Introduction
Spindle Professional and Spindle Document Distribution are shipped with a number of email connectors allowing communication through most email solutions
Applies to
- Spindle Professional 2009
- Spindle Professional 2012
- Spindle Professional 6.x
- Spindle Document Distribution v7.x
- Spindle Document Distribution v8.x
- Spindle Document Distribution v9.x
- Spindle Document Distribution v10.x
- Credit Hound Express for Sage 50
Connector details
| Connector | Requires email client | Outgoing mails in sent items | Request read receipt | Send HTML email | Set Message importance | Mails held in drafts folder | Override default sender | Notes |
| David 6/XL | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Legacy Outlook 2000-2016 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | Required if Outlook is 64-bit |
| Lotus Notes | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ * | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | Lotus Notes v7 and v8, v9 in SDM v7.04.2 and later. *Read receipts only if recipient also uses Lotus Notes |
| MAPI | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | Uses default Windows email client |
| Microsoft Exchange (Spindle Professional v6 and later only) | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Supports Exchange on-premise and Online (Office 365) |
| Outlook 2000-2016 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 'default' connector |
| SMTP v1 | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | Use for Gmail (Spindle Document Distribution up to v8.15), Hotmail etc, unless an email client is configured on the workstation (Up to Spindle Document Distribution 9.0) |
| SMTP v2 | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | Spindle Document Distribution v9.1 and later |
| Gmail | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | Spindle Document Distribution v8.15 and later |
Credit Hound Express for Sage 50
Credit Hound Express for Sage 50 includes a special version of Spindle Professional that includes the following connectors
| Connector | Requires email client | Outgoing mails in sent items | Request read receipt | Send HTML email | Set Message importance | Mails held in drafts folder | Override default sender | Notes |
| Legacy Outlook 2000-2016 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | Required if Outlook is 64-bit - see KBA-06-02-008 - Using 64-bit versions of Outlook |
| Outlook 2000-2016 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 'default' connector |
| SMTP | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | Use for Gmail, Hotmail etc, unless an Outlook client is configured on the workstation |
Knowledge Base Article Details
| Related Product | Spindle Professional, Spindle Document Distribution |
| Ref Number | KBA-01-02-031 |
| Document Date | 17/05/2019 |
| Original Author | Vince Hodgson |
| Document Version | v1.3 |
| Last updated | 08/02/2024 |
| Update Author | Vince Hodgson |