Ah, so you are trying to do more of a merge than just a simple mailing
list. Got it. Mailman *should* be able to do that. If you look in the
config you'll see that it has templates for EVERYTHING that it does. You
would need to tweak the template being used for your sales mailing list.

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michael dolan wrote:
> Pommo looks really nice, but currently doesn't clean bounced addresses. 
> The personalized emails are a very nice touch.  In 5 seconds of
> research, it looks like mailman can put the recipients address in the
> footer, but not in the body.
> Anybody have experience with personalization in mailman?  Anybody used
> both Pommo and Mailman and prefer one over the other?
> Michael
> 
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Nashid Hasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> 
>     Pommo is another open source mailing list manager. http://pommo.org
> 
>     The interface is nice. You can test drive it online.
> 
>     -Nash
> 
> 
> 
>     On 8/22/08 10:58 AM, "-ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>         I'll second mailman.  It'll do everything on your list.  Sending
>         html mail
>         is probably a function of your MUA though.  We converted all our
>         majordomo
>         lists to mailman a few years ago.  Mailman seemed to be better
>         supported
>         and had more features... included an integrated web interface.
>          Majordomo
>         makes you install an add-on package, Majorcool to get a web
>         interface.
> 
>         Haha... you can download majordomo as a compressed uuencoded
>         file on their
>         site!  I'd stick with mailman for a new install.
>         http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/
> 
>         ray
> 
>         On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, michael dolan wrote:
> 
>         > I've got a small local business, and twice a month we send out
>         an email to
>         > our customers announcing sales, specials, etc.  *Just to be
>         clear, this is
>         > in no way spam.*  It is 100% opt-in, and I make it really easy
>         for people to
>         > be removed.  The only way people can currently get on the list
>         is to
>         > physically write their name and email address on a sheet of
>         paper in the
>         > store, or email us from the account they want added.  We do not
>         offer
>         > anything other than the information contained in the emails in
>         return for
>         > the address (we don't offer a discount for "members" or
>         anything like
>         > that).  We never require an email address (or even ask for one)
>         for any sort
>         > of transaction.  Right now, I'm managing the list by hand, but
>         the list has
>         > grown to around 1000 names, and It's getting laborious.
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