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Sending an email with an ESP
To send an email or test email with the use of an ESP, start generating the email as usual (see
"Generating Email output" on page1123). In the Send (Test) Email dialog, pay attention to the
following settings:
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In the Outgoing mail settings area, select the preset for your ESP in the Presets drop-
down.
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In the Password box, type the password provided by the ESP.
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The ESP might also have a test function you can use. Check the options of your ESP.
Tip
For a detailed description of how to use Mandrill to send and track emails, see the following how-
to: Using Mandrill.
Adding custom ESP handling instructions
Most ESPs allow you to provide custom handling instructions as part of the email message, via
custom headers. Typically these include instructions to enable open rate tracking, click through
rate tracking and assign tags/categories to messages. Assigning a tag/category allows you to
view statistics per email type in the dashboard of the ESP. Note that each ESP has its own
notation and instructions.
In a Connect template, adding these custom headers is handled through a Control Script (see
"Control Scripts" on page711, "Control Script API" on page1077 and "section" on page1084).
The following samples show how to assign a tag or category to a message (e.g. ‘invoice’,
‘confirmation’, ’newsletter-jan-2017’) for various ESPs.
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Dashboard: https://app.sendgrid.com/
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