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Mailing List Managers?

Posted by Cliff on from the majordomo-arigato-mr.-roboto dept.

greyrax asks: "So I'm trying to convince someone to go open source for their list manager. They're about to upgrade to an expensive proprietary solution. With about 400,000 subscribers to this newsletter, a database back-end would certainly be helpful. Bounced address management and easy unsubscribes is important (I've read Smartmail vs. MailMan comparison here). Virtual host support and a web interface are desirable. Any thoughts from the /.ers since this thread last year would be appreciated."

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  1. web interface... by 3-State+Bit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    one thing i hate is having to "e-mail with subject \"help\" to receive a list of possible commands", each of which, I gather, includes sending an e-mail with a certain subject, then receiving an e-mail in confirmation of it. Blech!

    Whatever you use, make sure it has a clean web interface, and configure it to include a link at the end of each e-mail sent to the group to the effect of "Click here to change or configure your mailing list membership."