I recently upgraded one of my web sites to DNN 5.  I found a way to copy the Newsletters module to another page so that I can give access to others to send newsletters without having to put them in the Administrators group.

However, email newsletters can only be sent synchronously.  I have no problem with sending them synchronously, but is there a way to make that selection be the default?  It defaults to Async and ever time I send a newsletter, I have to expand the Advanced section and remember to change the option.

Thanks!

When I try and send using async, I get this message:

"No Messages were sent, you may want to check the Event Viewer to see if any Exceptions were logged."

When I check Event Viewer:

AssemblyVersion: 5.1.1
PortalID: 0
PortalName: LOLWhatever
UserID: 2
UserName: admin
ActiveTabID: 45
ActiveTabName: Bulk Email
RawURL: /dnn/Admin/BulkEmail.aspx
AbsoluteURL: /dnn/Default.aspx
AbsoluteURLReferrer: http://www.lolwhatever.com/dnn/Admin/BulkEmail.aspx
UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; MS-RTC LM 8)
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: 74d76973-01e1-4c40-bfca-73a12f5017d9
InnerException: The parameter 'from' cannot be an empty string. Parameter name: from
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Net.Mail.MailMessage..ctor
StackTrace:
Message: System.ArgumentException: The parameter 'from' cannot be an empty string. Parameter name: from at System.Net.Mail.MailMessage..ctor(String from, String to) at DotNetNuke.Services.Mail.Mail.SendMail(String MailFrom, String MailTo, String Cc, String Bcc, String ReplyTo, MailPriority Priority, String Subject, Mailformat Bodyformat, Encoding BodyEncoding, String Body, String[] Attachment, String SMTPServer, String SMTPAuthentication, String SMTPUsername, String SMTPPassword, Boolean SMTPEnableSSL)
Source:
Server Name: P3SWH325

It says that "from" cannot be an empty string, but it's not empty.  I'm using my regular email address in both the From and Reply To.  I know that email address works because if I change it to synchonous, it works.  I get "1 Messages were sent out successfully" and I receive the message I sent.

I did some searching on Google and found there may be a problem with replacing tokens?  So I un-checked the Replace Tokens box, tried sending async, but still got the error message.

Sorry for the late reply.  I work for a school district and school just started and it's been very hectic!

Did I review the email address of my own user account?  I just did and it's my usual Roadrunner account that I'm using.  I'm logged in as Admin, and my email account is my Roadrunner account.  When I send a Bulk Email to my "Page Editors" group (which contains just one test account that is also using my Roadrunner email address), and I use "Async", I get an error.  When it switch it to "Sync" and don't change anything else and try and send, it goes through OK.

It's very strange.  All I am changing is the radio button from Async to Sync.  This is the latest error when I try to send Async:

AssemblyVersion: 5.1.1
PortalID: 0
PortalName: LOLWhatever
UserID: 2
UserName: admin
ActiveTabID: 45
ActiveTabName: Bulk Email
RawURL: /dnn/Admin/BulkEmail.aspx
AbsoluteURL: /dnn/Default.aspx
AbsoluteURLReferrer: http://www.lolwhatever.com/dnn/Admin/BulkEmail.aspx
UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; MS-RTC LM 8)
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: e16c2cc1-a223-461e-afba-5bd552ab1f85
InnerException: The parameter 'from' cannot be an empty string. Parameter name: from
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Net.Mail.MailMessage..ctor
StackTrace:
Message: System.ArgumentException: The parameter 'from' cannot be an empty string. Parameter name: from at System.Net.Mail.MailMessage..ctor(String from, String to) at DotNetNuke.Services.Mail.Mail.SendMail(String MailFrom, String MailTo, String Cc, String Bcc, String ReplyTo, MailPriority Priority, String Subject, Mailformat Bodyformat, Encoding BodyEncoding, String Body, String[] Attachment, String SMTPServer, String SMTPAuthentication, String SMTPUsername, String SMTPPassword, Boolean SMTPEnableSSL)
Source:
Server Name: P3SWH325