[OT] Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-29 Thread Keith G. Murphy
martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Lang Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.28.2013 +0100]: > > This is getting even further off topic, but the first person who > > figures out how to make micro payments with regard to the web will > > make a killing. > > ask bill gates. he's actually propose

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lang Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.28.2013 +0100]: > This is getting even further off topic, but the first person who > figures out how to make micro payments with regard to the web will > make a killing. ask bill gates. he's actually proposed something like this. you receive an

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach jogi hofmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.28.1815 +0100]: > the thing with mailman is (we run 20 lists here too using it) that it > provides for many-to-many communication and has proven to create even more > unwanted mail for all the people writing unsubscribes to the list (just to

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread Jason Lim
out sending emails to millions, how to tune servers and hard disks to sending emails, etc well, this is it!) Sincerely, Jason - Original Message - From: "Lang Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 3:13 AM Subject: Re

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread Lang Hurst
just don't know about it. Anyone? *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/28/02 at 1:27 PM Chuck Peters wrote: >I think it depends a lot on who uses it. We have an ethical use for some >mass email distribution software. > >My friend Kathy Miles writes a weekly column an

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread Chuck Peters
I think it depends a lot on who uses it. We have an ethical use for some mass email distribution software. My friend Kathy Miles writes a weekly column and publishes it on the web at http://StarrySkies.com and we sometimes get requests to send it via email. We have tossed around the idea of

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread jogi hofmueller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 28, 2002 Chris Hilts said: *| The problem with this rationale is that most people don't bother trying to unsubscribe, since the unsubscribe *| instructions are usually just a method of verifying valid addresses. i am aware of that and this is

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread jogi hofmueller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 28, 2002 martin f krafft said: *| have a look at libmail-bulkmail-perl before you reinvent the wheel *| though. and do consider that 3000 subscribers isn't all that much. why *| not simply let a mailing-list manager handle that. mailman does tw

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach jogi hofmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.28.1746 +0100]: > i know that everyone hates spam. therefore i think the idea to put a > mailing-list-like mechanism with automated (un)subscribe procedure behind > such a thing would be not so bad because it would make it possible to > real

Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread Chris Hilts
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 05:46:46PM +0100, jogi hofmueller wrote: > i know that everyone hates spam. therefore i think the idea to put a > mailing-list-like mechanism with automated (un)subscribe procedure behind > such a thing would be not so bad because it would make it possible to > really unsu

mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread jogi hofmueller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi! the following is not technical but more ethical or so. recently i was asked to develop some sort of mass email distribution software for someone sending monthly newsletters about music events to a list of about 3000 addresses. now, before