yes. Postfix is a drop in replacement for sendmail. There is even a
sendmail executable that takes the same args etc.
Anyway, it doesn't really matter because you *should* be using Net::SMTP
(even though the curren tversion of the script calss sendmail directly.
It would be trivial to use the script I suggested if you just dump your
email list to a flat file (in any repectable format)
It would be a little more work to have it talk to the db.
have you looked at the script?
charles
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> Will the scripts and other stuff you're referring to work with sendmail?
> If so are either of you willing to help with it, considering that I can't
> move to postfix atm ?
>
> JW
>
> At 07:37 PM 9/14/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >I see Gordon has already offered to help write it, so if you know what's
> >good for you, take him up on it :)
> >
> >Otherwise, if you check the mailhelp archives on moongroup (search for
> >"mass mailer") you will find a small perl script that does basically what
> >Gordon describes except it uses a simple non-XML template, and currently
> >gets the email info from a text file.
> >
> >If you need help converting it to get the names from a MySQL or PostgreSQL
> >db, just send us your schema. Gordon can get it done in no time :) Just
> >kidding, I can help too.
> >
> >Also take Chuck's advice and install postfix. It eats mass emails for
> >breakfast.
> >
> >charles
> >
> >On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, (Jonathan Wilson) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Several of the web sites we host have once-n-month newsletter-promotion
> > > > e-mails that we send out in bulk.
> > > >
> > > > Right now we have all registered users in an MSSQL database, and have
> > an NT
> > > > bulk mailer that reads the table of names and addresses, and sends the
> > > > newsletter to each to the recipients listed therein. We'd like to
> > move this
> > > > to Linux also. Any suggestions on what Linux mailers are best suited
> > for
> > > > this? (Would be really nice if it interfaced with a MySQL or
> > PostgreSQL DB)
> > >
> > > I don't know of any specifically for that purpose, so if no one else
> > > responds to this query, you may have to write your own. However, it
> > > shouldn't be terribly difficult. I've got a bunch of code over here that
> > > you can use to that purpose. The billing programs which are part of ISPd
> > > read customers from an SQL database, parse an XML template, and send mail
> > > to those customers. You can get extra tricky with that, or you can cut
> > > out the extra tricky (but still simple to use) parts and do it.
> > >
> > > I'll even help you write it :)
> > >
> > > If you don't find something else that suits your needs, let me know.
> > >
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