Topic: Mass e-mail software

This is a bit of a touchy subject, but I need an application that can send out the same e-mail to a list of people (for the newsletter). Does anyone know of a good, simple one? It is important that it sends out one e-mail per subscriber and not just BCC's it to everyone.

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Perhaps a mod of the Broadcast Email plugin?

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www.infacta.com - Group Mail Pro

I've used this software for a few years for a soccer league I help run.  It works very well and has lots of capabilities that I haven't even tapped into.

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If you want I will give you the mailer I wrote that we've been using in several projects.
It's serving 250.000+ addresses currently so I guess it will do for you. smile
Nothing required except for the mail() function, I use it with mysql tables but I think it will work without.

Oh, and this script also takes over the registering/unregistering of users of course.

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PunBB-forum.de

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Well, now that you mention it, I guess I could write something myself.

eslayter: Looks nice. I'll have a look.

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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Sure you can smile
I just thought you maybe don't want to.
I spent quite a while optimizing it here and there and I know it's some work.

The one mentioned by eslayter costs money it seems.
Don't know if that's worthwhile for what you plan to you - but then again that's none of my business smile

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PunBB-forum.de

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There's a free version of it.

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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Oh yes.
Found it after a while... they don't seem to want everybody finding it :-)

Since it runs on Win***** only it's not interesting for me anyway.
What would be interesting  is an extension to punBB that allows using the Db for Newsletters.
Would that be an idea?
Users just go to their profile to subscribe/unsuscribe... or does it exist already?

The German PunBB Site:
PunBB-forum.de

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The free version is restricted to 100 recipients at a time. Couldn't that prove to be a pain?

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Ah, I missed that part sad Oh well, I guess I'll have to write something on my own.

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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What about Mach5 Mailer
http://www.mach5.com/products/mailer/index.php

EDIT
Forget that, its got a 200 receiptient limit.

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I have not used it in a production environment, but PHPList http://tincan.co.uk/phplist seems to get some good writeups. Its software requirement seems similar to PunBB, and its also open source with no limit upon recipient numbers, etc.

I am unsure how easy it is to integrate with PunBB (querying the user table) though. It would be cool to integrate it into the PunBB register.php and profile.php files. big_smile

Cheers, Ian

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any new updates on the newsletter script?

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http://punbb.org/stuff/MailTorrent-1.0.zip

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snapsolutions, what is that?

My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

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quaker wrote:

snapsolutions, what is that?

The mass emailer Rickard wrote tongue

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quaker wrote:
snapsolutions, what is that?

The mass emailer Rickard wrote
can it get shared? as a plugin?

Q

My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

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quaker wrote:

quaker wrote:
snapsolutions, what is that?

The mass emailer Rickard wrote
can it get shared? as a plugin?

Q

It's a Windows desktop app.

Screenshots: http://punbb.org/stuff/mailtorrent.png http://punbb.org/stuff/mailtorrent2.png

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is there any instructions on how to set it up?

My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

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Thanks snapsolutions, its simple solution...

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