Release Notes

Release: 5.30.5324.4650

Updates With This Release

Improvements

• ONLINE Beefree is now supported as an alternate editor alongside the existing PoliteMail Builder, with full support for templates, personalization, preflight testing, and tracking!

General Fixes

• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where user passwords were reset when the authentication mode was changed.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where large .csv imports would time out.
• DESKTOP Fixed an issue where users were prompted to Authenticate w/ MS Graph when sending without Measurement.
• ONLINE The functionality of the 'Open in M365' button in PoliteMail Online has been improved and made more consistent.

Message Sending

• DESKTOP Fixed an issue where Text/Content would disappear from a received copy of a message when additional content was added below it. 
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where sending to large distribution lists in the To and CC fields caused Message Sending to freeze.

PoliteMail Editor

• ONLINE Fixed an issue where images in a Footer template section would not resize.
• ONLINE A number of adjustments have been made to the handling of Template Sections to make them easier to work with.

Metrics & Reporting

• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where the Campaign click rate would drop if a message that contained no links was added to the Campaign.
• DESKTOP Fixed an issue where the survey page would not respond or display correctly when responding to Feedback items.

Previous Fixes in Version 5.25

Improvements

• DESKTOP ONLINE When importing a .csv list, you no longer have to make sure the column header for the email address is named "Email"; you can map the field regardless of name.
• DESKTOP We've added a warning message when trying to edit another person's Draft.
• ONLINE You can now set a display name for a From address!
• We've improved the language clarity in the alerts and permission request messages you receive.
• Various UI components have been improved for the Safari browser experience on a Mac.

General Fixes

• Fixed an issue where requesting support was being blocked by a message size warning in some cases.
• Fixed an issue where an exception was being generated for Magick.NET on new serverless deployments.
• Fixed an issue where the Graph mailer could not be started manually.
• Fixed an issue with the API where the SentMessages endpoint did not list tags applied to messages.
• Fixed an issue where manually adding a User to the Approved Froms grid would not remove them as Pending.

Message Sending

• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where displaying updated names, businesses or regions for Brand Themes required users to log out and back in again.
• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where Umlaut/Diacritics did not render correctly after a page is refreshed.
  
• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where Pre-Flight test sends were not being deleted even if the deletion setting has been turned on.
• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where beacons were not being cleansed when messages were being forwarded and Embed Images was set to false.
• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where empty Drafts were being created when the subject contained only numbers.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where lists using the previous Filtering feature were not filtering correctly in the new version.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where a Message could not be added to a Campaign when Select All is used in the Messages list.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where opening a Draft to Schedule a Send reflected the time in the past when the Draft was initially created.
  
• ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where a Template was being created when sending a 'Request Support' message to PoliteMail with specific From Verification settings enabled.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where Lists that were not mail-enabled appeared empty and without a display name in the Address Book, and an error appeared when added to the To: field.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where bcc recipients where not displayed when clicked on if the Message was saved as a Draft.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where videos were not displaying in a received copy of a message sent from PoliteMail Online.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where text alignment was not being accepted in a saved Template Section.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where changing editors caused the header width to change.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where a Preflight Test Send showed an invalid From Address error even though the message sent successfully.
• M365 Fixed an issue where error messages were being incorrectly displayed when sending a message.
• M365 Fixed an issue where links could not be created or edited in the Safari browser.

PoliteMail Editor

• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where Paragraphs were not taking on Brand Theme fonts when added to Template Sections.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where text in a Template Section was being highlighted when the button is clicked to insert a table.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where the background color sets to the chosen font color when the backround color is set to white.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where changing the text of a button kept the link but removed the button.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where the <del> key was not deleting highlighted text.
• ONLINE Fixed inconsistencies with buttons, template sections, link colors, background colors, and image resizing.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where URLs were being flagged as invalid with query parameters or manually entered links.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where Feedback item text displayed pre-linked.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where pasting from Word into the Builder when using Safari made the text appear above the Template.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where Templates created in older versions were stretching out to the full width of the window.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where viewing a sent message made up of multiple Template Sections could be saved as one item instead of being able to save each component individually.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where joystick controls for moving up and down did not function when opened in PoliteMail Online.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where multiple uses of adding and saving Paragraphs would create an error.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue with Brand Themes where the font size of a subheading was not being retained.
• ONLINE Removed references to Outlook desktop tools when previewing a Brand Theme.
• ONLINE Fixed an issue where the Brand Theme placeholder did not show when the background color was white.
• M365 Fixed an issue where Template components could not be inserted after inserting headers.
• M365 Fixed an issue where Template components could not be inserted in succession.

Metrics & Reporting

• Industry benchmarks have been updated with 2024 data!
• Fixed an issue where Multi-Comparison reports were generating an error.
• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where the graph showing the Read Time by hour of day was missing data.
• DESKTOP ONLINE M365 Fixed an issue where drill-down details appeared blank for 'likely forward' counts.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where no display name appeared in message reports of From Permission requests.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where some metrics were missing from the Account Report.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where benchmark data was not loading in a Multi-Comparison report.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue were cc and bcc recipients were not being displayed when a sent message was being viewed.
• DESKTOP ONLINE Fixed an issue where 'Hidden' was displayed in the columns of the From list.