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Survey of E-Mail Marketing Programs
CGI Programs

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
Web Commerce Today, Issue 59, June 15, 2002

These are programs that can be installed in the CGI directory of your own server. What I've mentioned here are applications that smaller businesses might host in-house. Others, listed under Hosted Applications, include UnityMail, Listserv, ListProc, and Lyris.
Mail*Wiz
http://www.webgenie.com/Software/Mailwiz/
WebGenie Software
Type: CGI

CGI script that sends personalized e-mail to lists of up to 1,000 subscribers. $49.

1 User
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Mailman
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman.html
Free Software Foundation, Inc
Type: CGI

Freeware, installed on most Unix systems. Separate webpage for each lists for subscribing and unsubscribing.

1 User
Responses

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Majordomo
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/
Great Circle Associates
Type: CGI

Classic freeware listserver program, originally written in 1992. Provides list maintenance functions of sub, unsub, and limited bounce handling. Good up for to about 10K to 15K size list max. Often included free or at low cost with webhosting service. You'll find my comments on Majordomo in an older article. http://www.wilsonweb.com/articles/majordomo.htm

8 User
Responses

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Mojo Mail
http://mojo.skazat.com/
Justin Simoni
Type: CGI

Free under GNU license, CGI program. Web-based interface, unlimited lists, archives, announcement and discussion groups. For Unix, PC, and Macintosh.

2 User
Responses

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Subscribe Me
http://www.cgiscriptcenter.com/subpro/index2.html
CGI Script Center
Type: CGI

CGI script. List management system works on Unix and NT machines using Sendmil, BLAT or Sockets. Browser-interface, unlimited mailing lists, list maintenance, list imports, automatic add or remove links, link tracking, single or double opt-in/opt-out, HTML e-mail, test e-mails. Lite version is free. Pro version, $199. Enterprise version $299. Written in Perl.

4 User
Responses

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