Update to ASP script file for web servers

This notice applies to you if you use JangoMail's "Connect to Internet Web Site Database" feature to pull email address data in real-time from your web site's database.

We've updated the web server script file that is used to allow JangoMail to connect to your web / database platform. This update applies to those customers using one of these three platforms:

• Active Server Page web site / Any ODBC compliant database
• Active Server Page web site / Microsoft SQL Server Database
• Active Server Page web site / Microsoft Access Database

This update does not apply to the PHP / MySQL platform, because the w_4.php file has never used the EnDeCrypt algorithm used in the w_x.asp files.

What is the update?

The update eliminates the EnDeCrypt encryption algorithm that was previously used in the w_x.asp files. The EnDeCrypt algorithm present in the w_x.asp files is an outdated encryption/decryption mechanism that we have deprecated in favor of using standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security with the https protocol.

If you retrieve the appropriate w_x.asp file now from the Extract From My Database tab of JangoMail, the new w_x.asp file will no longer contain the lines of code that perform the decryption. If you have made your own custom modifications to the script file on your web server, you can update the file manually. Or, you can retrieve the updated file from JangoMail directly.

After the updated file is in place, you must click a button at the top of the Extract From My Database tab which will tell JangoMail to stop encrypting data using the EnDeCrypt algorithm when passing information to your web server.

To update your w_x.asp file manually:

1. Comment out or delete the lines that perform the EnDeCrypt decryption.
2. Deleting the RC4Initialize subroutine and EnDeCrypt function.
3. Comment out or delete the two array declarations, "Dim sbox(255)" and "Dim key(255)"
4. Click the button that appears at the top of the Extract From My Database page to update your JangoMail account so that data is no longer encrypted with EnDeCrypt before it's passed to your web server.

To retrieve the updated w_x.asp file from JangoMail:

1. Login to your JangoMail account.
2. Click the Extract From My Database tab.
3. Click "retrieve the web server file" and follow the directions to download the appropriate file.
4. Click the button that appears at the top of the Extract From My Database page to update your JangoMail account so that data is no longer encrypted with EnDeCrypt before it's passed to your web server.

Do I have to update my w_x.asp file?

We highly recommend that you do the update as soon as possible. The old versions of w_x.asp, with the EnDeCrypt mechanism, will continue to work through the end of the year. In early 2009, the option to use a w_x.asp file with the EnDeCrypt routines will no longer exist.

One final note:

There is a benefit to updating if you maintain multiple JangoMail accounts. The old w_x.asp files, with the EnDeCrypt mechanism, made use of a private key that was hard coded inside the routines, and a private key was unique to a single JangoMail account. Once you update to the new w_x.asp files, there will be no hard coded key, and this will allow the same version of the w_x.asp file to be used with multiple JangoMail accounts.

Feature Update: Link JangoMail to Multiple Salesforce Accounts

We have expanded our Salesforce integration so that you can now connect one JangoMail account to multiple Salesforce accounts.

Now, if you have multiple Sales Agents that use their own Salesforce accounts, they can all use the same JangoMail account for sending.

How do you set this up?

1. From inside Salesforce, click the "JangoMail" tab. If you login to an existing JangoMail account, then the Salesforce account from which you logged in will be ADDED to that JangoMail account's list of linked Salesforce accounts.
   
2. Go to My Options --> Salesforce --> Account Settings. Now instead of the previous single line text field that stored a single Salesforce User ID, there is a text box that can store multiple Salesforce User IDs. Type in any additional IDs here, each on a separate line.
   
   

This multiple connection only works one direction, however. You currently CANNOT have multiple JangoMail accounts linked to the same Salesforce account. A Salesforce account can only be linked to one JangoMail account, but a JangoMail account can be linked to multiple Salesforce accounts.

Image Library Now Accepts .MOV Files

JangoMail has expanded the Image Library so that you can now upload Quicktime .MOV files. Once stored, you may create links in your messages that reference the hosted files much as you would a PDF or other non-image file.

JPG and GIF files remain the only image file types that are recognized by the HTML Editor's Insert Image function because they are the file types that are viewable across most HTML-capable e-mail clients.

Other file types are accepted into the library for hosting. Our tutorial on linking to hosted files (PDFs and others) can be downloaded here.

Bug Fix: JangoMail for Salesforce Personalization Fields

JangoMail has corrected field misalignment that was occurring when sending to campaigns with members from both leads and contacts.

The error resulted in problems with personalization fields not properly matching during sending.

This is now fixed. As a result of the change we have made, some personalization syntax has changed slightly. Before, when you pulled from Contacts, Leads, or Campaigns, the fieldnames would have "Contact." or "Lead." prefixing the actual field's name. So "Contact.FirstName" and "Contact.LastName" for example were the field names. As a part of this fix, the field names are no longer prefixed by the table name. These would simply now be "FirstName" and "LastName" alone.

New Feature: Pre-Process Campaigns Now

You can now choose to have your campaigns pre-process messages scheduled to be sent at a later date when you click on Send E-mail, allowing this task to process in advance and speed later sending.

Every JangoMail campaign starts with "pre-processing," the period where the system creates your final recipient list and assigning your campaign to our bank of senders. We start with building the list of all addresses to which you are attempting to send your message. Then, we cross-check that list for unsubscribes, bounces, duplicates, and invalid addresses.

If you will not be sending your campaign "Now," but at a later date, you can now elect to go ahead and let this pre-processing step take place now so that when the time comes to send out the campaign itself, there won't be any time spent waiting on pre-processing to complete.

How do you use this feature? When you schedule your campaign, just check the box to pre-process now.



Why would this benefit you? If you are sending to a large number of recipients (hundreds of thousands) and/or to a large number of Groups, this period can extend to several hours, based upon the amount of work the system must do to generate your final recipient list.

Security Update: Enhanced Action Logging

JangoMail's internal activity logs now record the paths taken by clients as they work within the JangoMail application. This record of page views both enhances security and aids your JangoMail Support team.

If you suspect that an unauthorized person (former employee, unauthorized employee, etc.) has been accessing your account, it will be easier to track.

From a support perspective, your support team can now review the logs to see what path you've taken as you've navigated through the site on your task -- so we can see where you've been and where you need to be!