New Module: "Massmail"

[haarrrgh]

Hi Christian,

I simply want to send 1000 emails.
The site is now just static HTML and I use some newsletter script I found on the Internet (Jax Newsletter).

It has a solution to avoid timeouts (automatic page reload every 30 seconds while sending mails), but that doesn't work every time I send mails.

I was thinking about redoing the site with WebsiteBaker anyway, so I wondered if I could use the Massmail Module or if I have to find a solution for >1000 customers myself.
I wouldn't want to let all the customers register on the site anyway.

Of course I could use another newsletter script if I find a good one, but the Massmail module would be great because it has a built in "newsletter archive" which the customers could see on the site.

[ruebenwurzel]

Hello,

another question is what about making a WB Modul from the jax newsletter you already use? Done a short look at it seems not so hard to integrate this in WB modul. Someone interested?

Matthias

[haarrrgh]

Hi Matthias,

the problem is that Jax Newsletter doesn't always work.

Several newsletters were sent without problems, and the most recent try cause timeout errors as well:

*Fatal error*: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in */www/htdocs/.....* on line *325*

So the avoiding of timeouts (page reload after 30 seconds) doesn't work 100%.

Of course it would be possible to make a WB module out of Jax Newsletter, but it would still have timeout problems sometimes...

So I'm still searching for the perfect newsletter script

[rsmith]

Hi
The 30 seconds is a setting in the PHP ini configuration.... you can change this via php.ini or you should be able to tweak your program to change this time while sending mails...
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php
set_time_limit(300);
or
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php
ini_set('max_execution_time',"300');

most web servers also have a time limit.. Apache defaults I belive are 300 seconds...


Rob..

[Ari Lindholm]

Hi,

I would like to use the Massmail Module to send newsletters to customers.
The problem is that there are quite a lot of customers (> 1000).

I already tried several other newsletter scripts some time ago and all of them seemed to have problems with such a large amount of recipients.
The most common problem was a timeout (I think PHP makes a timeout after 30 seconds).

So my question is:
Can I use the Mass Mail Module to send mails to more than 1000 recipients?
Will it work?

IMHO: These are more like a semi-pro features/requirements so....
My suggestion for this particular need is get and use Interspire's SendStudio < http://www.interspire.com/sendstudio/ >. This cost little bit (239 USD) but it can handle over 1000 emails (i have tested), it includes f.ex. autoresponders, personalization, automatic bounce handling, whatever you may want.... It lives over PHP/MySQL environment and sends every email individually. Sending this amount mail needs special tool and price is more than reasonable. (No i'm don't have any connection for this company - i'm just happy customer...)
Massmail is quite nice or should i say suberb module... but there are limitations which are quite difficult to avoid in semi-pro use.

[DGEC]

As has been mentioned in this thread before, PHPList.com will handle your needs and has great features, including
- free, handle over 100,000 subscribers (theoretically - sounds like 10K is more reasonable), templates, automatic subscribe/unsubscribe, tracking, throttling and off-line sending (via cron) and lots more.

see : http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?t=4690&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=timeout&start=15 for someone getting set up for a cron job to send several thousand emails.

You do need PHP, but since you want to run WB, you must have PHP already

[mooseburner]

Hi fellas,

I've tried toying around with the settings of my massmail module (v. 2.4.7) and I can't seem to get it to display a list of sent messages on the frontend of the site - does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers,
Dave

[vizmotion]

Hello,

Anyone doing integration with PHPList.com and WB?

[kriskd]

Hi fellas,

I've tried toying around with the settings of my massmail module (v. 2.4.7) and I can't seem to get it to display a list of sent messages on the frontend of the site - does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers,
Dave

I installed this and tried a test message as well.  I delivered via e-mail just fine, but didn't display on the website.

However, my bigger question is if you can manage the subscription list.  I see you can enter an e-mail address and subscribe or unsubscribe it, but is it possible to view all of them so you know who is all in a group?

[daydreamer]

How do I stop it emailng me when someone signs up 

[Leilani]

Hi fellas,

I've tried toying around with the settings of my massmail module (v. 2.4.7) and I can't seem to get it to display a list of sent messages on the frontend of the site - does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers,
Dave

I installed this and tried a test message as well.  I delivered via e-mail just fine, but didn't display on the website.

However, my bigger question is if you can manage the subscription list.  I see you can enter an e-mail address and subscribe or unsubscribe it, but is it possible to view all of them so you know who is all in a group?

I have installed this mod and although at first I didn't have the ability to write HTML emails following coding placed in this very long thread, (save.php> line 109> insert>$headers = "Content-type: text/html;\r\n"; )  i managed it, and sends really well.  but I like some of the others have not been able to display the email for an archive like with the text

Has no one managed to achieve this? If someone has it would be really great if this knowledge could be passed to the php nubs (works now)

[myst]

Hi! in attachment the italian translation for this module

is there a new version around? i'm still using 2.3.4, and i'm looking for HTML email body.

[farhang8480]

hello
i install massmail but which i send email display error:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\web2\modules\massmail\save.php on line 122

Sorry!! The User Mails could not be sent.

please help me and solve my problem
thanks

[babsy]

hi...

this is proberbly a very stupid question... but where do i control the subscribe/unscribe bottom (where is it??)
 

[FruitBatInShades]

I cannot seem to get Massmail to work when locks are enabled!

Template Error: set_block: unable to set block list_block.
Halted.

Any ideas?

[ruebenwurzel]

Hello,

so you use WB 2.7 RC. The Modul is developed for 2.6.x and needs to be adapted to work with WB 2.7.

Matthias

[doc]

Hello,

the massmail module should work with WB 2.7 RC3. It does not work with WB 2.7 RC1/RC2.

Regards Christian

[FruitBatInShades]

Thanks doc works with RC3.  The english translations are wrong though. who do I email the corrections too?

[doc]

@FruitBatInShades:
Just PM me your correction or add the corrected language files as attachment in this thread. I will add them to the module.

Regards Christian

[gilly]

Hi, I hope this question hasnt already been answered...I did do a bit of searching through the thread.

I have the massmail and the newsletter modules installed on 2.6.7. Was wondering how I can see a list of the all of the members on my mailing list? Is this an option somewhere, or do I need to customise it heavily to show this.

Thanks.

[vyni]

Hi there!

I´m trying to get this thing working - but with poor results.

Just get an idea of my troubles:

V2.3.3 - mail-groups ok - not sending at all - "mail could´t be sent" or so - german language file
            Bcc-field is filled out
V2.3.4 - same result

v2.01 - creating/selecting mail-groups ok - sending failed - on page reported as sending ok - but there was nothing sent

v2.10 and v2.12 - creating/selecting mail-groups ok - sending:

    first of all - anyhow which group I select - the mail is sent only to myself
    there are no adresses in field Bcc

I can´t find a report of sent messages, an archive or what ever - is there something? Should it be?
It would be great to have the ability to open/edit an already sent mail and resend it.

when i looked at the sql-server i found
    with v2.3.4  4 tables concerning mod_massmail
    with v2.12 only 2 tables? and one of them - ....nassmail_subscr ipe were empty

The idea to install v2.3 than update via ftp to new files and reload modules helped to get german language, sending mails and having filled the field Bcc - so multi mails are sent. But there is still no archive.

Than I had a look at the received mail
In the head of the message (in Outlook-Express) I found
    Message-Id: <2008050............ ..>
               To: edv[et]spoka.at - the sender-emailadress but the receipient was someone else
    In every user, instead of f.e. Username or a unique name like "Site-member"

So what can I do to get a running massmail-module?

Ahja - I use WB2.6.7 and a quite good server....

Best regards from Vienna!

^{PS: I´m not very familiar with php (and english) - so please try to explain very easy to understand if possible. - The better way would be to pass a running mod.}

[ruebenwurzel]

Hello,

1.) Please double post the same question in different threads. Have a look at the forum rules. If you do this further we will close one.

2.) I Answered you already in the german thread. 2.3.4 is the latest version and we highly recommand not to overwrite the files from this version with older ones.

Matthias

[falkena]

Hallo,

massmail does not show up in the admin tools in wb2.7
At first i had wb2.7 rc2 installd. i was reading the forums and saw that there were some problems.

so updated wb (does not show rc2 or rc3 no more just wb2.7)
and sill it does nog show in the admin tools panel.
is there a way to fix this?

[vyni]

Sorry,

but there is still no other opinion to get it running tham mixing diff. versions.
Someone else having troubles to send mails and could give me a hint?

Best regards

[Stefek]

Is there any possibility in WB 2.7 to send WYSIWYG Mails?

I want use the Massmail Modul in combination with the Newsletter Snippet.
We have around 300+ Subscribers right now.
At the moment we use the Massmai Modul an the Newsletter Snippet in Order to collect the E-Mail adresses of the Subscribers.
But I would love to send WYSIWYG Mails directly from the Modul.

Best Regards,
Stefek