| Re: Use PHP to populate a Mailing list from a webpage [message #185597 is a reply to message #185596] |
Sat, 19 April 2014 18:26   |
Richard Yates
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:52:44 -0400, Graham Hobbs <ghobbs(at)cdpwise(dot)net>
wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:49:34 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> <PointedEars(at)web(dot)de> wrote:
>
>> Graham Hobbs wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
You can but you have to have a server with a php interpreter installed
on your computer.
>>> 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).
>>
>> 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?
I think he did not know that you meant "pgm" as shorthand for
"program."
>>> my mailing list without manual intervention?
>>
>> Only if you are maintaining the mailing list or distribution list server-
>> side.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> PointedEars
> --- ---
> cheers
> Graham
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