Thanks for the input. Both MailChimp and Campaign monitor look good in terms of functionality....but....I'm not sure that our business is going to be happy to hand over 5,000 or so 'customer' email addresses to a 3rd party, no matter how secure they claim to be.
I'm definitely *not looking to build*, so is there an equivalent, self-hosted, off-the-shelf product that anyone has experience with? [Note I used 'CRM' in quotes because it's not really a CRM, it's a Student Information System that just happens to also contain a bunch of email addresses for people that we regularly send email to]. On 13 June 2013 12:52, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) < andrew.coa...@microsoft.com> wrote: > + 1 for buy over build**** > > ** ** > > Have a look at Campaign Monitor <http://www.campaignmonitor.com/> too.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > ** ** > > Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 > Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 > Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ > http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat**** > > *Sent from the **new Office* <http://office.com/preview>**** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom > *Sent:* Thursday, 13 June 2013 1:06 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: .Net based Email Newsletter**** > > ** ** > > Agreed. Mailchimp seems to be the most common one that I receive mail > from, and from reading it’s info, it looks well managed.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Greg**** > > ** ** > > Dr Greg Low**** > > ** ** > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax > **** > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Corneliu I. Tusnea > *Sent:* Thursday, 13 June 2013 12:59 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: .Net based Email Newsletter**** > > ** ** > > Why build? Why not use a proper newsletter system? MailChimp or any of the > other million existing ones?**** > > They are very good.**** > > They can also give you some deliverability and open rate reports which can > tell you if your newsletter have any value or they are simply money spend > delivering noise.**** > > They can also handle all the spam, take care of reputation and handle the > unsubscribe process.**** > > And I think it's cheaper to use such a service than spend > days/weeks/months to build it :)**** > > ** ** > > My 2 cents.**** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, <ifum...@gmail.com> wrote:**** > > We used telerik editor to achieve this...and you could use something > like mailbee to do the bulk email**** > > **** > > Anthony**** > > **** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Iain Carlin > *Sent:* Thursday, 13 June 2013 10:02 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* .Net based Email Newsletter**** > > **** > > G'day all, > > We're looking for a solution to create a HTML newsletter with images and > text that can be bulk emailed via SMTP to a list sourced from our 'CRM'. > > We'd prefer something .Net based as that fits with everything else we have. > > Has anyone got any recommendations? > > Cheers, > > Iain**** > > ** ** >
