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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

Setting up a basic subscribe page


To view available subscriber pages, click on subscribe pages in the right-hand panel on the admin interface. On a default phpList installation, there are three pre-created subscribe pages, named Email Only, Everything, and Name Only.

  1. 1. We will start by using the Email Only subscribe page, so click on the radio button in the default column to make this subscribe page the default page:

  2. 2. Now click on the edit link to confirm the lists associated with this subscribe page:

  3. 3. Ignoring the customization options for now, scroll to the bottom of the page, ensure that our "customers" list is checked and that the rest of the default lists are unchecked, and click on Save Changes to apply the changes:

    Note

    By default, if there is more than one list associated with a subscribe page, the user will be presented with a selection of lists to subscribe to. If there is only a single list associated with a subscribe page, the user will not see the name of the list they are...