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[Bill Wolf]

Thanks for the replies

Win2K / NT - same basic thing, different version.  This server's W2K fwiw.

None of the MS backoffice stuff is setup.  It has IIS, ASP.net with basic
ODBC, MySQL or SQL Server, PHP, CGI - and Qmail with the lists function
disabled.

I looked at Lyris.  It can get very expensive.  The commercial version of
Topica seems a bit more reasonable at around $225 a year.  It's also really
friendly.

For a different site, I have one of those really cheap $4/month Linux hosts.
It has Mailman 2.1 which seems quite extensive - maybe too much so.  I've
been trying to customize and simplify the screens the end user sees but it's
been pretty hard.  They don't need to see all of the things related to open
discussions, digests, or managing their user options.  But even if I get it
right the admin piece is still going to be a little confusing for the people
maintaining the lists.

Ideally I'd like something simpler than Mailmain.  More user friendly.  And
hopefully where I don't have to pay 200 every year.

I've seen a lot of other PHP and ASP based list managers on Hotscripts.com.
Just wondering if there are any standouts that people here have implemented.

 Kind regards
 -Bill



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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:46:49 -0500
From: "Tim Gales" <tgales at tgaconnect.com>
Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] looking for mailing list software or service
To: "'NYPHP Talk'" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
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what is the name of the 'mail agent'
(on unix it might be 'sendmail')

Is it really hosted on NT -- don't you mean Windows 2000 (2003) server?

Are you using BackOfficeServer, SmallBusinessServer, Exchange Sever (what
release), or what?

Also how hard is it to effect changes in the environment (e.g. will you have
privileges to make dns record changes or does Interland do it for you -- and
how long does it take them)

Without more specifics on your environment it is hard to help.

However, this link might be of some use:
http://www.scriptsearch.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Mailing_List_Manageme
nt/

T. Gales & Associates
Helping People Connect with Technology
http://www.tgaconnect.com
-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
On Behalf Of Bill Wolf
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:49 AM
To: talk at lists.nyphp.org
Subject: [nycphp-talk] looking for mailing list software or service


I need to setup a simple mailing list for someone.  One way, no discussions.
Users need to be able to subscribe/unsubscribe themselves.
And a relatively easy administration module for adding users and sending
mail to be used by novices.

The site's host is Interland on an NT account but they do supposedly have
PHP access as well as CGI (although ASP would be good too).  Any suggestions
for either packages that are cheap/free or 3'rd party services that would
host the list for them?


Thanks
  -Bill