Survey of E-Mail Marketing Programs
Desktop Programs
Web Commerce Today, Issue 59, June 15, 2002
These programs are installed on your desktop computer and send and receive e-mail through your dial-up or DSL connection. They typically charge a one-time licensing fee.
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Act! 2000 http://www.act.com Interact Commerce Corp. Type: Desktop $189.95 to $199.95. Widely-used program to keep track of sales contacts, meetings, calls, etc. Until recently owned by Symantec. |
2 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Arclab Database Mailer http://www.arclab.com/products/amlc/ Arclab Software Type: Desktop Supports both internal database or any ODBC connection. $99 to $199. Other products include MailMe! Pro and Database Mailer. |
1 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Broadc@st HTML http://www.mailworkz.com/products.htm MailWorkZ Type: Desktop $249 up to 500 recipients, $795 up to 5000 recipients, $2495 unlimited. |
6 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Campaign http://www.arialsoftware.com ArialSoft Type: Desktop Campaign 5 is $995 plus $249/year for support. Batch size 50K. Campaign 6, due in 2/02 is web-based, $2495 plus $249/year for support. Batch size unlimited. |
2 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Desktop Server 2000 http://www.desktopserver.com/ Clown Industries and Mtisoftware.com Type: Desktop Spam tool. $299 to $499. |
6 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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DirectMAIL Earthonline Type: Desktop Offers spam tools. |
3 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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E-mail Workshop http://www.emailworkshop.com Word Place, Inc. Type: Desktop $89 to $99 version. 15 day free trial. Text and HTML capabilities, built-in editor, list management, dictionaries in 11 European languages. |
3 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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EmailUnlimited http://www.emailunlimited.info/42194/ 4OfficeAutomation Type: Desktop Text or HTML emails, integrated HTML editor, autoresponder, scheduled follow-up messages. Supports ODBC compliant databases, Excel, FoxPro, dBase, MS Works, MS Outlook and 2000 contact lists. Subs and unsubs. $159 standard, $269 gold. |
33 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Emerge http://www.earthonline.com EOL Corp. Type: Desktop E-mail merge from multiple data fields, HTML or text, address verifier. $1500. Part of a suite of spam tools. |
2 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Extractor Pro http://www.extractorpro.com ExtractorPro.com, Inc. Type: Desktop List maintenance. Sorts, breaks up, purges duplicates. Imports data into MS Access, tracking, direct delivery. $297. |
6 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Gammadyne Mailer http://gammadyne.com/refer.php?ref=10045&page=mmail.htm Gammadyne Software Type: Desktop Excellent e-mail automation tool, contains database script language, ODBC compliant database support, multi-threading e-mailing, direct deliver, list maintenance, data extraction from e-mails, etc. $119. |
23 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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GoldMine http://www.frontrange.com/goldmine/ FrontRange Solutions Type: Desktop GoldMine FrontOffice uses contact list system for e-mail marketing. Sold through local dealers. No price on website. |
2 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Group Mail (Infacta) http://www.infacta.com Infacta Type: Desktop Formerly Aureate Group Mail. List management, multi-language capability, imports data from ODBC compliant databases, data filters, checks for duplicates, text or HTML, direct delivery. Free version. Pro version, $79.95. Plus version, $179.95 includes mult-threading, and greater database import features. |
30 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Mach10 http://www.earthonline.com EOL Coroporation Type: Desktop $395. Part of a suite of spam tools. |
3 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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MailKing http://www.mailking.com MessageMedia/DoubleClick Type: Desktop Accesses MS 2000 products inlcuding Access and Outlook without the need to import. E-mail merge, SQL selections. Builds messages before sending. HTML support, international character sets. Since MessageMedia was acquired by DoubleClick the webpage is not found, but I hope it will resurface. $199 to $239. See my older review of MailKing. http://www.wilsonweb.com/reviews/mailking.htm |
8 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Mailloop http://marketingtips.com/mailloop/t.x/15267/ Corey Rudl Type: Desktop Capable desktop software uses text file that can be exported from a database. List maintenance, opt-in, bounce, auto responses, scheduling operations, direct delivery, HTML and text, e-mail merging, merge filters, attachments, e-mail extractor. $397. |
33 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Mass e-Mailer http://www.mass-emailer.com/ Intelliquis International, Inc. Type: Desktop $79.95. Spam tool. |
1 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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MaxBulk Mailer http://www.maxprog.com/MaxBulk.html Max Programming, LLC Type: Desktop For Macintosh desktops. Standard, $34.95. Text and HTML, e-mail list maintenance, spam use is disabled. Attachements, e-mail merge, scheduling. Pro version ($44.90) includes custom mail-merge tags, date tags, works directly from data in FileMaker databse. |
2 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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MDaemon Mail Server http://mdaemon.deerfield.com/ Deerfield.com Type: Desktop Scalable desktop mailing program for Windows. Priced for small businesses as well as enterprise level applications. Feature-rich. Starts at $110/year. |
3 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Merak Mail Server http://www.merakmailserver.com Icewarp Software Type: Desktop Windows-based mailing list program for small business and ISPs. Pro versions have ODBC capability. $79 to $980, depending upon capability. |
1 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Personalizemail http://www.personalizemail.com Blaze Software Type: Desktop Bulk email software, including multi-threaded sending, multimedia embed, database ability, e-mail merge, multiple attachments, rotate multiple SMTP servers, anonymous. Designed as a spam tool. Pro version, $249.95. Standard, $159.95; FloodMail Pro, $69.95 |
2 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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PostCast http://www.postcast.com Gate Comm Software Type: Desktop List maintenance, extract data from e-mails to database, e-mail merge, import into Access 97 database, etc. Scheduler. Standard edition, $177. Professional edition $297 with integrated SMTP server, data exchange with cgi scripts, etc. |
1 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Postmaster Express http://www.post-master.net/rs/wishttp://www.post-master.net/rs/wis Online Automation Type: Desktop Listserver, follow-up autoresponders, database management, automated follow-up system, contact manager, appointment scheduler. $299. |
12 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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Stealth Mass Mailer Marketing Masters Type: Desktop Spam tool. $399. Ads random numbers to from, subject, and to fields to defeat anti-spam filters. Multiple connections to one or more SMTP servers. Forged headers, bogus headers. |
3 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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WorldCast http://www.fairlogic.com/worldcast/ Fairlogic Systems Type: Desktop $49 single user license. Imports and exports to many databases and lists. E-mail validator, crash recovery, multi-threaded sending, direct delivery. Internal HTML editor, spell checker. |
3 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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WorldMerge http://www.coloradosoft.com/worldmrg/ ColoradoSoft, Inc. Type: Desktop $49.00 E-mail merge program that provides direct support for MS Access, Excel, dBase, ODBC databases, or CVS databases with no conversion or import required. Wizards help in setting up projects. Unlimited fields and projects. Up to 20 attachments per recipient. Max list size 100K. Direct delivery mode. Database filters. Received various Editor's Choice awards. |
4 User Responses Requires paid Web Commerce Today subscription |
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