What is SSI Mail?
SSI Oil and Gas Accounting Software was the
first to introduce a seamless integration
between SSI Mail and every owner/vendor/business
associate related reporting application, so that
anything and everything can be emailed with just
a few quick clicks. There’s no limit to what can
be emailed and to whom. Email the joint interest
billing statement, revenue voucher, accounts
payable voucher, 1099, production report, etc.
to recipients. You can pay bills and distribute
revenue using EFT (electronic funds transfer),
electronically send vouchers by email and never
touch a piece of paper or an envelope!
Eliminates the time involved to printing,
separating, stuffing, folding and mailing a
joint interest bill to every single owner. Saves
money on paper, toner, envelopes and postage.
Using Office 365 with SSI Mail
According to Microsoft, using EOP (email online
protocol) to send bulk email is not a supported
use of the service and is only permitted on a
“best-effort” basis. For customers who do want
to send bulk email, they recommend using a
third-party bulk email provider. There are
several third-party bulk email solution
providers that you can use to send mass
mailings. These companies have a vested interest
in working with customers to ensure good email
sending practices.
SSI Oil and Gas Accounting Software has many
clients using Office 365 for their SSI Mail bulk
emails and have not had any issues. However, we
have had three clients who have failed
Microsoft’s “best efforts” test. When sending
bulk emails, they received a message that they
have been identified as a spammer and they are
not allowed to send any more emails that day.
It’s impossible to know what the Microsoft
limits are for sending bulk emails because they
change daily. The three clients who have
reported the issue to SSI purchased a
third-party bulk email provider and have no had
any issues with their bulk emails. The providers
they are using are SendGrid and SMTP2GO.
If you are currently using Office 365 as your
email provider and you are sending bulk emails
without issues, simply be aware that at some
point, your company may fall within the
Microsoft sending limits. If this happens,
Microsoft offers two solutions: use a
third-party bulk email provider or send the bulk
email through an on-premises server.