In case you're unfamiliar with vBulletin, it's a helpful forum software package that facilitates online community discussions on the topic your website is focused on. The system also sends a variety of emails: new registration confirmations, topic reply notifications, PM notifications, mass email newsletters and more.
So what's the JangoMail connection?
It's about more than expansive reporting features you won't find in vBulletin's baseline. JangoMail's pinpoint and reliable email deliverability ensures that your signup confirmation emails will go through the first time. It's a common issue with forum software - if a user doesn't receive their confirmation email, they can't use your forum. The result is that users need to contact your forum administrator to activate their accounts manually. This may seem like a minute hassle, but considering the size of most forums, the potential problem can cause some big issues down the lines in terms of boosting your user list size - and saving the sanity of your administrator.
Here's how to set it up:
1. Log into your vBulletin Admin CP
2. Go to Settings - Options - Email Options - Edit Settings
3. Scroll down to choose the following settings:
- SMTP Email: Yes
- SMTP Host: relay.jangosmtp.net
- SMTP Port: either 25, 2525, 587 or 465 for SSL/TLS connections
- SMTP Username: use your JangoMail username
- SMTP Password: user your JangoMail password
- SMTP Secure Connection (can be enabled if port 465 is used)
vBulletin can also be used to send mass email newsletters to your users, to keep them engaged. To do so, go to Users - Send Email to Users within your Admin CP.
As always, if you have any questions or need extra help configuring your vBulletin account with JangoMail, contact our Support team at any time.
Have a great rest of the week, everybody!
