 It
is possible to use a Microsoft server for the email
delivery when using MultiMailer. If you have a Microsoft account
(for example Microsoft 365), you can have MultiMailer to interact
with this account and send out emails with your Microsoft
account's email address as the sender. A Microsoft server is used
for the email delivery.
There is a limit on how many emails you can send out per day in
this way. The limit depends on the type of Microsoft account.
For smaller email quantities this server solution works great.
However, if you want to send out larger quantities of emails,
another server is required; e.g. MultiMailer's built-in
server.
The tip on this page describes how to set up your Microsoft
account and MultiMailer to use a Microsoft server for sending
with MultiMailer. The login method works differently than with
traditional email servers. A new login method called
OAuth2 is used.
|
Connecting MultiMailer
to a Microsoft server: |
Before we start changing settings in MultiMailer, we need an ID
from Microsoft, a so-called client ID. MultiMailer needs
it to identify itself to Microsoft. The following steps describe
how to get it. Please note that you need an account with
Microsoft, e.g. Microsoft 365, for the steps below to work.
1.
Step 1 is to log in to Microsoft Entra ID, which is a
service provided by Microsoft. Microsoft Entra ID is a
cloud-based solution used to manage authentication and
authorization to various Microsoft services.
2.
To log in to Microsoft Entra ID, you can open this page:
https://entra.microsoft.com
3.
After you have logged in, click on App registrations in
the narrow column on the left.
4.
A web page with the title App registrations should now be
displayed.
5.
We will now register the application "SamLogic MultiMailer" on
this web page.
6.
Click on the + New registration option at the top left of
the page.
7.
Enter a name for the application you are going to register, in
this case "SamLogic MultiMailer".
8.
Select the account type under Supported account types.
For example "Signed tenant only".
 9.
Click the Register button.
10.
A new web page will be shown. Click the Add a redirect URI
link there (located on the right).
11.
A new web page will appear again. Click + Add a redirect URI
there.
12.
Select the Mobile and desktop applications option.
13.
Select the "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/nativeclient"
option.
14.
Click the Configure button.
15.
A new web page will appear. But we will not do anything there,
we will move on. Now click the App registrations option
in the leftmost column.
16.
Click the All applications option.
17.
A list of all your registered applications/programs will now
appear. Including MultiMailer, or possibly only MultiMailer if
no other applications/programs are registered.
18.
In the table row where your application/program name is
displayed, the application's client ID is in the Application
(client) ID column.
19.
Keep this web page open and open MultiMailer if you haven't
already. We will now configure MultiMailer and paste this client
ID into MultiMailer.
We will now configure MultiMailer to work with the Microsoft
account. We will also enter the client ID you received above
into MultiMailer. Follow the steps below:
1.
Open MultiMailer's email account dialog box via the Options
– Email Account Settings menu item in MultiMailer.
2.
Select the Use e-mail server from my ISP or company
option in the Choose E-mail Server dialog box that
appears:
3.
Now click on the large Settings button in the dialog box.
The E-Mail Account Settings dialog box will now appear:
4.
Click on the Server list button in this dialog box. The
button is located to the right in the upper half part of the dialog
box.
5.
The E-Mail Server List dialog box will now appear.
6.
Select the "Microsoft: outlook.office365.com
(port 587)" option in the list (combo box) that is shown in
the dialog box.
7.
Click the Select button in the dialog box to confirm your selection and close
the dialog box.
8.
The E-Mail Account Settings dialog box will appear again.
In the E-mail address and E-mail address (login)
input fields, enter your Microsoft
account's email address.
9.
Leave the Reply address field blank.
10.
In the Authentication frame, the OAUTH2 option
should be selected. If not, select it.
11.
In the Client ID input field, enter the client ID that
you obtained in Part 1 - Microsoft above. The easiest way
to do this is to use the Windows clipboard. Copy the ID on the
web page and paste it into MultiMailer (in the Client ID
field).
12.
The contents of the Email Account Settings dialog box
should now look something like this:
13.
Click now OK to close the dialog box.
14.
Click OK again to close the Choose E-mail Server
dialog box.
Now MultiMailer is configured to use a Microsoft server for
sending. Below we will test that it works.
|
Part 3 -
Send a test email |
If you have a mailing list with test email addresses, you can
open it in MultiMailer. If not, you can create one. Thereafter
you can write a simple test email message in MultiMailer. When
you have done that, you can select a test address in your
mailing list and choose the menu option Mailing - Start
Sending and step through the wizard until you reach this new
step in the wizard:
This step is used to log in to your Microsoft account. This is
required to be able to send emails via your Microsoft account.
Click the Login button to log in.
Please note that it is Microsoft that asks for login details.
Not MultiMailer. However, MultiMailer receives temporary
one-time login details from Microsoft "under the surface" which
MultiMailer uses to access a Microsoft server during the email
delivery.
After you have logged in, the last step in the wizard is shown.
Click then the Start sending button to start the email
delivery. Your emails will be sent via the Microsoft server.
How are email bounces handled?
Email bounces are not
handled automatically, as is the case when you use
MultiMailer's bulit-in email server or some other
servers. Instead, you have to handle them manually.
However, this is manageable if the sending volumes are
not too large. But if you send to a lot of recipients,
it is better to use MultiMailer's bulit-in email server
for sending. Then you will get automatic handling of
email bounces as a bonus. |
 How
to send emails via a Google server when using MultiMailer
|
