Windows user: Need advice

lydiaseals · Post by **lydiaseals** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:39 pm

I currently use Windows and am unfamiliar with the programs required to use OpenEMM. If I download these programs, what will it change regarding my operating system? Any advice? I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Thanks!

Post by **maschoff** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:55 pm

Our tip: We just put online our first Windows version of OpenEMM (release candidate 1). Please wait for the final version and use it (installation is very easy, see http://www.openemm.org/fileadmin/docs/I ... -5.1.0.txt).

lydiaseals · Post by **lydiaseals** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:45 pm

Thanks so much for the tip. You stated that I need to wait for the final version of OpenEMM for Windows is released. When is that due to take place?

Post by **maschoff** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:51 pm

Hopefully (if no big bugs show up) next week.

sonificator · Post by **sonificator** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:30 am

Well, I don't know if this is considered a "bug" or worse, but the direct email engine in OpenEMM fails to deliver messages. I have tried two versions already and similar bad results (they are postings all over the forum with similar issues). I have tried to get some support, but it seems to mirror the performance of the package.

Post by **maschoff** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:51 pm

You might want to check out this FAQ document:

http://www.openemm.org/faq/questions/25 ... recipients

jim_frey · Post by **jim_frey** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:12 pm

I've got it working great on CentOS with sendmail. I set up a whole targeted email system where when the customer clicks in the first email, OpenEMM sends out follow-up emails based upon what was clicked in the original email. --- We could literally see the increase in traffic to www.carguygarage.com after we set it up; the referrer stats for the site showed the traffic from our email server spike up as people clicked over. The best part about the whole thing is you can set it up, and forget about it, and it just works away better than a full time marketing employee ever could.

We send well over a 100,000 emails a month with OpenEMM. It manages the bounces and everything. It takes a little time to get the ropes of it, but it's well worth the time.

sonificator · Post by **sonificator** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:22 pm

After battling with two Windows versions for over a week, it seems (according to the logs) that it gets rejected by many (major) providers like Comcast, Hotmail, etc.

Post by **maschoff** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:15 pm

"Over a week" is a bit of a stretch since we published the software last Friday.

sonificator · Post by **sonificator** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:18 pm

No stretch, I was working with VMware version.

jim_frey · Post by **jim_frey** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:34 pm

sonificator wrote:After battling with two Windows versions for over a week, it seems (according to the logs) that it gets rejected by many (major) providers like Comcast, Hotmail, etc.

Sounds like a problem with the IP address you're sending the emails from. I've had servers in the past get blacklisted by Hotmail, etc, if they send too many emails out.

sonificator · Post by **sonificator** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:51 pm

nope, that's not the problem, have not been sending any mass emails out, not blocked

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