How to sent individual mails using mail chimp api

[ish]

hi,

I would like to know how can I sent individual mails using mail chimp
api.
e:g:
If a new user register in my site I want to sent a confirmation mail
using mail chimp api. I created a campaign for confirmation mail and
also created a list. And I subscribed new user dynamically to the
list. After that i can only sent one mail, after the campaign wouldn't
allow another mail. Can i reuse this campaign for another user.
Is it possible to create new list using api.
The function I used for sending mail is $api-
>campaignSendTest($campaignId, $emails). In this method i did't get
the FNAME in the mail, also some other variables in *|MERGE TAGS|*.
These values were dynamically created and i had seen them in the list
displayed in the mail chimp account.

Is this possible to sent individual mails like registration, friend
request using api.
Hoping for favorable reply
Regards,
Ajish

[jesse]

You are talking about transactional emails - we aren't built for
those, but you can use psuedo-transactional campaigns as a workaround:
http://www.mailchimp.com/api/how-to/transactional-campaigns.php

If you use those, pay very careful attention to the documentation,
especially the caveats listed.

If you only need this "confirmation email", consider using your list's
Confirmation and Welcome emails during the double optin process.

Finally, DO NOT abuse test emails like that again. Doing so is a quick
way to get the attention of our compliance department and get your
account suspended. Even if you do, you'll find that there are limits
on the number of them you can send.


jesse

[ajish tr]

Hi,

Thanks for these very helpful informations. Using  psuedo-transactional campaigns I am able to send multiple mails from the same campaign.

I am faced with another issue. Using listSubscribe() merge field can only hold up to 255 characters.

So my long mails are getting stripped. How can I store more character in the  merge field.

Or is there is another method to sent emails.

hoping favorable reply

regards,

Ajish 

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Regards
Ajish T.R.

[jesse]

That's the limit. If your content is not actually user specific,
conditional content may work:
http://www.mailchimp.com/kb/article/how-do-conditional-smart-merge-tags-work

Between using those, using multiple merge tags for content, and/or
approaching your content a bit differently, you may be able to
determine how to split up the actual generic and custom portions to
shrink your data storage need.


jesse

On Nov 8, 8:02 am, ajish tr <ajis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for these very helpful informations. Using  psuedo-transactional
> campaigns I am able to send multiple mails from the same campaign.
>
> I am faced with another issue. Using

> *listSubscribe()</api/rtfm/listsubscribe.func.php>
> * merge field can only hold up to 255 characters*.*
> *
> *

> > mailchimp-api-di...@googlegroups.com<mailchimp-api-discuss%2B­unsub...@googlegroups.com>
> > .