WELS: [Welstech] Mass e-mail options

Wed Jul 2 19:19:44 CDT 2008

Good evening to all,

For our mass communication to our congregation we created a distribution list via the email accounts that are offered through Final Web. I have also set up a devotion list that contains people who like to get the daily devotion that the synod puts out. The pro is that any one can quick send out a reminder of an event or a request for help. The only drawback of this that I have found is that the message sometimes comes across as spam.

There is a church in Round Rock, TX that uses Yahoo groups, but the administrator has taken out the ability to send attachments and it is more of a text type emails that come through.God's blessing, 
Jason R Petoskey
jasonpetoskey at hotmail.com

> From: welstech-request at messenger.wels.net> Subject: Welstech Digest, Vol 29, Issue 1> To: welstech at messenger.wels.net> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:00:02 -0500> > Send Welstech mailing list submissions to> welstech at messenger.wels.net> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://messenger.wels.net/mailman/listinfo/welstech> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> welstech-request at messenger.wels.net> > You can reach the person managing the list at> welstech-owner at messenger.wels.net> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of Welstech digest..."> > > WELSTECH DIGEST> > Today's Topics:> > 1. Mass e-mail options on today's WELSTech Podcast> (WELS Technology Trainer)> 2. Mass e-mail option (Michael Plocher)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:37:28 -0500> From: "WELS Technology Trainer" <techtrainer at wels.net>> Subject: WELS: [Welstech] Mass e-mail options on today's WELSTech> Podcast> To: <welstech at messenger.wels.net>> Message-ID: <000701c8dc40$63cf8060$2b6e8120$@net>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > Hi WELSTech-ers,> > Just wanted to alert you to the most recent WELSTech podcast> <http://welstech.wels.net/> (Episode 026 - Jul 2 2008) where Martin and I> talk about mass e-mail options to enhance congregation and school> communication.> > http://welstech.wels.net> > Do you use a mass e-mail solution? We would love to hear the pros and cons> of your solution, if you have one in place.> > Also on this episode we feature an interview with teacher Ted Klug from> Lakeside LHS. Ted was a presenter at the recent Leadership Conference, and> he sat down with us to share information on educating and protecting> students about social networking.> > Give us a listen!> > Sallie Draper, WELS Technology Trainer> <mailto:techtrainer at wels.net> techtrainer at wels.net> 414-455-1302> Take the WELS.net site tour: <http://www.wels.net/tour> www.wels.net/tour> Learn something new @ WELS.net University: www.wels.net/university> > 1 Corinthians 15:58> Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give> yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in> the Lord is not in vain.> > -------------- next part --------------> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...> URL: http://messenger.wels.net/pipermail/welstech/attachments/20080702/6f2aa3d2/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:29:22 -0500> From: Michael Plocher <mplocher1 at hotmail.com>> Subject: WELS: [Welstech] Mass e-mail option> To: <welstech at messenger.wels.net>> Message-ID: <BAY102-W49155CADF9A6EA1BC089CDFC990 at phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"> > > We use PHP List. > > > http://www.phplist.com/> > It's an open source, free, webserver based, one-way email announcement delivery system. Currently we use it for our weekly school newsletter and monthly school reports to the Church Council, as well as "breaking" school news including Call information or summer updates from the principal, for example. We toyed with the idea of sending our monthly church newsletter via PHP List, but with many members not having access to computers, have held off on using it that way at this time. It is posted on our site, however.> > The standard subscribe and unsubscribe features you'd expect are all there. It has HTML email editing, and also allows for file attachments. You can also import html files that you create elsewhere. You can get an RSS feed and include that content into a list mailing - automatically if you want, daily, weekly, etc. It can fetch and send web pages. If a message gets forwarded, you get a notification and can track that as well, among other "click" tracking features. It uses a Bounce Processing feature to keep your database clean of unused and non-existent email addresses. It manages message delivery with a message queue, ensuring that every> subscriber gets the email message, and that no subscribers receive two> copies, even if they're subscribed to more than one list. Also, you can create List Managers, who can manage their own users and lists, freeing up more of your time.> > It can be a bit tricky to install from command line if you are not used to that, but if your web hosting company is running Fantastico, it can be installed via that. Configuration after install can also be a bit tricky, but the message boards and FAQ can walk you through it. It requires Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP). Ubuntu has an open source free LAMP webserver CD you could download and one-click install on a local PC to try this out if you want.> > PHP List can also be run using an XAMPP Apache distribution under Windows as well as Mac OSX in a development environment, NOT a in a production environment due to missing security features.> > Michael Plocher> St. Paul's - New Ulm, MN> www.splnewulm.org/school.html> > > _________________________________________________________________> Enter the Zune-A-Day Giveaway for your chance to win ? day after day after day> http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/ZuneADay/?locale=en-US&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Mobile_Zune_V1> -------------- next part --------------> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...> URL: http://messenger.wels.net/pipermail/welstech/attachments/20080702/8dd40101/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------> > _______________________________________________> Welstech mailing list> Welstech at messenger.wels.net> http://messenger.wels.net/mailman/listinfo/welstech> > > End of Welstech Digest, Vol 29, Issue 1> ***************************************
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