Thanks for the suggestions. Mailchimp looks like it would work well for my customers' needs.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Will Swain <[email protected]> wrote: > > Second the advice to use an MSP like Mailchimp for newsletters etc. They > have a nice API too. Alternatives are Postmark, Campaign Monitor and many > others. > > > > Will > > > > From: Stefan Richter [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 17 February 2011 08:47 > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Using Google Apps/Gmail for CFMail - limitations? > > > > > > I've been using MailEnable (free version) for years and I'm quite happy > with > it. On another box I paid for Kerio Mailserver, again a good product IMO. > I've now moved all mail for my domains to Google Apps and use my mailserver > for sending. If you are handling newsletter I recommend a service such as > Mailchimp, or if you want to manage it yourself (as I do right now) and you > are on OSX then check out Direct Mail: > http://ethreesoftware.com/directmail/index.php > > I send 10,000 emails bi-weekly using Direct Mail and it does the job very > nicely indeed. I like the fact that you can run queries directly against > remote datasources to pull your list into the app. > > Regards, > > Stefan > > > > > On 17 Feb 2011, at 02:10, Pete Ruckelshaus wrote: > > > > > I think that'd be overkill, given the relatively low volume. FWIW, I'm > with > > KickAssVPS and have been happy with them now that I have my server set > up. > > > > Pete > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Sean Corfield > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> > >> I think you should serious consider something like a PowerMTA server > >> at your hosting company... > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Pete Ruckelshaus > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I'm switching several domains over from multiple shared hosting > accounts > >> to > >>> a virtual private server. For a number of reasons (server resources, > >>> managing accounts), I am using the Gmail that comes with Google Apps > for > >>> domain email for each domain. Without an SMTP server, I'll need to > use > >>> GMail for mail sending. I've found references to others doing that > here, > >>> but I'm wondering what the limits are for sending email? Does Google > >>> throttle or otherwise inhibit email? One of the domains has about 5k > >> users > >>> in an opt-in email list, and I want to make sure I'm not going to cause > >>> myself problems. Emails are sent from this site once, perhaps twice > per > >>> week, so I think I'm looking at 10,000 outgoing emails > >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342375 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
