FTPZIP is a MailUp application that allows to send an email message to a defined list of recipients by simply uploading a ZIP archive to an FTP location (via FTP:21 or SFTP:22 only).
This features is typically used by advanced users that have a need for configuring and sending a campaign without accessing the MailUp web application, and without using the MailUp APIs.
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Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, you can enclose in the ZIP archive different kinds of files.
The only mandatory file is the one called settings.xml. The information enclosed in settings.xml allows to determine the Operations Mode and the details needed for each different operation mode.
Operation mode use cases
FTPZIP manage the following use cases:
- (FULL) Create and send an email message to a list of recipients.
- (SEND) Send an already defined email message to a list of recipients.
- (SEND) Send a copy of an already defined email message to a list of recipients.
- (SAVE) Create an email message.
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In case FTPZIP executes a Transactional Send, the personal data of subscribers listed in the Recipients.csv file (details here) aren't imported in MailUp Account Database.
Email message are sent using MailUp Transactional API. Details about how to enable and configure Transactional Mailing on a MailUp Account are here.
When FTPZIP works in this way:
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The ZIP archive has to be uploaded in the FTP subfolder “/import_zip” that can be accessed from your FTP root path.
You can use FTP protocol (port 21) or Use SFTP protocol (port 22).
Notification alert messages
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Details about notifications messages are here.