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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

Automatically repeat messages


You may need to have messages automatically repeat every day, week, or month. For example, perhaps you have a filesystem attachment (a daily report) that you want e-mailed to your subscribers at 7 AM every morning.

To enable message repetition, look for this line in config/config.php:

define("USE_REPETITION",0);

Change USE_REPETITION from 0 to 1 to enable message repetition.

On the send a message page, under the Scheduling tab, you now have the option for hourly, daily, or weekly repetition. You can also schedule a date when the repetition will cease:

Sending a repeating message

Aside from the Scheduling tab, sending a repeating message is just like sending a normal message. As soon as the message has finished sending, another copy of that message will be put in the queued tab to be sent when the hourly / daily / weekly embargo expires:

Forcing a repeating message to repeat before embargo

Under certain circumstances, you may want to force a repeating message...