Hi,

I can't find an answer to this and hoping you can help. I am using MailChimp autoresponder feature at the moment, away from drupal. We do computer repairs and when a customer job has finished, we have an auto responder set to send a follow up email 1 week later. At the moment, we manually enter the email and collection date into MailChimp.

We are moving our entire repair system into drupal and will be using MailChimp module to sign our customers up in-store for newsletters. Finally, I can get to the question! We have a repair node which uses workflow to track the status. On 'Collection' status, could we update their MailChimp 'Last Collection' field so that the customer will get this email automatically without us having to enter details manually as we do now? A lot of our customers are returners so I don't want to just use the first sign up date for this function.

Sorry that took so long to explain! :)

Thanks,
Paul.

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techypaul’s picture

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas for this? (other than spam!)

Thanks,
Paul.

levelos’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Sorry gang, not pertaining to the Drupal module.

techypaul’s picture

Status: Closed (won't fix) » Active
Issue tags: +auto responder

Just want to make sure you understand what I am asking - and the other 'guy' is just spamming, its just me on my own ;).

I want to somehow pass though a users email over to mailchimp to trigger an auto responder. I am thinking maybe a rule or trigger/action function (e.g. on workflow change send a user email and date over to mailchimp and update data if email already exists).

Is something like this possible?

Thanks,
Paul.

techypaul’s picture

Just want to make sure you understand what I am asking - and the other 'guy' is just spamming, its just me on my own ;).

I want to somehow pass though a users email over to mailchimp to trigger an auto responder. I am thinking maybe a rule or trigger/action function (e.g. on workflow change send a user email and date over to mailchimp and update data if email already exists).

Is something like this possible?

Thanks,
Paul.

drupaluser_test’s picture

Hi,
Im using drupal 7. in my case, I add the newsletter suscribe using checkbox in registration form. I did that by using mailchimp module. There, while registring the account, if the user check the checkbox that user can suscribe. For that email send automaticall to that user.

Now I did the manual mail sending. I need to do auto mail sending while check the checkbox in user registration form.

Any idea?

silkogelman’s picture

@Techypaul, are you fixed on pushing the status back to MailChimp?

An alternative could be to integrate the 'send email after 1 week' part into the Drupal workflow instead of passing that off to MailChimp.
As a solution you could use a combination of the Rules (Scheduler) module and MailChimp's Mandrill module.
You'll basically create the 'autoresponder' in Drupal, but I believe the email you're sending could better be characterized as 'transactional email' and Mandrill is designed exactly for that.
The Mandrill service ensures deliverability, and the Drupal workflow ensures the email is sent at the appropriate time.

Information about Rules Scheduler
http://drupalize.me/videos/introducing-rules-scheduler

Edit: Oops, sorry, I just realized you're searching for a solution for Drupal 6. Mandrill is currently only available for Drupal 7.

nrackleff’s picture

Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

“And now our watch [for support of the 6.x version of the MailChimp module] has ended…” With the end of Drupal 6 support, I’m sad to say we too must turn the page.

Fret not! The 7.x-4.x and 8.x versions come highly recommended. Both are using Mailchimp’s new API 3.0 and are being actively maintained. “What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger!”