mailing-list

Best way to send 10,000+ emails with PEAR/Mail_Queue

I have a cron which generates the whole mail info and puts in a database table using $mail_queue->put(.....) with an option to delete emails after they're sent. Here's where I need a little help: What is the best way to send the emails after I have the above info? Running the $mail_queue->sendMailsInQueue() right away, using other cron ...

Can you learn from following mailing lists?

I follow what feels like a lot of mailing lists of libraries that I use and I think that there is a lot to learn by the questions people ask in them. I don't ask many questions in them and I answer some, but not lots of questions that people ask. I try to be the first to answer a question in which I know the answer, it's kind of a game a...

When should I start to use a third party batch email system

Inspired by this question regarding email broadcasts I was wondering at what point I should begin to use a third party to handle batch emails (opt-in). I'm currently expecting several emails a week ranging between 10-500 email addresses. Is it worth-while to use a third party for this scale? I don't expect these emails to contain any...

Mailing Labels - Java

I need to incorporate the printing of mailing labels in my web application. The addresses are in a DB, and the function will allow the user to select addresses, then hit a button to print mailing labels. Is there a Java framework for this? ...

MediaTemple cron jobs working on 1&1 Internet?

I've having to get a cron job that's currently working on MediaTemple (Grid Service) to work on a new 1&1 Internet account. I've yet to do this yet, but is there anything I need to take into consideration? Or... effectively... cron jobs are cron jobs, they'll work where ever? It's a cron job to send out a mailing list from a database. ...

Mass mailing HTML-newsletter in Asp.Net

Hi, I'm developing a site where I need to send HTML newsletters to a mailing-list. I have build a html frame where I have my "View in browser" and "Unsubscrib" links (which of cause will vary). In the admin module, I post html and uploads images for the html-newsletter. Is this a good way to do it? How should I send the e-mails the XX...

Mailing lists' content license (e.g. Apache mailing lists)

There are lots of different mailing lists for different software projects (e.g. Apache mailing lists) and quite often some piece of code is sent to those lists. Are there some general licensing rules for the content posted to those lists? I looked for the terms of Apache lists but couldn't find any. If I find some code which I need to ...

I need a recommendation for a Wordpress Newsletter/Mailing list plugin

Looking for a recommendation on a simple newsletter plugin for Wordpress. It needs to have a signup box with email, name, etc.. and then a back-end for viewing these email addresses and sending mails. Everyone I've looked at is trying to send pages or posts as email. Any help is appreciated. ...

Good way to coordinate development on an open source project

What would be a good way to coordinate development on an open source project? (It is a Python project.) I know the traditional way is mailing lists, but I don't like it. I don't want to make people get e-mails about the project all the time. They should be able to participate only when they wish. Also, mailman sucks. I considered Googl...

Looking for a PHP mailing list App (not for newsletters)

I am not sure if I'm calling this correctly by the right name, what I would like to find (if it exists) is a group mailing list app (like mailman) but in php. Here is what I expect it to do: Allow for users to email [email protected] with subject like TEAM123 - Deadline is 11/30/2011 (or maybe just [email protected]) and this app...

Build a Mailing List [ListServ] in ASP.net

We have a requirement to create a Mailing List [List serv] in our asp.net web application. It has to support following functionality create group Add remove users to group Display an inbox kind of view to Admin where he can see the user posting/reply then approve or reject based on content.If approved all the users in that group w...

RoR: Mailing Lists?

Are there any gems or plugins out there that make managing mailing lists (just for updates and announcements; not marketing... ie, MailChimp is overkill) easy to administer? Or is that just something that most Rails developers just build from scratch? Just curious. ...

Best way to replace mass emails sent from Entourage with a proper mailing list solution?

I am helping a Los Angeles choreographer to transition away from sending her announcements via Entourage. Here's the situation: She has multiple conact groups, and sends classes and performance announcements several times a month, to different groups. She manages the contact groups manually. The group size is between 1500 and 2500 peop...

php mailing list - considerations and potential pitfalls?

hi folks, my client needs a mailing list in their site. the idea is that users can subscribe to get newsletters or announcements. i expect the list to contains hundreds of users, not tens of thousands. i have not done this before (only single messages like "thank you for registering") my initial idea was sending each message to all user...

How to connect to Mailman mailing list using .Net

Hai Everyone, I have to develop a .Net application in which i have to add or remove a user from Mailman mailing list.My Question is whether there is any .Net connector or Dll to connect to mailman mailing list using .Net. Thanks & Regards Chaithu ...

Integrating MailChimp into E-Commerce Shopping Cart

Hi Everyone! I'm about to ask a tough question, and I apologize in advance for the fact that I'm a n00b at javascript! Basically I am looking to integrate MailChimp list signup into the WP E-Commerce plugin. If I understand correctly, this could be accomplished with Javascript where I send the data to two separate locations. I fo...

Is the [email protected] mailing list, um, dead?

[email protected] I've successfully subscribed to it, but nobody seems to be answering any questions there. ...

Best mailing list solution for a conference and its 400 participants?

Update: I still haven't found any easy and good enough solution for mailinglists. We encourage an active community, signup should be dead simple and archives must be easily accessible. Dear community, what would you recommend for mailling lists? The conference is non-profit, named Smidig2010 (=Agile2010 in norwegian), will have about 4...

How can I setup a mailing list that publishes and email to all members when logs in and presses a button on a page?

I want to setup a site where users can register and then simply logon and press a button on a web page (that I will need to build) that then post a generic email to everyone. I want a button on the page that the user can press that will result in an email being sent to all members of the list/group I am looking at mail man. Any ideas?...

How to thanks in public mailing-list

Hi, I ask a question and receive answer. Should I thanks to mailing list (Reply-All) or just private to answer-sender? Question: Hi. Where is problem? Thanks Answer: Line 32. Regards. ...