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7/3/2006 1:20 PM
 

OnyakTech released a new module to BETA June 30, 2006.  This is a Microsoft Outlook Add-in that allows you to do mass emailing to all of your DotNetNuke users from Outlook.  Subscribers may download the beta from the Members area now.  Report all bugs and/or feature requests here.

At this time, using OnyakTech Mail Merge you can send professional looking newsletters to your DNN users in both Text or HTML format.  The production release will have all of the basic features of any mail merge utility along with user filtering, role expiration notifications, easy unregister links, SPAM keyword detection, attachments, etc.

If this is something you can use, subscribe and get involved in the beta testing of this module by clicking here.

- Subscribers Only :: OnyakTech Mail Merge is not FREE -


Re: New Module: Outlook Mail Merge (Beta) - Get Involved Old Post
This sounds interesting - Doesn't outlook have some function built in to stop sending email in bulk due to spam regulations?

I have two different IP addresses - well, more than that - but my outlook uses my ISP mail settings - does it send through that account?  I know that some of ISP's that provide internet connections don't have correct reverse dns entries setup, hence mail on volume could be grey/blacklisted.

And, my own server - my linux mail server, isn't setup for relay from that IP address, only through my server IP's on the network.

Will this handle situations like this?

Nina Meiers

// Edit - dang.. I just broke my own rule - didn't see which forum it was in.. Can you please put a post in the Lets Chat About it forum for further discussion.   Thanks - Nina


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7/3/2006 2:00 PM
 

First, Outlook does not prevent you from mass emailing. 

Second, OnyakTech Mail Merge for DNN doesn't have anything to do with the outbound email in Microsoft Outlook.  I know that may not make sense, but OnyakTech Mail Merge collects data from your web site and then passes it Outlook with the email content you specify.  Outlook handles all email processing.

So to answer your question....  No, OnyakTech Mail Merge can not handle the situation you have put forward.  It is not a messaging server,  it doesn't handle MX records, etc.

That is something you need to handle on your own or with your network administrator.  Microsoft Outlook can handle multiple email accounts and OnyakTech Mail Merge uses the active account.... so you can send emails using any account you have setup in Outlook.

If your web site hosting provider limits your connection on port 25, then you may want to consider changing your MX record to point to a Microsoft Exchange hosting provider.  Or... setup your own exchange server and change your MX record.

Hosting providers are usually slow at processing email and may put limitations on you to prevent bottlenecks in their network.   So it is always better to have a dedicated email server or at least an email provider.

There are a LOT of Exchange Server providers out there that only charge $20 a month.  Includes all kinds of features and they are always fast and secure.



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7/3/2006 2:00 PM
 

For clarity's sake, could you please state that this not a free module?


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