Sending the created message just requires a few clicks. In the Message tab just click on the "Send" button located on the upper right corner. This will open a window similar to this:
Upon sending a message you can use multiple lists in order to build up your campaign. For each list you can set up what placeholder (from the message) will be replaced by the information from the within the list. For example, if you have a message something like this:
Dear {firstname}{lastname},You have been selected to work for the company named {company}. ... you have to specify what column from the list will replace the placeholder, thus ensuring a high level of flexibility and efficiency. Clicking the "Send" button will redirect you to the Session tab.
Creating a Scheduled session
You can select whether you want to send the message imediatley or you can schedule it, particularly useful if you have a limited amount of emails per hour enabled by your hosting provider. By selecting the "Scheduled" option you have to input the number of emails that you want to send per hour or per day. Also you have to enter the date from when the email session will start.
Tracking your links
If you used links in your newsletter message, you can track which users clicked each link by activating the "Enable link history" option. When accessing the Reports tab you will see a list of all your newsletter message's links and you will notice that the Total clicks column header will become a link, clicking it will redirect you to a page where you will see a list of subscribers and the links that they have clicked.
Creating the cron
Login to your server cPanel and add a new cron job with the following command:
lynx "http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_rsmail&task=cron"
- Please note that the date and time is the server time and not your computer time. It`s better if you will use the server time.
- If you enable the link history option, the information regarding which user accessed your newsletter links will be stored in your database. Having a large number of subscribers, newlsetter messages and keeping the link history for all of them could decrease the component's performance.
