Address Magic Web Edition

Enable users to upload their address book with just a few clicks.

Product Description

Address Magic Web Edition is an add-in to Web servers to provide users with a simple, reliable means to import a client-side address book to the Web server. The Web Edition replaces the ten-to-fifteen step CSV file creation and import process with a client-side application that asks users just two questions. Because the Web Edition runs on the client, it is compatible with both UNIX and Windows Web servers.

Common uses of Address Magic Web Edition allow users of Web store fronts to upload address books for rapidly addressing gifts or users of a fax broadcasting Web services to upload fax distribution lists.

Unlike the typical CSV import process, which has a less than 25% success rate among users, people using the Web Edition enjoy a success rate greater than 95%. This dramatic change means higher customer satisfaction and lower customer defection.

Reliability and stability are assured by use of the same core address book engine used in Address Magic Personal and Address Magic Enterprise, migration utilities with tens of thousands of users around the world.

Benefits

• Increase customer purchases by making it faster and easier for customers to mail gifts.
• Increase customer satisfaction by automating a task that is very difficult for most users.
• Decrease costs due to errors in shipping addresses by using existing addresses instead of making users retype them.
• Concentrate on your core business and let Connected Software worry about keeping up with the latest changes in address books and email applications.
• Low development and integration costs. The Web Edition can often be integrated into your Web site in less than one day.

Features

• Very fast conversion. Most users can start the Web Edition and upload their address book in less than 20 seconds.
• Client application custom-branded for your company.
• Security based on integration with your server’s login process.
• Can be used with any server operating system or application server.
• Users can choose individual folders or files or allow the Web Edition to use default locations.
• Ease of use based on extensive usability feedback.
• Custom features and formats available on request.

Supported Formats

Address Magic Web Edition can import the address book formats below.

Licensing

You will need one license of Address Magic Web Edition for each domain.

Download

You can download Address Magic Enterprise for free. The functionality is limited until you purchase the software and enter the registration code:

• For address books, only a few contacts will be copied and distribution lists are ignored.
• For messages, only a few messages per folder will be copied.

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Common Questions

Which contact fields does the Web Edition send to the server?

You choose the fields as part of the branding and customization process.

Can I run the Web Edition on my Web server? I don’t want my users to have to download anything.

There are two important reasons to run client side. The first is Microsoft Outlook, which keeps contacts and messages in the same file, thereby making it impossible to upload just the address book (For example, several employees of Connected Software have Outlook files in the range of 2 gigabytes.) Therefore, Outlook must be processed on the client. The second reason is that most users do not know where in the file system their address book is located and would have to find the address book in order to upload it. By running on the client, the Web Edition is able to automatically and silently locate the address book.

If the Web Edition is an ActiveX control, what about Netscape users?

You receive two versions of the Web Edition, one for Internet Explorer and one for Netscape users. Our sample Web pages demonstrate how to download the proper version.

Why isn’t the Web Edition written in Java? Wouldn’t this make it cross platform?

The Web Edition talks to Outlook, Outlook Express, and Lotus Notes using an interface that can only be accessed in C++. Writing the Web Edition in Java would cripple support for three popular email applications on the Windows platform.

Can the Web Edition support SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)?

It could, but most client computers do not have support for SOAP natively installed. Supporting SOAP would substantially increase the size of the downloaded file.

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