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SteveT
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| 02-10-2008 6:39 PM |
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After a review of this sites user base, I noticed a significant number of user accounts that were imported from the old ArGoStuff site that have not logged on since I took over the forum. At this point I decide it was timeAdministrative to "Clean Up" the user database. This started Operation "Clean House". I have broken this operation down to four phases.
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Administrative Message - Send out an administrative email to anyone who has not logged in since 15 December 2006. This message informed them of the change of the ArGoStuff site and requested that they log on to the site and update their profiles. Any account that has not been logged in 15 February 2008 would be deleted. |
Completed 15 Jan 08
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Bounced Emails - This was expected. Any email that bounce, that user account was deleted. I will note that there were some creative email address used that were non-existent. This is one of the reasons we require valid email addresses when registering with the site. |
Completed 01 Feb 08 |
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Delete unused Accounts - Any account that has not logged on since 15 December 2006 will be deleted. |
Completed 16 Feb 2008 |
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Email Probe - In the future, I will be sending out an email probe to check for invalid email addresses. What happens to those accounts that bounce have yet to be determined. As I know from time to time servers can go down, I may wait a specific time period and try those that bounce again. |
Pending -TBA |
| Emails Sent |
3,005 |
| Bounced Emails |
737 |
| User Accounts Deleted |
737+ |
| Auto Responders |
7 |
| White List Confirmations |
32 |
| White List Confirmations -Failed |
1 |
| Manual Follow ups |
3 |
+ =Some email addresses had multiple user accounts associated with it. Therefore all accounts associated with a bounced email were deleted.
As a side note, The emails were sent using a VB Script that read the ArGoStuff User Database, and created a CDONTS mail message, which was sent to my ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET Edition. In my opinion, with 3,005 outbound messages, 737 bounces and the other replies mentioned above, plus my normal server load, I feel that the ArGo .NET Edition did a great job of handling the load.
What are your thoughts on this topic?
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Steve Topilnycky
Top Cat Computing
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SteveT
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ArGoNuke Rear Admiral
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| 02-16-2008 2:05 PM |
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| I have updated the chart that I posted in the previous message. Today 2147 user accounts were deleted. Those were dormant accounts who had logged in since the forum change over (15 Dec 2006), and did not respond to the administrative message that was sent on 15 Jan 2008. An additional 8 accounts were deleted that had registered but never verified. We are now at 996 users. 121 users responded to the administrative email, and I thank you for taking the time to log in and update. |
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Regards,
Steve Topilnycky
Top Cat Computing
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We are launching mid-summer promotion with our Mail Server .NET. You can upgrade, or get a new license for $50.00 less until July 15 2008.
| | 7/4/2008 9:36:35 AM |
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| ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET v1.0.5.2 | |
Mail Server
- Added Available Updates checking. Of course, it will show up only after we release
the next version... If new version is avialable, a link will be displayed on the bottom of
the UI, suggesting to upgrade
- "SMTP Log In" will be no longer be registered in the last login database, because it causes
confusion when the web interface displays last login protocol;
- Updated help files, now they reflect new Remoting services;
Web Interface
- "Wiping" of trash folder now works. With each login, messages, located in the
trash folder, and older than 3 days will be wiped out;
| | 6/16/2008 8:45:05 AM |
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| ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET v1.0.5.1 | |
Mail Server
- Fixed a bug from 1.0.5.0 - was impossible to add domain groups and domains from the
UI;
Web Interface
- Created a
page for localized resource files. If you are willing to contribute
your resources, we would be very thankful;
- It turns out, major IMAP clients do not allow rename of the Inbox folder. They display
localized name of Inbox, but an actual name of folder on the server stays "Inbox".
Now the web interface will allow the same - you can specify the name of inbox, but it will be
just a display name, how it will appear on the web interface. It will keep compatibility with
IMAP clients;
- CC and BCC headers on the Write Email page are now initially hidden.
- When accessing the web interface initially, user will be prompted to enter
default SMTP server address;
| | 6/3/2008 11:43:33 AM |
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| ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET v1.0.5.0 | |
Web Interface
It is a major change, even though there are no significant changes in the "look and feel" of the web interface.
- Now all the communication with mail server is performed via a remoting object, which is hosted in the
mail server.
- It allows to run the mail server and the web interface on separate
computers;
- Eliminates access right problems to directories and databases;
- Web interface no longer requires SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server Express on the
computer where it runs;
- Something you've been asking for very long time!
Now users can send out HTML messages
- Almost entire text that appears in the UI is placed in resource files, allowing
easy localization of string resources;
- When going out, mail is relayd to mail server via SMTP, instead of going directly to outbox. It ensures,
that all server plugins are called, and all server generated headers (including Domain Keys) are properly inserted;
- Server and Domain Group administration temporarily are not available. We will be releasing
new separate web application, which will be doing that. Currently, you still can use old version of
web interface for administering server via web, old and new version can co-exist peacefully;
Mail Server
- Now each account has No SMTP access flag, allowing to have "incoming only" accounts; Works only when
SMTP authentication is enabled;
- Optimized the load of Edit Domain Group box. In earlier versions it was taking long time, because
that calculation of the usage was being performed at the box load. Now calculation will be not perfomed,
unless user clicks Calculate Usage link;
Following changes are related to the major change of the web interface (see above):
- Added remoting object, which is used to communicate with the web interface;
- Added Default Content-Type field to users, allowing them to select in which
initial state is the Compose Mail message body editor: plain text or HTML;
- Now each user can select the name for their Inbox.
Useful when creating localized versions.
| | 5/30/2008 11:18:43 PM |
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