Newsletter Software
Does anyone have experience in bulk email solutions? It would need HTML and campaign tracking capability. The solution doesn't have to be free or cheap, it just has to work. A client of ours sends a 100,000+ newsletter out monthly and would like to discontinue outsourcing it. Web based would be preferred, especially if it was in cf. Emmet ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205544 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Newsletter Software
I was looking for a newsletter app as well with similar requirements. I came across NetDispatch.. http://www.cftagstore.com/?page=viewtagtagId=84 http://www.cftagstore.com/?page=viewtagtagId=84 Has anyone used it? If so, how'd it work for you? Any others you'd recommend? Thanks, Bob From: Emmet McGovern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 5/4/2005 1:16 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Spam:Newsletter Software Does anyone have experience in bulk email solutions? It would need HTML and campaign tracking capability. The solution doesn't have to be free or cheap, it just has to work. A client of ours sends a 100,000+ newsletter out monthly and would like to discontinue outsourcing it. Web based would be preferred, especially if it was in cf. Emmet ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205549 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Newsletter Software
Note that you can now download it for free off of cfopen.org. It has a bug whereby you will need to re-upload rw/security.cfm after installing (I plan on fixing it eventually). If you try it and run into any other problem, let me know. Steve Bryant Bryant Web Consulting LLC http://www.BryantWebConsulting.com/ http://steve.coldfusionjournal.com/ I came across NetDispatch.. http://www.cftagstore.com/?page=viewtagtagId=84 http://www. cftagstore.com/?page=viewtagtagId=84 ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205568 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Spam:RE: Newsletter Software
Thanks for the info. (...no, no - that is not a bug it is a feature - HA) I'll test it out and let you know how it goes. Thanks, Bob From: Steve Bryant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 5/4/2005 2:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Spam:RE: Newsletter Software Note that you can now download it for free off of cfopen.org. It has a bug whereby you will need to re-upload rw/security.cfm after installing (I plan on fixing it eventually). If you try it and run into any other problem, let me know. Steve Bryant Bryant Web Consulting LLC http://www.BryantWebConsulting.com/ http://steve.coldfusionjournal.com/ I came across NetDispatch.. http://www.cftagstore.com/?page=viewtagtagId=84 http://www. cftagstore.com/?page=viewtagtagId=84 ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205590 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Newsletter software
Hi folks - I need to create an mailing app which sends out approximately 1,000 brief news express newsletters every night for my science website. I would like to send the e-mails in bulks of, say, 200 per 30 minutes or so to reduce the load on the mail servers (site is on a shared server and this was recommended by the ISP to avoid problems). Eventually the potential is more than 1,000 subscribers so I need to create a scalable solution. I need to send both HTML and text versions, and I need basic merging functionality (user's name and e-mail, some metadata) - this I can handle myself. But how do I create a batch of 200 e-mails, then wait, then create another 200? I am wondering if perhaps CFMAIL is not the solution here, due to it's many bugs (I've tried it before with not quite satisfactory results). And for the record - I'm on CF5, CFMX is not an option right now. I looked at ActiveMail from cfdev. The source version is $1500 (I get a full license of Lyris listmanager for 10,000 subscribers for that price). But the encrypted version is $500, which fits my budget better - has anyone had any experience with this tag for uses like this, ie newsletters? Does it solve the issues with CFMAIL? If anyone knows of existing applications which do these things and which will run on CF5, please show me where to go... The budget is vanishingly small as this is a non-profit website but I cannot compromise on quality on the end product (the newsletter), so I don't mind if I have to spend time adapting stuff. But I hope there is someone on this list who can help me get started. With kind regards, Tormod Guldvog Editor, Hypography Sci-Tech http://www.hypography.com/ __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Newsletter software
iMS SE would do you nicely. http://www.coolfusion.com/ We use it all the time for applications such as yours. There is an excellent and active support list. Gordon At 09:10 19/09/2002 Tormod Guldvog said Hi folks - I need to create an mailing app which sends out approximately 1,000 brief news express newsletters every night for my science website. I would like to send the e-mails in bulks of, say, 200 per 30 minutes or so to reduce the load on the mail servers (site is on a shared server and this was recommended by the ISP to avoid problems). Eventually the potential is more than 1,000 subscribers so I need to create a scalable solution. __ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Newsletter software
Thanks for your tip, Gordon. My site is on a shared hosting environment, though, and it seems iMS SE needs to be installed as a system service, which my ISP is not likely to accept. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I need a solution which will run on a shared environment - and with a minimum of CFX tags, as I have to pay $10/month for each of them just to have them installed. With kind regards, Tormod Guldvog Editor, Hypography Sci-Tech http://www.hypography.com/ -- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:20:26 +0100 From: Gordon Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newsletter software Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iMS SE would do you nicely. http://www.coolfusion.com/ We use it all the time for applications such as yours. There is an excellent and active support list. Gordon At 09:10 19/09/2002 Tormod Guldvog said Hi folks - I need to create an mailing app which sends out approximately 1,000 brief news express newsletters every night for my science website. I would like to send the e-mails in bulks of, say, 200 per 30 minutes or so to reduce the load on the mail servers (site is on a shared server and this was recommended by the ISP to avoid problems). Eventually the potential is more than 1,000 subscribers so I need to create a scalable solution. __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Newsletter software
I have used cfmail many many times with no issues. I have used it to send over 100,000 emails at one time and it didn't blink. There are a few options you have to pause the server after so many emails, there is cfx_sleep in the tag gallery or there is a udf on cflib that uses the java library to pause the server. I would stick with cfmail if I were you, it fits your needs. Robert Everland III Web Developer Extraordinaire Dixon Ticonderoga Company http://www.dixonusa.com -Original Message- From: Tormod Guldvog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:29 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Newsletter software Thanks for your tip, Gordon. My site is on a shared hosting environment, though, and it seems iMS SE needs to be installed as a system service, which my ISP is not likely to accept. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I need a solution which will run on a shared environment - and with a minimum of CFX tags, as I have to pay $10/month for each of them just to have them installed. With kind regards, Tormod Guldvog Editor, Hypography Sci-Tech http://www.hypography.com/ -- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:20:26 +0100 From: Gordon Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newsletter software Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iMS SE would do you nicely. http://www.coolfusion.com/ We use it all the time for applications such as yours. There is an excellent and active support list. Gordon At 09:10 19/09/2002 Tormod Guldvog said Hi folks - I need to create an mailing app which sends out approximately 1,000 brief news express newsletters every night for my science website. I would like to send the e-mails in bulks of, say, 200 per 30 minutes or so to reduce the load on the mail servers (site is on a shared server and this was recommended by the ISP to avoid problems). Eventually the potential is more than 1,000 subscribers so I need to create a scalable solution. __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
