INTRODUCTION:
The Mass Contact module started out as a modified version of the core Contact
module. It allows anyone with permission to send a single message to a role or
group of roles (or even to all registered users). Over time, it evolved to
something more than just a basic contact module to a group of users.
FEATURES:
Here are a list of some of the features this module has:
* You can send a message to one or more groups (referred to as categories) of
users, which are specified by role.
* Large recipient lists may be broken up into smaller chunks.
* The site administrator can control how many messages are allowed to be sent
by a single person in an hour.
* The message may be sent such that the recipients' e-mail addresses are
hidden from each other.
* The message may be sent as plain text or HTML, even specifying the input
format filter to use.
* The message may include one or more binary file attachments.
* The site administrator may specify different texts to be placed at the
beginning and/or the end of every message that is sent out.
* A copy of the message may be saved as a node.
* Users may opt-out, by category, of receiving mass mailings on their account
settings page.
INSTALLATION:
This module is installed in a standard way. Generic instructions for how to do
that can be found here: http://drupal.org/getting-started/install-contrib
CONFIGURATION AND SETUP:
The place where you create categories and modify the module's settings is
found in the same place as core's Contact module, the Site building section of
the Administer page (admin/build/mass_contact).
You need to add at least one category before sending any mass e-mails, which
can be done at the same location where the administrative settings are.
MORE INFORMATION:
This module works by sending a single e-mail to your mail server with the
recipients' e-mail addresses in either the 'To:' or 'Bcc:' field. The mail
server is then responsible for parsing out the recipients' addresses and
forwarding the message along to everyone.
Here is some scaling information:
* This module retrieves user ids and emails in a scaled way: no
* This module sends email in a scaled way: yes, within server limits
* This module keeps connections up while the long process continues: no
Here are all the menu items/links that are available and what they do:
URL | Label | Description | To have access to
| | | this URL, users
| | | must have this
| | | permission
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/admin/build/ | Mass Contact form | The main | administer mass
mass_contact | | administrative | contact
| | interface, which |
| | defaults to the |
| | Category list page |
| | below. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/admin/build/ | Category list | List the currently | administer mass
mass_contact/list | | defined | contact
| | categories. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/admin/build/ | Add category | Add a new | administer mass
mass_contact/add | | category. | contact
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/admin/build/ | Edit Mass Contact | Edit an existing | administer mass
mass_contact/ | category (the | category. | contact
edit/$category_id | 'edit' operation | |
| in the Category | |
| list) | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/admin/build/ | Delete Mass | Delete an existing | administer mass
mass_contact/ | Contact category | category. | contact
delete/ | (the 'delete' | |
$category_id | operation in the | |
| Category list) | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/admin/build/ | Settings | Administrative | administer mass
mass_contact/ | | settings to modify | contact
settings | | how Mass Contact |
| | operates. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/mass_contact | Mass Contact | The main Mass | send mass
| | Contact form for | contact e-mails
| | sending messages. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/node/add/ | Mass Contact | The form for | create
mass_contact | | adding a Mass | mass_contact
| | Contact content | content
| | item. |
An easier to view table can be found here:
http://drupal.org/node/760548#comment-2912412
TROUBLESHOOTING AND MISCELLANEOUS:
* There is something the site administrator and/or the sender needs to keep
in mind when breaking up a large recipient list into smaller chunks and
sending the message as BCC (hiding the recipients from each other), and
that is that the sender will receive a copy of the message for every group
of recipients the list is broken up into. That is normal behavior and
cannot be changed.
* If you choose to save the messages as nodes, a node type of "mass_contact"
is created after the first message is saved. In addition, a menu item
labeled "Mass Contact Message" will also be created under the "Create
Content" menu. If the menu item is enabled, you should disable it. If it is
already disabled, you should leave it disabled. That node type is used by
this module to save messages, and there is no meaning for users to create
Mass Contact nodes.
* If your category permissions are not showing up correctly, check your
category name and make sure you don't have any stray characters or any
characters that Drupal doesn't allow.
* If you experience "return-path" errors when sending e-mail, you can try the
Return-Path module (http://drupal.org/project/returnpath) to see if that
solves your problem.
View source
- INTRODUCTION:
- The Mass Contact module started out as a modified version of the core Contact
- module. It allows anyone with permission to send a single message to a role or
- group of roles (or even to all registered users). Over time, it evolved to
- something more than just a basic contact module to a group of users.
-
-
- FEATURES:
- Here are a list of some of the features this module has:
- * You can send a message to one or more groups (referred to as categories) of
- users, which are specified by role.
- * Large recipient lists may be broken up into smaller chunks.
- * The site administrator can control how many messages are allowed to be sent
- by a single person in an hour.
- * The message may be sent such that the recipients' e-mail addresses are
- hidden from each other.
- * The message may be sent as plain text or HTML, even specifying the input
- format filter to use.
- * The message may include one or more binary file attachments.
- * The site administrator may specify different texts to be placed at the
- beginning and/or the end of every message that is sent out.
- * A copy of the message may be saved as a node.
- * Users may opt-out, by category, of receiving mass mailings on their account
- settings page.
-
-
- INSTALLATION:
- This module is installed in a standard way. Generic instructions for how to do
- that can be found here: http://drupal.org/getting-started/install-contrib
-
-
- CONFIGURATION AND SETUP:
- The place where you create categories and modify the module's settings is
- found in the same place as core's Contact module, the Site building section of
- the Administer page (admin/build/mass_contact).
-
- You need to add at least one category before sending any mass e-mails, which
- can be done at the same location where the administrative settings are.
-
-
- MORE INFORMATION:
- This module works by sending a single e-mail to your mail server with the
- recipients' e-mail addresses in either the 'To:' or 'Bcc:' field. The mail
- server is then responsible for parsing out the recipients' addresses and
- forwarding the message along to everyone.
-
- Here is some scaling information:
- * This module retrieves user ids and emails in a scaled way: no
- * This module sends email in a scaled way: yes, within server limits
- * This module keeps connections up while the long process continues: no
-
- Here are all the menu items/links that are available and what they do:
- URL | Label | Description | To have access to
- | | | this URL, users
- | | | must have this
- | | | permission
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /admin/build/ | Mass Contact form | The main | administer mass
- mass_contact | | administrative | contact
- | | interface, which |
- | | defaults to the |
- | | Category list page |
- | | below. |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /admin/build/ | Category list | List the currently | administer mass
- mass_contact/list | | defined | contact
- | | categories. |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /admin/build/ | Add category | Add a new | administer mass
- mass_contact/add | | category. | contact
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /admin/build/ | Edit Mass Contact | Edit an existing | administer mass
- mass_contact/ | category (the | category. | contact
- edit/$category_id | 'edit' operation | |
- | in the Category | |
- | list) | |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /admin/build/ | Delete Mass | Delete an existing | administer mass
- mass_contact/ | Contact category | category. | contact
- delete/ | (the 'delete' | |
- $category_id | operation in the | |
- | Category list) | |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /admin/build/ | Settings | Administrative | administer mass
- mass_contact/ | | settings to modify | contact
- settings | | how Mass Contact |
- | | operates. |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /mass_contact | Mass Contact | The main Mass | send mass
- | | Contact form for | contact e-mails
- | | sending messages. |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /node/add/ | Mass Contact | The form for | create
- mass_contact | | adding a Mass | mass_contact
- | | Contact content | content
- | | item. |
- An easier to view table can be found here:
- http://drupal.org/node/760548#comment-2912412
-
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING AND MISCELLANEOUS:
- * There is something the site administrator and/or the sender needs to keep
- in mind when breaking up a large recipient list into smaller chunks and
- sending the message as BCC (hiding the recipients from each other), and
- that is that the sender will receive a copy of the message for every group
- of recipients the list is broken up into. That is normal behavior and
- cannot be changed.
- * If you choose to save the messages as nodes, a node type of "mass_contact"
- is created after the first message is saved. In addition, a menu item
- labeled "Mass Contact Message" will also be created under the "Create
- Content" menu. If the menu item is enabled, you should disable it. If it is
- already disabled, you should leave it disabled. That node type is used by
- this module to save messages, and there is no meaning for users to create
- Mass Contact nodes.
- * If your category permissions are not showing up correctly, check your
- category name and make sure you don't have any stray characters or any
- characters that Drupal doesn't allow.
- * If you experience "return-path" errors when sending e-mail, you can try the
- Return-Path module (http://drupal.org/project/returnpath) to see if that
- solves your problem.
