FTPZIP is a MailUp application that allows to send an email message to a defined list of recipients by simply uploading a ZIP archive to an FTP location (via FTP:21 or SFTP:22).
This features is typically used by advanced users that have a need for configuring and sending a campaign without accessing the MailUp web application, and without using the MailUp APIs.
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Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, you can enclose in the ZIP archive different kinds of files. (Details of ZIP archive structure are here.)
The only mandatory file is the one called settings.xml. The information enclosed in settings.xml allows to determine the Operations Mode and the details needed for each different operation mode. (Details of the settings.xml structure and data are here.)
Operation mode use cases
FTPZIP manage the following use cases:
- (FULL) Create and send an email message to a list of recipients (examples of settings.xml here (Massive Mailing) or /wiki/spaces/mailupapi/pages/36339811. Examples of ZIP archive structure here).
- (SEND) Send an already defined email message to a list of recipients (examples of settings.xml here (Massive Mailing) or /wiki/spaces/mailupapi/pages/36339811. Examples of ZIP archive structure here).
- (SEND) Send a copy of an already defined email message to a list of recipients (examples of settings.xml here (Massive Mailing) or /wiki/spaces/mailupapi/pages/36339811. Examples of ZIP archive structure here).
- (SAVE) Create an email message (examples of settings.xml here. Examples of zip archive structure here).
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Here the differences between Massive Send and Transactional Send.
FTPZIP can be configured to execute only Massive Send, only Transactional Send or both.
Upload ZIP Archive
The ZIP archive has to be uploaded in the FTP subfolder “/import_zip” that can be accessed from your FTP root path.
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