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.
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.
Operation modes
FTPZIP presents different Operation Modes. They are:
- FULL: Create and send a newsletter
- SEND: Send a newsletter
- SAVE: Create a newsletter
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, because the informations enclosed in settings.xml allow to determine the Operations Mode and the kind of mailing. (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).
Operation mode kind of mailing
Send of email message to a list of recipients can be executed in two different ways:
- Using Massive Send (details about settings.xml here).
- Using Transactional Send (details about settings.xml /wiki/spaces/mailupapi/pages/36339811).
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.
See here (TBD) to details about differences between Massive Send and Transactional Send.
Upload ZIP Archive
The ZIP archive have to be uploadedin the FTP subfolder “/import_zip” that can be accessed from your FTP root path.