Is there a way to manage reservations of Outlook resources like resource1#example.com entirely through email? I know that it is easily managed through Outlook by creating new Appointments and Meetings and then inviting the resource's email address.
These features look a lot like sending an email though. Is there a way to skip Outlook entirely and reserve resources using only regular email? Maybe some kind of formatted HTML or XML in the message body?
This would allow us to book resources from anywhere, like from Linux boxes without Outlook, workflows in SharePoint, or even in browser in ymail or gmail.
Sure, if you configure the mailbox to accept the meeting requests automatically. A meeting request is nothing but an iCal invitation.
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We're sending email through SendGrid. We first create these emails with SMTP in our Apache server with PHP. When we send this email with the .ics file attached we need to import the event into the customers' calendar automatically.
Right now we managed to add it only in Gmail accounts. In all other like Hotmail, MSexchage etc. we had no luck! The email goes, but in order to add the event to the calendar, you have to click on it and click on the CTA add to calendar. Is this a server issue? Is something we forget?
Kostas,
What happens with an ics attachment depends very much on each users setup and what they have said should happen with ics files. Mine open in a text editor for testing for example, not in my google calendar. Also it depends what email address it is sent to. Even google invitations don't work if we use one email address, even though it is linked to the google email.
I very much doubt that events would be added totally automatically just by receipt of an email with ics file attached. Imagine the spam abuse that might happen if that were the case.
We send out email newsletters and automated confirmation emails to users of our websites. Each email has an unsubscribe link in the email footer and each recipient opted in to receive emails.
Outlook webmail has the unsubscribe link above the body of the email in the following form:
Getting too much email from #SENDER#? You can unsubscribe
Clicking on the link opens a dialog window with following content:
Block this sender
[SENDER] hasn't given us any information to help you unsubscribe, so we'll block everything sent from the following sender: [EMAIL_ADDRESS]
[×] Also delete everything from [SENDER] in my Inbox folder
I search the internet and even contacted the Outlook support and asked them what info they need from us to help recepients unsubscribe from our emails. After several email exchanges the Outlook support concluded that they have no idea how to change Outlook's unsubscribe link, what information we should give them and how we should give them the information.
Can anyone please advise or point me to the right direction please? Thanks.
Is it "List-Unsubscribe" MIME header? http://www.list-unsubscribe.com/
You're confusing a couple of things here. First, while outlook.com is a Microsoft domain, Outlook itself is an entirely different thing, and people can be using Outlook as their mail program regardless of what domain they have. You won't know what client people are using for email, or what server they use to access it. Second, you say that email communication is vital for your websites. Banning people from your newsletters doesn't help that situation in the least. People using the various Microsoft services that you mention have no trouble receiving and participating in those email communications. What you don't touch on, is what software you're using for your newsletters. THAT is where your problem probably is. If you go to that domain.com/unsubscribe URL, what does that page do/look like? There are 2 usual links for a List-Unsubscribe header. One is a mailto: link such as unsub-list-12345#domain.com, where any email to that address performs an unsubscription. For the web link version, it needs to be a link to a page that automatically unsubscribes the user (so the link would need to be customized with variables such as the mailing list).
I'm reading about the new development of Google quick action buttons in the mail inbox.
I'm a little bit lost in this topic and not understand how I can include this function in my emails.
I have read about DKIM/SPF but I don't know if this functionality could need to do an google app.
I have my mail server with marketing segmentation and I want this button is visible when email come to client (destiny) gmail inbox (guess only works in gmail....). If i have included the markup code in html in my emails, why i can't see this button?
would it need create a specific mail application to implement this feature and send emails from this app? Someone tried this?
I know maybe this has been reply before but i think must start more down... so.. sorry.
Thanks and regards!
When you are ready to launch your marked up emails to your users, you will need to register with Google. Please follow this process:
1.Send a real-life email coming from your production servers (or a server with similar DKIM/SPF/From:/Return-Path: headers) including the markup / schema to schema.whitelisting+sample#gmail.com.
2.If you send a test/blank email, an email that does not contain schema or if you don't send an email for review your application will be silently discarded.
3.Make sure that the markup is correct prior to sending the email. For more details see Testing your Schema. Especially make sure the email passes the Email markup Tester and that there are no errors, also make sure to include as much data as possible.
4.Gmail removes all markup when forwarding an email. Do not forward the email but send it directly.
Fill out the registration form available here.
Here is the link for the documentation.
Hope this helps!!
Are you sending a promotional email (offers, etc.)?
If yes, then you are likely to be delivered to the Promotions tab, where quick actions do not work (according to Litmus - https://litmus.com/ebooks/gmail-ebook/gmail-ebook/).
Quick Actions work best in the Inbox for transactional emails.
("Here is your booking confirmation" [Check-in now] quick action)
These typically arrive directly in the Inbox.
I am trying to avoid going into the spam folder when I send an email to users on my website.
Mainly I need them to activate their newly registered account and if it's in the spam folder, they most likely will never activate it.
I noticed that for the most part, it's Hotmail that blocks my emails.
I read a lot that the more people mark it as not-spam, and if they add the email to their contacts, that why it increases the chances of not going to spam folders in the future.
Is there a way to offer a link for "add this email to your contacts" in the html body of the email?
Also, what can I do to not get to the spam in general? I tried stripping all the html and just send plain text but still went to spam...
To prevent your emails from going to spam can entail optimizing a number of things such as
Text of the email (even if it's plain text.. spammy/salesy wording will still trigger spam
The domain in which your sending the email from
Whether or not your sending domain is authenticated (e.g. SPF, DKIM)
Checking that your not on spam lists
What people usually do is create a link to a page which provides step by step instructions on how users can whitelist the sender in various email clients and providers.
This website will actually auto-generate the instructions page for you: http://www.emaildeliveryjedi.com/email-whitelist.php
Mailchimp offers a solution which allows you to add an 'Add-to-Address-Book' link to your campaigns but it's not very broadly compatible with all clients. What they're doing is embedded hcard microdata.
Further:
Mailchimp Add-to-Address-Book Links
hCard
I'd recommend sending a test email to http://isnotspam.com/
They run a SpamAssassin test (and a few others) on the email and give you an output, which is a good metric to judge most spam filters by.
Another thing to look out for is that GMail's doesn't like when you mention money at all, especially large amounts.
We have a newsletter that uses media queries to display it in a responsive format for smaller screens. It displays as it should in Outlook, but when the email is forwarded on, it appears that Outlook is removing the media query code. We are using Outlook to send the email since we have exchange lists that we need to include. Does anyone know if there is a way around Outlook removing the media query code when forwarding, or another way to send an email with media queries through Outlook?
Unfortunately Outlook uses it's industry famous Microsoft Word render engine to reinterpret html email. This means that when forwarding, your email is full of MS garbage and, in this case, removing some of the original wanted code.
I've had issues with some corporate exchange servers stripping media queries - I think caused by their security software. Try sending to a different domain.
Best way to see if it is stripping your media queries is to check your email code. Scroll to the bottom of your email and right click>view source just inside your Outlook viewing window.
If sending to a different domain doesn't work, I'm afraid you may be out of luck as there is no way to force Outlook to preserve your original code.
Are you sending the newsletter via an Outlook email merge?
If you want better control, use a email newsletter service like Aweber or Constant Contact.
Granted, you need your contacts to opt-in but this shouldn't be a big problem if they want your newsletter.