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> Email Personalisation Settings
This
function sets a switch to determine whether or not you
wish to use email personalisation.
If
it is set by you and you have built your messages with
the proper substitution codes (~~NAME~~, ~~EMAIL~~,
etc), the programme will automatically make the substitutions
needed to personalise the welcome message sent to your
customers.
It
will also let you set defaults for these substitutions
in case you do not have personalised data for a particular
customer ("Dear ~~NAME~~" can
be substituted with "Dear Subscriber" or something
similar.)
A
third variable that is available to you is the ~~CURDATE+XX~~
(current date) variable. This will insert the date that
is defined. Note that this variable only works in the
message Body.
Below
are a few examples with the date that would be generated.
Today’s
date: ~~CURDATE+0~~
Tomorrow’s
date: ~~CURDATE+1~~
2
days in the future: ~~CURDATE+2~~
10
days in the future: ~~CURDATE+10~~
Dates
are printed in MM/DD/YYYY format (i.e. 12/17/2000) or
DD/MM/YYYY format (i.e. 17/12/2000) depending on the date
switch setting in the personalisation features menu. The
default is MM/DD/YYYY.
Although
these are the most often used personalisation features,
they represent only a fraction of all the variables available
to you.
Below
is a complete list of personalisation fields which can
be inserted into your messages.
With
the exception of ~~CURDATE~~ , all work in both
the Subject line and in the message Body. (~~CURDATE~~
only works in the message body.)
*ALWAYS USE CAPITALS FOR PERSONALISATION FIELDS*
~~NAME~~
~~EMAIL~~
~~LASTNAME~~
~~ADDRESS1~~
~~ADDRESS2~~
~~CITY~~
~~STATE~~
~~ZIPCODE~~
~~PHONE~~
~~FAX~~
The
following 5 custom variables relate to 5 form variables
that you can use for any purpose in data collection when
creating a customer input form:
~~CUSTOM1~~
~~CUSTOM2~~
~~CUSTOM3~~
~~CUSTOM4~~
~~CUSTOM5~~
The following custom variables relate to the 15 demographic
form variables:
~~OPTIONS1~~
~~OPTIONS2~~
~~OPTIONS3~~
and
so on...
~~OPTIONS15~~
