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 If you plan to send e-mails to the same people again, you have to either delete them from this list or change the name of the file. A restart of the program might be required. If you plan to send e-mails to the same people again, you have to either delete them from this list or change the name of the file. A restart of the program might be required.
  
 +In latest version you have an EDIT button next to that field where you can erase certain E-Mails. When creating a new project, it would be wise to also change the file name there to avoid future trouble.
 ==== Skip whole domain when no item was found for a long time ==== ==== Skip whole domain when no item was found for a long time ====
 When you are parsing an URL with a lot sublinks and no Item was found for like 100 links, then the all URL with the same domain get removed from the Queue. When you are parsing an URL with a lot sublinks and no Item was found for like 100 links, then the all URL with the same domain get removed from the Queue.
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 You can also add more place holders for the **@** and **.** sign that is often replaced on web sites to make it harder for programs like ours to locate the email address. You can also add more place holders for the **@** and **.** sign that is often replaced on web sites to make it harder for programs like ours to locate the email address.
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 +For the phone and fax numbers you can also add the prefix phone numbers that they should have (e.g. +49 482). If you uncheck everything else, it would work as a filter to only accept numbers from that region.
  
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 |{word1#word2#word3} |one of the words in the brackets gets inserted| |{word1#word2#word3} |one of the words in the brackets gets inserted|
  
-By default the email is sent as text only message. But you can also define a html message with different colors and text styles as seen in the screenshot above. Attachments are not possible and if you want to use images in the email you have to use links to an online resource.+By default the email is sent as text only message. But you can also define a html message with different colors and text styles as seen in the screenshot above. Attachments are not possible and if you want to use images in the email you have to use links to an online resource. See article "[[email_spider:creating_emails_with_images|E-Mails with Images]]" for more.
  
 On the “E-Mail Settings” you can define how to send the email. On the “E-Mail Settings” you can define how to send the email.
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 The **Pop3-Server** as well as the **SMTP-Server** and the **Own Email** are required to send mails normally over your E-Mail provider. Of course the **Login** and **Password** are also needed.  The **Pop3-Server** as well as the **SMTP-Server** and the **Own Email** are required to send mails normally over your E-Mail provider. Of course the **Login** and **Password** are also needed. 
  
-Please note that the login could be different from the email name for your email-provider. If you don't know what to enter then have a look into the settings of your mail-program like Outlook or search the FAQs of your email provider for details.+Please note that the login could be different from the email name for your email-provider. If you don't know what to enter then have a look into the settings of your mail-program like Outlook or search the FAQs of your email provider for details or see this listing of [[email_spider:email_provider_settings|email providers and their settings]].
  
 When sending mails with the program you have to make sure that no other email-client is logged in as this might result in a rejection from the mail server. When sending mails with the program you have to make sure that no other email-client is logged in as this might result in a rejection from the mail server.
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 **Own Email** is the E-Mail that the customer will send a reply to. So if you want to get feedback, you have to enter a valid email here. You can also write there something like %random%@my-host.com. In this case, the %random% string will be replaced with a random characters. This is useful if you want to change the email on each email you send out.  **Own Email** is the E-Mail that the customer will send a reply to. So if you want to get feedback, you have to enter a valid email here. You can also write there something like %random%@my-host.com. In this case, the %random% string will be replaced with a random characters. This is useful if you want to change the email on each email you send out. 
  
-**Simulated Mailer** is an option to pretend that the sent e-mail was written by one of the e-mail clients in the list. It is recommended to use “outlook” as its one of the most common e-mail clients. However if you want to use something else use the one from the list or simple chose random.+**Simulated Mailer** is an option to pretend that the sent e-mail was written by one of the e-mail clients in the list. It is recommended to use “outlook” as its one of the most common e-mail clients. However if you want to use something else use the one from the list or simple choose random.
  
 {{ :email_spider:email_spider_automailer_enabled.png |}} {{ :email_spider:email_spider_automailer_enabled.png |}}
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 If your TEST E-Mail arrived, you can switch the automailer on as seen on the screenshot above. If your TEST E-Mail arrived, you can switch the automailer on as seen on the screenshot above.
  
-If you see no activity in the status column, than you might have configured the email message wrong. Make sure that email is matching any of the masks you defined in the templates. Else the default template is used but only if there is some message in it.+**If you see no activity in the status column, than you might have configured the email message wrong. Make sure that email is matching any of the masks you defined in the templates. Else the default template is used but only if there is some message in it.**
  
 +You can use many macros here for the login you can e.g. use %email% for the whole email or
 +%emailuser% for the part before @. This way, you can e.g. use the spin syntax in the smtp server field to send emails by a random provider/account. However make sure the password is the same then.
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