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<td><span class="help_header">Help - Mailings</span> </td>
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<p>The Mailings menu allows you to mail and manage the messages
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that you've configured to send to specific lists. You can
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organize your mailings in folders or search for specific
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ones. You can also view and manage your users' mailings
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just as you would your own. </p>
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<p>You
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are also able to send specific mailings in shell. Pass the following,
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replacing "mailing_id" with the numeric ID of the desired mailing:<br><br>
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<b>./sendmailing --id=mailing_id</b></p>
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<p>Whenever you are viewing the Mailings menu, a small folder
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menu will be displayed in the top-left corner of the admin
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panel. </p>
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<p>- Three folders, "Queued Mailings", "Sent Items" and "Deleted
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Items" appear by default. Clicking a folder's name will
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display the mailings it contains. </p>
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<p>-
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Sub-folders can be created in the "Sent Items" folder by entering a
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name in the field provided and selecting in the drop-down menu which
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folder the sub-folder should appear in. Click "Add" to create a new
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folder. Sent mailings can be moved from folder to folder (within the
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main Sent folder). While viewing sent mailings, click the checkboxes
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beside the desired mailings, select a destination folder from the
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drop-down menu below the list of mailings, and click "Move".</p>
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<p>- Sub-folders can be modified or deleted. Click on the
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desired sub-folder's name, change its name in the field
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provided and click "Update", or click the "Delete" button.</p>
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<p><span class="helptitle">Mailings</span><br>
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The mailings menu displays records of your mailings, providing
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the ID, subject, and number of subscribers who will receive
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the mailings. Mailings in the "Queued Mailings" are displayed
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by default. If a mailing contains an attachment, this will
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be indicated by the paperclip column to the left of the
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mailing's Subject. This list can be sorted by ID or by creation
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date in ascending or descending order by clicking on the
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desired heading. Clicking on a mailing's subject will display
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details about that particular mailing, such as the From,
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Reply To and Return-path email addresses. The number of
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subscribers the mailing will be sent to is also displayed
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on this details page; click the number of subscribers to
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see a list of their email addresses. <br>
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<br>
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- To send mailings to the lists of subscribers they are configured to
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be sent to, click the checkboxes beside the desired mailings (click the
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checkbox at the top of the menu to select all mailings) and click the
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"Start Mailings" button. Note that by default all mailings are
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selected; you will have to uncheck the boxes beside mailings you do not
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wish to send. </p>
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<p>- To cancel mailings,
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click the checkboxes beside the desired mailings (click the checkbox at
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the top of the menu to select all mailings) and click the "Cancel
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Mailings" button. Note that by default all mailings are selected; you
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will have to uncheck the boxes beside mailings you do not wish to
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cancel. </p>
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<div align="justify">
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<p><span class="helptitle"><a name="search_mailing">Find Mailings</a></span><br>
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Clicking the "Find Mailing" link will display a form allowing
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you to search for specific mailings. </p>
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<p>- Enter values for the mailings you are searching for (Subject,
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From Name, etc.), and define your search parameters in the
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bottom section of the form. </p>
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<p>- You can define the maximum number of mailings you want
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the search to display in the "Maximum Hits" field. </p>
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<p>- If the "Match Any" box is checked the search will return
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all mailings containing any of the search criteria entered
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in the search form. For example, a "Match Any" search for
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mailings with "2" in the Mailing ID field and "admin" in
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the Users Email field would return all mailings which contain
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"2" in the Mailing ID field, even if they did not contain
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"admin" in the Users Email field. </p>
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<p>- Enter words that will be searched for in all fields in
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the "Keyword Search" field. </p>
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<p>- The "Sort By" drop-down menus allow you to select whether
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to sort the search results by mailing ID or subject date,
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and whether to sort the results in ascending or descending
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order. </p>
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<p><span class="helptitle"><a name="check_bounced">Check Bounced</a></span><br>
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Clicking the "Check Bounced" link will display a menu allowing you to
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login to a remote email account and manage emails sent by Gossamer List
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that were bounced. Gossamer Mail will search the POP account you
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specify for emails sent by Gossamer Mail and identify any bounced
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mails; the email address that bounced the mail will be identified and
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the matching subscriber record will be marked as bounced.</p>
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<p>- Enter the remote server name and port entered in the
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fields provided. </p>
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<p>- The "Account name" field should contain the same email
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address specified in the "Bounce Email" field in your Account
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menu. Enter that address' "Password" in the field provided.
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</p>
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<p>-
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You have the option to automatically "Delete bounced emails". If this
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box is checked, all bounced Gossamer List emails will be deleted from
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the POP account when you login to it; bounced email addresses will not
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be removed from your Gossamer List lists, to do this go to the
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"Subscribers" section of the "Lists" menu.</p>
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<p>-
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Checking the "Remember Settings" box will save your account
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information, so you will be able to instantly login to the same account
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the next time you open the "Check Bounced" menu. </p><p>- Click the "Check Bounced Emails" button to view your
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bounced emails. These emails can be viewed and managed in
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the same way as your regular sent or queued mailings. </p>
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<p>-<b>Note:</b>
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If the number of messages in the POP account exceeds the number defined
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in the max_bounced_emails setting in the Misc Setup menu, you should
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check the account from shell. Use the following script: <br>
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<td colspan="2"><br> <b>./checkbounced.pl --account=username | --host=s --u=s --p=s
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[--port=n] | --help</b><br><br>
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</td>
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<tr class="body">
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<td> --host=hostname</td>
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<td>The remote POP3 server name</td>
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<tr class="body">
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<td valign="top"> --port=110</td>
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<td>The remote POP3 port. Optional. Defaults to 110</td>
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<td>-u, --username=user</td>
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<td>POP3 email account username</td>
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<td>-p, --password=pass</td>
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<td>POP3 email account password</td>
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<td valign="top"><br>-a, --account=username </td>
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<td><br>GList account username.<br>POP3 information will be retrieved from your profile.</td>
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sendmailing.pl and checkbounced.pl are located at path_to/private/tools
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