Larry McJunkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm considering a move to an ISP who uses qmail but before moving our
> business I have a question no one there can answer. We currently have five
> email newsletters that are served out by Lyris at out current ISP. I have
> an ASP page for subscribing to these newsletters that interfaces with Lyris.
>
> Does qmail Mailing List have the ability for me to do the same thing if I
> set up lists for the five newsletters? The documentation the ISP provided
> me doesn't show this information. Thanks.
qmail is just an MTA. Is the new ISP running ezmlm or ezmlm-idx for mailing
list software? If not, they should. It's the best mailing list software
around, bar none, and it's specifically designed for qmail. ezmlm-idx is
an add-on for ezmlm which adds a few features. It may already include a
web interface for subscription/un-subscription requests, but I do not know
that.
If not, creating one is trivial. Just create a web page that submits to a CGI
(in Python, Perl, or whatever you like -- could be done in PHP or ASP). The
user fills in their email address and clicks "subscribe" or "unsubscribe". The
CGI takes the address and reformats it as follows:
Subscribe request: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subscribe request: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The CGI then injects the mail into the system. ezmlm will automatically
send a confirmation mail to the user asking them to reply to be automatically
subscribed/unsubscribed. It's that easy. We use precisely this method at
the company I work for. The CGI is about a dozen lines of Perl, if that.
Charles
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