From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 01:33:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5411065672 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:33:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) Received: from mail.familycareintl.org (static-64-61-120-78.isp.broadviewnet.net [64.61.120.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D49988FC16 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:33:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:33:16 -0500 Message-ID: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E90127A2CD@www.fcimail.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: newsletter APP NOT listserve Thread-Index: AcmH+S/Y4FEAdFibTkOIgzmmDInhwQAAGnDV References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E411A@www.fcimail.org> From: "Jean-Paul Natola" To: "Vince Sabio" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: newsletter APP NOT listserve X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:33:17 -0000 Ideally, stats, subscribe, unsubscribe, and let the person in charge = have the ability to be able to select the recipients for a particular letter based on a field or combination of two fields. i.e. send to all = contacts that are "doctors" or send to all contacts that are "doctors" and are = in the "HIV" prevention program- upload lists can be csv txt excel doesnt = really matter- GUI would be great for managing contacts because if the the contacts = address changes i want the user to be able to login and change his address or = phone etc... Jean-Paul Natola Network Administrator Information Technology Family Care International 588 Broadway Suite 503 New York, NY 10012 Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36 Fax: 212-941-5563 Mailto: Jnatola@Familycareintl.org -----Original Message----- From: Vince Sabio [mailto:tasteless@mac.com] Sent: Thu 2/5/2009 20:20 To: Jean-Paul Natola Subject: Re: newsletter APP NOT listserve =20 ** At 09:31 -0500 on 02/05/2009, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: >Can anyone recommend a newsletter application , preferably where I can = just >have an ordinary user login via a webpage , upload a file/message/ and = click >send? What are the requirements/characteristics of the "newsletter app"=20 you're looking for? Does it need to have stats/campaign tracking? Is=20 a web interface required, or can the user simply format and send his=20 e-mail message via e-mail to the server? Does it need to provide the=20 ability for users to subscribe and unsubscribe themselves? How will=20 the newsletter owner upload his list? What format will (should?) the=20 list be in when he uploads it? How large will the lists be? If they=20 are small enough, then most mail clients should be able to provide=20 the basic functionality of sending a newsletter to a list. >I was playing with mailman , but that seems to be a list serve app. The proper term is "list server," so as not to confuse with=20 "Listserv," which is a copyrighted product (developed by Eric Thomas=20 and L-Soft). ________________________________________________________________________ Vince Sabio Don't blame me; I voted for Matthew. tasteless@mac.com Socialism: Government of the inept, by the inept, for the inept.