has a skin (css file) which you can edit directly from your Master administration panel.

For your users

• Totally new User interface with night mode feature.
• Improved calculation of clicks and views ratios. Clicks or opens that happen from the same subscriber on exactly the same second are counted as unique.
• Added complaints & bounces in Home trend chart and some other charts.
• Updated email clients pie chart.
• Choose subscriber fields in CSV export.
• New link / page for opt-outs: update list preferences. Similar to the subscriber portal but the subscriber can only choose mailing lists.
• New field for mailing lists: short description. Used in the subscriber portal, in opt-in forms and in the page mentioned above.
• New X (Twitter) icons.
• New option in the WYSIWYG html editor: Smart content for quickly inserting content (your logo, RSS feed, countdown timer etc).
  The same button also opens the new "Conditional content blocks builder".
• Manually create a list opt-out (for a specific list) in the subscriber profile editing page.
• Links are extracted and preserved when generating a text version of an Html newsletter.
• Deprecated pre-defined link tracking in Text newsletters and now it is automatic. Links in Text newsletters automatically become trackable (optionally, based on user settings).
• Encrypted opt-out links, and some other similar links.
• Encrypted views tracker & clicks tracker / links.
• Attachments file manager supports directory browsing. You can choose files from sub-directories.
• Automatic extraction of a zip file when uploaded in the attachments folder.
• Option to send attachments with personalized file names.
• Improved the extraction of zipped newsletter templates.
• Improved Quick search: search by subscriber ID and campaign ID. Refined the search for autoresponders and campaigns. Added the ID in subscriber quick search results.
• Embed images also when sending by URL, using an html file from your templates.
• Updated CSV import, not all values need to use enclosures (double quotes).
• Advanced search new options:
  • Find subscribers who belong to some lists but not in others.
  • Find subscribers who clicked or not one or more specific links.
  • AND/OR operators when selecting multiple lists and campaigns.
  • Extended the search in subscriber tags for both having and not having a tag.
  • Added also a new option to tag/un-tag the whole subscriber segment resulting from the search.
• Opt-in forms
  • Hidden spam trap field. Humans would not complete this.
  • Rate limiter: multiple repeat submissions from the same IP address are blocked. The user can set the time frame & number of attempts for each form.
  • Failed / blocked attempts are shown in a new Opt-in form log.

How to upgrade

• There is no loss of data when upgrading. The upgrade process ensures a smooth transition and introduction of all the new features.
• You can download the latest version from your order details page. Refer to the step-by-step instructions in the setUp.html that's in your zip package.
• Check this page if your order is older than a year.

v.4.0 new features

• Administrative and general
• New sending methods: Mailjet API, Mandrill (Mailchimp) API, Postmark API, Mailersend API, Brevo (Sendinblue) API.
  You may also use any of the above providers with SMTP.
  Endpoint scripts for processing bounces, deliveries and complaints webhooks for all these providers (and smtp.com) are included. You will find details in the Help section of the master administration panel.
• Introduced a new rate limiter algorithm.
• Sending domains: or allowed domains list. Include the domains a user can use in the <from-email> in the campaigns.
• Optionally you can DKIM-sign any sending domain.
• Certain hard-coded settings were moved to the database. Either at master administrator or user level. This simplifies future updates and gives more options for your users.
  This includes Stripo and Bee editor credentials (master level).
  Default styles for opt-in forms were moved at user settings.
• Redesigned the Remember me option in both panels login, using a three layer cryptographically secure cookie. Stay logged-in for 15 days.
• What's new for your users
• The nuevoMailer API and Zapier app are now also available for your users. Certain api features may not be available for your users. But the most important ones are.
• Subscriber tags as another option for segmentation, tagging etc.
  Conditional content based on tags: parts of a newsletter will show only to subscribers that have or do not have a specific tag.
• Outbound Webhooks. See more.
  May be set as trigger reaction, opt-in form submission, opt-out, bounce (among else enable the sending of a clicked hyperlink data to other systems).
• Countdown timer widget, like this with default styles set at user level.
• Improved assets/pictures file manager. You can browse contents in sub-directories and create new directories.
• New type of opt-out link: suppress me. The subscriber is simply suppressed but not deleted. All past history stays.
• Added a public/hidden indication for mailings lists in the page where you edit a subscriber.
• When you create a follow-up campaign the field "parent" now takes its parent value. So they appear in the same branch.
• Quick search also searches in opt-outs.
• Quick edit pop-up for newsletter subject, preheader, tags, memo (like the one for campaigns).
• Removed password map/import from external database import.
• New option in advanced search: add subscribers to an existing list.
• Changed from pt to px in the html editor font sizes.
• Send Log or subscriber-campaign log: keeps a history of the campaigns that were sent to subscribers. Your users can decide how many days to keep in this log.
  This feature provides may benefits such as,
  A new option to choose campaigns when doing an advanced search. Using this you can view and csv export campaign participants.
  In Autoresponders, the "Total sent" is clickable and shows the subscribers the autoresponder was sent to.
  Trigger reaction "send newsletter” is clickable and links to the "subscriber-campaign log" to see who/when was emailed.
  For each subscriber you can also see a detailed log along with open/click indication.
• Stricter GDPR compliance: a user can define how many days to keep subscriber data in the opt-outs, complaints and other tables. This applies to subscribers who have opted-out.

v.3.7 new features

• Administrative and general,
• PHP 8.2 ready.
• Two-factor authentication (2FA) using pin codes sent by email. The master administrator can switch it on/off. Applies globally both to users & master administrators.
• Smtp servers daily & hourly limits.
• Hard bounces & complaints threshold. Campaigns pause automatically and administrators get an email alert.
• Amazon SNS for bounces processing: added option to ignore "transient" bounces that have sub-type "general".
• Improvements in MailGun, Sendgrid and Mailjet webhooks.
• Added a test utility for master administrator's smtp settings (in configuration settings).
• For your users,
• Stripo plugin, drag 'n drop editor integration.
• Visual and functional interface improvements.
• Set a preheader where you edit your newsletter.
• QR codes for opt-in forms.
• When creating a campaign using the "Send a web page" method you have a button to open the templates manager to upload or select the html file you want.
• New campaign options: disable tracking and anonymous tracking.
• The "Campaign completed" email includes a link to the summary report, has the newsletter attached and goes to the user and to all master administrators who have email alerts checked.
• Select as many fields/columns as you want in the subscribers tables/reports (in custom subscriber fields).
• Added a filter for hard/soft bounces in the report page.
• Timeline chart: added from-until date picker. Handy for autoresponders since the time frame can be quite extensive.
• The newsletter A/B split-test chart now shows open rate, click-through rate and opt-out rate (instead of total opens and clicks).
• The + sign in emails is now allowed in the opt-in process.
• Redirection URLs in welcome/goodbye settings can be personalized with subscriber data.
• Welcome page was redesigned so that some "data-intensive" charts load on demand.
• Quick search extended to lists, newsletters and also has a "case sensitive" option.
• CSV exporting for all advanced search results.
• When you CSV export a list or all your subscribers you now have a new option to exclude suppressed ones.
• Added "Starts with" & "Ends with" in the filtering operators when doing an advanced search.
• A more simplified way for setting up follow-up filters. For example: "Not opened in 90 days", "Clicked in the last X days".
• Added "Clone a data source" option.
• Improved the text version when creating one from an html newsletter.
• Other fixes and improvements,
• A Private/Hidden newsletter, although not visible in the newsletter archive it can be seen when clicking the smart link to "Read this in your browser" in a campaign context.
• Improved date/time localization and added new date-time tags.
• Improved the images/assets file manager to include sub-directories.
• Fixed function getCampaignName to give better details.
• Updated iForm.js to stop using document.write.
• Updated jQuery UI.
• Updated Chart.js library for visually better charts for your users.
• Added an icon to smtp & bounce servers passwords, list-unsubscribe header and feedback-loop passwords so you can quickly see what's set.
• Added tooltips with % ratios in the summary report.
• Added a new US date-time format with seconds.

v.3.6 new features

• New sending methods added: Amazon SES api, MailGun api and SendGrid api.
  Also updated the related webhooks for processing bounces and complaints.
  The PHP-mail method was removed.
• Minimum required PHP version is 7.2.
• Stronger encryption for all passwords. New encryption algorithms used.
• Optimized database connection management. You will experience faster loading across all operations. Both you and your users.
• Simplified the installation/upgrade process. You can define the deployment model you want for your users in the settings file (shared database or each one having his own).
• For your users (clients),
• Includes almost all recent updates of nuevoMailer SB
• Numerous interface improvements especially in campaigns and summary reports.
• Updated Geolocation scripts. Geolocation databases are included.
• New Html newsletter editor.
• The Bee editor plugin integration was updated.
• The Unlayer drag-n-drop editor was integrated
• Updated summary report:
  Added "Delivered" for sending methods that support it.
  Hard & soft bounces are reported separately.
• All follow-up options (new campaign, list, filter) were merged under the summary report.
• Full reporting on Autoresponders.
• Updated email clients detection script.
• CSV import maps: when you do a csv import you can save your mapping and other options so you can reload them next time.
• CSV export: added all subscriber fields in the exported file (besides the custom ones).
• Opt-in forms:
  Added cloning.
  Improved form validation.
  Forms are editable. You can rebuild them and add/remove fields or other options.
  Forms are customizable. You can set colors and fonts (background, text, input fields , labels).
  When including the "Link to privacy" this works as a mandatory checkbox.
• Added dates period selection in Top 10 campaigns report.
• Added a checkbox in subscriber editing page to quickly select all mailing lists.
• Added "Exclude lists" option also for autoresponders when selecting the target list.
• Added a new setting to include a link to the online/web version of the newsletter when the html content is not displayed. Until now it was included by default.

v.3.5 new features

• Multi-threaded sending as default. User campaigns are sent in parallel and each campaign is sent in multiple threads.
• PHP 8 compatibility. Minimum required PHP version is 7.1.
• Mailjet webhook endpoints to record bounces and complaints. Also updated MailGun, SendGrid, Amazon and default bounce processing endpoints.
• Added subscriber automatic suppression (based on thresholds you define) for all the above.
• Redesigned smtp and bounce servers management page.
• Master administrator can edit and send a welcome email to new user accounts.
• Updated several libraries to latest versions.
• Top navigation menu improved in both panels.
• Database upgrade scripts are included. No data loss when upgrading.
• Dozens of small new features and process improvements. Log in the administration panels to see more.
• For your users v.3.5 includes almost all recent updates of nuevoMailer SB v.8.7
• Select multiple lists when doing an advanced search.
• Set sending hours and days for campaigns.
• Exclude mailing lists from campaigns.
• Campaign tags (similar/same as for autoresponders)
• Campaign progress bar in reports.
• Export suppression list to csv.
• Clone campaigns, newsletters, filters, lists, autoresponders.
• Update the campaign name, tags and notes also for completed campaigns.
• Create better text versions of an html newsletter.
• Productivity enhancements when working with newsletters.
• Updated email clients report.
• Opt-out reasons chart to visualize and count the reasons subscribers choose when they opt-out.
• Full list names appear in the "Share with 3rd party" report.
• Home page shows pending campaigns with a direct link to view them.
• You can close a campaign, set it as complete (in case you don't want to continue it but keep the record).
• Quick search extended: search in newsletters (subject, comments, tags) and campaigns (name, comments, tags).
• Add comments to autoresponders.
• Added a setting to enable/disable the sound alert when saving a newsletter.
• Clicked links in Excel summary report are sorted from most clicked to the least clicked.
• All subscriber import methods now save erroneous lines/entries in a txt file.
• Added captcha when user is requesting a password to login.
• Forward to a friend page: sender email is locked to prevent abuse.
• Strict opt-in form security: captcha is added by default. Only integration allowed is with iframe. You cannot copy-paste code. Existing forms (without captcha) will still work but you must inform your users to update them and change their integration method to an iframe.
• Users panel - Master admin panel

v.3.0 new features

• New responsive interface for both panels.
• PHP 7.4 compatibility.
• MailGun and SendGrid webhook endpoints to record bounces and complaints.
• Feedback loop / Complaints settings at master administrator level.
• Updated Amazon SNS to record separately bounces and complaints.
• Improved bounces processing and recording.
• The list unsubscribe header and options were removed from user level and they are now globally defined by master administrator.
• Custom smtp at user level was also removed. In case you want a user to have his own smtp then create an smtp servers group just for this user.
• Users can change their passwords and switch email alerts on/off inside their panel.
• Automatic "log file" cleaning (except last 2 days) when master administrator logs in.
• Users panel - Master admin panel

v.2.0 new features

• API for user management. As master administrator you can create users and orders, view user stats, (de-)activate a user, delete a user.
• Monthly subscription plans integrated with PayPal recurring payments. A user's guide is included.
• IP-based geolocation charts.
• Integrated the BEE editor plugin. You must sign-up, start with a free plan and upgrade if you want to offer a better experience to your users.
• New Trigger based on "list opt-in".
• "Breakdown by option" in distribution reports for custom subscriber fields with multiple options (checkboxes, radio, dropdown).
• Setting in your opt-in forms that will force to use the custom list settings of a particular list.
• Added viewers & clickers detailed report for autoresponders.
• Embed multiple opt-in forms with captcha in the same page.
• Improved advanced search: added search by "date clicked” and "date opened”, multiple conditions on the same field.
• Conditional content blocks. More.
• Subscriber IP address in the opt-in notification email to users.
• Improved csv import.
• Added IP-subscribed address when importing subscribers from .csv or .txt files.
• List isolation.
• New spintax.
• Bounce processing updates.
• Fixed several bugs in both panels.
• New interfaces with a broader view in both panels.
• Many improvements in the master administration panel regarding users, reports and orders management.
• "Remember me" option when you log in both panels.

Architecture & technical details

• Typical Saas, multi-tenant deployment with attention to isolation & security.
• You have a single installation of files with two administration panels:
  • A "Master administration" panel where only you can log in and manage user accounts and system-wide settings.
  • A user administration panel where users create campaigns, autoresponders, newsletters and manage their mailing lists.
• Each user has his own database. Optionally you can deploy the software with all users sharing a common database but still having their own sets of tables.
• In addition there is a master administration database where you only have access for managing users, email plans and monitor the whole system.

Email sending methods

• You can assign different sending methods to users.
• SMTP: you create smtp servers, smtp server groups and assign a user to a group.
  You can use locally installed or remote SMTP servers.
• API sending methods for the following providers:
  Amazon SES
  MailGun
  SendGrid
  Mailjet
  Mandrill (Mailchimp)
  Postmark
  Mailersend
  Brevo (Sendinblue
• Local Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) using SendMail.
• Power MTA (pickup)
• You can have a user with his own dedicated SMTP server (if required).

Bounces processing

• Built-in bounces processing when using any email service of your own (e.g from your host).
• Bounce servers are set-up like SMTP. You create bounce servers, group them and assign a user to a group.
• In case your use Amazon SES then you can set-up Amazon SNS for bounces processing.
• For MailGun, Mailjet, SendGrid and the other providers mentioned above you have webhook endpoints to process and record deliveries, complaints and bounces.
• To avoid spam. maintain your IPs credibility and ensure that your users will have clean lists:
  • you set rules to automatically suppress subscribers after a number of soft or hard bounces.
  • your users cannot un-suppress their subscribers.

Email credit plans & user sign-up forms

• Email credit plans are also called "Pay as you go" plans.
  You create your own plans with the number of emails and the price you want.
• The user must purchase a plan in order to acquire email credits.
  When the user has run out of emails he cannot send campaigns neither import new subscribers.
• You may create free plans to entice users to start.
  Optionally you can give "unlimited emails credit" to a user. This is useful when you don't want to charge your clients and just offer them free email marketing services.
• You can create user sign-up forms. The user has to confirm the sign-up to complete the registration.
  Then he can login in his panel and pay for his purchase.
• You as the master administrator, can see and manage user orders in your panel.

Monthly subscription plans (new in v.2.0)

• It would be more accurate to call them "Recurring subscription plans" because the period can be adapted to weeks or even days.
• These plans are limited by list size. As long as the recurring payments are made the user account remains active. In addition the "maximum allowed list size" condition is checked.
  If a user exceeds that limit he cannot send campaigns.
• They integrate with PayPal subscription payments. You have instant user account creation when the user purchases a plan.
• You have a detailed user's guide about setting up your recurring payment buttons (and testing in the PayPal sandbox environment before going live).

User help & documentation

• In the users' administration panel there are many links that point to the user's documentation of nuevoMailer.
  By default these links are hidden through a css class. Should you want, with a small css tweak you can make these links visible to your users.
• If you want a white label, self-branded version of the documentation to host at your own server please contact us.