pdf's as automatic reply/email for buyer on website -tips?

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September 19, 2012
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Wondering what the general steps are for sending an automatic email and/or pdfs to email of user/purchaser? I know there are two issues, the purchase and email to me, and more importantly, the automated email return to them with the pdf's. I have a php validation form on my site, which I found pretty easy to do. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I use cs5. Thanks, much appreciated.

Server side applications

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Jon Fritz

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Automatic response emails with attachments will fire off spam filters like crazy.

I would stay away from adding any attachment to an automated response to reduce the risk of your email going to a junk/spam folder, especially if it's a receipt.

jcalcinaAuthor

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Ok what is typically done then? Would it be non-automated, would someone reply manually to a purchase order? Or I suppose, how does one enable access to download a file, as a response to payment? Isn't that a common server-side application?

jcalcinaAuthor

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I'm sorry, I was only cautioning against adding an attachment to an auto-response email. An automated email response is pretty normal and is usually part of a php form to mail script.

Are you planning on taking actual orders with CC info, or is this more of an email papertrail for offline transactions?

Thanks Jon,

This would be to offer 3 academic pdf docs of mine for a small fee, about $20.00. So the purchaser would then be able to automatically download after paying. I'm guessing MySQL and PHP?

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