On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:05, you wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 02:01:52PM -0500, Eric Stanley wrote: > > I'm looking for a open source mailing list manager that will only be used > > to send messages from a limited number of people, not everyone subscribed > > to the list. It also needs to be able to customize each message, ala mail > > merge. Finally I want the users to be able to unsubscribe themselves, > > preferably by sending an email message, but I would accept a web > > interface as well. > > > > Can traditional MLMs do this? Is anyone out there using such a product? > > > > TIA, > > > > Eric > > Currently running Mailman at work, you can specify who is allowed to send > mail without administrative approval, all other mail is held for approval. > However, it looks like mailman will only do subscribe/unsubscribe from the > web interface. Majordomo will do all administrative tasks by email. > The whole mail merge thingy, not sure exactly what you are looking for. > Might be possible to combine some custom scripting to deal with that part > and let the MLM do the rest. HTH, > Josh I'm really looking to do an email newsletter, so (among other things) I'd like to address the addressee in the body of the message (Dear Mary, Dear Joe, etc.) I do want them to be able to unsubscribe themselves if they decide they no longer to receive the newsletter, so a tool that just does email merge (like a contact manager) won't do the trick. Eric _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list