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Old 15-03-2007, 09:38 AM
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Hello,

A little website I run is going through some changes. I want to send a nice once-off e-mail to the 500 people who have registered at the site.

What is the easiest way to do this? Also, how do I avoid being seen as junk e-mail?

It'll be a text e-mail with one or two URLs in it.

Thank you.

Edit: the e-mail addresses are in a MySQL database, but I can extract them to another program if necessary.
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Old 15-03-2007, 10:08 AM
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I'd use either phplist or one of the other email list software solutions:
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I've had nothing but good experiences with Send HTML Email Newsletters with MailChimp

They have a nice selection of HTML templates, or you can import your own completed HTML email. Naturally you can just do text too. Only $15 for 500 emails.
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I've recently used phplist and found it quite good. Takes a couple of minutes to set-up/configure but after that it's pretty easy and straight-forward to send the email.

Not sure if it has any HTML email functionality but it handles text with urls fine.
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Not sure if it has any HTML email functionality but it handles text with urls fine.
It handles HTML email just fine.
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