Mailing list software

I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction for some good free open source mailing list software that will run on a host, eg PHP or Perl.

I am aware of MODx Snippet Newsletter, however I need a opt in / opt out with confirmation, that allows me to send emails to both announcement lists and discussion lists.

Would be cool if the discusion lists had the ability to intergrate into a forum like SMF so you had a choice how you communicated, but I can live without it if it has good announcement and discussion list capabilities.

I’ve tried a few MLM’s and WebInsta has a pretty nice one...

http://www.webinsta.com/

Highly reccomend oemPro
http://www.octeth.com/products/oempro/

USed it for a while now, has some awesome features in there too.

PHPlist is opensource and the best mailinglist sofware (barnone)

http://tincan.co.uk/phplist

Quote from: bugsmi0 at Mar 23, 2006, 07:20 PM

PHPlist is opensource and the best mailinglist sofware (barnone)

http://tincan.co.uk/phplist

Agree - but it’s weakness is bulk mailing of static html newsletters... I just found that out after spending a few days going through the hoops, setting it up, customizing it, blending it with a modX frontend - now I’ve got a project going into serious overtime.

It’s strength (apparently) is with plain text emails and custom fields - give it a reasonably biggish newsletter using no fields and a xxxx number of subscribers... and it’s an absolute ’DAWG’ ! I’m having to stop the process queue every 40 minutes, then requeue it - everytime I do that it squeezes out 60 to 90 emails, if left alone it just stops - and I’m already to far down the track to find another option.

There support is also useless, they’re overly defeatist, and don’t have any *love* for their forum users.

Personally, I don’t agree with sending html via email, 98% of the internet use text only so there’s on point in sending html also many people consider it rude to send html. I know some people who will not accept any emails in html. What other purpose is there to send html email other than to advertise spam . If its HTML chances are its an advertisement. What I like about plain text is you can’t use any flashy images or color, you have to get your point accross the old fashion way through words...

I currently subscribe to about 10 different email lists which are in HTML.

cNet’s AnchorDesk
WinXPnews
iStockPhoto
starwars.com news
creativecow.com news

Just to name a few.

The graphics are usualy helpful, just like on a web site. Imagine websites without any graphics where everyone had to communicate with just words.

Quote from: bugsmi0 at Mar 23, 2006, 10:02 PM

Personally, I don’t agree with sending html via email, 98% of the internet use text only so there’s on point in sending html also many people consider it rude to send html. I know some people who will not accept any emails in html. What other purpose is there to send html email other than to advertise spam . If its HTML chances are its an advertisement. What I like about plain text is you can’t use any flashy images or color, you have to get your point accross the old fashion way through words...

If a newsletter I’m interested in is not in HTML, I won’t usually subscribe (unless it’s INCREDIBLY valuable information for which I have to actually pay $s). Statistics prove that HTML newsletters outperform plain text as well in most circumstances.

If a newsletter I’m interested in is not in HTML, I won’t usually subscribe (unless it’s INCREDIBLY valuable information for which I have to actually pay $s). Statistics prove that HTML newsletters outperform plain text as well in most circumstances.

That’s just nonsense, only internet addicted junkies starving for more eye candy would think that way, as if html is INDCREDIBLY valuable info ? its not, pain text will always rule for sending/receiving email, I guess whatever persuades the eyes to buy, but for the most part html in email is a waste of time most people don’t want and it also could be looked more as spam than real email communication.
If someone needs color and graphics to get the point then they have been living in a virtual world way too long. There’s only one reason html get sent to email to spam/sell you something. no thanks i’ll stick to plain text he he.

which statistics are you refering to internet statistics what a joke that’s about as virtual as it gets. Plain text is the prefered format for email hands down anyday of the week. I don’t know of anyone in their right mind would want html in email.

While I’d prefer text for the simple fact that it’s fast - a lot of what

- eBay sends me each day wouldn’t make much sense without the html layout and images, same with my
- Reuters daily, a
- Tender watch notification that arrives each day, the weekly
- Daz3D dispatch,
- Paypal payment notifications are all html (I like those ones the most
- Apple Developer Connection likewise wouldn’t be very interesting as plain text, same with
- E-Online which get everyday keeping up with Ted’s gossip - as with
- The Onion weekly dispatch, my
- Telecom bill arrives as html and
- SimplyMaya does well with little markup, but still is html.

I didn’t include any spam, for most part that arrives marked up also. Promo-wise, 80 percent of the stuff that I get is marked up, correspondence however, is 99.9 percent text.. thank goodness