Allow attachment in Mailpoet SMTP service
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Casey
We need the ability to send attachments to emails for things like access to our PDFs when someone subscribes to the website. Porividing a link to then go to for the purposes of downloading the PDF is problematic for our use case. Any update on when this will be implemented? Thanks
Alexander B Kerekes
Good idea! I've upvoted it. Would you mind taking a look at my feature request for a Campaign tab and consider upvoting it, as well?
Thanks!
Guy Rintoul
For invoices, would you not just host them on your server and provide a link to the file in the email? That's what most companies seem to do.
Travis Pflanz
Guy Rintoul: With that method, you're also storing all those files indefinitely. I have many clients whose sites generate a .pdf on the fly and attach it to an email, but the file is never saved. Same with images for at least one of my clients. The form filler uploads their images. They're attached to the email and sent to the website owner, then the files are automatically deleted from the system a week later.
Guy Rintoul
Travis Pflanz: fair point
Zuyo
MailPoet cite "bandwidth concerns" and "security implications with Spam filters" as reasons not to allow attachments. I am not sure what security implications are but maybe they can implement a limit on the size of the attachment(s). I am in the same position, want to attach pdf invoices, terms and conditions, etc and having to have another plugin for sending transactional e-mails through SMTP to avoid spam folder is not ideal.
Travis Pflanz
Zuyo: Valid concern, but you can't offer an email service platform that eliminates much of the actual purpose of emails... That doesn't make any sense.