Hi All, I am going to be writing a website which will have a feature for users to subscribe to an opt-in newsletter. There may be up to a couple of hundred subscribers, and I'm looking for advise on how to send out this many emails without the mail servers counting it as spam. For example is it reasonable to send out in one go, or should they be batched up Eg 50 every few minutes? Website will be ASP.NET. I'll probably write it myself, but would also be interested if anyone has seen any components that already offer this type of feature? Thanks Ellen
There are a few places out there that can provide you with a high end newsletter application that's managed by them. Problem with creating your own is scalability, complying to opt in/out rules and again complying to any rules set by csnew media. Another advantage of using a commercial service is tracking, click through etc as this will all be in place. For you to do this you'll need a couple of httpmodules and do research into best techniques for tracking :S I am off work today so I am unable to give you links of services we've used in the past(before writing our own). Am sure someone here will probably beable to point you in the right direction though
Newsletter Its going to be quite a basic newsletter, so although there will be opt in etc, I'm not too bothered about click through (although it would be nice!) I have already set up a test with just 4 'friendly' email addresses in and the yahoo one rejected it as spam. Any thoughts why this could be and how to avoid the problem? Also looking from any steer from CSNM about mail server rules?? Thanks
Hi, I have been using the following for about a year now and have had no problems (free as well :smilie http://pommo.org/Main_Page I only send approx 35 emails every few months to my subscription list. Regards
Pommo is php not asp.net. I Use Sendblaster and have embedded it in my asp.net website, it is a desktop application that in its free version allows you to send up to 200 people and it includes the ability to send in batches so as not fall foul of smtp server limits.
ASP Mailing List software Thanks very much for the suggestions, I will check them out. I've had a quick look at Sendblaster, it also mentions php scripts - how did it integrate with .NET? Also where is the data stored - is there a local (desktop) database, I was really looking for something that would store within the website but this certainly is worth a look. Many thanks Ellen
Sendblaster does use a local database, which may not be what you are looking for. It is easy to integrate into asp.net all you need is a form which posts to an email address that sendblaster monitors. if you decide to go this way I will be more than happy to help you out. Check my page www.csifanclub.org.uk/news.aspx for an example
Thank you! Sendblaster does look good and sending an email to subscribe should be no problem - but I'll let you know if I have any problems! Still looking for an online solution so that clients don't have to install software, but will give this a go for now. Thanks your your suggestion:thumbup1:
Hi Ellen If you want an out of the box fully hosted solution try this one from web wiz: http://www.webwizguide.com/webwiznewspad/features.asp
Thanks Mark, this is just the sort of the thing I was looking for and I will certainly check it out!:thumbup1: It gives various requirements of your hosting provider, have you used it on CSNM? Ellen
I looked at the system requirements and CSNM should support it no problem. You'll have to get Carl or Nick to confirm though :smilie:
Never got around to setting this particular on eup but have used all the other applications at one time or the other with no problems as they all run "fron the box". All the spec required are available on CSNM includinh upload and email comms. I would though double check that it does not conflict with any of CSM T&C's though
Solution I found Just thought I'd update here with the newletter solution I eventually chose. I'm now using it for several clients and its really good, they love the editing interface and reports on who opened the email etc. Check out http://www.mailbuild.com/ - its a white label hosted solution which is 'pay as you go' - so unlike others there are no monthly fees, and you can add your own mark-up to what the client pays. Cheers Ellen
