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Broadc@st HTML 4.5.1 - Email Marketing Software

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By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

Broadc@st HTML - Email Marketing Software

Broadc@st HTML - Email Marketing Software

Heinz Tschabitscher

The Bottom Line

An excellent and complete choice for any bulk email effort, the excellent Broadc@st HTML is powerful and flexible alike.
Pros
  • Broadc@st HTML offers flexible mail merging
  • Fast message delivery, solid list management, live click-through tracking
  • Broadc@st HTML is powerful and feature-rich overall
Cons
  • Broadc@st HTML lacks conditional text in mail merging
  • The interface can appear somewhat clumsy

Description

  • Broadc@st HTML sends bulk emails through external or its internal mail server.
  • Plain text and WYSIWYGHTML editors let you create rich messages in Broadc@st HTML.
  • Broadc@st HTML features powerful mail merging including several custom fields.
  • Incoming subscribe/unsubscribe requests and undeliverable messages are handled automatically.
  • Broadc@st HTML's wizards take you through the bulk email process step by step.
  • Many import filters (including Access, dBase, FoxPro, Outlook, Eudora, CSV, and more).
  • Broadc@st HTML can integrate with ezTrackZ for live open and click-through tracking and statistics.
  • Broadc@st HTML supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.

Guide Review - Broadc@st HTML 4.5.1 - Email Marketing Software

Designing the interface of a bulk email application is not easy. Broadc@st HTML's interface is not perfect, but it is relatively easy to use given the program's many powerful functions.

Broadc@st HTML's message editor provides great WYSIWYG HTML editing, powerful mail merging capabilities and a useful message preview function. While versatile list filtering is available, conditional text or a scripting language are unfortunately missing.

Broadc@st HTML is well equipped for list management. The import filters are flexible, and Broadc@st HTML handles incoming mail to respect subscribe and unsubscribe requests or automatically remove bouncing addresses. Broadc@st HTML can also clean your list before sending to avoid sending mail to invalid addresses.

Optional integration with ezTrackZ ad tracking lets you see in real time who opened your message and who clicked through. With its many more powerful features Broadc@st HTML is apt for serious tasks.

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