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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

Overview of this book

Tired of an e-mail BCC list that scrolls off the page, or fiddly and hard-to-manage bulk mailing systems? You need phpList – a high-powered, robust, feature-packed mailing system that will get out of your way and get the job done! You want to know more about phpList? phpList is a popular open source e-mail campaign manager, sporting a powerful web frontend, rich message editor, and an advanced feature set. phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager will guide you from basic installation and setup through management, reporting, and automation of phpList, the world's most popular open source e-mail campaign manager. It also covers advanced customization and configuration of phpList. We start with a basic configuration, and finish with a full-featured e-mail management engine. You will work your way up from basic installation to advanced topics such as bounce automation, user and click-through tracking, and integration with third-party tools such as WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and Blogger. Advanced topics such as securing your installation against spammers, attacks, and vulnerabilities are covered, as well as additional advanced and experimental features offered by phpList. This book is an invaluable guide for any e-mail publisher who wants a robust and powerful engine to manage their small-to-huge e-mail distribution empire.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

E-mail bounce handling


phpList includes a robust bounce-handling system. It uses the "return-path" header of an e-mail to tell automated systems (that is, our subscribers' mail servers) who to inform about the failure to deliver our messages. This can be different from the "From" header in the e-mail, which is what the user sees when he/she reads our e-mail, and where out-of-office responses are sent.

Requirements

phpList's bounce handling code requires the PHP "IMAP" module. This module implements functions in PHP for opening POP/IMAP mailboxes, and is a requirement for bounce handling. Ensure that your hosting provider includes this module.

You will also need a mailbox for the bounces to be delivered to. Depending on your server configuration, this could be a local or remote POP3, or (under certain special circumstances) simply a mailbox file.

Finally, for PHP 4.2.3 and greater, "safe mode" will need to be disabled.

Note

The PHP safe mode is an attempt to solve the shared-server security problem...