If you've got Len's IMGate (a FreeBSD box running Postfix) then you are half
way there! Just add the Listar mailing list manager available at
www.listar.org (or com??). I don't know if it will satisfy your every need
but it does come with source code and a knowledgeable user base.
-----Original Message-----
From: Deen Foxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: [imail] Mailing List Server
>I know this is not related to the HKSI templates, but I know there are lots
>of e-mail savvy people on this list that would be able to help me...
>
>We are in need of purchasing and installing our own mailing list server. I
>know iMail has a built-in mailing list capabilities--but as you know it is
>very limited in operation.
>
>We need a powerful, robust and stable mailing list server that will be able
>to handle...
>
> - User choice of HTML or Plain Text e-mail messages.
> - User choice ot not receiving copy of their own e-mail sent to the list.
> - Auto subscribe/unsubscribe through web links in list.
> - E-Mail verification before allowing subscribe (to prevent people from
>signing up others against their wishes).
> - Form-Mail capability (replacing special fields with information in
>database or addres book before sending to each person on list).
> - Web-based list and archive reading, option to use list strictly through
>web and not receive e-mails.
> - The ability to disallow messages to list from non-members--but at the
>same time be able to subscribe the same person with multiple e-mail
>originations (meaning, I could send to list as [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], but only receive the list messages to
>one of them).
> - The ability to categorize the subscribers, to multiple lists or to
>multiple categories, that can be used to send only e-mails they want to
>receive, but not information they do not want to receive.
> - Full moderated features, broadcast list features, standard open list
>features and digest list features.
> - Preferable if subscribers were in SQL structure that could be
>programmatically changed through external scripting--to include contact
>information about user (name, address, phone, fax, etc).
> - Ability to LOCK-OUT e-mail addresses and entire domains, to block
e-mail
>addresses that have a problem of getting set-up against their wishes and
>therefore keep complaining about receiving our mailings as unsolicited
SPAM.
> - And of course easy-to use, fool-proof, user interface for using system
>(especially unsubscribes) so as to prevent complaints of SPAM (which we
will
>not be using it for).
>
>I would appreciate any suggestions. This will be used for our large
>web-hosting clients to keep track of their customers so they can send send
>specialized targetted announcements and newsletters. We would prefer NT,
>but would run on Unix if NT is not stable enough or can't handle enough
>bandwidth.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Deen Foxx (CTO)
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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