From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 5 20:55:18 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 8FB2C106564A for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:55:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) Received: from mail.familycareintl.org (static-64-61-120-78.isp.broadviewnet.net [64.61.120.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 512A88FC20 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:55:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:55:17 -0500 Message-ID: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E4120@www.fcimail.org> In-Reply-To: <20090205162603.GA36947@dev.null> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: newsletter APP NOT listserve Thread-Index: AcmHrnhullcPzP8+QSiYLmblJqJKewAJHPgg From: "Jean-Paul Natola" To: "Geoff Fritz" 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 20:55:19 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Fritz [mailto:gfritz@gmail.com]=20 Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:26 AM To: Jean-Paul Natola Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: newsletter APP NOT listserve 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? >=20 > 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. _--------------------------------------------------------------------- Well the server I plan to run it a VPS server, so I REALLY DON'T know = what the specs are on the box- and since it's not dedicated I have no clue = what else or what other sites are on it- I do know it has exim installed = which I am very familiar with and actually use- I know it has MySql on it as = well it a red hat 9 os if im not mistaken and I've never used apache or php, = what's the learning curve like to get that running?