In future, Cameo will handle its own incoming email directly (instead of checking a separate mailbox every so often). New addresses look like this: destination@to.cameo.example.com
To introduce this in a controlled way, we need to change the addresses you send to. The old addresses will continue to work for the next few weeks, but please start using the new addresses now. Read More…
A new button for templates lets you send a test email to an address other than your own. You could use this in conjunction with the spam checking service at www.mail-tester.com to check your email for potential spam triggers. Read More…
You can now attach any file to an email sent using a Cameo template. Either upload a file or copy one from the file store. Read More…
When emails fail to send or are later rejected by the recipient (a bounce), all such failures are now collated into one notification usually sent a couple of hours later (long enough after a mailshot for most bounces to have arrived). Read More…
Cameo now handles more automated replies to mailshots, including out-of-office messages. Read More…
You can now re-send email in communications → sent emails as well as member info → past communications. Also, you can now re-send email in member info → past communications without opening up the email to get at the button at the end. Read More…
For the recipient to see an image in an email sent from Cameo, it must be on a public web site. For WordPress sites, that means putting the images in the media library. When including an image in an email in Cameo, ideally you should be able to select the one you want from a set of thumbnail previews. This means Cameo has to be able to talk to your public website to find out what images are on offer. This article shows how to set that up. Read More…
Some WordPress (and other) sites disable their public API. Cameo uses that to display a set of images to choose from when inserting an image using the template editor. WordPress can still provide access to its image list using an “application password”.
Cameo now provides a box to enter this password so protected sites can still offer their images to Cameo. Read More…
Event definitions in Cameo now include a formatted full description field. The “cameoeventslistings” WordPress plugin embeds this in your website, and news builder blocks include it in your emails. Read More…
The problem emails (bounces) list in sent emails on the communications menu now includes: * the ability to restore (re-instate) quarantined addresses and resend the failed email at the same time and in bulk, * the reason for the quarantine, and * a ‘refresh’ link Read More…