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Need a mass email program
tomicjr:
Try fairlogic WorldCast - free for non-commercial use. I have used the commercial version to send out HTML newsletters with custom merge fields. It is easy to use, but I did encounter a compatibility issue with IE7. They just released an update, which may resolve it.
In the interim, I switched to infacta GroupMail 5. They also have a free edition which limits sending to 100 at a time.
Renegade:
Have a look at www.infacta.com - GroupMail is quite good.
Darwin:
KM-L is on offer on Giveawayoftheday today... Might fit the bill...? I've no idea as I've not tried it.
Renegade:
KM-L is on offer on Giveawayoftheday today... Might fit the bill...? I've no idea as I've not tried it.
-Darwin (September 09, 2007, 02:42 PM)
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Checked it out, but it was only for non-commercial use. Not sure how many people need that kind of software for non-commerical use...
urlwolf:
Mouser and I had a similar conversation over mail recently. He recommended phplist. I was looking at companies like aweber that provide their own servers to send mails.
phplist looks great. The problem with installing software like this on your server is that the server may be blacklisted, and then most of your messages will never reach your audience (without you knowing!).
Since I'm hosted in a off-the-mill dreamhost account, chances of having a neighbor spamming the hell out of people in my same server are high. Worse, it might be that if anyone at dreamhost has spammed ever, dreamhost is blacklisted.
I think that's the point the companies who sell services make. Of course, I don't have stats on how many messages would be lost (not sure if they do!).
In your case, ig you 'own' your own server, and can be pretty sure it's not blacklisted, they you can just install a program like these. If you are on a shared server, then all bets are off!
My 2c.
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