| Re: Use PHP to populate a Mailing list from a webpage [message #185596 is a reply to message #185591] |
Sat, 19 April 2014 01:52   |
Graham Hobbs
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:49:34 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<PointedEars(at)web(dot)de> wrote:
> Graham Hobbs wrote:
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>> I am at PHP 101 level.
>
> Pardon my saying so, but you are at *Internet* 101 level.
Why? Can't you use PHP to program non-internet tasks?
>
>> I have a webpage that asks a user to enter their name in one box, email
>> address in another and click send. That's works OK (almost):-).
>>
>> I also have created an empty Mailing list 'List-B' in my Mozilla
>> Thunderbird to which I want to automatically add the email addresses
>> sent from the webpage.
>
> Not reasonably possible. *Such* a "Mailing list" is maintained client-side.
> The Web application processing the user input runs server-side. Also be
> sure that you have users confirm from their e-mail accounts that they really
> want to subscribe (opt-in).
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> You appear to have a misconception of the term mailing list and its
> implementation. What you can maintain in e-mail clients is a distribution
> list which is something else. Look up those terms.
>
You're right, Wikipedia tells me 'disribution list' is what I'm after.
Thanks!
>> When the page gets back to my PHP pgm, can it add the email address to
>
> pgm?
If it's not a pgm, what is it?
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>> my mailing list without manual intervention?
>
> Only if you are maintaining the mailing list or distribution list server-
> side.
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>> Am not fond of mixing languages, etc so a pure PHP solution would be
>> appreciated unless design wise not clever.
>
> AFAIK the most common mailing list management software, Majordomo, is
> written in Perl.
>
>> Have googled, not found anything closely relevant.
>
> PHP mailing list yields a lot of relevant results among the 161'000'000
> hits. Indeed, the first hit, ListMessenger, is relevant already.
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> PointedEars
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cheers
Graham
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