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On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Steve Marvell wrote: > Is it possible to set up Mailman (http://www.list.org/) to act as an > email newsletter system, such that: > > a) anyone can easily subscribe and unsubscribe via email AND via a > custom webpage; You can subscribe to this list via the website or list-join@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx For custom web page I'm sure you can either fiddle the existing ones or have your own that sends the "subscribe" mail. > b) so that only the administrator can send email to the list - posting > by 'users' is not possible; Yes, you can restrict this sort of thing. > c) what fields are available, if any, for customisation of emails that > are sent out: e.g: name, membership number, date of joining Not too sure what you're after here. You want someones individual membership number on every mail they recieve? > d) is it possible to import new sets of email addresses using a plain > text (txt/csv) file all in one go and to sort/delete/edit members > details Yes, very easy either with a command line tool or via a web form. (Both one address per line style). Or you could fiddle with majordomo just for kicks but mailman is probably a saner choice given perl 4 is a bit long in the tooth :). Alex. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html