Re: Looking for software to manage snail-mail subscriptions
Le 05/12/2010 00:42, Doug a écrit : On 12/4/2010 12:57 PM, Alex Gould wrote: Hi, does anyone know of a Free Software program for managing subscriptions and mailing lists -- the old fashioned dead tree kind? Ideally it would handle individual periodical subscribers and bookstore orders (consignment deals on multiple copies of each issue), and help to automate the printing of mailing labels and subscription renewal/expiration notices. Thanks in advance, Alex For a friend who publishes a newsletter but does not (and never will) use Linux, I would be interested in knowing an answer for Macintosh and/or Windows. --doug Maybe you should take a look at PMB : http://www.sigb.net/doc/en_UK/html-user/index.html HTH Jean-Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cfcc83e.9090...@cegetel.net
Re: Looking for software to manage snail-mail subscriptions
On 05/12/10 11:23, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:50:38 +, Alex Gould wrote: Camaleón writes: This may sound a bit overwhelming but have you thought in a CMS (like Drupal or Joomla) and a module for managing those subscriptions? :-? Thanks. I'd consider it -- but do you know of any such module or add-on? It's hard to just do a web-search for this kind of thing because terms like "mailing list," "newsletter" "subscription" etc. all refer to email list management software, which is much easier to find. Hum... maybe they are located under "e-commerce" category. For example: http://drupal.org/project/modules?filters=tid%3A104&solrsort=sis_project_release_usage%20desc Ubercart looks quite complete. http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/e-commerce/paid-membership-a-subscriptions You can also look under ERP software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ERP_software_packages Basically I guess you need a database (offile/online) which handles users data (subscription type: magazine, newspaper... periodicty: weekly, monthly, quarterly... client postal address for delivering, etc...) :-? Greetings, If I have understood you correctly then you are looking for 'mail merge' which is available for openoffice (and word in the windows world) HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cfb8267.4050...@ntlworld.com
Re: Looking for software to manage snail-mail subscriptions
On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:50:38 +, Alex Gould wrote: > Camaleón writes: > > >> This may sound a bit overwhelming but have you thought in a CMS (like >> Drupal or Joomla) and a module for managing those subscriptions? :-? >> >> > Thanks. I'd consider it -- but do you know of any such module or add-on? > It's hard to just do a web-search for this kind of thing because terms > like "mailing list," "newsletter" "subscription" etc. all refer to email > list management software, which is much easier to find. Hum... maybe they are located under "e-commerce" category. For example: http://drupal.org/project/modules?filters=tid%3A104&solrsort=sis_project_release_usage%20desc Ubercart looks quite complete. http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/e-commerce/paid-membership-a-subscriptions You can also look under ERP software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ERP_software_packages Basically I guess you need a database (offile/online) which handles users data (subscription type: magazine, newspaper... periodicty: weekly, monthly, quarterly... client postal address for delivering, etc...) :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.12.05.11.23...@gmail.com
Re: Looking for software to manage snail-mail subscriptions
Camaleón gmail.com> writes: > This may sound a bit overwhelming but have you thought in a CMS (like > Drupal or Joomla) and a module for managing those subscriptions? :-? > Thanks. I'd consider it -- but do you know of any such module or add-on? It's hard to just do a web-search for this kind of thing because terms like "mailing list," "newsletter" "subscription" etc. all refer to email list management software, which is much easier to find. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20101205t034701-...@post.gmane.org
Re: Looking for software to manage snail-mail subscriptions
On 12/4/2010 12:57 PM, Alex Gould wrote: Hi, does anyone know of a Free Software program for managing subscriptions and mailing lists -- the old fashioned dead tree kind? Ideally it would handle individual periodical subscribers and bookstore orders (consignment deals on multiple copies of each issue), and help to automate the printing of mailing labels and subscription renewal/expiration notices. Thanks in advance, Alex For a friend who publishes a newsletter but does not (and never will) use Linux, I would be interested in knowing an answer for Macintosh and/or Windows. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cfad1ca.1040...@optonline.net
Re: Looking for software to manage snail-mail subscriptions
On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:57:22 -0500, Alex Gould wrote: > Hi, does anyone know of a Free Software program for managing > subscriptions and mailing lists -- the old fashioned dead tree kind? > Ideally it would handle individual periodical subscribers and bookstore > orders (consignment deals on multiple copies of each issue), and help to > automate the printing of mailing labels and subscription > renewal/expiration notices. Thanks in advance, Alex This may sound a bit overwhelming but have you thought in a CMS (like Drupal or Joomla) and a module for managing those subscriptions? :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.12.04.21.48...@gmail.com
