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 Settings (E-Mail Tab)
After successfully uploading a web page to an FTP server, RoboPhoto can optionally mail to each e-mail address in an e-mail list. If there are serious errors while sending e-mail, the program will stop processing the list and report the problem to you. There are a few Misc Options that apply to sending e-mail. You may also want to specify these.
SMTP Server Enter the name of the mail server. If you don't know the name, look in your e-mail reader's configuration. If you get a 'Relaying Denied' message when trying to send e-mail, you'll need to use another server. The best choice is your ISP's server. When you connect to the internet, your ISP loans you one of their IP numbers and this allows them to confirm that you're a paying customer and authorized to send e-mail through their server - you won't get the 'Relaying Denied' message. Your web hosting provider, on the other hand, has no way of knowing that you're you and because of that, may refuse to let you use their server unless you use a FROM field that they recognize or send e-mail only to the accounts that they control. If you get a 'Host Not Found' or similar message, it means that the server name is either invalid or that there's a temporary condition that's preventing you from connecting to the server. You can test the SMTP server by clicking the 'Test' button. If this completes successfully, it means that the server is active and is responding to SMTP requests. It does not prove that you'll be able to send e-mail using it. Back to the top E-mail List The e-mail list must be plain ASCII text and contain one address per line. It may look like: archive@yourdomain.com boss@employer.com joeblow@somewhere.org The e-mail list can be either a local disk path (like c:\directory\list.txt) or a URL (like http://www.domain.com/list.txt). The only difference between the two lists is the location. The benefits of storing the e-mail list on the server instead of your local computer are:
Back to the top E-mail Message This file will become the message body. Like the e-mail list, it can be either a local disk path (like c:\directory\message.txt) or a URL (like http://www.domain.com/message.txt). The benefits and downside of storing the file on the server are the same as the e-mail list. You can perform mail-merge operations on the message body by including any/all of the following bracketed terms. The content of each bracketed term is dynamically generated by RoboPhoto based on the web page that's being created:
The web page '[title]' at [url], containing [jpg] new images, was created on [time]. Visit http://www.domain.com/mapping.asp?lat=[lat]&lon=[lon] to view this web page using our custom mapping engine. Contact [email] for more information.After the mail merge, it will become: The web page 'Photo Gallery' at http://www.domain.com/mywebpage/, containing 6 new images, was created on 8/21/01. Visit http://www.domain.com/mapping.asp?lat=32.12345&lon=-87.65432 to view this web page using our custom mapping engine. Contact fred@domain.com for more information.By using mail merge, you can use the same e-mail message for each mailing. You're welcome to use the default message at http://www.robophoto.com/rpemailbody.txt. To view it, double click on the e-mail message field. Back to the top Mail After FTP Check this box to send e-mail after the FTP succeeds. You can also turn the e-mail on/off from the wizard screen. When testing your e-mail setup, you may want to specify the SkipFtp Misc Option to bypass the FTP in order to save time. Back to the top E-mail If HTTP Succeeds If you check this box, both the FTP and the HTTP (if selected) must succeed before the e-mail will be sent. If, for example, you're using HTTP to post to a script that updates a master web page and if your e-mail message points to this web page, you wouldn't want to send e-mail if the HTTP failed. Back to the top Save Click this button to save the current information to rp.ini, which is located in the main RoboPhoto directory. Back to the top Help Click this button to load the help file. You can also press the F1 key anywhere in the program for context sensitive help. Back to the top Close Click this button to close the form. Back to the top |