If MailChimp isn’t what you’re after, then how about SmartSerialMail <http://www.jam-software.com/smartserialmail/> – by the same group that developed/markets a useful utility called TreeSize.
It’s not .NET-based (it’s a stand-alone utility), but might be able to do what you want. You would need the Enterprise Edition ($US140) to handle bounces, etc, and to connect to your own SQL database. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Iain Carlin Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:41 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: .Net based Email Newsletter 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 <http://www.campaignmonitor.com/> Campaign Monitor too. Cheers Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 <tel:%2B61%20%282%29%209870%202719> ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 <tel:%2B61%20%28416%29%20134%20993> ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 <tel:%2B61%20%282%29%209870%202400> ∙ <http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat> http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat Sent from the <http://office.com/preview> new Office 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 <tel:%2B61%20419201410> mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 <tel:%2B61%203%208676%204913> fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: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
