[Zope-CMF] mass mailings

Walker, Byl BWalker@ProspectAssoc.com
Thu, 7 Feb 2002 09:42:14 -0500


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Another thought that integrates external software, but might be worth
trying:

Use Mailman (the python-based) mailing list program to do the mailings.
That would suppress the addresses for you. If your site is a public site for
which users have to register, include code to send submission info to the
mailing list.  For existing users, you'll have to write a script to extract
all of the email addresses for the member base, but that shouldn't be too
difficult.

One benefit of this is that it takes the work out of Zope and puts into a
product that was designed specifically for this type of task.

Just a thought.

Byl

-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Nantais [mailto:cnantais-rednaxel@imeme.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:16 AM
To: Zope CMF
Subject: [Zope-CMF] mass mailings

I want to send a weekly email newsletter out to all members of my CMF site 
(could be up to 2000 users). I plan to create a script that gets a list of 
all member email addresses from memberdata and inserts that into the 'To:' 
line of an email that will be sent using my smtp mailhost. However, I don't 
want the recipients' addresses to be exposed to the recipients. 

1. How can I keep the list of recipents undisclosed in the email.
2. Is mailhost a bad way to do mass mailings?

chad




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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Another thought that integrates external software, =
but might be worth trying:</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Use Mailman (the python-based) mailing list program =
to do the mailings.&nbsp; That would suppress the addresses for you. If =
your site is a public site for which users have to register, include =
code to send submission info to the mailing list.&nbsp; For existing =
users, you'll have to write a script to extract all of the email =
addresses for the member base, but that shouldn't be too =
difficult.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>One benefit of this is that it takes the work out of =
Zope and puts into a product that was designed specifically for this =
type of task.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Just a thought.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Byl</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Chad Nantais [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:cnantais-rednaxel@imeme.net">mailto:cnantais-rednaxel@ime=
me.net</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:16 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Zope CMF</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [Zope-CMF] mass mailings</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I want to send a weekly email newsletter out to all =
members of my CMF site </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(could be up to 2000 users). I plan to create a =
script that gets a list of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>all member email addresses from memberdata and =
inserts that into the 'To:' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>line of an email that will be sent using my smtp =
mailhost. However, I don't </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>want the recipients' addresses to be exposed to the =
recipients. </FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>1. How can I keep the list of recipents undisclosed =
in the email.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>2. Is mailhost a bad way to do mass mailings?</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>chad</FONT>
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