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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>With the Alkacon newsletter module, it is possible to send newsletter
emails to subscribers of different mailing lists. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns
= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>We used the module (version 7.5.2) to replace our newsletter
( a paper booklet) , with a digital version.</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>But did not want to edit the new newsletter itself as a
newsletter content, but as a word-file and publish it as a pdf-file. </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>We encountered two problems: </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>1. When we try to include the pdf-file as attachment to the
newsletter content, the template does not have a proper place for
attachments.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>2. When we include a link in the newsletter
content to the pdf-file on our server, that link is translated to
a local link, and does not work on the receiving side.</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>New feature request: </SPAN>Could these problems be solved in a later
release?</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>If useful, i can provide Alkacon my own code that solved
the first problem.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>I did not write a new module, but changed and recompiled the Alkacon
(version 7.5.3) newsletter module. </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>It works as intended ( we can add attchments, see them in preview
with the correct icons and send them as attachments). </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>But in the end we decided not to use that new
feature.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US>We now use a work-around for the second problem: we send an
alternative link to the pdf-file. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hein van der
Kallen</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></FONT><FONT size=2
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