use of eznewsletter

Wednesday 02 May 2007 8:22:20 am

Hi,

At least I have the eznewsletter extension!!
But now I don't how it works!!

Someone could tell me how to send a newsletter please??

In fact, in the "list management" item I created a new subsciption list; after that, in the "newsletter" item I selected "Newsletter" and created a new newsletter type using the subscription list I created before.
By selecting the newsletter type, I can create a new article associated with but know I don't know how to create a list in which I can specify all the mail adresses I want to send the newsletter!

And I know I have to define the cronjobs but I don't know how!!

If you have some detailled solutions for me, I would be very happy!! :->

Wednesday 02 May 2007 9:17:21 am

Hi Olivier,

with the final release we will publish a documentation that should answer those questions.
How you set up the cronjobs is described in the install guide we published with the beta [1].
In the subscription lists you can add the subscribers which will receive the newsletters. If you already have a list of recipients you can use the CSV import.

In short the process to create a newsletter could be:
* Ensure you have created a subscriptionlist and a newsletter type
* Choose newsletter_issue as valid content class in the newsletter type
* Create some articles in the content (topics)
* In the view of the type klick on create newsletter.
* Now you should have a view with 3 boxes in the middle. One to define the send date, design and output format. Then the a new object of the type newsletter_issue. And a box 'recurrence' which you don't need in your case.
After you filled all needed fields you can publish it.
When you now run the cronjob the newsletter will be send. Note you can also send a preview before you publish it.

[1] http://ez.no/download/add_ons/ez_newsletter/installation_instructions_for_ez_newsletter_1_5beta1

Wednesday 16 May 2007 6:38:07 am

Hi Tobias!

Do you know what I have to write in the "Newsletter category" field when I create a new newsletter??

Moreover I try to send newsletters but the subscribers receive this in their spam box!!

Can you tell me how to resolve this problem please?

thanks!

Monday 21 May 2007 2:11:49 am

Hi!

What does it mean "you should ensure that the sending host is the MX for the sending domain"? ("what is MX??).
Moreover I've got a black/robinson list but I don't use it...

Thursday 24 May 2007 6:49:05 am

Hi Oliver,

that is hard to explain. Because of that I would point you to the wikipedia description of MX record [1].
You should ask your hoster if he had setup the MX correctly and if the sending host is entered in the nameserver.

@daniele: Are you so kind and open a new thread? Because that question is a bit off topic here. And please describe there as well what you have already done and if you used the setup wizard or done something else.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MX_record