Useful sysadmin skills I’ve taught myself recently
GMass is a lean operation, and not only am I the product manager, but I’m also the sysadmin, which means maintaining and keeping watch over a dozen servers.…
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Send Personalized Recurring Emails in Gmail
Scheduling a recurring email in Gmail is simple with GMass. Now you can easily send recurring “reminder” email campaigns to the same set of people hourly, daily, weekly,…
We’re clicking your links and checking them twice
We just launched a new tool for email marketers — a link checker! Just paste the HTML for your next email campaign into our free link checker, and…
Google’s Safe Browsing program made my week hell
Google’s Safe Browsing program protects a lot of people from phishing, malware, and other harmful sites. In fact, it’s so pervasive that it’s not just used by Chrome.…
Understanding the timing of email campaigns
Campaign timing is a complex topic because of the different settings and types of campaigns that be sent through GMass, but generally speaking, GMass tries to send your…
How to handle Google’s disabling of inline installations of Chrome extensions
On June 12, 2018, Google disabled inline installation of Chrome extensions. This means that now you can’t directly install an extension from a company’s website–you can only do it…
How to get a Google user’s email address after the Google+ API shutdown
If you’re a developer using any part of Google’s API, you’ve likely received notices informing you that come March 7, 2019, the Google+ API will be shut down.…
How to get around Zendesk’s attachment size limit
I’ve finally found a way to get around Zendesk’s attachment size limit, and it’s been staring me in the face for years. As an email sysadmin, I’m embarrassed…
Apply to join my VIP Slack Group
If one of the following describes you: You’ve been a consistent GMass user for longer than a year You’re doing something particularly unique with GMass You use GMass on a…
You can now set a friendly name for your mail merge campaign
Over the weekend we deployed a new version of the GMass Chrome extension with a long overdue feature — the ability to set a friendly name for your…
How to send a mass email to your employees
There are a lot of cases where you may want to send a mass email to all of your employees. Sure, companies are moving away from email for…
How I resolved my Day One sync issues
As the sysadmin for GMass, I’ve always wanted an app that lets me log changes that I make to a server configuration or to code, but I’ve never found…