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.
Operation mode use cases
FTPZIP manage the following use cases:
- (FULL) Create and send an email message to a list of recipients.
- (SEND) Send an already defined email message to a list of recipients.
- (SEND) Send a copy of an already defined email message to a list of recipients.
- (SAVE) Create an email message.
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Send of email message to a list of recipients can be executed in two different ways:
- Using Massive Send //TO DO add link to massive(details here).
- Using Transactional Send //TO DO add link to transactional(details here).
We recommend use of Massive Send when is required manage a single zip archive one at a time and the newsletter have to be sent to a great amount of subscribers.
We recommend use of Transactional Send when is required manage more than one zip archive at the same time and the newsletters have to be sent to a reduced of subscribers.
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In case FTPZIP executes a Massive Send, the personal data of subscribers listed in the Recipients.csv file /TO DO Page CSV only for massive file (details here) are imported in MailUp Account Database.
Email messages are sent as a common mailing executed using the MailUp Web Application.
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In case FTPZIP executes a Transactional Send, the personal data of subscribers listed in the Recipients.csv file //TO DO Page CSV only for transactional (details here) aren't imported in MailUp Account Database.
Email message are sent using MailUp Transactional API. Details about how to enable and configure Transactional Mailing on a MailUp Account are here.
When FTPZIP works in this way:
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