Very Simple Program to Send Emails

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Mary Oben

I have just been put in charge of managing our Website and need a program to
send out an email newsletter to roughly 1000 customers or prospective
customers. I need to divide the list up between the two. Is there a very
simple program somewhere we can purchase that will help us do that? Thank
you.
 
-----Original Message-----
I have just been put in charge of managing our Website
and need a program to send out an email newsletter to
roughly 1000 customers or prospective customers. I need
to divide the list up between the two. Is there a very
simple program somewhere we can purchase that will help
us do that? Thank you.
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Here's one approach. It requires a Windows-based Web
server.

First, contact your email administrator and set up two
distribution lists: one for existing customers and one
for prospects. Populate these lists with whatever
addresses you like. Then:

1. Create a new empty page.
2. Switch to HTML view, select ALL the code, and delete
it.
3. Copy the HTML code below to the clipboard.

<%option explicit%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Send Newsletter</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" >
<input type="text" name="toaddr">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="btnSub">
</form>
<%
Dim objMsg
Const cdoSchema = _
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/"
if request("btnSub") <> "" then
Set objMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objMsg.Subject = "Test " & now()
objMsg.Sender = "(e-mail address removed)"
objMsg.To = Request("toaddr")
objMsg.CreateMHTMLBody _
"http://www.joncom.net/newsletter.htm"
objMsg.Configuration.Fields.Item(cdoSchema & _
"sendusing") = 2
objMsg.Configuration.Fields.Item(cdoSchema & _
"smtpserver") = "mail.joncom.net"
objMsg.Configuration.Fields.Item(cdoSchema & _
"smtpserverport") = 25
objMsg.Configuration.Fields.Update
objMsg.Send
end if
%>
</body>
</html>

4. Paste into Notepad.
5. Copy the code again from Notepad.
6. Paste the copied code into HTML view.
7. Change the objMsg.Sender value to your e-mail address.
8. Change the objMsg.CreateMHTMLBody URL to that of your
newsletter. Add a full or relative path as necessary.
9. Change the smptserver name to that of your mail
server.
10. Save the page as sendnews.asp.
11. Display the sendnews.asp page in your browser, using
an http:// address and a Microsoft Web server.
12. Enter an e-mail address in the text box (either your
own, for testing, or the address of one of your
distribution lists).
13. Click Submit.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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I checked and we're using Outlook 2000 along with FP 2002. Is using Outlook
to do this fairly simple? (We just have a basic Website. I am no Webmaster
or programmer). Please tell me where I could find out more information about
using Outlook with FP to send out the email list. I didn't even thnk about
using Outlook.
 
it's fairly complicate (for me) you'll have to search the Microsoft
knowledge base for specific instructions. I have a book about how to do
anything with outlook and it's 500 pages if that gives you any idea. it's
nothing where you've got to look at code. you just have to get outlook to
"play along".
HTH
 
I have Outlook 2000 Step by Step (299 pages). I couldn't find anything there
about sending email newsletters in conjunction with FP 2002 though. What's
the name of your book?
 
The best option is sign up with a mailing list service, as your ISP / Host
may not allow you to send a large number of emails at one time from your
account.

Two such services are

http://www.topica.com/
http://www.bCentral.com/

there are others, as well.

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