[Typo3] Direct Mail questions . . .

[Chi Hoang]

Jerry Reid schrieb:
 > 1) I'm using TemplaVoila to parse templates for my typo3 site.  The
 > Direct Mail tutorial, however, directs us to use one of the standard T3
 > templates.  I've figured out how to make Direct Mail send html emails
 > based on my TV template, but it's missing the dynamically generated
 > "unsubscribe" link.  Am I missing something, or is DM not meant to be
 > used with sites running TV created templates?

You have to put those links manually with typoscript

 > 2) Whenever I test send a message I receive the html-formatted one, but
 > the text-formatted one always says this, regardless of the actual page
 > content used to create the direct mail:
 >
 > This is default template for plain-text mail content
 >
 >
 > ###CONTENT###
 >
 > (Then the footer info, with the unsubscribe link, follows).
 >
 > What should I be doing to make the text-formatted message display the
 > correct content?

direct mail uses the type parameter to fetch the plaintext content. just 
verify if the type parameter is set correctly in direct mail configuration.

 > 3) When DM sends html-formatted emails it embeds any graphics, which
 > creates large emails.  Can I just have it leave the absolute image urls
 > in my template alone, so that the recepients' email clients request the
 > images when the messages are opened?

only by patching the direct mail classes

 > 4) The statics never shows any information on html emails opened.  Is
 > everyone experiencing this problem, or do I need to add something to my
 > template to make this work properly?

you have in include a spacer-gif with the attribute dmailerping in the 
newsletter. for example <img src="spacer.gif" dmailerping="1">

 > 5)  What are the additional html parameters mentioned in the module
 > configuration area?  Is there any document that explains them?

http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/direct_mail_tut/