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Changelog

This changelog lists every released version of Mail Log, the most recent first.

This page is generated automatically from the product's changelog file when a release is made. Changes made by hand are lost at the next synchronisation.

Version 1.1.0 – 19 September 2026

Added

    Mail Log now comes in two versions: the free one and the Pro version. The Free version does everything you know today. Every entry now shows the Message-ID the mail left the mail server under. You can search for it too. Pro version: GDPR information and erasure requests now cover the mail log too — through Joomla's own privacy administration. Pro version: On request a periodic summary arrives by e-mail: how much went out, what failed, and whether anything changed about your sender domain. Pro version: If a send fails, the message goes out over a second account straight away — and if that does not work either, it is retried automatically later. The dashboard now shows a traffic light for SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MX of your sender domain. It tells you whether your mail passes as genuine at all. Pro version: Failed sends can also be reported over a web address — to a chat room, for instance. A message about broken mail rarely arrives by mail. Pro version: Particular messages can be sent over a different outgoing mail server than the rest — newsletters apart from order confirmations, for instance. In the Free version a card on the dashboard and on the queue page advertises the Pro version. The log screens stay free of it. Pro version: Every domain health finding now comes with what to enter in order to fix it. Domain health is on by default and runs once, the first time you open the dashboard. Pro version: Below the credentials of a second send route there is now a "Test the connection" button. It checks what you have just entered, without saving. Domain health has a screen of its own. The dashboard panel now only shows which check is failing. Pro version: There you see, for each check, what is actually in your domain's DNS — and what to change when something is wrong.

    Changed

      Domain health now explains, in both versions, what SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MX are actually about. Pro version: Every finding now says in plain words what to do — and a section of its own explains where such a record goes and which three fields to fill in. The two editions are now called Free version and Pro version everywhere — the same names the shop uses. The interface is tidier: the options have seven tabs instead of sixteen, and every screen leads to the other two. The dashboard shows volume for the last 30 days, with domain health beside it instead of below. Pro version: In the Joomla menu under Components the Pro version now reads "Mail Log Pro".

      Fixed

        A deleted DKIM selector kept its old finding. Domain health therefore showed DKIM twice. If the outgoing mail server fails completely, the mail now shows up in the log as failed. Until now it was missing entirely. The title of the options screen showed an internal key instead of "Mail Log Options". After an update the browser sometimes still served the old styling until you force-reloaded the page. That no longer happens. The notification about a failed send showed internal abbreviations instead of text.

        Notes

          The ID is recorded from the update onwards. Older entries leave the line empty. Pro version: On an erasure request the log entries are removed for good. Check beforehand whether a statutory retention period applies. Pro version: The report is off by default. Switch it on under "Report" in the options and create the "Send report" task in the scheduler. Pro version: Queue and backup route are off by default. Switch them on in the options and create the "Work through the queue" task in the scheduler. The panel runs one check by itself the first time you open it. For a daily check, create the "Check domain health" task in the scheduler. Pro version: The second channel is off by default. Enter the address under "Alerts" in the options. The recipient addresses of the failed message leave your site in the process. Pro version: Send routes are off by default and the only setting with which Mail Log interferes with ordinary sending. Read the manual chapter before switching them on. Pro version: No test mail is sent: the connection is established and the login checked, nothing more. In the Free version the Pro version's settings are shown but locked.

          Version 1.0.5 – 18 September 2026

          Fixed

          • On PHP 8.5 every page showed warnings about outdated functions at the top. They are gone.
          • The links in the overview panel always led to the German manual. They now follow the configured language.

          Version 1.0.4 – 12 August 2026

          Changed

          • The installation details of the three parts were cleared of entries that had no effect, so that the package passes the review of the Joomla! Extensions Directory.

          Fixed

          • An English message in the overview ended with a superfluous space.

          Version 1.0.3 – 1 August 2026

          Changed

          • The package and its three parts now carry meaningful names in the extension manager; technical abbreviations stood there before.

          Version 1.0.2 – 31 July 2026

          Added

          • Emails from command line and scheduler runs are logged; nothing was captured there before.
          • The option "logged contexts" now actually takes effect. With no selection, every context is still logged.
          • The list points out entries from earlier versions that cannot contain a message text, and links them for deletion.

          Changed

          • Downloading the raw message now additionally requires the permission "view message text". Groups without it lose the download; super users are not affected.
          • New installations log completely out of the box: full message text, raw message and mails with a sensitive subject as well. Existing installations keep their settings.

          Fixed

          • The message text of logged emails always stayed empty. It is captured again, as are attachments, reply-to, headers and the error message of failed deliveries.
          • Resending from the log works again — without a stored message text it was not possible.
          • With encrypted storage the masking patterns for sensitive content never took effect. Masking now happens before encrypting.
          • On fresh installations nothing was masked although the options showed two masking patterns as active.
          • The detection of HTML messages now also covers multipart messages and a plain-text alternative that has been set.
          • With a truncated message text stored, the detail view did not show the original size.
          • Saving the options made attachments from versions before 0.1.0 inaccessible because their storage location was lost.
          • The options button appeared for groups without the necessary permission and refused the click.

          Version 1.0.1 – 31 July 2026

          Added

          • After an installation or update an overview panel appears with version, status and entry points to getting started, download key and manual.
          • A click on "Enable updates" leads straight to the update sites, already filtered to missing download keys.
          • The extension manager now shows the list of changes behind the version number.

          Language

          • The messages shown during installation and update are available in German and English.

          Version 1.0.0 – 20 July 2026

          Added

          • Initial release.

          Deutsche Fassung