Bulk 1.7 build: 9470 released: 2007-08-21

Sends bulk emails.

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

Java application.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#BULK
View formatted HTML Manual online at: http://mindprod.com/application/bulk.manual.html

price: $0.00 USD
licencing: custom configuration
You are free to use the program as-is without payment.
However, it requires programming skill to configuration.
The fee is for my time to customise the
program for you and help you install it.
Check out the prerequisites carefully and
email me to discuss your needs before you buy.

May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/W7x86/W7-64/OSX/Linux/Solaris/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "use folder names" option.
To run as an application,type:
java -ea -jar J:\com\mindprod\bulk\bulk.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.
To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java -ea -jar com/mindprod/bulk/bulk.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:

The bulk emailer program allows you to send the same email
to a long list of people. Unlike competing products, it does
not require you to run any code on your ISP's server.

The price includes customising the program to your needs.

For more detail see the manual at
http://mindprod.com/applications/bulkmanual.html

To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from
http://www.winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the "user
folder names" option.

You will have to modify the CustConfig.java file, recompile,
and rebuild the jar.  Only programmers will feel comfortable
doing this. Most people should contact me at
inquiry@mindprod.com for help in configuring and installing.
You need to copy the *.bat files to a directory on the path.

Basically, you send an email to a little-used account, with an attachment
of email addresses you want the email broadcast to.  Then you let Bulk retrieve
the email and relay a copy of it to each of the recipients.

To use this product you will need two different email accounts,
one for sending your emails and one for relaying them to
your list of recipients.


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Version History:

 1.1 2002-05-10 display
                some messages to both out and errorlog. - send errorlog back
                to sender. - dedup logic - use of Log class to log both to file and
                console.

 1.2 2002-05-13 no longer display "sending to
                everyone" - ----- bar to separate messages - avoid reporting dups
                when dup is sender or monitor.

 1.3 2002-05-17 avoid sending
                info about previous batch.

 1.4 2003-05-05 MAX_EMAILS_PER_LOGIN
                to limit batch size.

 1.5 2004-03-04 remove saveChanges (getting
                POP is readonly)

 1.6 2007-05-27 flip to JDK 1.5, add pad, icon,
                reneme ReSend To Bulk.

 1.7 2007-08-21 tidy code, fix MX-Comparator so will work even if no
                priorities on MX records, add VALIDATE_EMAIL_SERVERS configuration parameter
                so can run where IAP blocks mailserver access.

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