Need Advise on Fool-Proof Bulk Email System (NO SPAM)

[Daria]

Actually, I have more then one question.

I have a site owner who sends bulk emails to legitimately subscribed people. Whoever he was doing it with up until now he does not want to work with anymore and I don't know what they've been using (probably their own custom program).

My task is to find a nice script/program/soft that will allow to manage a list of currently 5-6 thou. emails, with the ability to handle HTML.

I know there is a bundle of them out there - from freebies that just send the mail out (I use a few already for some smaller sites) - to giants that have a vertical take-off included :)

Can you recommend something good and solid that you were using yourselves and approve of?

Can you recommend a good source of reading material on the subject?

I might have more questions if I new more about it... Fore example, I want to know what are a major no-nos (like omitting X-mailer: line, for example (just a thought) and so on.

Lets talk.

Thanks, everyone.
D.

[Daria]

Pleeeeeeaaase, people, don't make me beg...

[khaki]

hi Daria...

don't get excited... I don't really have an answer for you :( (sorry)...

but maybe there just isn't anyone here on this forum (or at this time) that can help you.

maybe you could try this forum:
http://forums.devshed.com/index.php

it's a pretty active place.... and they have some very specific places to post.

so... maybe you will find help a little faster if you post there as well.

so... that was kinda like help...
even if it was't exactly an answer

hate to see anyone have to beg :( ...
;) k

[Daria]

Thanks ! Sometimes a good direction is worth an instruction. :)

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I'm still open for suggestions, though.

D.

[PeOfEo]

pick a server side language. thats stem one. Step two add emails to a data base. step three creat an application with this server side language that will email everyone in that data base. I am drastically over simplifying it of cource. if you go to my site www.clanknights.vze.com and login as test2 password is test2 then you can look at the clan mail system. Its not the same thing but it is another way you cna email though a data base. I used asp.net to do that.