3. Setup Newsletter

Take a look here (choose "Preferences" under the application menu):



- Verbose log

Self-explaining (checked by default).


- Check images (HTML msgs)

If you use this option, NewsLetter will check (before HTML messages are sent) if the image links in your code are valid or not (where "valid" means that they start with "http" for images-hosted-in-server or "cid:" for inline attachments). If it finds invalid images (eg, relative urls) it will prompt you to abort the process and fix these image tags. If you use the a BASE tag (eg, <base href="http://www.myserver.com">), this function will skip relative urls.


- Validate recipients

If you use this option, NewsLetter will act as a filter for the recipients you add: it will skip invalid addresses (where "valid" means that they contain "@" and ".") and duplicate ones. Optionally, if it found invalid or duplicate mail addresses, will prompt you to save a copy of the filtered list, so you can use it later if you need it.


- From

The recipient/s of your message will see this email address as the return-path (or sender) of the message. This is a required field.

If you check "Single message, multiple BCC" in the main window, the "To" recipient of the message will be also the value in this text field.


- Groups of BCC recipients

Feel free to click the question mark ;-)


- SMTP server

This is your smtp provider. The server which will deliver your messages. You can use your own ISP service (eg, "smtp.mac.com" or "smtp.mail.yahoo.com") or even use your own smpt server (then, you must enable your built-in copy of "sendmail" if you know-how, and use "localhost" for this setting).

If you don't know what is your SMTP server, take a look to your regular email account in your mail client (eg, Apple's Mail or Microsoft's Entourage).


- Requires authentication

If you must login into your smtp server with a login/password (most of smtp servers will require it), check this box and enter the required info.

Now, configure the kind of authentication NewsLetter must use. Default is "auto" (will work for most of servers). If it doesn't work, try one of the available ones in the popup button. If it still doesn't work, your server's authentication is not supported by NewsLetter and you won't be able to deliver messages.


- User

Enter here, if needed, your user name (login) for your smtp server. If you are confused, take a look to the configuration of your email client.


- Password

Enter here, if needed, your password for your smtp server. If you are confused, take a look to the configuration of your email client.