best option for bigboard newsletter

[el_capiton]

i want to send a newsletter to my users but dont know whats best option to send it, i've more then 50k members if i send it via vbulletin im sure it would take days and would probably crash the server.
what options do i've besides sending via vbulletin?

[TNCclubman]

I have 70,000 members. What i do is export members in admincp. Then import them into phplist. Then use that to fire off mailouts every week to them. Best solution I found so far for people like us with lots of members and want to send newsletters to them on the regular.

[el_capiton]

thanks for your reply, you have phplist in the same server? or in another one? isnt phplist hard to setup, i remember trying to use it few years ago and it was a nightmare.

[Brandon Sheley]

We use GAZ for our newsletter

[Princeton]

use Mailchimp (superior to all others)

[el_capiton]

thanks for the recomendations but i was looking for something free, not paid

[Hornstar]

Originally Posted by Princeton

use Mailchimp (superior to all others)

no way. $240 for only 50 000 max subscribers o_O I have over 300 000 members and there is no way I would pay over $1500 a month to send out emails lol

phplist with a good vbulletin bridge seems to be the way to go currently. I am about to scrap by GAZ license.