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SparkPost / CiviCRM Integration
Integrates SparkPost to CiviCRM, so email can be sent out over the SparkPost service and bounces can be processed in CiviCRM.
* Now processes bounces for Transactional and Bulk (CiviMail) emails.
What This Extension Does
- Adds a tag to all outgoing CiviMail messages. The civi-generated return-path is added as a SparkPost tag, because like most SMTP services, SparkPost strips out the return-path header for its own.
- Adds a scheduled job that uses SparkPost API to fetch bounce events and processes their bounces in CiviCRM. I use the hash included in the SparkPost tag
- Adds Bounce type and Pattern that helps with marking emails on hold in CiviCRM that SparkPost has added to it's suppression list
Setup Steps
- Create SparkPost Account
- Add Sending Domain and verify domain
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Create API key with appropriate permissions, save this API key
- “Select All” is easiest way, but you may want to change this for your needs
- Required: Message Events: Read-only, Send via SMTP, Suppression Lists: Read/Write
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Edit CiviCRM Outbound Email settings
- Select mailer: SMTP
- Smtp server: smtp.sparkpostmail.com
- Port: 587
- Authentication: Yes
- SMTP Username: SMTP_Injection
- SMTP Password: [api key from step 3]
- Install/Enable CiviCRM / SparkPost Extension
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Edit/Enable Scheduled Job
- api_key=[ api key from step 3]
- events=[leave defaults, remove “- required”]
- friendly_froms=[user@example.com - optional - this is case-sensative, match CiviCRM from address]
- date_filter=[0 OR 1 - optional, only process bounces since the last time this scheduled job was run successfully]
Scheduled Job Parameters
- friendly_from: comma separated lists, you should enter any email addresses that will be used to send email from. Administer > CiviMail > From Email Addresses
- events: comma separated list of SparkPost events that should be considered bounces in CiviCRM. You can usually just leave the defaults, but this can be changed to fit your needs.