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 Uses MySQL for data
storage for speed and reliability. |
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Highly optimized code to minimize database reads
and writes during follow-up and broadcast message sending while still
allowing full personalization of each message - many more messages are
sent in less time. |
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Installs on your domain at our web server for data
security and 24 x 7 access. |
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No monthly fees and no ads or banners in your
messages. |
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Create an unlimited number of follow-up
auto-responder series, each with an unlimited number of follow-up
messages. |
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Supports subscription by form or e-mail, including
"multiple choice" forms. |
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Instant test of a follow-up series by sending all
messages to your own e-mail address. Choose HTML, plain text or both. |
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Send any number of one-off broadcast messages to
your list, either immediately or scheduled for sending on a specific
date or day of the week. This is what we'll use to send your
monthly newsletters for you. |
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Create plain text, HTML or multi-part follow-up
and broadcasts, and allow your subscribers to choose their preferred
format. |
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On-screen preview of plain text and HTML follow-up
and broadcast messages. Previews include personalization. |
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Automatically unsubscribe someone from one or more
auto-responders when they subscribe to another. For example, when adding
someone to your "client" series, they can automatically be
removed from your "prospect" series. No more having to remember to
move someone out of a particular category so they don't get
inappropriate messages! |
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Auto-responder list shows break-down of subscribers
for each - active, canceled, failed etc. |
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Customization of your subscription and
un-subscription confirmation pages to match the layout and design of your
web site. |
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Control what happens when a follow-up sequence
ends - start another, loop back to start etc, flag as "finished", remain
active etc. |
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CC and BCC of all follow-up messages sent, if you
so choose. |
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Check plain text and HTML message length with a
single click. |
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Subscriber can (optionally) request next message
in sequence without having to wait, if you want to make this option
available to your subscribers. |
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Group editing - change many of the settings for a
group of subscribers or the entire database. |
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All group task screens show the number of
subscribers that will be affected. |
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Multi-tasking - send multiple broadcasts at the
same time. |
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Real-time queue manager for broadcasts - watch the
progress of broadcasts as they are sent or simply close your browser and
log off. You'll receive a summary e-mail when the process is complete. |
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Store an unlimited number of custom fields per
subscriber and use that data in your follow-up and broadcast messages,
subject lines, headers and footers. |
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Over 70 dynamic data tags for personalizing your
follow-up and broadcast messages, subject lines, headers and footers.
Everything from your subscriber's first name to their IP address,
subscription date and any number of custom fields can be inserted into
follow-up and broadcast messages. |
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Complete control over what happens when the
personalization data isn't available. For example, "Dear Homebuyer"
instead of "Dear John". |
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Track the exact source of subscribers whether they
are through web based forms, e-mail or Javascript "Click OK To
Subscribe" popups on any number of web sites. |
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Attach files to your follow-up messages - e-books,
spreadsheets, PDF files, music, video, graphics. Over 20 MIME types
supported. |
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Very flexible follow-up message scheduling. |
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Immediate and deferred send of broadcast messages
- for example, schedule your newsletter to be sent on Thursday. |
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Each follow-up message in a series can have its
own personalized subject line. |
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Subscribers can unsubscribe by clicking on a link
in your messages, by sending an "unsubscribe" e-mail to your
AutoResponse Plus system or by using an "un-subscription" form. |
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Subscribers can "self-edit" details of their
subscription - their name, e-mail address etc. |
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Optional e-mail notification to you when someone
subscribes or un-subscribes. |
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Each auto-responder has its own reply name and
e-mail address. |
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Any number of simultaneous auto-responder
subscriptions from one form. For instance, if a prospect signs up
for your home search link AND subscribes to your newsletter too.
You can even set the newsletter confirmation to go out at a different
time from the home search link! |
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Set mandatory field on subscription forms (eg
name) |
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Multiple signature files managed in a single
location for easy inclusion in follow-up and broadcast messages. |
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My Record - many fields holding your company's
information that are managed in a single location and easily inserted
into follow-up and broadcast messages. |
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Dormant status - put an auto-responder to sleep
until you're ready to use it again. Existing campaigns will run to
completion but no more subscriptions will be allowed. |
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Several de-duplication features - optionally
prevent duplicate subscriptions, lightning-fast manual de-duplication or
have it done automatically. Avoid sending a broadcast message to the
same person more than once, with one click. |
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Bounced e-mail management with multiple retries
(configurable) before giving up. |
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IP address capturing with date and time of
subscription to fend off SPAM accusations. |
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AutoResponse Plus includes Habeas SWE™ functionality. It is of
course entirely optional whether you choose to use the Habeas
functionality or not. When your follow-up and broadcasts message include the Habeas
Warrant Mark, the receiving system knows that your message meets the
Habeas "this is not SPAM" criteria, and does not block it. This helps
to prevent the "false positive" situation where ISPs' SPAM filters
block your legitimate email.
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Powerful and fast subscriber filtering, grouping
and sorting with special "Group Tasks" for working with the filtered
group. |
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Message logging of every follow-up and broadcast
message sent to each subscriber. |
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Quick-Find facility to locate a subscriber with
only a part of their name or e-mail address. |
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Paste and remove a list of e-mail addresses - no
need to search for them individually. |
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Single-click delete of failed subscribers (bad
e-mail addresses etc). |
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Single click delete of un-subscribers. |
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Insert URLs that you want to track into your
follow-up and broadcast messages. Track the number of impressions and
click-throughs. Intelligent parsing of your messages ensures accurate
results. |
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Create your own data tags - easily add information
to your messages (eg product price) that you manage globally in a
central location. |
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Complete backup and restore to a single SQL file -
automatically or manually on demand. |
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Automatic capitalization of subscriber's name
when captured through a subscription form. No more having to pay
us to monitor this and make corrections for you, and your very first
letter going out is correct, not just the subsequent corrected letters! |
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Automatic splitting of a name into first, middle
and last names when captured through a subscription form. |
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Advanced JavaScript menu system - access over 50
features with one click. |
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Instant e-mail to yourself of your login details
if you have forgotten them. |
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Real-time on-screen display of running background
task. |
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Advanced background processing of lengthy tasks to
free up your browser. You can even log off and switch off your computer
- the background tasks will continue to run until complete. E-mail notification
is sent to you when the task is complete. (eg 20,000 broadcast messages
sent). |
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Built-in choker to limit the number of e-mail
messages that are sent during any one session. Allows you to keep within
your hosting plan's limits - automatically. |
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Pause and un-pause of current broadcasts. |
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Instant online version check and single-click link
to upgrade history and download area. |
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Single-click links to user community forums, help
desk system, continually updated online help and ever-growing knowledge
base. |
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Choice of SMTP or Sendmail for sending your
messages - fully compatible with super-fast mail transport agents such
as Exim or Qmail. |
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Mail blast test - check how quickly our server can
send your e-mail. |
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All screens section-headed for ease of navigation.
Every screen has a detailed help page with every option explained - just
one click for context-sensitive help popup. |
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JavaScript enhancements to many admin system pages
for ease of use and quick selection of options. |
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Full logging of all background processing. |
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Intelligent monitoring of scheduled tasks -
automatically recovers from server downtime, should that ever happen. |
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Easy integration with the Formmail form processing
script - receive all the form information and start a follow-up sequence
from the same form. |
