Broadcast by Phone Autodialer failed call alert

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Failed Call Alert
Too late to call
Broadcast message 4

This message means that the call does not get a chance to go through, or the retry call does not go through.

When a call is first scheduled with Voicent Gateway, from BroadcastByPhone or AutoReminder, it is added to the calling queue. If the call is to be made right away, Voicent Gateway will find an available phone line to make the call. If all the phone lines are busy, the call is simply put in the queue that is to be executed.

Every call is given a maximum wait time. If a call is to be made, but has passed the maximum wait time, the “Failed Call Alert” window will appear, stating that the call is too late to call.

If a call is failed, such as when it gets a busy tone or no answer, Voicent gateway will try to reschedule the call before the maximum wait time.

Usually you will not see this alert window. If might happen when multiple clients trying to send call requests to the same Voicent Gateway at the same time.

Posted in Appointment Reminder, Auto Dialer |

Not starting Voicent Service at startup

How do I disable the program from starting at startup. It really slows down the process

Go to Windows Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services, then select Voicent Gateway, set the startup type to manual.

Posted in General |

Setting elapsed time between emails to avoid being blocked

The problem:

If you set the Elasped time between emails to 0 or a small number, it is possible to send too many emails to the same domain in a short period of time. Some domains, such as yahoo.com or aol.com,
can detect this and will either block your email or mark your email as SPAM.

If Broadcast By Email is blocked by a domain, it might appear to be freezed.

The solution:

1. Go to Broadcast By Email program main menu, select Broadcast > Configuration…. Then set the “Wait for x seconds before sending the next email” to a larger number. For example, 10 seconds.

2. Use release 5.2.0 or later. So even your email is blocked by a domain, it will try for a while, if
it cannot connect, it will continue to the next email.

Posted in BroadcastByEmail |