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    #31
    Re: Mandrill changing

    Did you manage to integrate Sparkpost with Alpha? I could do with this example. Thanks

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      #32
      Re: Mandrill changing

      Hi Adrian,
      I have registered with Sparkpost.com. They offer 100,000 free emails and a lot of API's to do all kinds of cool integration.
      I have not heard anything further from Alpha Software if they may have a newly written function to take advantage of these api's like they have done with Mandrill.
      I have a thought in the back of my head to try the Mandrill Function with Spark-post. There are some similarities and perhaps it just might work with my needs.
      Anyway I am not emailing out so many emails that using their relay service would not be out of the question for now.
      So i am changing my system to use the Sparkpost smtp email relay they offer.
      They are certainly worth checking out and from what i have seen so far they are light years ahead of Mandrill in their service offerings and customer service.
      Calyxte

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        #33
        Re: Mandrill changing

        Thanks Calyxte, I will give this a try and report back

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          #34
          Re: Mandrill changing

          I sent in an email to Alpha asking for a email_send_sparkpost() function to replace the mandrill one. I hope they will make life easy on us and create it. I have buttons throughout my application that use it, I hope I do not have to redo them all - if I could just swap out the function that would be great.
          NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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            #35
            Re: Mandrill changing

            Almost done. Just working on the merge variables and final json string format. It will be a drop in replacement with a different function name.
            Steve Wood
            See my profile on IADN

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              #36
              Re: Mandrill changing

              Thanks - I am certain this will help out a bunch of users!
              NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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                #37
                Re: Mandrill changing

                I presume this will be slip streamed into the new anywhere version 4 software. So those who dont have that will need to upgrade?

                I do want to thank Alpha for getting this new function done for us users. I know it will make a difference for me and for so many other users.

                I gave the Sparkpost product a good read, also upgraded to it myself, it truly seems to be a great product.

                Mandrill goes dark for all user who have not upgraded to the mailchimp account, paid their ransom, uh i mean money for the account, on April 27th.
                I believe if Mailchip/mandrill made their fees a whole lot more reasonable many folks would have stayed with them. Given that Mandrill themselves suggested that their users head on over to Sparkpost makes me wonder if there was something more to the higher fees to also push users over to Sparkpost in the end. And why?

                So this update is just in time.

                Thank you Alpha for being responsive to our needs.
                Last edited by calyxte; 04-21-2016, 10:36 AM. Reason: more thoughts on the matter...

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                  #38
                  Re: Mandrill changing

                  The email_send_sparkpost() functuon is ready for use. Please PM me if you want a copy. It will drop-in replace the email_send_mandrill() function.

                  Elbee: I am not with Alpha, just an ordinary independent developer.
                  Steve Wood
                  See my profile on IADN

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                    #39
                    Re: Mandrill changing

                    ordinary - don't know about that Steve.
                    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
                    Albert Einstein, (attributed)
                    US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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                      #40
                      Re: Mandrill changing

                      I'm going with extraordinary
                      NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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                        #41
                        Re: Mandrill changing

                        Al Buchholz
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                        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
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                        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                        Albert Einstein

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                          #42
                          Re: Mandrill changing

                          Hi Steve,
                          Thanks for doing this. I know exactly who you are. You may not recall but I am the fellow who lives in Santa Fe that bought your framework long ago and developed an application called LunchWorks. Also I used to be on your Friday developer calls as well. We have spoken many times. I like your work and always have told you so. Yes I would very much like to use the email_send_sparkpost() function, how can I go about getting it? And a great big thanks you for developing it.
                          Larry aka calyxte
                          PS My experience Steve is that you are an extraordinary programmer so I second that.
                          Last edited by calyxte; 04-21-2016, 11:35 PM.

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                            #43
                            Re: Mandrill changing

                            Thanks for the kudos.

                            The utility I wrote for SparkPost will work on all versions of Alpha.

                            SparkPost (sparkpost.com) is an SMTP solution where you can send up to 100K emails per month without cost.

                            One of the reasons I wrote the function was to take it to then next step and incorporate the advanced features such as running marketing campaigns, web hooks (to tell your application that the email was delivered/opened/rejected), etc.
                            Steve Wood
                            See my profile on IADN

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                              #44
                              Re: Mandrill changing

                              I have not had time to implement or test this yet, but I am certain it will not only work as expected - I think it will give me more options and an opportunity to learn.
                              Thank you again. I will report back once I get it worked in.
                              NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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                                #45
                                Re: Mandrill changing

                                I added Help here: http://help.iadn.com/alphautilities/

                                I have plans for this Alpha Utilities Help beyond this small utility.
                                Steve Wood
                                See my profile on IADN

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