Posted by trashed on 02/12/07 11:55

"Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.tnmwhxdiqnv3q9@misant...
> trashed wrote:
>
> Please don't toppost.
>
>> "Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:op.tnmu1ya0qnv3q9@misant...
>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:08:45 +0100, trashed <ahhhno@.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a guestbook which has a field that basically asks "join mailing
>>> list?". Can someone please point me to a code snippet somewhere that can
>>> help me figure out where to start on this? My database (MySQL) already
>>> collects all the user's contact info and the 'yes or no' response for
>>> the
>>> mailing list question so I'm hoping this is not incredibly difficult to
>>> do.
>>> I have a contact form on my site so maybe I can copy/paste that code for
>>> the
>>> actual mass mailing function?
>
> This is really all there is to it (aside from maybe setting some headers
> for the reply-to adress etc.). How it would be integrated on your site is
> totally dependant on the code of your site, I cannot see that from here.
>
>> Also Rik , you provided 2 examples. What is the difference? Why would
>> there
>> be two possibilities?
>
> The 2 possibilities I gave were:
> - Send a seperate email to everyone in the list.
> - Send 1 e-mail, with everyone in the bcc.
>
> The first has the advantage of making 'personalised' emails possible,
> using your users name etc., and it will less likely be considerd spam.
>
> The second will ease the load on the server, as there's only 1 mail sent,
> but could be considered spam by some filters.
>
> For more examples using the function check the manual (and don't forget
> the user contributed notes, often a wealth of information):
> <http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php>
>
> For more 'advanced' emails you might consider using the PEAR class:
> http://pear.php.net/package/Mail
>
> --
> Rik Wasmus


Ok, thank you Rik... The info you provided hopefully will be enough for me
to get this off the ground. I appreciate your time.

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