There was CMSMailer too - which was demo'd at the Umbraco 5th Birthday bash and looked quite promising, but that seems to have gone all quiet since. It was more a connector between Umbraco and commercial email services like CampaignMonitor/MailChimp etc, rather than a pure Umbraco solution though.
Nothing on packages, but I've used Mailchimp's API to handle newsletters through Umbraco and it's fairly straightforward for one off solutions. Just use RenderTemplate to generate the html and post it through the API. It can get more complicated if you want to handle list management, scheduling, reporting, etc., but just posting content and sending the email is not bad.
Any provider with an API would probably do as well. If you do use MailChimp, you'll want to take a look at this wrapper - http://perceptivemcapi.codeplex.com/. They're also free up to a point, which is nice for getting started.
I am using Tim's package, it's suitable till about 500-1000 subscribers i think, if you wanna send really large amounts of mail i would advise you to use dedicated mail software.
Using Umbraco to send newsletters?
Hi there,
Any ideas on using newsletter function in Umbraco? I know there are two packages but they still seem to be in beta...
Thanks!
Kalle
Kalle,
I have used tims mailer package its ok for small numbers but bigger lists will need something dedicated.
Regards
Ismail
There was CMSMailer too - which was demo'd at the Umbraco 5th Birthday bash and looked quite promising, but that seems to have gone all quiet since. It was more a connector between Umbraco and commercial email services like CampaignMonitor/MailChimp etc, rather than a pure Umbraco solution though.
Any news on any packages to send newsletters?
//Kalle
Nothing on packages, but I've used Mailchimp's API to handle newsletters through Umbraco and it's fairly straightforward for one off solutions. Just use RenderTemplate to generate the html and post it through the API. It can get more complicated if you want to handle list management, scheduling, reporting, etc., but just posting content and sending the email is not bad.
Ok, maybe I have a look at Mailchimp. Its not that big in Sweden yet...
Any provider with an API would probably do as well. If you do use MailChimp, you'll want to take a look at this wrapper - http://perceptivemcapi.codeplex.com/. They're also free up to a point, which is nice for getting started.
I am using Tim's package, it's suitable till about 500-1000 subscribers i think, if you wanna send really large amounts of mail i would advise you to use dedicated mail software.
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