[consulting] Current state of newsletter systems

Scott Trudeau strudeau at umich.edu
Tue Nov 28 15:10:46 UTC 2006


It can be used with plain 4.7.  It requires the CiviCRM module.

On 11/28/06, Mark Hope <mark at markhope.net> wrote:
> Can CiviMail be used with a plain install of 4.7 or does it require
> CivicSpace?
>
> Mark
>
> On 27 Nov 2006, at 23:07, David Geilhufe wrote:
>
> >
> > CiviMail handles all these requirements.
> >
> > With CivicSpace On Demand we are offering a fully integrated online
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> > You can be up and running with CiviMail in a couple minutes by filling
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> > consulting-request at drupal.org wrote:
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:48:48 +0000
> >> From: Mark Hope <mark at markhope.net>
> >> Subject: [consulting] Current state of newsletter systems
> >> To: consulting at drupal.org
> >> Message-ID: <4c7429e84b4b219418d59d4d0fa2f907 at markhope.net>
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> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Just wondering what the current state of the various newsletter
> >> mailing
> >> systems are?
> >>
> >> I've looked at simplenews but it is what it says - Simple. I'm sure
> >> that's what the author intended, however I'm sure there must be a
> >> wider
> >> demand for a more feature rich mailing system?
> >>
> >> The features and issues queue that would make Simplenews more complete
> >> doesn't seem to be moving very quickly.
> >> I think the UI for simplenews is good, but the outgoing mail and
> >> formatting I find quite poor.
> >>
> >> What I'm looking for:
> >>
> >> - plain text/html sending options or possibility to send multi-part
> >> mail
> >> - Tracking mail/bounces
> >> - Header and footer templates, templates by newsletter type
> >> - embed separate stylesheet for sending with outgoing mail (I suppose
> >> this could be done within the templates).
> >> - double optin for anonymous/sign up via account page
> >> - ability to host images on server/absolute links to images
> >>
> >>
> >> I notice there is also a project at:
> >> http://drupal.org/project/enewsletter
> >> that consists of several dependent modules. It would look to have more
> >> of the features expected for a 'professional' email newsletter system
> >> but isn't released under 4.7??
> >>
> >> Can anybody offer any advice or share experience?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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