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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

Chapter 10. Hacking phpList

In this chapter, you will learn how to add extra functionality to your phpList installation by "hacking" the source code. Unlike the advanced features previously covered, none of the hacks covered in this chapter are officially supported by phpList and may not work in future versions. Instead of teaching you how to implement specific features, this chapter is aimed more at teaching the basic methods behind adding functionality to phpList by either making direct code changes or implementing pre-packaged, community-developed hacks.

We will cover the following hacks:

  • Substituting user attributes in the message subject line

  • Sending system messages formatted as HTML instead of plain text

  • Creating a messages archive page

  • Sending messages through your e-mail client