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I'm looking for a subscribe/unsubscribe mailing list to install on my website.
Requirements:
PHP/MySQL;
Cron job: uses scheduling to send email in batches;
Multiple languages: when user is subscribing, they need to select preferred language from a drop-down;
Send in both HTML/Text;
Bounce-email check;
Double opt-in: user must confirm email before being subscribed.
Unsubscribe link: being able to unsubscribe by following a link in the email.
Any suggestions? Could be paid license as well (maximum $40). However, I'm not interested in hosted services with monthly fees.
Thanks!
Maybe have a go with List Messenger? http://www.listmessenger.com/ It's not great, but it is pretty well featured and it's all in PHP so you can hack it about if you want to.
http://phplist.com/ comes to mind
There is a number of PHP mailing list applications around, and to my surprise, almost all turned out to be total crap. At least the open source ones.
The only free one that I have used myself and was happy with is PoMMO. I don't think it can do cron-powered batch sending, and I'm not sure about automated bounce handling, but the rest should be achievable: You can create custom signup forms so language selection shouldn't be a problem (and later, putting subscribers into groups according to the selection).
It seems to have been inactive since 2008, and the back-end template needs a bit of reworking to look good in Firefox, but it has been a reliable workhorse.
Anyway. The PHPList project #Gordon suggests looks more active, which is always good in a public-facing software. Maybe try that first.
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I have a client that has a list of several thousand email addresses (and their personal info). If they are holding an event in a particular city, they want to send an email to "everyone in these cities with these parameters". They would like to keep track of who attends each event, let people unsubscribe, but not loose their data, track other attributes about each person over time, etc.
The main company site is in Drupal, but this project can use any platform. Any suggestions about php software that can be customized to do this?
There is heaps of software to do this. You will have to get the data into a form that can be imported into a database though like mysql.
Wordpress has lots of plugins that can import mailing lists and news letters.
Once the data is in a database table then you could also write your own quite easily. If you aren't a coder though wordpress plugins or something similar might be the way to go.
Also, checkout mailchimp and services like that.
p.s. if you send several thousands emails you will probably get black listed :P
Obviously there is lots of software to do this, but I was looking for any advice someone might have to help me narrow down the search because there are so many scripts to test.
In this case, I settled on CiviCRM, which has both a drupal and a wordpress integration and does everything that I needed, specifically the ability to record lots of meta data about the individuals in the database and then to segment that data to use for sending email.
https://civicrm.org/
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I've been working on this site - I used the phpdug script to help me get a quick start. I assumed that if I forced users to login in order to post links in this digg-like website, there would be no need for a captcha. This has not worked as you can see all of the car spam. Is a captcha necessary even if I force users to login? Also, is ther ea captcha you can recommend that is easy to read (I have trouble with a few capchas sometimes, get frustrated, and leave websites). http://fantasybookmark.com
Well I would only use a capacha and e-mail verification for the signup process. You shouldnt need to make a capacha when posting. You could count how many posts have been made by that user in the last ten minuits, if it exceeds a certain value then make them awnser a capacha.
This depends on the resource being protected. For instance, yahoo mail does not require captcha to login and read mail but does require it when sending email or initially signing up.
It is possible for logins to be compromised (or for people to sign up with the intention of exploiting something later with bots) so if there are certain resources that warrant extra protection from bots (in yahoo's case, their smtp servers), you can add the additional human check there.
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Do you know a good and free newsletter system written in php that allows users import/export from database or text files, store multiple fields for every user (like name, surname...) and create users groups?
I've tried Listmessenger, but it's not completly free, and CcMail but it's not very good for me...
Even tho you have discounted Listmessenger, I have set it up for numerous companies (with the purchase of a $49 cdn dollar license - for over 200 users!). They have been very pleased, as the software is simple enough for most users, and advanced enough to get the job done (that you require). I have only had good feedback about the software, where otherwise other software created a large learning curve and did not work exactly as well.
I would recommend giving it another try, and $50 cdn dollars is not exactly a fortune for advertising, plus you can use it free for under 200 users (some features missing of course, but I assure you its well worth it).
Otherwise, I have tried phplist.com, but I have found it to be confusing for most users.
But try it if you want: http://www.phplist.com
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What's a good URL shortening script that does the following things?
It is customizable (HTML and CSS)
Users can create accounts
Users can delete shortened URLs
There is a bookmarklet
Users can set privacy codes
Some sort of API (so Twitter clients could use it, etc.)
Thanks a document.write(Math.random()*Math.pow(10,18));
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I haven't used any of these, but a quick googling turns up lots of results
Here's a good tutorial on how to do it yourself
Here's a php implementation you can use for free
The user account creation side of things is a separate issue and I'm not aware of any url-shortening scripts that would consider that. You might want to look into using openID providers for your authentication, though.
HotScripts looks like it has a few. Haven't used any but that might be a good place to start.
Check out ur.ly. I use it almost daily to compress URL's.
If you want to use an API to interact with a URL compression service, they have that. They also publish their code, so you can check it out if you want to do something similar. It's written in Python.
ur.ly doesn't have accounts or allow deletion, but the code should help you get started.
EDIT for managing URL's using an account, you could try bit.ly, but they don't offer their code AFAICT. They do offer an API, though, that includes authentication.
I prefer Shrinky the free URL shortener, it’s free and it must be listed too :
Shrinky - Free URL Shortener Script
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I am looking to write a small application that receives an SMS text message and records the results in an online database. I am most comfortable with php/mysql, but can use any suggestions you might have.
I wrote something cute and small like this last summer, but I cheated using an actual SMS server and used Twitter to receive my text messages in a specific format, then had a daemon service running through my RSS feed every n time units to pull in the data and store it in a flat file. It was a fun exercise, and free, and as far as I know no free SMS receivers are available. You can use MySQL if you want, but I feel like you'll need a language that's more designed for writing a service than a web application (i.e. PHP)
I've used clickatell for setting up SMS notification for Nagios. Never used them to receive text message though. My guess is you probably give them some magic URL and they hit it up with with a POST containing all the data in the message.
You'll ever find anything that is free though. In fact, you might find that SMS is rather expensive if you do a lot of volume. Even $0.01/message is a lot when you are sending 10k messages a week.
If you are looking to setup your own server, then you can make use of gnokii. You will have to physically connect a Nokia mobile phone and once you receive the messages, you can add them to a database.