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Email Marekting Services

eRATEX can be integrated with MailChimp or iPost email marketing services.

 (see also Bronto Integration)

If enabled, when a customer sets the Ok to Email preference to yes, they receive mass emails through the service configured here.

If the customer decides to opt out of receiving emails by clicking an Unsubscribe link in an email, this updates the customer's Ok to Email setting to No.

Email Marketing Services

iPost

Field
Description
XML-RPC Interface URL URL for the iPost XML-RPC interface
Username Username to use when connecting to the iPost XML-RPC interface
Password Password to use when connecting to the iPost XML-RPC interface
Callback Key
 Key to be used in the Callback from iPost. This should be a random alpha-numeric string, but avoid punctuation characters as this will be passed in the URL. This value is case-sensitive
iTL Field Name for First Name
 Name of the iPost Database Field Name to use for the First Name
iTL Field Name for Last Name
 Name of the iPost Database Field Name to use for the Last Name
iTL Field Name for Phone number
 Name of the iPost Database Field Name to use for the Phone number
List Name
 Name of the list emails will be assigned to

 MailChimp

Field Description
API Key
 API Key to use when connecting to the MailChimp API. Be sure to include the entire key, including the data center designator at the end. An (very short) example key would be "abc1234be5678-us1" (no quotes)
List ID
 The ID of the list that customers will be subscribed to. The List ID is a random string of letters and numbers, available in the MailChimp web interface
Callback Key
 Key to be used in the Webhook callback from MailChimp. This should be a random alpha-numeric string, but avoid punctuation characters as this will be passed in the URL. This value is case-sensitive
 List field name for First Name
 The name of the MailChimp list field to use the First Name
List field name for Last Name
The name of the MailChimp list field to use the Last Name
List field name for Phone Number
The name of the MailChimp list field to use the Phone Number

Settings

Setting Parameter Name Description
Use Background Processing RATEX.EmailMarketing.UseBackgroundProcess Enable this to process email marketing updates as a background process. Normally, this should not adversely affect site performance, but on an extremely busy site, it may help to disable this. If disabled, customers could experience delays when updating or creating an account.
Enable Callback Debugging RATEX.EmailMarketing.DebugCallback Enable this to write debug information about the email marketing callback request to the images folder.

Related Parameters​

Parameter Name Description
RATEX.EmailMarketing.Enabled Enable this if you want to integrate with an email marketing service, and select the service in the RATEX.EmailServices.ServiceName AppConfig.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.CallbackKey Key to be used in the Callback from iPost. This should be a random alpha-numeric string, but avoid punctuation characters as this will be passed in the URL. This value is case-sensitive.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.DataFields.FirstName Name of the iPost Database Field Name to use for the First Name.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.DataFields.LastName Name of the iPost Database Field Name to use for the Last Name.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.DataFields.Phone Name of the iPost Database Field Name to use for the Phone number.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.ListName Name of the list emails will be assigned to.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.Password Password to use when connecting to the iPost XML-RPC interface.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.Url URL for the iPost XML-RPC interface.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.iPost.Username Username to use when connecting to the iPost XML-RPC interface.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.MailChimp.ApiKey API Key to use when connecting to the MailChimp API. Be sure to include the entire key, including the data center designator at the end. An (very short) example key would be "abc1234be5678-us1" (no quotes)
RATEX.EmailMarketing.MailChimp.CallbackKey Key to be used in the Webhook callback from MailChimp. This should be a random alpha-numeric string, but avoid punctuation characters as this will be passed in the URL. This value is case-sensitive.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.MailChimp.DataFields.FirstName The name of the MailChimp list field to use the First Name.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.MailChimp.DataFields.LastName The name of the MailChimp list field to use the Last Name.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.MailChimp.DataFields.Phone The name of the MailChimp list field to use the Phone Number.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.MailChimp.ListID The ID of the list that customers will be subscribed to. The List ID is a random string of letters and numbers, available in the MailChimp web interface.
RATEX.EmailMarketing.ServiceName Name of the Email Marketing service to use.



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