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Using eAnnouncer is very simple. Just follow these
3 steps:
- Start Outlook and create a new mail message.
- When you're done composing the message, click the "Announce" button on the
toolbar:
(If you are using Outlook 2007, the "Announce"
button is located on the "Add-Ins" tab. Click
here for
a picture.)
- Once you click the "Announce" button you will see the following
dialog. Use the "Browse..." button to select your
mailing list.
If you'd like to preview or edit the mailing list before sending, select the
"Open..." button.
- Press the "Send" button to create and send all
of your emails, one per recipient in your mailing list. As the emails are being created and sent you will see the status as shown in
the following picture:
In the above example the mailing list contains
369 emails, and the 166th email is currently being sent. There is an
estimated time remaining of 28 seconds. That's it, you're mail messages
have been sent.
Program Options:
You can adjust various eAnnouncer options by
pressing the "Options..." button, or from the main Outlook window you can choose
the Tools / eAnnouncer Options... menu item. This displays the
Options dialog:
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Use this option to create a delay between each e-mail that is
sent. To send at the fastest rate, set this to 0. This option
can be useful when using your ISP's SMTP server. Many ISPs consider
you to be sending spam if you send more than 100 e-mails per hour.
With this option you can control the rate at which you send. |
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Use this option to have eAnnouncer do a Send/Receive after each specified
number of e-mails.
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Set this to save a copy of the original message in the Drafts folder.
If this option is off, your original message will be deleted. |
Log Files:
eAnnouncer creates log files when it runs,
so you can monitor and track exactly what has been sent. From within the
Options dialog choose the "Logs..." button to see the Logs dialog:
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A brief summary of all jobs you've run. |
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Shows the details of the most recent job.
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List of all the emails that were successfully sent in the most recent job.
The list is formatted the same as your original
mailing list.
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For more information, read about the benefits of
using eAnnouncer, or visit our frequently asked questions and answers page.
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