Thanks for all the input, I will investigate all the proposed solutions and will hopefully find the one that is right for us.
Chris Martinez City of San Antonio Wk: 210.207.6503 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Lalor, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:57 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Mailings List server solutions do the job and inexpensive, the issue can be that your now maintain lists separate from Exchange. If the member is someone who seldom interacts with your organization, this is generally not a problem. If the member also in in your GAL, you no longer have a single directory. These means your now administering contacts in multiple places. Forgive the promo but if you want to keep everything in Exchange, you may want to look at Imanami. Imanami's applications can keep your exchange objects in sync with external data sources and automatically maintain your dynamic groups. Imanami also provides the ability to designate certain groups as public and allow your users to opt-in/out to these lists via a webpage. Check out Imanami at www.imanami.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Hackney Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:38 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Mailings I've been tasked with running similar stuff over the pond here. I've tried a few if the cheaper versions you can get off download.com and they were pretty rubbish. If you're looking for a decent opt-out one then I'm testing Lyris List Manager which seems to test ok so far. And it's only $500. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 September 2003 15:26 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Mailings Your ISP isn't going to do anything; you're the city of San Antonio. But a sub-domain with its own originating IP does help in case that gets blacklisted by $random moron. You could get blacklisted no matter how careful you are just because there are idiots out there who will use any random blacklist that just happens to exist... and some of them are managed by.. well, as part of my kinder/gentler persona I'll stop there. The monthly San Antonio Parks & Rec newsletter is highly unlikely to be seen as spam IMO. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:12 AM Posted To: swynk Conversation: Mass Mailings Subject: RE: Mass Mailings I'am more concerned about being blacklisted also as Martin stated mass mail through my ISP (SBC). Should I consider setting up an additional domain/server to accomplish this in order to avoid being blacklisted or are there any other ways to get around this? -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Mailings [1]I've sent such things though Exchange before... no problems in terms of volume, but you may consider a majordomo or mailman (or similar) box and a sub-domain of @lists.sanantonio.gov to manage such mailings. [1] Hi Chris! -----Original Message----- From: Chris Martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:46 AM Posted To: swynk Conversation: Mass Mailings Subject: Mass Mailings Hello All- We currently have a division that is requesting to be able to send mass mails through our server to opt-in recipients of a monthly newsletter, this would be upwards of 70,000 pieces per month and will increase as required. My question is has anyone received similar requests and how were they handled? The division head assures me that this list will be maintained and kept up to date and users who request to be removed from the list will be, they currently outsource this project and want to bring it in-house to save money. I believe in the long run this will cause more problems than the savings will add up to, any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA Chris _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. 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