| Re: Use PHP to populate a Mailing list from a webpage [message #185608 is a reply to message #185597] |
Sun, 20 April 2014 01:26   |
Graham Hobbs
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:26:33 -0700, Richard Yates
<richard(at)yatesguitar(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:52:44 -0400, Graham Hobbs <ghobbs(at)cdpwise(dot)net>
> wrote:
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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:
>>>
>>>> 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."
- oh right, sorry ..
>
>>>> 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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