> > > Anyone knows of a majordomo type mailing list made with php >
> > Why would you want to do that? If you need mailing list software > > you'd be infinitely better off using one that already exists - if you > > need features that it doesn't support (eg. A web front-end for > > majordomo) then perhaps you could conribute that (and write it in php > > even). > thanks Dave, that makes sense... > > i was just thinking of a mailing list totally controled > through email... Like people if they want to subscribe, they > send an email with "subscribe" in the subject, etc... There are some things that are best done in certain ways. I tend to think that php is not the most appropriate way to do this particular job. Mailing list software, in particular, is a fairly complex piece of software that needs to do a lot of things well or have major consequences (I once witnessed over 800 instances of one message in a mailing list because an admin email address on that list had been slightly mis-configured). There are a number of free packages that have been around long enough to have any serious problems ironed out. I would tend to suggest that you're better off going with one of those than trying to write something new. Of course, that presumes a desire to have a mailing list rather than a desire to learn how to write such software. If you do want to write such software you'll have to decide which MTA's you want to support and then get comfortable with how those MTA's work so you can interface your software to them. You'll also have to understand their security models so you can do it without having them become a possible spam source among other things. CYA, Dave -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
