Some ideas: > The steps are pretty simple. > > Front end > Form to allow people to subscribe to the email. > Form to allow people to UNSUBSCRIBE from the email > > When they ask to subscribe, add them to the database
After submit send an e-mail which contains their wish and a link to finalize the request with a generated authorization code that you can generate random such as UUID etc. > When they ask to unsubscribe, remove them from the database (or mark Same process. First send an e-mail to authorize. > them inactive) > > Backend > Form to allow you to create press release > > When the press release is created and saved, pull all the current > active records from the email list, and send an email with the press > release information to all those users. > > Those are the main steps. The rss idea is a good one, but more of an > "also" for me than an "instead of". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

