Winwise.SPMailing is a SharePoint 2010 solution that allows users to extract SharePoint content in order to generate mailings (newsletters) and send them.
Use an announcement list and a links list as repository for newsletter content :
Define categories, select rendering templates :
Then generate a newsletter and send it to site users :
Key features
- Manage distribution lists that can include users, AD groups and regular SharePoint contacts
- Categories architecture is based on user-defined CAML queries
- Images are embedded into emails so it fits extranet scenarios
- Mailings can be generated on a regular basis using an included workflow
- The solution is localized in both english and french
- Powerful logging engine
- Mail templates and category templates are customizable using SharePoint Designer
- Sample templates included for a quick start
- Specify a specific user account to impersonate for generation : security is applied
- Queries are limited to the current site collection (security)
- SPMailing feature can only be activated by a site collection administrator (security)
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