Save Before Send dialogs

[cypherp]

First used MaxBulk Mailer on v1 (I think) on a Mac & never looked back. I have a valid serial for 8.4 on a PC at my office, but there's a bunch of things I find really irritating about it, when compared to earlier versions. In particular, the constant nagging to "save" all the time - contact lists, before sending, etc etc means I want to try to find an earlier PC version which doesn't make me click all these buttons.

I've tried entering my 8.4 serial into both 6.8 and 7.9 versions, but it's rejected - is there a way round this?

 

[stanbusk]

The software does everything to secure your lists. I handle thousands of support request yearly, MaxBulk Mailer is the result of what is being discussed there. I added a powerful crash recovery and a system to protect lists because for many, lists are gold. The crash recovery system only works if you save you stuff. I will not remove that list saving dialog, no way!

 

[cypherp]

Thanks so much for your reply - I've watched and been very impressed by your work on this program over the years - particularly the crash handling (which in the early days was vital, but I haven't had MBM crash on me for years). Like I say, the first version I used was either 1 or 2 & you've made great strides.

Here's the thing about the save dialogs: You design a mailshot in html, then start testing how it actually works in the real world. In my experience getting the design absolutely right for outlook, thunderbird, hotmail and gmail (the 4 I choose to test with) takes a minimum of 30-40 tests in all. Each time you test, you have to click to the html tab, enter the new html, click to flip over to the recipient tab, reset the full recipient list, click a confirm dialog, then click again to confirm or cancel the save settings, which is an extra 60-80 unnecessary button clicks, since I'm only testing & not putting any strain on the prog.

In one old version, I seem to remember, just clicking & unclicking the checkbox on the left of recipient used to reset the sent status of the recipient... and no save confirm dialogs. Made testing so much quicker & simpler... With all the new dialogs & clicks, each send takes maybe an extra 5 seconds, which doesn't seem much, but it really adds up over 40 tests.

 

[stanbusk]

Can you explain why you do that "click to flip over to the recipient tab, reset the full recipient list, click a confirm dialog, then click again to confirm or cancel the save settings, which is an extra 60-80 unnecessary button clicks, since I'm only testing & not putting any strain on the prog. " I ask because when I click on the reset button here I only get one confirmation dialog.