Bulk mailing can be done based on the customers, orders, affiliates and invoices tables. After logging into your VPCART administration, you need to go to the table view for the table you want to send email from and click the Mail Setup link.
The form below will appear to allow you to specify how and what you are mailing.
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The email address you want the email to come from. Generally this will be your email address. |
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Name |
This is your name that will appear in the email. |
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Subject |
This is the subject for your email. |
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Type |
This is the email interface that will be used. It is defaulted to the one defined in your shopping configuration and is not normally changed. |
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Email format |
If you are sending a file that is in HTML format, change this to HTML, otherwise leave as text. |
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Table name |
Email can only be done from selected VPCART tables: customers, orders, affiliates and projects. |
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File name |
If you leave this blank, you must type in or paste the message in the box below. If it is filled in, then this file is read as the message to be sent. |
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Merge with database |
If this is set to Yes,then the email will be sent using a template, which should be specified in the filename field. Database fields are merged with the template to create a customer specific message. |
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Attachment |
A file to be attached to the email. This cannot be a URL – it must be a disk address such as e:\mystuff\abc.txt. |
When you have entered all of your details into this form, click Continue. You can then tick the boxes next to the records you wish to email, then click the Mail Selected Records button at the bottom of the page.
If you want to email all records in the table, click the Mail All Records button.