Importing Contacts
Add members to your mailing list database from a text (a plain text file with each e-mail address on a separate line), CSV (a text file with each field delimited by a comma) or other common formats such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, OpenOffice, etc. Business edition users can connect directly to a database via ADO or ODBC.
You can also import a list of unsubscribed
or undeliverable addresses and member
or mailing list history.
Importing Contacts
1. Select File > Import from the main Toolbar.
2. Choose one of the following options depending on the type of file you are importing:
If your file only contains a list of e-mail addresses (one per line). Names can be specified by using the format: "Full Name <email@address.com>"
Example:
sales@xequte.com
someone@somewhere.com
John Smith <johnny@bgood.com>
Cathy <cth@meifu.cn>
Then select this option and specify the group to add users to
If your file contains multiple fields then select this option. Example entries might be:
john@xequte.com,General_List,John
McGrail,MyGroup
johnny@bgood.com,General_List,John Davies,MyGroup
cth@meifu.cn,Another_List,Tracy Chapman,AnotherGroup
You will need to click "Map Import Fields" to advise MailList King what information is contained in each column of the import file.
Only allows you to add members to your database from a file. To remove e-mail addresses that are listed in a file, or process them as undeliverable recipients then use the "Add Addresses" function on the "Home" menu.
You can also retrieve addresses from completely unformatted files
You can pass files to MLK to import them automatically e.g. "C:\Program Files\MailList King\MLKing.exe" "/IMPORT:C:\My Files\MyImport.csv" (the importation will be automatic if MLK's default mapping is used)
If you only want to update the details of a contact, choose the "Update Only" option. If the email address of a contact is found their details are changed to match those specified in your import file. Any addresses in your import file that do not exist in your list are ignored
Send Acknowledgement messages
If you have enabled Acknowledgement and Welcome messages (under Options) then a message will be sent to the user informing them of this action
Send Double Opt-in confirmation messages
If Double Opt-in is enabled (under Options) then a message will be sent to the user requiring them to confirm this action
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