BMail - Opt-In Emailler
Index:
Overview
Installation
Sending Emails
Setup (Preferences)
List Manager
Trouble Shooting
Uninstalling
System Requirements
Overview:
Bmail is an all in one mailing list manager and email server. Use it to quickly and easily maintain your mailing list and send emails to the list.
Installation:
After downloading BMail from our website, one of the mirrors or a shareware site, simply double click on the exe file.
You will then be guided through the installation process a screen at a time.
Once the program is installed, you will need to run the program and setup your Preferernces, See the next section called Setup for details.
Setup:
After running BMail for the first time, you should press the "Preferences" button and choose your settings.
SMTP Server: The address of your SMTP server (Your ISP or host will provide this)
Test Name: The name to use when sending test emails
Test Email: The email to use when sending test emails
Log File: The name of the file to save the log of emails to
Delay: The delay in MS between sending emails, if you are sharing an ISPs SMTP server you should increase this to reduce the load on the server
Emails Per CC: The amount of emails to send in one message if you are not personalizing the messages
ToolTips: Toggles tooltips on and off throughout the program
The second section in preferences is only used if you are personalizing your emails.
The left value specifies the variable you will use in your email and the right hand value specifies the value to use if there was no value for that variable specified in your mailing list file. (leave blank to insert nothing where there was no entry in the data file)
Notes:
Authenticating Servers: some mail servers require that you check your email from the computer you send emails from before you are able to send emails from your computer. If this is the case, simply check your pop account in your normal email client on the computer BMail is installed on before using BMail.
Sending Emails:
To send emails to your list you need to have a mailing list and a message to send.
Before you send, you should use the List Manager to remove your remove requests, add new subscribers and de-duplicate the list.
To send, simply fill in the details of the email on the main window of the program and browse to your mailing list then press "Send".
You can set the priority, sensitivity as well as the standard Subject, To, From and Body.
When setting the to and from fields use this format:
Text To Appear <email@domain.com>
Be sure to use the test feature before sending your emails as you cannot take them back once they are sent.
Always include remove instructions in your emails, we recommend that you suggest that the recipient of the message reply to the message with remove in the subject.
You can then set your email client to move all emails with remove in the subject into their own folder.
You should also move all the returned email or bounced messages into either the remove folder or undeliverable folder.
When the emails are sending you can use the cancel button to stop the mailout, please be patient as it will finish sending the current email it is sending before it stops.
Note: You should always spell check your emails before sending and always send a test email to yourself to ensure it appears as you would expect.
List Manager:
The list manager is used mainly to add and remove emails from your list, it can also be used to de-duplicate, merge and edit your list.
To remove emails, simply use your email client to save all of the remove requests into a single file and use the "Remove" button in the List manager to read the file and it will automatically remove all emails from the list. (Usually done by selecting all the emails an selecting File->Save in your email client)(Be sure to de-duplicate the list before removing emails)
To add emails, simply use your email client to save all of the add requests into a single file and use the "Add" button in the List manager to read the file and it will automatically remove all emails from the list. (Usually done by selecting all the emails an selecting File->Save in your email client)(Be sure to de-duplicate the list before removing emails)
To remove duplicate entries in the list press the "Remove Dupes" button and it will remove all entries which are duplicate emails.
To merge lists, open the list you want to add the second list to and then press "Merge Lists" to load in the second list
"Clear List" can be used to clear the entire list of emails. Be careful, this cannot be undone.
Trouble Shooting:
Authenticating Servers: some mail servers require that you check your email from the computer you send emails from before you are able to send emails from your computer. If this is the case, simply check your pop account in your normal email client on the computer BMail is installed on before using BMail.
Sending Errors: Check you are connected to the internet.
Check your SMTP server address is correct
Check the email used in the from field is allowed to send emails from your SMTP server.
Uninstalling:
b To uninstall the program:
Use the Add/Remove Programs option under Start->Settings->Control Panel.
Support:
Sales Support:
Sales, Feedback or Non-Technical questions should be directed to our sales department.
Sales Support: sales@info-pack.com
Technical Support:
Technical questions should be directed to our support department.
Technical Support: support@info-pack.com
Lost Registration:
Lost registration details can be retrieved using this form:
Your registration details will be emailed to you the next working day.
System Requirements:
Pentium or greater CPU
10 MB Hard Disk Space
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
VGA or greater display
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