Emailer

Emailer - version 1_11

Last updated on Sunday, 2nd 2006

A friend of mine asked me for an easy and free e-mailing/marketing solution. Emailer can send 10,000 emails in just about 60 minutes. There are - obviously - commercial alternatives: Check out Sarbacane from Goto.

Install

Download and install JRE 5.0.
Make sure the install has worked by opening a console, and type:

    java -version

You should see something like:

    
    java version "1.5.0_05"
    Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_05-83)
    Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_05-48, mixed mode, sharing)

Download the software emailer-1_11.zip and unzip it. You should see the following folders: data, dist, lib and props.
Edit props/emailer.properties

Run

Open a console, go to the folder containing the four folders above, and type (You can create a batch file):

    
    java -cp dist/emailer-1_0.jar:lib/mailapi.jar:lib/activation.jar:lib/smtp.jar org.janaudy.mailer.Emailer props/emailer.properties

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