On 12 Jan 99, Barry Lee Brisco wrote:
> NOTE: this is not a mailing list like web-consultants. I want to have
> people "sign up" but only I can send a broadcast to those on the list, not
> the other way around.
>
> What is involved in creating this? I'm not a programmer, I just want an
> easy-to-manage mailing list function, instead of manually maintaining the
> address list on my local system.
If you're not talking a very large number of subscribers, you may find that
Pegasus will do the job for you.
It has a number of mailing-list-like features built in. Notably, its fairly
sophisticated filtering capabilities mean that you can issue auto-replies to
letters sent to a given address, and/or which contain specified strings in
the header or body. You can also add the senders of such letters to a
specified "distribution list" automatically. You can thereafter send bulk
mailings to all members of a given list.
Thus if you had a specific address for subscribing, you could set up rules
saying "If the TO: field equals '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', and the subject reads
'subscribe', then send such-and-such a confirmation letter, and add the
user to the 'Blah Subscribers' list."
A similar process would be used for unsubscribes.
E-mail me if you want more information.
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Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario
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Web: http://www.almonte.com/
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