Re: UKNM: Managing a mailing list

[Sam Michel]

Hi Bill,


At 09:16 09/11/00 +0000, William Robb wrote:

>I'd be grateful for directions to any reading on how one managers a e-mail

>list. I'm a management consultant with a list of about 500 contact names

and

>I'd like to send them a personalised newsletter once per month.  Thanks.


There's a whole host of mailing list programs available for PCs and

servers, some of which are shareware, some are free. I don't have a list of

them to hand, but you can try:


http://www.gammadyne.com

http://www.mailking.com

http://www.fairlogic.com


These programs have differeing feature sets but you should be able to get

them for under $200. I think MailKing is fairly flexible. If you want a

more robust solution, which will automatically handle bounced email

addresses (don't underestimate how much work this can be if your list

grows) you should look at something like Lyris, http://www.lyris.com.


You may find it easier to rent space on a list server than put together

your own system. Chinwag can help with this, drop me a line off-list if

you're interested.


Hope this helps.


Toodle PIp


Sam

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