Both the free BaseElements plugin and the massively useful MonkeyBread plugin both work great for the HTTP Post stuff for Web Service APIs.
FileMaker 13 also has a native, but limited, ability to do POST with the Insert From URL script step, although I have not worked with it. --johnno On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:35 PM, Todd Geist <[email protected]> wrote: > Go back and take another look at Mandrill. It is designed for the purpose you > describe, which is known as "Transactional email". > > You can use either the SMTP option or the HTTP api. Although for the HTTP API > you will likely need a plugin. > > Todd > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Beatrix Willius <[email protected]> wrote: > AFAIK Mandrill is similar to SendGrid that I use myself. This should allow > you to create individual mails. The number of mails doesn't really matter. > > As long as you don't use your own ISP you should be fine. These companies are > professionals. Anything else is going to get you flagged as spam. Rather > sooner than later. > > The basics of sending an email is not complicated: > > socket1.address = "smtp.sendgrid.net" > socket1.port = 587 > socket1.password = "xxx" > socket1.username = "xxx" 'both come from sendgrid > 'now assemble your individual emails with from, to, body, attachments > socket1.messages.append MailToCompany > socket1.sendMail > > This is from Xojo, I know in Filemaker it's a bit more complicated but the > principle is the same. > > HTH > > > > On 24.10.2014, at 03:29, Tami Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to get as much info as possible on the best way to send out < > > 500 emails a day where > > > > 1. the list of email addresses comes from FileMaker 13 and can change daily > > 2. each email (the email body content) is different > > > > So if I have 150 emails to send out today there will be 150 different > > emails - the content of each is totally unique - much much more than a > > simple "mail merge"; the content = a list of related items for each person > > coming from a related FM table. > > > > > > Questions: > > > > - what are the potential issues using FileMaker 13 SMTP > > > > - what are the ways around these issues > > > > - have you done this, or can you connect me with someone who has > > > > - I've looked at ways to work with MailChimp, Constant Contact, and > > Mandrill but none seem to allow the dynamic creation of the email body so > > that I can have 150 unique emails for 150 email to address; is there a way > > to do this that I don't know about? > > > > - does the best way to handle this change if the number of emails / day is > > < 200 vs. < 500 ? how about over 500/day? > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards > > Trixi Willius > > http://www.mothsoftware.com > Mail Archiver X: The email archiving solution for professionals > -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker Certified Developer (9-13) FileMaker Business Alliance Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] http://www.fletcherdata.com 502-509-7137
