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  1. What is the difference between sending via the PoliteMail Server versus via Outbox?

    Sending via the Outbox is useful in that it allows you to send messages without having to configure a mail flow.  However, it is not recommended when sending to more that roughly 2000 recipients per message.  As a result, PoliteMail will automatica...
  2. What is considered an Ignored Email?

    Below are descriptions of all the read rates, although they appear in different places on the metrics report. Note that any email viewed in the Outlook preview pane is also considered an open. Ignored = Any opened email for less than 3 secon...
  3. How can I add a space that will not create a line break?

    Creating non-Breaking Space Sometimes you may need to insert a space between words, but you don't want the system to force a line break there, no matter what! This is a functionality built into Windows or MacOS, not PoliteMail.  Use the below ke...
  4. Can Smart Attachments be searchable by Google or another search engine?

    Indexing of Smart Attachments Generally, Smart Attachments (or any attachment for that matter) were not indexed (scanned by search engines) if a bit of embedded text (robots.txt) was included (more information can be found here ).  In September o...
  5. How can I move a user from one PoliteMail tenant to another?

    PoliteMail supports multiple tenants, which allows an Administrator to manage multiple instances of PoliteMail at once, but they are distinctly separate, with users unable to access or share content between tenants.  This gives large companies addit...
  6. Message Expiration

    Message Expiration is a great new feature of PoliteMail that allows you to set an expiration date on a message.  Messages that are expired will show in an Inbox, but when viewed it will only display for a brief moment before an alternate message...
  7. Is the Online version backwards compatible with the Desktop version?

    Yes. You will receive a notification that your desktop application needs to be updated.
  8. What happens if I use a Template with missing content items?

    Sometimes you might load a Template and try to send out a message that contains content items that is missing in PoliteMail (for example, if it was in PoliteMail but have been deleted).  When this happens and you send the message, you will see a p...
  9. EU Data Directive, January 2012 Update

    On 26 January 2012, the European Commission released new proposals regarding the EU Data Protection Directive (95/94/EC) and e-Privacy Directive (2009/136/EC) which came into effect 25 May 2011. The objective is to make the data protection rules mo...
  10. My Outlook keeps crashing and is saying it is due to a PoliteMail issue, how do I fix this?

    Try  repairing your Outlook data file ...