CNET Editors' review
MaxBulk Mailer for Windows is a program designed to help people send personalized e-mails to large quantities of people. While it has a lot on its upside, the program also proves to be a little vague for inexperienced users.
This e-mail program should feel recognizable to users familiar with professional quality e-mail programs such as Microsoft Outlook. With a series of tabs taking users through the process of writing and sending bulk e-mails, people almost don't need to visit the Help file. If they do, e-mail senders will be treated to an in-depth dissection of MaxBulk's functions. Creating an e-mail moved smoothly and quickly, giving us options for attachments and a full range of word processing tools. Creating an address book can be tedious entering each name individually; however, entire lists can be imported with a few quick and painless clicks, which was an enormous time saver.
One feature we liked was the program's capability to use to customize the sender's information so it can provide anonymity. But one feature we felt was lacking was the program's capability to perform Mail Merges. This can be an indispensable tool for customizing e-mails, but the Help file does little to clarify how to perform a mail merge. Prior experience is certainly a plus. However, with its smooth interface, some thoughtful additions and easy navigation we found this 30-day trial to be a good download option for anyone looking to reach a lot of people with a single e-mail.
Publisher's Description
From Maxprog:
MaxBulk Mailer is a bulk mailer and mail-merge software that allows you to send out customized press releases, prices lists, newsletters and any kind of text or HTML documents. It handles plain text, HTML and rich text documents and gives full support for attachments. With this product you will create, manage and send your own powerful, personalized marketing message to your customers and potential customers. You also have support for international characters, a straightforward account manager with support for all type of authentication schemes including SSL, a complete and versatile list manager, support for importation from a wide range of sources including from remote MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
What's new in this version: Version 8.3.5 can export each recipient creation date, modification date and last delivery date, copy or move recipients between lists, and an alert is now displayed with help when after trying to import recipients from a valid file, no recipient is actually added.
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Version: MaxBulk Mailer for Windows 4.2
Pros
Easy to load mail list via Database or text file -- I used an Excel file which I saved in a text format and loaded it with a simple drag and drop interface.
Setting up the connectivity to send needed a little more documentation. However, with some trial-and-error, I was able to send bulk emails quickly.
I was able to save mail list fairly easy. The UI needs some getting used to, but once you have the basics, it was easy to operate and setup additional emails/email lists and smtp servers.
The built-in editor is more than effective for my newsletter requirements to schools and non-profit organizations such as Pop Warner Football & Cheer
Cons
Due to lack of documentation details in a few areas, it took me a little longer to get the final setup.
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