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Feature |
Standard
Version |
Enterprise Version 2.5 for ASP |
Enterprise Version 6.0 for .NET (Shared Server
Version) |
Enterprise Version 6.0 for .NET
(Full Version) |
| Hosting
Requirements |
Windows Server running ASP |
Windows Server running ASP with Admin Access |
Windows Server running ASP.NET 2.0 |
Windows Server running ASP.NET 2.0 with Admin
Access |
| Free installation
and free technical support. |
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| Easy-to-use, intuitive
HTML administration interface allows you to administer the product
from any location with web access. |
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| Uses
a Confirmed Opt-In
verification by email to verify the validity of the user's email
address and to prevent people from maliciously subscribing others. |
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| Supports HTML and TEXT
newsletters. |
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| Automatically creates
newsletter signup forms that can be placed on any web site. |
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| Supports file
attachments to HTML email messages. |
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| Option to export email
addresses and other subscriber information to Excel. |
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| Option to email
administrator when a person subscribes and/or un-subscribes. |
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| Option to add a bulk
list of name and email addresses which are separated by a comma, tab,
or carriage return. |
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| Option to remove a bulk
list of email addresses. |
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| Option
to personalize your newsletters by including the
subscribers name, email and other demographic
information that you collect. For example,
"Dear John Doe," |
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| Ability to
measure the effectiveness of an email campaign
by tracking views, open rates, and clicks for each individual
newsletter campaign. Ability to track
views, open rate, and clicks for each individual subscriber. Clicks can
also be tracked on each individual link. Follow-up
newsletters can be sent to those who clicked on
a specific link(s). |
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| Option to capture demographic parameters from subscribers. Parameters can
be included in the newsletters during delivery. |
Up
to 10 fields |
Up
to 25 fields |
Up
to 25 fields |
Up
to 25 fields |
| Includes a subscriber
administration interface for members to manage their
subscriptions. Functionality includes changing
subscriptions, contact information, updating email address, and
un-subscribing. |
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| Lists can be public or
private. Private lists are not available to subscribers and
typically for internal use or private mailings. |
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| Option to track
un-subscribers to prevent re-importing a subscriber who has opted
out in the past. Subscribers can be filtered against the
opt-out list. |
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| Supports an unlimited
number of Newsletter Lists, and Newsletters.
Subscribers can belong to any number of Newsletter Lists. |
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| Subscriber
Limit |
Up
to 25,000 |
Up
to 1 Million+ |
Up to 100K |
Up
to 1 Million+ |
| Supports several mail
components including: CDONTS, Persits ASP Email, ASP Mail, OCX
Mail, OCX QMail, J Mail, and Software Artisans Mail. Click
here for the full list. Delivery capacity is
5,000-20,000 messages/hour |
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Built-In Mail Component |
Built-In Mail Component |
| Built-in
HTML editor |
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| Newsletter
delivery via optimized 3rd party
message queuing and bounce detection software.
Click
for overview of the applications architecture. |
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| Supports
multiple users with separate accounts allowing
you to offer a newsletter service to your
customers |
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| Ability
to schedule email campaigns for future delivery
(up to 60 days in advance) |
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| Option
to import email addresses and other demographic
subscriber information directly from an ODBC
compliant database. |
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| Uses SQL
Stored Procedures for optimal performance and
security |
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| Automatically
detects if mail clients is HTML compatible
(Sends multipart MIME email) |
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| Option
to specify separate Rich Text newsletter for AOL users.
Click here for more
information on AOL HTML Compatibility. |
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| Includes
option to forward newsletter to a friend. |
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| Option
to target newsletters based on collected
demographic data. |
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| Option
to email most recent newsletter or a specific
newsletter after a confirmed opt-in. |
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| Option to
specify custom character sets for each
Newsletter List. |
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List-Specific Opt Outs |
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| Automated
tracking/filtering of bounced email addresses.
Addresses can be removed after X number of
bounces. Click
for more information. |
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| Option to embed
a link in the text version of your newsletter that
leads to a page showing the HTML version. The
stats are fully tracked for this newsletter. The
parameter is called ##HTMLNewsletterURL## |
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| Attachments for
all newsletter types |
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| Option to import
an opt out list from any type of database |
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Opt Out list
retains these fields in the opt-out list to comply
with spam laws:
Date Subscribed
IP Address
Opt In Method |
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| Allows user to
enter a reason why they are unsubscribing |
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| Option to report
on list of subscribers who clicked a specific
link. |
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| Application
supports creating sub users within a given user
account with specific tasks assigned. For
example, a sub-user could be created with
permissions to view reports. |
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| Monitors disk
space and stops compiling messages if disk has
less than 500MB of free space. Program continues
when free space exceeds 500MB. |
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| Option to use
IIS SMTP Server in addition to Quicksoft SMTP
Express. |
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| Option to have
daily and weekly subscriber summary emailed to
site user. Report includes total subscribers, new
subscribers, new un-subscribes, and a count of
subscribers on each list |
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| Ability to
create / save custom text fields at the client
level, for use as variables in messages. Both the
variable or text field data can be inserted
through a drop-down menu on the new WYSIWYG
editor. |
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| Option to
send a newsletter to those who did not view or did
not click on any links in a previous newsletter. |
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| Option
that retains a list of bounce reasons for each
bounce. |
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| Option to
email any report to any email address after it is
created |
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| Option to
define custom email headers |
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| Audit log
to track system changes made by your users |
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A/B list
splitting. Send to even or odd subscribers
or choose the first 50 percent or last 50 percent
of subscribers. |
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Supports
Auto Responses based on subscriber activity.
For example, you can send a specific email when a
subscriber Joins a list, clicks a link, views a
newsletter, or updates their subscriptions. |
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Option to
import pending subscribers and email an
invitation asking them to join your list. |
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