What’s New in LISTSERV® Maestro 4.0

This section highlights the new features for the System Administrator in LISTSERV® Maestro 4.0.

Switching Between Interfaces

A new single sign-on feature is now available for the administrator, allowing one-click access to both the HUB and LUI. For details, see Section 1.4 Accessing the Hub Administrator Interface.

New Look and Feel

The Administration HUB now has a new look and feel that makes it easy to perform administration tasks. For details, see Section 1.5 Understanding the Hub Administrator Interface.

Enabling Action Tracking

You can now track actions that a user performs on a “target” website. For details on enabling for the User Interface, see Section 5.2 Application Default Settings and Section 7.4.2 Editing Component Specific Settings for Single and Group Users.

Enabling the Job Data Export Feature

It is now possible to export a specific job or range of jobs depending on access parameters. The export is triggered by making a request to an external access URL and results in an export file in XML format. For details on enabling the external access setting for a user account or group, see Section 7.4.2 Editing Component Specific Settings for Single and Group Users.

Monitoring Your System Metrics

LISTSERV Maestro now monitors your system metrics, which gives you access to status reports and helps you monitor the amount of free disk space on the installation disk. For details on enabling, see Section 5.1 Application Settings. For details on using this new feature, see Section 8.2.2 System Metrics and Section 8.2.3 System Metrics Reports.

Defining the Hosted Data Import Restrictions

The data administrator can now save predefined “recipient importers” and import recipients directly into the Recipient Warehouse. Because of this, the Hosted Data settings have been updated. For details, see Section 5.2 Application Default Settings and Section 7.4.2 Editing Component Specific Settings for Single and Group Users.

Behavioral Changes to the Toolbar

In the User Interface, the behavior of the Dataset menu on the Toolbar has been updated to accommodate those who may need to access this menu while working with lists. Because of this, there are several changes to the Toolbar. For details, see Section 8.1.1 Behavioral Changes to the Toolbar.

SSL Cipher Support

SSL ciphers are now supported by LISTSERV Maestro. For details, see Section 18.3.9 Supported SSL Cipher Suites.

Mixing SSL and Non-SSL Access on One Server (Mixed Mode)

It is now possible to secure some users/groups with SSL (using https://) while other users/groups are not secured (using http://). To facilitate this new feature, several changes had to made to the previous admin settings and configurations. Because of this, please review this manual in it’s entirety if you are configuring a Maestro instance. Some main topics you should pay close attention to are:

•	Section 14.2.1 Configuring the HTTP Port

•	Section 14.2.2 Configuring the HTTPS Port

•	Section 20 Editing LISTSERV Maestro INI Files

•	Section 18 Securing Access with SSL, with emphasis on

•	Section 18.3.6 Making LISTSERV Maestro Aware of the Server Certificate ,

•	Section 18.3.7 Securing a Server with Multiple Host Names ,

•	and the new Section 18.3.8 Mixing SSL and Non-SSL Access on One Server (Mixed Mode)

URL Settings and Other Hosted Data Changes

The Tracking URL screen has been replaced by the URL Settings screen, which is where you define the various URLs used by the User Interface. Because of this new screen, please note the following changes as well:

•	To define the subscriber pages URL, instead of using the Hosted Data Settings screen, you will now use the new URL Settings screen.

•	Previously, when you wanted to define the login restrictions host name you would use the Login Restrictions screen. This screen has been removed, and any login restrictions are now defined on the new URL Settings screen.

For details on this new screen, see Section 5.2.1 Default URL Settings and Section 7.4.2 Editing Component Specific Settings for Single and Group Users.

Emergency Admin HUB Access

Under certain circumstances, the administrator may not be able to login to the Administration HUB using the normal Maestro User Interface login page. If this happens, and the problem stems from an incorrect configuration in the HUB, then the administrator can now have direct login access to the HUB in order to fix this problem. For details, see Section 31 Emergency Admin HUB Access.

Moving a LISTSERV Maestro Installation

Sometimes it is necessary to replace the hardware on which a LISTSERV Maestro instance is installed, or to move a LISTSERV Maestro installation from one server to another. For details, see Section 23 Moving a LISTSERV Maestro Installation.

Configuring Maestro to Bind to Different HTTP Ports on Different IP Addresses

You can now configure LISTSERV Maestro to bind to different ports on different IP addresses, if necessary. For details, see Section 15 Defining the IP Addresses and HTTP Ports.

Sharing a Server with IIS

You can now configure LISTSERV Maestro to act as a backend server behind IIS. For details, see Section 32 Sharing a Server with IIS.

Configuring Aliases for Access URLs

You can now configure aliases for the access URLs in the Administrative HUB. For details, see Section 5.2.1 Default URL Settings and Section 7.4.2 Editing Component Specific Settings for Single and Group Users.