Newsletter Help - How To Set Up A Newsletter From My Site

Hi there,

Recently I had a simple php script on one of my websites which would enable a user to type in their email address, click submit, and then there address would be e-mailed to me.
I would then copy and paste their e-mail address into a file which I would refer to when sending out newsletters.

Basically I'm just wondering if there is any other ways of setting up a newsletter, preferably which automates a lot of the above tasks (receiving e-mail every time someone joins the newsletter, copying and pasting it into a list of contacts, etc).

My web hosting doesn't have any databases or anything, so I'm not sure if that means I'm limited to what I was doing above? Is there any alternative?


Thanks for any help

 

i am too searching this for my website..can anyone help?

 

Can use simple newsletter script, it doesn't require mysql just PHP.

http://www.americanfinancing.net/afc-simple-newsletter.cfm

 

Thanks but I am getting an error when I try to download the script?
Anyone else getting same problem?

Thanks for the help, reps given

 

Yup, looks like their database isn't working. I'll PM you a link to a copy on my webhost.

 

Thanks very much shallowink, downloaded a copy from your webhost fine

 

I'm looking at the script and theres a few things that I'm not sure about...

When someone subscribes, I get an email stating their e-mail address. Is there not a list of subscribed e-mail addresses being created elsewhere? I'm pretty sure there is, I just can't find the file.
Also it appears that you can directly e-mail the subscribers - does anyone know how this is done using the script?

Thanks for any help

 

There's a basic admin panel: access it at http://www.yourdomain.com/simple-newsletter-folder/cp.php
After you login, you can view the list of subscribers, create a newsletter(looks real basic but oh well it's free). The actual list of subscribers is in the el.txt file.

 

Thanks shallowink.

I was just wondering how secure this program is - in one of the php files it asks for you to give a username and password for the admin files - wouldn't anyone be able to access this file and view the login details?

 

Yeah, if they knew the file name. I'm not too pleased with the script after I set it up. Apparently it isn't free. Whoever that finance company, they aren't the creators of the script. If you check the su.html page it states its a "demo" version and costs like 5 bucks. Which isn't a bad price just wish they would have said so upfront. Most of the codes encrypted and as you pointed out isn't super secure. Could use htaccess security if Simple Newsletter had an admin style folder but I'm turned off by their tactics.

So, I did some research. Here's the ones I have found so far.

Jax Newsletter: free, does text(cvs) or mysql. Bad part: no english help files. Kinda out of date.
http://www.jtr.de/scripting/php/newsletter/index_eng.html

Script from Vincent(whoever that is) Don't know if its text based or not.
http://www.beanbug.net/vScripts.php?

A Nounce- Looks like it needs MySQL but its pretty small.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anounce

And this was after going through about 10 pages at a script archive. Ugh, most require MySQL and are the size of a small whale. If I don't find one soon, I'll just write a basic script. It has to be easier than this LOL.

 

Any luck finding anything else shallowink?

Is there any paid alternatives? (my webhosting doesn't allow the use of MySql though)...


Thanks

 

Kinda of a strange download but check ccMail. It's PHP based, uses no database and its supposed to be easy to use(might cure cancer too for all I know). And it's free.

http://www.cicoandcico.com/products.php?option=ccmail