Submission/Revison Date: |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 06:16:17 PM |
Application Name: |
fcGroupMailer |
Short Description: |
fcGroupMailer lets a FirstClass Administrator designate individuals who should be allowed to send private mail to any existing FirstClass group. |
Market: |
All
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Category: |
Utility |
Company: |
Aptiris |
Website: |
http://www.aptiris.com |
Type: |
Free |
Platform |
FCAS |
Why use a group mailer?
In the FirstClass world, we've always been encouraged to use Conferences (and now Communities) to share information with groups of people. So we create our user groups, distribute conferences to those groups, and post messages. For most purposes this is great - it avoids the trap of "all staff" mailing lists that result in email overwhelm, and encourages a real exchange of information rather than one-way announcements.
But a few select individuals in every organization might have a real need to push content to the private mailboxes of a group of users. Most often these are top-level executives or administrators, and their intent is to make a one-way announcement. fcGroupMailer allows those individuals to send to Personal Mail Lists, based on the contents of the Groups that are already being maintained by the FirstClass Administrator.
How it Works
fcGroupMailer lets a FirstClass Administrator designate individuals who should be allowed to send private mail to any existing FirstClass group. fcGroupMailer creates a Personal Mail List for each sender, and updates that list each night at a scheduled time to keep it in sync with the members of the FirstClass group.
Recommendations for Senders
When fcGroupMailer creates a mail list for a Sender, it functions just like a mail list created by an end-user. Senders may simply create a new message, and use the name of the list in the To, Cc, or BCC field. To prevent recipients from generating a "reply all" that goes to all members of the list, BCC is strongly recommended when sending messages to groups of FirstClass users.
Cost & Licensing
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
A copy of the GNU General Public License is provided as part of the application download. You may also review the license terms online at: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
What this means:
- You may download and install the program at no cost
- You may download and modify the source code
- You may make available your modified versions of this software
- You may *not* charge for software derived from this source code
Download & Installation
Support
Aptiris is pleased to provide this application as free software. We hope you find it useful, and want to enable you to deploy and use this as easily as possible.
We are unable, however, to provide direct support as we do with our commercial products that include a Maintenance & Support component. Please see our online help for configuration information and our FAQ. We have also created a Community for fcGroupMailer where you may share questions, suggestions, modifications to the program, etc. There is no cost to participate in the community; please send an email request to receive your credentials.
If you would like direct assistance in setting up fcGroupMailer, FirstClass Application Services, or any other service, Aptiris is glad to assist on a contract basis. Please contact Aptiris to make arrangements.
