Re: [phpug] Mailing List Software

[Stig Manning]

Hi Olwen, Rather than using a commercial service, you could try adding Domain Keys (DKIM), SPF and SenderID to the domain name you are sending out emails from, this will reduce spam score and prevent emails getting spam filtered. SPF is very easy (just add a TXT record to the domain with a SPF string) and DKIM is a bit harder as you have to put headers in each email. DKIM is especially important for Yahoo mail and SPF for Gmail and SenderID (enhanced SPF) with Microsoft (MSN including Xtra mail, exchange servers etc). Read more here http://owahab.com/content/delivering-emails-gmail-yahoo-and-hotmail Cheers, Stig Olwen Williams wrote: I tried to send this from my gmail account but maybe I messed up the subscription there because it never made it. One of my customers has a need for some versatile mailing list software that has several features. Must allow customers to come from a number of sources (I can push them into a database from my sources) Must allow customers to subscribe/unsubscribe Customers must be able to select different emails that they will get Preferably has some reasonably comprehensive survey components Easy interface for entering emails. Emails sent in the back end (i.e. schedule them to be sent and it just happens over a period of hours) Some emails will be sent automatically when something triggers them.  This may come from several sources. They have a Joomla site, but they also have other software that supplies leads. I've discussed it briefly with one developer who said he had had a 50% failure rate sending to Xtra (falling into spam filters) and suggested that a commercial service might be better.  I'm prepared to consider that if it had the flexibility for us to push our leads into it. -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to nzphpug@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com