From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 5 16:48:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 248801065673 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gfritz@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C13168FC08 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:48:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gfritz@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k32so253046rnd.12 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:48:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=K75A4jzxZ5t4ERS9cyZ/EpxWj7CRl7ue0NM/1m8zCNc=; b=pQY2Y4GD2vbqTNVInici0mJjsn7It72Q0ZYc7uaPxo3C4wQsIc7u/bChvYK28uWnlt vXBntjU9fBb+52z3hZ2dVP3UaUaa1t2b10qUnLk8HiD35j/wkEU7V1o7mo1YYMhMFkYa V7nxV5jBINM15RanHp4fcKFVhSrGx5PoiIWgE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=mfyRbPMTBkYXiMexFH+vzubo8JBlKYEzZRn6nIRFl1CE8re0Na/5I3Lr8ZqygqtFR2 BHTp93lM6AwxoFURoBjV86oYw2ONiFfgQS+u20xyCNp90w3ZJ3O4dz1jH9IjV2rSaBYp Kmx2J7BTZa7WP2j8Ki1ss36y3dkwUmhQu5uJQ= Received: by 10.143.6.19 with SMTP id j19mr349659wfi.128.1233851166805; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:26:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from dev.null (87-12-66-208.dsl.cust.wirelessbeehive.com [208.66.12.87]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 30sm1520819wfc.24.2009.02.05.08.26.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:26:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by dev.null (Postfix, from userid 1002) id CCEAF28ED; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:26:03 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:26:03 -0700 From: Geoff Fritz To: Jean-Paul Natola Message-ID: <20090205162603.GA36947@dev.null> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E411A@www.fcimail.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E411A@www.fcimail.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: newsletter APP NOT listserve X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:48:51 -0000 On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 09:31:56AM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Can anyone recommend a newsletter application , preferably where I can just > have an ordinary user login via a webpage , upload a file/message/ and click > send? > > I was playing with mailman , but that seems to be a list serve app. I've been using phplist for a couple of years on a client's site. It has click stats, a decent web interface, relatively easy to get up and running, and the performance is pretty good. It is a little top-heavy, though, since it requires apache/php/mysql. However, after enabling mysql query caching and adding eaccelerator into the mix, it runs fairly well. My last send clocked in at 47k messages per hour on a 2.8GHz dual-core Pentium-D, using postfix as the local MTA. I like the fact that it will automatically prune the list membership after a user-configurable number of bounces. Filter the bounce catcher account, though, as spam will make your DB grow to insane sizes and bog it down. It's not the best package in the world, but it's the only comperable open source package that I know of. I hope to hear of alternatives in this thread. -- Geoff