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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

Auto-generating messages from RSS feeds


One of phpList's unique strengths is its ability to process RSS feeds and insert them into your messages. For example, you may distribute a formal daily newsletter, but include your latest twitter posts at the bottom.

There are some requirements to processing RSS feeds with phpList:

  • Your PHP installation must have XML support. If you don't have this, or don't know, ask your web hosting provider.

  • Your RSS feed must be accessible (via HTTP) to your phpList installation.

  • Your PHP instance should be running with safe_mode off. Some web hosting providers will enable safe_mode for security reasons—unfortunately, this can block the RSS-fetching operation of phpList.

  • You must have enabled phpList's repeating messages feature.

    Note

    You can test whether your PHP includes XML support and determine the status of safe_mode by creating a file called test.php, which contains only the following line:

    <?php phpinfo(); ?>

    Then upload this file to your hosting provider...