listserv

Does LISTSERV have an API?

I have a custom application that was built to send opt-in newsletters and marketing emails. It does a pretty good job sending mail, but it doesn't respond at all to bounces or unsubscribe requests. It seems to me that rather than building that functionality myself I should use a mailing list manager such as LISTSERV. However, I'm not su...

Dynamic email routing for listserv (in PHP)

I'm doing some pro-bono work for a non-profit and need to cobble together some functionality, preferably without rolling it all myself. Here's the synopsis: I have a CRM-like system that has Persons and Groups (made up of Persons). I want to set up: A dynamic email routing, so [email protected] is routed to the Joe User's email (...

L-Soft LISTSERV TCPGUI Interface for PHP Creation

I'm trying to use LISTSERV's "API" in PHP. L-Soft calls this TCPGUI, and essentially, you can request data like over Telnet. To do this, I'm using PHP's TCP socket functions. Here's the C code provided by L-Soft: C: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/16.0/htmlhelp/advanced%20topics/TCPGUI.html#2334328 I've provided the PHP conversion I'm us...

Listserv functionality catchall or not?

I am looking to create a listserv functionality for my website in the style of google groups. That is, someone creates a group and thus, a group email address is born. Should i be using a catchall or should i come up with some way to automatically create a mailbox when someone creates a group? ...

Best practices for listserv implementation

I'm implementing a web site which also supports interaction via e-mail. Users can send e-mails to the site and we forward them to other users. You could think of it as a listserv, though the functionality is actually more complex. I'm having a problem with duplicate delivery of reply messages. Suppose user_1 posts something via our w...