Alternative email campaign solutions (from G-Lock) 3

[BabyJeffy]

I've been working with a client on updating many aspects of their IT infrastructure. One of the points I hilighted was their use of an "old" bit of software called "G-Lock" (I don't know the version specifics). This software manages their email campaigns... they feed it a list of email addresses, it sends out the email to these addresses.

They manage replies from these mailouts manually(!!!!!!) which ensures that replies requesting removal are handled... but (surprise) it's taking them too much time to manage. I don't have any idea about email campaign management tools... but I immediately said that there had to be a better way to do this task.

This company is UK based (and will have to adhere to UK law regards email campaigns - but I doubt this is of concern to anyone) and currently has a (old) license to use G-Lock (not current version).

Has anyone had experience using an email campaign management tool (or anything like G-Lock)? The client uses WindowsXP as a host operating system and have a dedicated SMTP and POP server to communicate with. I wouldn't see them considering a third party email campaign website solution though(where you pay X to have Y emails sent - and they offer a console to report on distribution etc).

Cheers,
Jeff

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[Xaqte]

I've had good luck with Dada mail:

http://mojo.skazat.com/

I've only used it with newsletters, but I think it will do what you want.

Let us know your results!

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[TamedTech]

I know they might not be interesting in purchasing a 'per message' type scheme from a website mail manager, but have you looked into developing your own web-based management tool? You can have it built to meet your requirements exactly.

I'm not sure what sort of scalability or functions that g-lock offers but i can imagine its nothing too complex that couldnt be achieved with a little server side work.

Rob

 

[BabyJeffy]

Rob,

I certainly have the skills to develop something for them - but in reality I do not have the time (and indeed it would be very difficult to put forward a business case for them to proceed down this route given they already have a license to use G-Lock).

I've passed on several suggestions to them (including Dada mail - thanks Xagte) and not heard back yet. I'll have another trawl through google over the weekend and follow up some suggestions I've been given.

Thanks for your time on this,
Jeff

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[Wullie]

Jeff,

Look into mailing lists, they will do what you are needing. Just set it to private and requiring a password and then only the moderators of the list can post to it. The users can automatically unsubscribe themselves from the lists by sending an e-mail.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[BabyJeffy]

Wullie...

My initial reaction was no way. Now I think about it, you're dead right - and it could be easily modified as they changed their minds in the future. Thanks for this suggestion, I'll roll it around a bit and pass on some thoughts.

Cheers,
Jeff

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