[TYPO3-english] Direct Mail – sending html newsletters

[Sara Weale]

YES that was the problem!! Thank you so much. Tried for weeks to get advice on 
how to get this to work.

Thanks again :)

Sara

On 18/03/2011 13:38, Lorenz Ulrich wrote:
> Stupid me, of course it's "= 1" and not "= 33".
>
> For the sake of completeness:
>
> // using fe_users table
> TCAdefaults.fe_users.module_sys_dmail_html = 1
>
> // using tt_address table
> TCAdefaults.tt_address.module_sys_dmail_html = 1
>
>
> Lorenz
>
>
> Am 18.03.2011 12:24, schrieb Stig Kjeldsen:
>> Hi Lorenz
>>
>> "The missing flag" is a classic one :-)
>>
>>
>> if using tt_address, this configuration will automatically set the flag:
>> In Page TSconfig:
>> TCAdefaults.tt_address.module_sys_dmail_html = 1
>>
>> / Stig Kjeldsen
>>
>>
>> Den 16-03-2011 22:44, Lorenz Ulrich skrev:
>>> Hi Sara
>>>
>>> For your information: I just tested sending a HTML mail to a static list
>>> of FE users. It works fine.
>>>
>>> I think you have a misconfiguration. Is it possible that your users
>>> don't have the flag "Send direct mail as HTML" set? If so, no mail will
>>> be sent (if type of mail is HTML only) even if you have recipients in
>>> your list.
>>>
>>> You might change all of them at once with a MySQL query
>>>
>>> ALTER TABLE fe_users SET module_sys_dmail_html = 1;
>>>
>>> To have it enabled by default, you could use a hidden field in the
>>> sr_feuser_register template (name=module_sys_dmail_html, value=1) or
>>> maybe (not tested) use
>>>
>>> TCAdefaults.fe_users.module_sys_dmail_html = 33
>>>
>>> FYI, I normally work with "From pages" lists, and I'm sure know that the
>>> tree types "From pages", "Static list" and "Plain list" can send HTML
>>> mails.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Lorenz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 16.03.2011 19:32, schrieb Sara Weale:
>>>> This was reported:
>>>>
>>>> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=17724
>>>>
>>>> The newsletters are only sent out as plain texts and not html when using
>>>> a static list.
>>>>
>>>> This seems to be the only alternative to 'plain list' (which obviously
>>>> we do not want to use as we require html emails) when importing a
>>>> website usergroup into a recipient list.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this is clearer.
>>>>
>>>> Sara
>>>>
>>>> On 16/03/2011 17:12, Lorenz Ulrich wrote:
>>>>> Hi Sara
>>>>>
>>>>> Please be a little more exact about what doesn't work. What Forge
>>>>> issue are you reffering to?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorenz
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 16.03.2011 17:58, schrieb Sara Weale:
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We cannot send html formatted emails out using the ‘static list’ (this
>>>>>> has been reported as a bug but there is no solution as yet). We are
>>>>>> using sr_feuser_register to register users and have setup Direct
>>>>>> Mail to
>>>>>> import the relevant usergroups into a static list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As we are now extremely frustrated that we cannot send out information
>>>>>> to our registered users, before I give up completely and go outside of
>>>>>> Typo3 for this service, can anyone suggest an alternative way of
>>>>>> importing the frontend usergroups into a suitable Direct Mail list
>>>>>> so we
>>>>>> can send out both text and html newsletters?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>>>> Sara
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>
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