I like the basic functionality of this component.
Just missing plug-in support, since I have many article using plug-ins, and sending them without them is not very functional.

So supporting plug-ins in a new release would be great !!

I don't understand all the grousing that I see in other reviews. I love this component and have used it for a few years now. It seems very easy and yet it is very powerful. I cannot imagine any features that are missing, other than some tracking; but I hear that there will be some basic tracking in the next version which is due out soon. I could not manage my website without this component!

I thought this would solve my problem:

5 content Sectons each needing a weekly no frills standard HTML newsletter, justlike updates from Socialnetwork sites.

Maybe @ backend:
1. Select Section/Categories,
2. Frequency: weekly/daily (etc)
3. When: Mon/Tues/Wed etc
3. At: (set time)

Maybe front end, user selects:
1. Sections wanted
2. Frequency

But NO... there's dozens of config options (and more bug complaints in the forum than a cheap hotel in Bangkok)

An early review said it all:
What is needed is the following:

A simple button to trigger a bulk email.
A simple link to a list showing us what this particular email trigger is going to do, to who, when &c.
A simple log from the back end showing what was sent, when and to whom and if not, why.

Before any bug-fixing, improvements are carried out the above needs to be addressed.
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SAD DISAPPOINTMENT...
Who are all these people who have been giving Top Ratings, some claiming to have been using it for years... I've been looking for something like this on the JED since 2007 & it only just appeared a couple of months ago!!

Vemod has been a time saver for us and our clients. It has allowed us to create content for our website and not worry about having to notify our mailing list in a separate email. We used have to manually send out an email through other software packages. Now it's all done automatically. I'm glad Unimatrix.net has taken over the management of this great extension.

I have terrible problems with VEMOD, I like it in many ways but it has some big failings. I am pretty technical but VEMOD often defeats me. It is completely counter-intuitive as to how to initiate a mail session. It seems to be a case of pull this, ring this bell, turn this tap, tick this box and pull one or two levers from the back end, do some tweaking at the front end and hope like hell that it fires off. Then to find out what it has actually done, when it mailed, who to &c seems to be another arcane science in itself. It is like nursing a old steam engine into life.

What is needed is the following:

A simple button to trigger a bulk email.
A simple link to a list showing us what this particular email trigger is going to do, to who, when &c.
A simple log from the back end showing what was sent, when and to whom and if not, why.

Before any bug-fixing, improvements are carried out the above needs to be addressed.

I am NOT thick and I am technically minded. I cannot however get to grips with VEMOD and every time I use it I find myself digging through the pages to find out what I actually need to do. I still do not know to this day whether some of emails are actually being sent at all... Reading the manual seems to have no impact on my ability to be able to send emails.

I want to use VEMOD having invested time and effort in it. When the project went in stasis I really thought about abandoning the tool completely. As it is already installed on three J1.5 sites I don't really want to go through the pain of finding another tool again. I have another three J1.5 sites to optimise, I also have six J1.0 sites to find a mailing tool for.

That's my penn'orth, a response to this on the forum would be really useful as I am doing my analysis of mailing list tools now. I have a bit of cash to point in the develope's direction per site install if that helps.

I used to be in love with this extension for a long time and used it for over a year till it gave me terrible responsiveness with the last upgrade.

Since moving to 1.2.12, 5 out 7 newsletters that I would send out in the week would have errant links, probably because of a lack of compatibility in the SEF.

Eagerly waiting for the next upgrade in the hope that the bugs would be fixed.

This looks like a very good product, but was too buggy for me to persevere with. There are other products out there. The primary problem I had was adding subscribers to a top-level newsgroup, it just didn't work. I also had problems with the module not subscribing or unsubscribing, and a number of issues with saving configuration settings, where I was redirected to the component page and couldn't save the changes.

We tried several newsletter extensions and decided on Vemod. It has a straightforward and powerful concept: aggregate new articles from your site into an auto-generated newsletter. This is very different from a custom written newsletter. We really like the Vemod approach because it puts the focus on the website content so there is no separate newsletter writing and editing, which simplifies keeping the website and newsletter fresh. There are many options to config which article sections and categories feed the newsletter and how often it is produced (daily, weekly, monthly, etc).

There are a few cadillac features missing, at least we haven't found how to config them: When each article section/category is a separate newsletter that allows users to pick and choose which to subscribe to, but the Vemod engine sends each one separately to each user. There is a "single email" option but that forces users to take the entire bundle of sections and categories. We would really like the Vemod engine to bundle the users choices regards how few or many are selected.

Strongly recommend this module.

I've used this component over a year and here's my veredict: Excellent Work!

Keep the good work! ;)

I have been using this extension for many years.

It has my wholehearted support.

John

We are using Vemod News Mailer for some time on our Joomla 1.0 site. I have been (and still are) impressed with the usability and effectiveness of this component. Since we are planning to migrate to 1.5 or 1.6 in the near future, we are glad that support is continued at least for 1.5.
Thaks and keep up the good work guys!

A great component. Install it and it works. Only the template of the mail you need to change.
Thanks, I use this comp. already on Joomla 1.0. I'm glad it is now available for Joomla 1.5

... GPL'ed news mailer with all these features, working out of the box! It is a little bit complicated and needs quite an effort to set it up, but I'm really greatful for this extension, that runs perfectly well on both of my joomla websites. Don't know about support, cause I never needed it. Btw, I'm happy that you found a new sponsor - keep going! Thanks!

Very good starting idea but many useless complex things. I entered in the code to customize for a client. It is also useless complex.
But the concept is unavoidable.

I use this extension for a Public Health District website and it works great!! I'm constantly adding the latest health news to our site and I've configured the extension to automatically compile all the newly added content into one nice, neat newsletter and mail it out weekly! I can easily customize the appearance of the newsletter from the Joomla backend and even include modules from my site. So by using the modules not only do I include the latest added content since the last time the newsletter was compiled but I also include the headlines of previous news articles and the latest Job Listings from JobGrok as well. It works flawlessly and my list of subscribers is always actively growing especially since Vemod gives you the ability to offer guest subscriptions!

I tried a lot of newsletter components. This is the one that does what I want.

You publish articles in different categories. Then you decide which categories that shall be in the newsletter and how often the newsletter shall be sent. Thats it. From now on, Vemod will automatically send news from the content on your Joomla site.

Configuration took a little time to set up, but once configured, it works great.

Lots of great features in this newsletter. The users are able to choose if they want html og plain text news.

I was sad when they stopped developing this component. Now I am really happy that it is back!

One of the best component I have used. It sends all my added articles to all my subscribers.

Use MVC...last I checked the code was quite impossible to look through to try to decipher anything, change the name...what exactly is a "Vemod"? How does that name convey to users that this is a newsletter component? Last but not least...how do I get involved with the development of this bad boy? I love it! Cron didn't work for me...followed directions to a T...

I´ve been using this component and module for years to manage my mailing list, i recommend it, it just works.

I have installed it and it works, easy and simple and all features are awailable. This is the most powerfull and easy to use extension for a newsletter, either to send automaticaly or manualy my news.