Newsletter with PHP?

[wwwfilmfilercom]

As users register to my site I will be taking their emails for obvious reasons but I also will want to send them announcements and important information from time to time. I'm wondering whether I can somehow build this into my admin site? So for instance is there a way I can get all emails from my users and then send a message that I have typed in to them??? Or is it better to stick to using pre-made mailing lists? I just think it is both easier to do it all from the backend, although I may be wrong... what's your ideas on this?

[CornedBee]

It's possible, it's easy, and if you do it without your users giving you explicit permission, it's a criminal action in some countries.

Just grab all emails from your database and send a mail to all of them.

[wwwfilmfilercom]

if you do it without your users giving you explicit permission, it's a criminal action in some countries.

No way that sounds a bit OTT - I'm not denying its true however...

During registration I would of course make sure the user is aware of my terms and I can include it in there. And also I know I wouldn't be sending spam but important news about updates/changes to the system.

I'm just wondering whether it would be easier to use a mailing list system as otherwise I would just have a system which sends out emails to the user but I duno about implementing unsubscribe options etc. I just want to make something quickly.

What do you think of this - anyone found nething better?

[CornedBee]

With a mailing list, you'd have to make sure that no one but you can post there.

The way you want is usually the simplest, and is supported e.g. by this board software to send mails to all members.

[wwwfilmfilercom]

Hmmm that seems fine - Ill look into doing this internally from the admin then, thanks!