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How to handle bounces with SendGrid?
If you are using SendGrid with Mailster you can also automatically progress bounces. You only need the SendGrid Integration plugin from the WordPress Repo your SendGrid account On the delivery tab you can find two options for handling bounces Select SendGrid and future bounced email addresses will automatically get marked as hard bounced. If you select […]
How can I increase the sending speed?
Depending on your delivery method Mailster needs some time to send your campaigns. If you like to increase your delivery rate you can do try following things: decrease the cron interval trigger the progress faster (How to setup a cron) Increase the “numbers of mails sent at once” on the Delivery tab in the settings Choose a […]
How can I use Mailster with the wp_mail function?
Many contact-form or membership plugins use the wp_mail method. With Mailster you can hijack the function and use the Mailster delivery options to send third party mails. On the General tab in the settings you can find three options: 1) Do not use Mailster for outgoing WordPress mails This option will bypass the functionality and uses […]
How do I know if my cron is working correctly?
Mailster requires a cron to send it’s campaign. If you know how to setup a cron you have to check if the cron is actually running correctly.
How can I send newsletters via GoDaddy?
Although it’s not recommended to use GoDaddy’s own email servers you can do it but have to follow some rules: GoDaddy has a limit of 250 mails from a certain account so make sure you setup the sending limits correctly. Use this form to calculate your values. You have to make sure the used from […]
How do I manually update the Geo Database?
Download and extract these two file from maxmind.com: GeoIPv6.dat.gz and GeoLiteCity.dat.gz Rename the GeoLiteCity.dat to GeoIPCity.dat Upload the GeoIPCity.dat and the GeoIPv6.dat into this folder wp-content/uploads/mailster/ (If your upload folder is located somewhere else you have to upload it in this directory.) Go to Settings => Newsletter => General and check the ‘Track Countries’ and ‘Track Cities’ […]