By default, GroupMail is set to process messages over Port 25. Sometimes, mail servers use other ports. Gmail, for example, uses Port 587 – as do a number of other providers.
To change the SMTP Port settings in GroupMail, click on “Tools”, “Account Manager” and “Modify” to edit the settings of your GroupMail Sender Account.
On the Account Properties screen, click the “Delivery Options” tab and click the “Advanced” button at the bottom of the screen.
Then, simply highlight the SMTP Port Number and change it to the Port number used by your provider.
Some mail servers require a secure SSL connection. If this is the case, ensure that you check the “Server requires and SSL connection” box.
Today was D-day for our Infacta Shave or Dye event in support of the Irish Cancer Society. The pressure was on, as the Irish team stepped up to the plate early. It was my turn today!
Our team at Infacta is happily (if not somewhat reluctantly) participating in the Shave or Dye event on February 18th. On that day, Infacta employees will either shave their heads or dye the hair on top of it.
Although we love our collective hair; we like the thought of helping to find a cure for cancer more and we want to take part to raise awareness of the continued need for support in cancer research and treatment.
We will provide before and after photos and video of the events, which will take place both in our Ireland and US offices on February 18th. You can keep up with our progress and, most importantly, donate to our cause on our GroupMail blog.
Although most email recipients today receive HTML email, some prefer to receive a text-only version of your message. GroupMail allows senders to include an automatically generated text version of their HTML message or a custom text-only message part for those recipients who prefer text-only format. If you create a text-only part for your message, then that portion will display only when recipients have their email clients set to view text-only format.
More importantly, the text will display to antispam filters who check the image/HTML to text ratio. Adding a text-only part to your HTML message will help to satisfy this criteria of antispam filters.
To create a text-only portion for your next email campaign, simply click on the Plain Text Message Part tab at the bottom of GroupMail’s message editor when composing your message.
Here, you can select to have GroupMail auto-generate a text version or create your own custom text version which is neatly formatted for text-only recipients.
The holiday season is really on top of us again. Today is the 5th day of Chanukah and Christmas is 9 days away! Oy Vey!
If you have customers, it’s a good time to send them a note of thanks and warm wishes for a Happy New Year. The holidays also provide a great opportunity to send a generous gift or discount coupon to your customers. Have you ever considered taking a portion of your advertising budget and spending it directly on your existing, loyal customers rather than on potential business relationships? Think about it.
Here is a selection of holiday email templates available in GroupMail.
GroupMail also allows you to import your own HTML email holiday templates and save them in GroupMail’s template folder. Have you designed a holiday email template that you’re proud of? If so, provide a link in the comments of this post so that we can get inspired.
