Re: OT: Recommendations for a mail-list client]
Jonathan Matthews <jaycee@jaycee.uklinux.net> writes:
[snip]
> That said, could anyone give me a recommendation for the following
> task to be completed /under windows/:
>
> He'd like to send out a weekly mailshot to a list of subscribers.
> He doesn't want to expose subscribers' addresses to the rest of the list.
> He'd like /not/ to use bcc's, as he sees them as "quite amateurish" (I
> know - I've tried to get over the "who cares?" PoV)
> He'd like each subscriber's name/address to appear in the To: header.
> He'd like to manage the lists as simply as possibly.
> He's got a domain name, and everything@hisdomain.com gets passed on to
> his ISP. I think that there'll be the trace of what "eveything" is,
> in the headers (so we could use a list-subscribe@...,
> list-unsubscribe@..., and list-owner@..., fr'instance).
> He'd like still to use LookOut Express as his personal email client,
> leading me to believe that whatever software we use will have to
> examine the POP3 mailbox headers, and selectively fetch, delete, and
> deal with list-related mail before he uses LO to get his personal mail.
> He's not connected 24/7, so it can't rely on mail going straight to him
> - it'll have to go via the ISP.
> /I'd/ like him to have the ability to use subscription confirmation
> somehow. Possibly a Reply-To: set to
> confirm-<unique-code>@hisdomain.com in a mail to new subscribers?
Setup a mailman mailing list on a Unix box, preferably running at the
ISP (or possibly run it under cygwin?). He can use any mail client
he'd like, and can administer the list through the web interface.
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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