New! Mailit 5 for FileMaker 7-12

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Product Info

The Ultimate Email Plug-In

Integrate full email capability into your FileMaker 7-12 solutions with ease! No external email application is needed!

The Mailit 5 package comes with a great set of ready to use FileMaker files for mass-mailing and personal mail management. These are open source files that you can adapt quickly to your needs.

Special attention has been given to ease-of-use and flexibility. Previous versions of Mailit are at work for thousands of FileMaker users and developers in over 40 countries.

With FileMaker 11 you can send simple text emails. Only Mailit 5 brings full email functionality to FileMaker including essential email client features, rich content sending of messages and integration of POP and IMAP email receiving directly into FileMaker.

Essential Mailit 5 features for full email integration into FileMaker

Send rich text messages from FileMaker fields, Preview mode layouts and multi-pages FileMaker Layouts directly as e-mail messages (WYSIWYG). Advanced SMTP authentication and SSL supported. Integrate common email client features into FileMaker such as message priority and progress dialog. Receive and view emails including attachments and inline images directly into FileMaker via POP and IMAP. Attach any container field data types such as images and videos to your emails. Even clipboard content can now be attached directly from within FileMaker. Optionally leave messages on server for processing with other e-mail clients or delete after specific number of days.

Mailit 5 and mailings

Mailit 5 lets you send rich content emails from FileMaker. This allows you for example to send well designed and personalized mass mailings including formatted text and pictures directly from FileMaker. Convert FileMaker Rich Text into HTML which allows alteration of the HTML code directly within FileMaker. Exclude online-falsified email addresses before sending. With FileMaker and Mailit 5 you can also manage response to your mailings as Mailit 5 receives email directly into FileMaker.

Compare Features

Email Feature	MI5	FM 9	FM 10-11
Basic email sending via e-mail client
Basic email sending via SMTP server
Advanced email sending via SMTP server
Send rich text messages (WYSIWYG)
Send HTML messages
Send Preview mode layouts as email (e.g. reports or invoices, WYSIWYG)
Set message priority
Send any message header fields (message ID, request read receipt etc.)
Send multiple attachments
Attach files from container fields
Browse attachments on disk
SSL for SMTP
Advanced SMTP authentication methods to cover wider range of SMTP server settings including MS Exchange
Email sending progress dialog
Exclude online-falsified email addresses before sending
Threaded email sending via SMTP server
Email receiving into FileMaker via POP
Store messages in FileMaker
Store attachments in FileMaker or on disk
Show HTML messages
Email receiving progress dialog
SSL for POP
Advanced POP authentication methods to cover wider range of POP server settings
Access full email headers of incoming emails
Check message criteria (e.g. size) before download
Optionally leave messages on server or delete after specific number of days
LOG file for detailed connection analysis
Detailed error codes with helpful explanations
Script timer on FileMaker server
Script timer on FileMaker client
Email receiving into FileMaker via IMAP
Sync messages with IMAP server
Create IMAP folders
Upload messages to the IMAP folders
Attach images, video, and other container field data types
Send multi-page layout messages
View messages with inline images using FileMaker Web Viewer, and default browser
Convert FileMaker rich text to HTML code
Convert most common links in to active URL (such as http, ftp, mailto, and callto)
Store download history at the FileMaker field, and share it over the network
Use FileMaker file path style
Convert System path style to Filemaker and vice versa
Windows friendly attachments mode
Quick function reference

Key Features

Mailit 5 provides threaded sending support, which allows sending messages in the background, leaving FileMaker accessible for other operations

Mailit 5 for FileMaker improves the IMAP support by providing a feature to synchronize messages based on unique message identifiers

Mailit 5 provides a functionality to create remote IMAP folders

Mailit 5 provides a functionality to upload messages to remote IMAP folders

Mailit 5 lets you send (SMTP) and receive (POP, IMAP) emails including attachments with FileMaker

Take advantage of ready-to-use FileMaker files for mass-mailing and personal mail management

Access all common message parts: To, From, Cc, Bcc, Subject, Header, body and attachments for incoming and outgoing emails

Store attachments in any local or network folder or directly in FileMaker

Attach any kind of container field data types, such as Images, Video, etc, as attachments for e-mails. This also includes the Clipboard contend

Preview HTML messages, including attached inline images using the FileMaker Web Viewer (for FileMaker 8.5 and later)

Use all common email formats: Plain Text, Rich Text, HTML, HTML with inline images, Multi-Part etc.

Send formatted text from FileMaker (WYSIWYG)

Send and receive messages with Unicode text

Convert FileMaker Rich Text into HTML. This allows alteration of the HTML code generated by Mailit 5 directly within FileMaker

Send complete multipage FileMaker layouts like invoices and reports (WYSIWYG) directly from within FileMaker

Manage several email accounts within one solution

Integrated script timer lets you check for new messages in a custom interval

Connect to servers that require SMTP authentication

Use SSL for POP, IMAP and SMTP for secure transactions

Customize a status dialog that provides a Cancel button

Compose and parse messages and attachments the way you prefer

Mailit 5 works with FileMaker 7-12 Pro, Runtime/Developer/Advanced and Server for Windows and Mac OS X

Advanced Features

Mailit 5 provides PNG support, which allows enhancing the image quality of the layout messages

Mailit 5 provides an option to change the log file location

Mailit 5 lets you pull the last SMTP/POP3/IMAP session transcript in to a field (Emai_GetLastSessionTranscript)

Mailit 5 lets you check for sender or subject before downloading a message

Leave messages on server after download for other uses

Delete messages from server after a certain number of days

Download history for POP3 server can be stored in a FileMaker field. This allows a workgroup to share the download history over the network

Specify custom timeout for all connections

Use files from container fields as outgoing attachments or inline images

Store attachments in container fields for better management

Convert FileMaker Rich Text into HTML and back, which allows alteration of the HTML code directly within FileMaker

Most common links (such as http, ftp, mailto, and callto) in e-mail messages will be automatically converted to active URL when using Rich Text messages

Share received attachments over the network with FileMaker and control access using FileMaker privileges

Open attachments from container fields directly of out FileMaker

Accelerate message processing by decoding incoming attachments before opening only

Validate email addresses online before sending a message

Compose messages of multiple MIME parts from various sources

Encode the same attachment for multiple messages only once

Exclude large emails from download if needed

Access full email headers of incoming and outgoing emails

Set plug-in preferences from script

Mailit 5 uses a FileMaker file path style that allows using FileMaker path variables with the plug-in and vice versa

Set custom message IDs

Request email read-receipt notification for outgoing messages

Advanced error code handling

More details about the Mailit 5 features mentioned above can be found in the What's New PDF file.

Powerful Example Files

The Mailit package contains a set of ready to use, customizable FileMaker example files.

Personal Mail
Rule and folder management, contact management, download timer and integrated email account manager

Mass Mailer
Send mailings to your customer list or contacts and organize your mailings

Simple Sending and Simple Receiving
Help to get you started with Mailit scripting; all basic functions at a glance

For more details refer to the Solutions Page.

Download the Trial Version and Sample Database

Mailit is available in single user, network and developer licenses for unlimited distribution. The combination of Mailit and FileMaker 7-12 provides features no other email application can offer; it is incredible fast and opens completely new possibilities in email communication!

Information on how to register Mailit 5 can be found on the Pricing page.

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