> At 9:18 PM -0500 2006-01-21, Matt Gostick wrote: > >> I have installed Mailman in hopes of using it as a type of 'notification' >> system. For example, a user subscribes to the list, and after subscribing >> I can send him/her an email notifiying them an event that happens on my >> website. > > Send a notice to that list, and all recipients will receive a > copy. But you don't have a list per recipient. If you did, then why > would you bother with a mailing list system -- why not just send a > message directly to each of those users?\ > >> The event would be unique for this user and should only be sent >> to him/her. > > That's not going to work. > >> Is mailman the appropriate program for me? If not, can >> anyone suggest another standard program that would do the job? > > If every user has a unique event that only they care about, you > will probably need to build your own system -- just have a database > of users and what events they're interested in, and then send out > e-mail messages every time one of those events happen. >
Yeah, that is what I do now, but I am at the point where I am sending so many emails per day that my penetration rate is decreasing b/c of Junk/Spam folders. I was hoping that using a standard program where the unsubscribe/subscribe system was known and trusted by isp's that I would get better penetration. Thanks, Matt. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
