Mailings - 1.2.7

Mailings is an affordable, full featured application for batch emailing web pages or plain text documents to multiple recipients for marketing, news announcements, product updates etc. AppleScript and templates provide inclusion of dynamic content or personalization. Integrates with your mail reader, browser and Address Book to simplify functionality. The one window user interface makes the program a breeze to learn and use.

• Sends email to Address Book addresses or those imported from tab delimited text files.
• Address Book integration enables you to send batch emails to any Address Book group, or to all via popup button.
• Address Book "Me" card can be used to specify the sender of the emails using a popup button.
• Supports all Address Book address types (work, home, custom).
• Send plain text documents on your computer, or HTML documents located on any web server.
• Provides the "plain text alternative" to an HTML document for mail readers that do not accept HTML content type.
• Downloads and relinks HTML so it displays properly in most current mail clients.
• Easily include a preamble (preface) for any mailing, including HTML, say for personalization.
• Embed dynamic information, or personalize the emails using "template tags", which can tap into the power of AppleScripts. For example, a "ToName" tag can be used in the preamble to create a salutation to each recipient by name.
• Preview functionality builds the mailing then sends it to you for viewing in your default mail reader.
• Single window interface with drop down sheets simplifies program use.
• Specify rate of mailing so mail servers are not overwhelmed (via intermessage delay).
• Add arbitrary file attachments, managing them in a list view.
• Save Mailings settings into Mailings documents for reuse.
• Includes an "Open recent..." file menu item to access recent Mailings documents quickly.
• Remembers your workspace between program launches so you can pick up where you left off.
• Supports SMTP servers requiring password authentication; you can set the port to connect on.
• Program help provided via Help tags, Apple Help Viewer and an online "Tour".
• Errors are saved inside the Mailing document, and optionally into to log files so that you can easily resend or modify your list of contacts.
• Optionally logs the beginning and ending of a mailing in the console.
• Optionally supports return-receipt requets.
• Manages errors by tracking "selected recipients", and saving such information into the Mailings document to resend at a later time.
• Can import addresses from tab delimited text files into Address Book.
• Automatic software update ensures you're always up to date with the latest version of Mailings.