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…
Email bounces and out-of-office replies
Cameo now handles more automated replies to mailshots, including out-of-office messages. Read More…
Easier email re-sending
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…
Selecting images in templates
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…
Supplying credentials for image selection
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…
Formatted full event descriptions
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…
Further improvements to “problem emails” list
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…
Snippets, stationery, out box and problem emails have moved
Several sections in Cameo have been re-arranged. Reach “Snippets” and “Stationery” through links next to where they are used in templates. “Out Box” and “Problem Emails” combine into a new section “Sent Email” in “Communications”. The way they work is unchanged. Read More…
Email block list checks
Cameo can now make routine checks to see whether outgoing mail servers have been put on a spam block list. Checks are carried out daily at around 07:45. If the check discovers new block list entries, it posts a reminder message with details. Read More…
News builder: a small button with big impact
News Builder is a major addition to Cameo’s template editor. With it you can compose structured mailshots from a set of ready-made, customisable blocks. Read More…