Setting up a mailing list??

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Notting, Jan 31, 2006.

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    I am having trouble setting up a mailing list. I want it so that people type their email addy into a box click "subscribe" or something and then i can email them with updates/news etc

    I tried one called "mailman" but when i used it and sent the mailshot to one of my own email addresses it put it straight in the spam box!

    Can anyone help me out here?

    Thanks very much
    ~J
     
    Notting, Jan 31, 2006 IP
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    You might want to consider using CampaignMonitor. It's a paid service, but it's cheap, reliable, easy to integrate into your website, and very well put together.
     
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    Notting Notable Member

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    I must admit it looks quite good, but I am looking for one that is free really. Thanks though
     
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    Don't forget to put a monetary value on your time spent hunting down and implementing a free tool. It might still be a better deal to spend the time, but you should definitely think about it. ;)
     
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    PHPList is free/GPL and seems that has a lot of features.
    I did not try myself so can say how good is.

    http://tincan.co.uk/?lid=294

    this is the one I used actually!


    overall it's not too bad - having a few problems editing it...i think they do this on purpose. I've set it up - its only asthetic stuff now.

    this is what i've had to do with it. www.nottinghamstudent.co.uk/Homepage.html

    really i wanted it as a box on the site which you just type into rather than going to another page - wasnt sure how to do this though

    Ok have imported all emails to the list and I am enjoying this script I would give it 7/10 because it is not very easy to edit
     
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