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Sending "Forums Newsletters" via Vb? · **Released**: 08-24-2006

We've been doing it for a while - its painful, it takes a long time and anyone who joins during "newsletter time" is subject to several days wait in order to activate their account.

We tried some of the hacks here on vB.org - they aren't a viable solution for us.

Do you send newsletters? If so, what type of solution do you use in order to send it, so it doesn't disrupt your forums function?

I send 160K a month...I'd like a better process...suggestions?

COBRAws · #2 08-24-2006, 08:34 PM

Well, non of the hacks here at vb.org for newsletters worked for me, they were just too buggy or couldnt complish what I expected them to do. At the moment, we create the html outside vb.

If you find a good tool for doing this online/vb let me know!

Shazz · #3 08-24-2006, 08:37 PM

This would be very nice to have!
News letters(closest thing i can think of) could be used also on some of the simular hacks , vbAdvanced. If you updated it ..

AF-Brandy · #4 08-24-2006, 08:37 PM

We don't send an HTML one - we send a text newsletter...but still it kills us

If I find something, I'll let you know.

007 · #5 08-25-2006, 06:01 PM

Sending emails through vB is not the best option, since as you stated, it stops other mail going out from vB.

I've been looking for a good mailing list program for a while but am finding that there are a lot to choose from. It's hard to find one worth putting money on, especially since I haven't found any with good demos.

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