Please fill out the below form to expediate the process of an installation/upgrade of Dada Mail. We're currently installing a Pre Release version of Dada Mail 3, which includes support for Multiple Subscriber Fields. It is awesome.
This option adds a handy WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor to Dada Mail's, Send a List Message (Advanced), Send a List Invitation and Send a Webpage screens. This editor makes it easy to write an HTML email with formatted text and inline images, without having to know any HTML.
Currently we use FCKeditor, of which there is a demo of some of the features available here.
We do install FCKeditor with the ability to upload images from your desktop, to your server, so you can seamlessly embed images. It's pretty cool.
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Mystery Girl handles the sometimes tedious and always annoying task of dealing with bounced messages on your list. Instead of receiving bouncing messages yourself, they'll be received by Mystery Girl, who'll then go through them with a sharp eye and try to understand why exactly the messages bounced and do something about it. If the message bounces because the email address doesn't exist, the offending address is removed from your list. Mystery Girl uses a sophisticated points system, giving the problematic email address a bit of leaway when it comes to bouncing - just in case the delivery to that address was simply having some sort of temporary technical difficulties.
Mystery Girl runs in the background and involves no additional work on your part. Highly suggested.
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The SQL backend option sets up Dada Mail using a MySQL or Postgres backend for Dada Mail to save its List Settings, Archives and Subscribers. Usually, this allows for a more robust and faster installation and does enhance archiving and list sending features in a few ways (here are the details). If you're interested in a particular SQL enhancement (for example, the Global List Sending), let us know, and we'll make sure it's enabled.
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Beatitude allows you to write an email message, destined for your list, to be sent whenever you'd like in the future. Your message can be Plain Text, HTML (or both) and can have its contents came from a file on your server or a webpage. It also includes support for attachments.
You can also set the message to be sent on a continuing schedule - say, every day at 9:00am.
Messages can also be dynamic - for example: if you want to send the above schedule to send a webpage - but *only* if the webpage has new content.
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Basically, we move a Dada Mail installation from one server account, to another.
This can sometimes be annoying, tedious, messy and unsuccessful to do yourself, but we can do it, no problem.
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The dada_bridge.pl plugin does two things:
It allows you to send a message from your mail reader (Something like Outlook) to a special email address called the List Address, that 'll then be broadcasted (sent) , on behalf of you, to your list subscribers.
It also allows you to set up a discussion list that works the same way - subscribers to your list will have the oppourtunity to send to a special email address called the List Address, which will then be broadcasted (sent) to your list subscribers.
Discussion Lists work fairly similar to what you may be familiar with, but if you do have any questions about what exactly can be done, let us know.
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This option does a few things:
This option is especially useful if you're running Dada Mail using the SQL backend, since it will dramatically lessen how many times Dada Mail has to connect to your SQL server and also if you're running Dada Mail with a lot of lists (let's say, over 15). Load times on your pages will go down from a few seconds to minutes, to instantaneous.
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The price of the installation only really covers the actual installation - once it's installed, you are on your own except for the complementary upgrades for a year. For support help, you do have access to our support boards and mailing lists and can use those to your heart's content - we watch them, answer them, etc.
If that's not enough, you can have additional direct and prioritized email support. We'll give you a special email address to send your questions about Dada Mail to and we'll get to them before we get to any other support requests.
So that's basically what this covers, here's what it doesn't cover:
The direct email support stops at helping you via email. If you need us to go into the program and change something, actually *send out* a message, add a new feature, etc - that's gonna be extra.
Currently, we don't have direct phone support.
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By default, Dada Mail has a simple appearance, with a red header and a black hairline border.
Also by default Dada Mail's HTML email messages are without any real formatting.
We can change this, to basically, whatever you'd like.
If you have a template already in mind - for example (and probably the best example), you're current website, we can make Dada Mail's HTML screens look just like your website.
What we'll need is a sample of what you'd like Dada Mail to look like - this could be as easy as giving us a specific URL to your site - for example, your homepage.
We'll give you a mockup of what Dada Mail will look like for you to check off.
The above process starts at about $50.
Currently, we can easily customize the templates of:
Your List/User screens - this is what your users see when using Dada Mail when the subscribe/unsubscribe, browser the archives, etc.
Usually, there isn't a design that we can't fit Dada Mail into, without a good amount of success.
Your List Control Panel - this is the design you see when you're administrating your list
We suggest having a simpler design than something based on your actual website. We'll also have to fit in the admin menu, which is usually located on the left hand side. Nothin' too difficult, but you probably want the list control panel to be uncluttered.
Your HTML Mailing List Messages - this is the template your subscribers will see when they receive an HTML email sent with Dada Mail.
HTML email templates should be fairly simple as well - you won't want to use any sort of embedded Flash movies or Javascript, but we can help you create something that looks appealing and functional.
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