A new version of Opt In Email V2.6 was just released. The latest enhancements include the ability to schedule newsletter distribution (including only sending out a limited number of emails each hour untill all emails have been distributed.). New features also include the ability to set the distribution security roles on each particular opt in category. Here are the full details below.

Opt In Email Distribution DotNetNuke Module

The Opt In Email module allows administrators to create 'Opt In' categories and distribution lists. Users of the system can easily select which distribution list(s) they would like to Opt In/Out of. Maintenance and reports are available for administrators, and an enhanced version of 'Newsletters' is included so you can easily distribute to your Opt In lists.

• Setup as many Opt In categories as you would like
• Settings for each Opt In module can select display all of the Opt In Categories, or a selected few (Nice if you like to have different areas of your site(s) have different opt in categories)
• Settings to also optionally collect the users First/Last name besides their email address
• Settings to optionally verify the users email address after Opting In.
• Allow existing users to manage their Opt In settings. After they enter their email address, it will send them a link to the system
• Manage Users/Lists module to add, maintain users/categories
• Each area of the site and each email distributed through the system is customizable within the system. Additionally you can include parameters within the emails send to users -i.e. Dear $(FirstName), ...
• Reports for Opt In List(s) including ability to export Opt In Lists/Users to Excel
• Settings for email subject lines, email messages, and mail SMTP settings

Whats New? Enhancements In V2.6

•  Now schedule newsletters to be distributed on a particular date / time -many options for scheduling newsletters including the ability to specify an amount of emails to be distributed per scheduled distribution. For example, send only 100 emails per hour until the distribution finishes. Specify the scheduler to run every based on any time frame (By minute, my hour, by day, etc...)
•  Additional logging features for scheduling, distributions can be sent in test module where the emails will go to a specified test email.
•  New opt in email category options for sort order and distribution security role. 

Enhancements In V2.5

•  Previous Module - Previous Newsletters. Utilize the Previous Newsletter module to display previous newsletters distributed through the advanced newsletter module automatically. When creating a newsletter to go out just select if you would like for it to appear in the user-facing previous newsletter module.
• Import List feature. Import lists directly from excel/csv file directly into the categories specified. Additional importing features allow you to import all users within a DotNetNuke Role. Concerned about importing duplicates? Don't worry, the Opt In Email List Import will only import new email address's.

• Many other new and extended features including additional administration settings, more opt out email options, and a new quicker data layer. 

 

Enhancements In V2.0...

• ‘Simple Opt In’ extra module that only includes the very limited basics (no managing opt in info or other items that fill up the page). This new module is useful for a right or left column on a home page or to just keep it simple on any page.
• Ability to include Extended Fields for the Opt In Email module. Extended fields can be in the form of a textbox (long, short, multiline), dropdownlist, checkbox, or radio buttons. Full reporting and maintenance can be done on these extended field items.
•  Portal specific maintenance - maintain lists, categories, and extended questions tied specifically to the portal. Only Super User Accounts can change or maintain other lists/categories and what portal they are tied to.
•  Several enhancements to layout and design. You maintain the text for ‘Subscribe Me’ link and ‘Go’ link. Additional settings allow you to have the labels and fields displayed on same line or separate line.

Advanced Newsletter

•  Maintain and view previous newsletters sent out through the system along with who they were distributed to.
•  Easily select from a previous newsletter to start a new newsletter from a template
•  Enhanced newsletter parameters. Include variables with each newsletter for the user (i.e., Dear $(FirstName)…)
•  Additional Opt Out features included so that users can opt out of a particular category, or opt out of all categories

 

Opt In Email / Email Management DotNetNuke Module

 

Mariette,

Hi. Alex is working on updating the documentation as I type, at the very latest he should have something updated by the end of the week. I can explain any functionality questions you have.

Two major features within opt in email categories

* Sort order - this really should have been there before, this sets the order the cateogires appear in for the user-facing side.

* Distribution Security Role - This allows you to set a security role that is allowed to distribute newsletters for this category. This allows you to offer the Advanced Newsletter module to multiple users and they would only have rights to distribute emails to certain categories. Host users will automatically be able to distribute to all portals and Admin users are able to distribute to all categories within the portal.

Within Advanced Newsletters:

The major features here are the ability to schedule newsletters. Just make sure you set a total amount to send per schedule. What this does:

* Lets say you have the scheduler process run every hour and you distribute a newsletter to 5000 subscribers. If the total amount to send per schedule is 1000 then it would distribute the email/newsletter to 1000 subscribers each hour and would finally complete at five hours. This is useful if you have any restrictions on your server or would like to only send out a certain amount at a time. We have tested this distributing to over 20,000 email address's without any major performance issues!

* The other import items within scheduling are the ability to log different items during distribution. Keep in mind that logging would slow things down and add to the log file but it can be useful.

* Use 'Test Mode' and 'Test Email' for testing. This feature would generate each email for the subscriber but would send to the test email instead of the actual subscriber. This is useful if you are wanting to see exactly the email they would receive including the opt out links etc.

-Chad

 

I see that this is posted in the Announcement forum and that may not be the place to discuss this. Can you send a private mail to mariette at smallbizserver dot net?