In our previous tutorial we went through the steps of creating an Opt-in form to place on your website or blog which will allow you site visitors to sign up for your Newsletters. How to create a newsletter opt-in form for your website. Now the next step is getting that subscription information into your GroupMail [...more]

“…Can I link to a mailing list group stored on a network folder?..”   Absolutely! If you are using the GroupMail Business Edition you can link to a shared group on a Network Folder. Go to Groups, New Group. Select the first option “GroupMail Format (Default) – Recipients are stored internally“, Next. To link to [...more]

“…How can I setup a Shared Group ?..”   Customers often ask if they can Share their GroupMail Groups on a Network Folder? The answer is Yes, you can do this with the GroupMail Business Edition. To Create a Shared Group, go to Groups, New Group. Select the first option “GroupMail Format (Default) – Recipients [...more]

“…Can GroupMail automatically remove bounced email addresses from my mailing list?..”   YES, it certainly can! The Subscriber Add-on allows you to automatically remove invalid, undeliverable or bounced email addresses from your mailing list. It does this by checking your incoming mail server for emails returned by recipient mail servers based on their subject lines [...more]

  “…How can I restore a GroupMail backup?..”   In a different article, we explain how to backup contacts in GroupMail. To restore a GroupMail backup, the first thing you want to do is to close GroupMail (you can’t restore a backup if GroupMail is open.) Then, in Windows, go to the Start, All Programs, GroupMail [...more]

This Tutorial explains how to create a subscriber opt-in form on your website and automate adding the subscribers to your GroupMail newsletter. There are two steps involved Step 1: Create your Opt-in form and add to your website Step 2: Automate adding your subscribers to your newsletter group   Step 1. Create your website/blog Opt-in [...more]

“…Can GroupMail Link to my ACT Database?” Using the GroupMail Business Edition you can link directly to your ACT Database. Please note, that Sage, the developers of the ACT Database, only allow for ‘read only’ access when connecting; but you will still be able to see the external ACT! data in your GroupMail Group and [...more]

“…How do I link a GroupMail Group to my MS Access Database?..” After creating a database connection to your Access database, open GroupMail and GO TO Groups/New Group. Select the option ‘External Database – Recipient information is retrieved from an external Database system’. Click Next. Select the Database Connection for this Group and Click Next. This step [...more]

“…How do I create a Database Connection in GroupMail to an MS Access Database?..” Using the GroupMail Business Edition, go to the Tools Menu, Database Connection Manager. Click on the New Button to create a new Database Connection. For this example we will connect to a Microsoft Access Database called Customers. The Database can be stored [...more]

“…Can I Link GroupMail to my External Contact Database?..” You certainly can! With the GroupMail Business Edition, you can create a link to any OLE/ODBC compliant database. What Databases are supported ? Typical databases that are accessible through GroupMail include: Microsoft Access® Microsoft FoxPro® Microsoft SQL Server® MySQL® Oracle® ACT®   In addition to databases [...more]

“…How do I Remove the GroupMail Menu Outlook Toolbar from my MS Outlook Add-ins?..” To remove the GroupMail menu toolbar from your Outlook Add-ins, simply open Outlook and click on File Menu, Options, Add-Ins, Manage. Select COM Add-Ins and press Go. Then uncheck the “GroupMail 5 Outlook Add-In” and press the Remove button. After doing [...more]

The GroupMail Outlook Toolbar allows you to Add and Delete Recipients to/from your GroupMail groups from Outlook. It also allows you to launch GroupMail, create a New GroupMail Message and forward emails that you receive in Outlook to your GroupMail groups. The GroupMail Outlook Toolbar is only available in the GroupMail Business Edition and is supported [...more]

“I have installed the GroupMail Toolbar Add-on in my MS Outlook. How do I use it?” Once you have installed the GroupMail Outlook Toolbar it will show under the Add-Ins in Outlook. To Add a Recipient to your GroupMail Group click on the “Add to a Group” button. The Email Address and Name Fields are [...more]

“Can I add an entire domain to my “Do Not Mail” exclusion list in GroupMail?” Yes, you can add an entire domain (or wildcard) such as @gmail.com or @aol.com to your “Do Not Mail” list with GroupMail’s Exclusion List Manager. Here is how to add an entire domain to your “Do Not Mail” list 1. [...more]

“Recently I purchased a mailing list of 100,000 opt-in email addresses. Can I use GroupMail email newsletter software to send email promotions to that mailing list?” We often get calls and emails from people asking if they can use a rented or purchased mailing list with GroupMail. The short answer is yes. GroupMail is email [...more]

“…Hey! Recently, I sent an email to my opt-in email list of 25,000 customers. I received complaints from a few customers who said that they want to opt-out of the list but that I didn’t have an opt-out or unsubscribe email link in my message. How do I include an opt-out or unsubscribe email link [...more]

Does GroupMail have email contact management tools to make it easy to manage my email contacts? Yes, GroupMail’s email contact management tools are found in your groups menu, and include everything you need to create new groups, manually add contacts to a group, modify contact details, import contacts, export contacts, merge contact groups, purge contact [...more]

OMG! My friends computer just crashed and she lost all of her data! Please tell me how to backup email? How to backup contacts? You spent a long time (perhaps years) acquiring your email contacts. It is the cornerstone of your email marketing program. What would happen if you lost your entire email list? If [...more]

Microsoft Excel remains one of the most widely used applications for storing and managing contacts. As a result, many GroupMail customers want to know how to import Excel contacts into GroupMail. All GroupMail customers can easily import Microsoft Excel contacts into GroupMail. GroupMail Business Edition customers can also link to Excel spreadsheets. In this article, [...more]

“How do I create a group in GroupMail?” You can create a group of email recipients in seconds with GroupMail!   1. Open GroupMail and either click the large Groups button in the toolbar or click File/New Group   2. By default, group settings are configured to create local groups in GroupMail’s own, internal database. [...more]