[TYPO3-english] Which mailing extension is the way to go?

[Martin Aarhof]

On 26-04-2012 13:45, Maarten Mandemaker wrote:
> I've got the extension running by now. It's a rewritten version of
> tcdirectmail. Completely extbase and some nice features build in like
> unsubscription.

I misunderstood the description of the plugin :)

>
> Looks very cool, it seems it fits my need perfectly. Which are small
> amounts of mails by the way. Between 100-1000 mails a week...

Yea, the backend looked very cool, but I didnt tried to create and send 
letters.

>
> - Maarten
>
>
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> Op 26-04-12 13:38, Kay Strobach schreef:
>> mhmm, not really it uses code of directmail and directmail was used as
>> startingpoint for development ;)
>>
>> Am 26.04.2012 13:24, schrieb Martin Aarhof:
>>> On 26-04-2012 12:17, Maarten Mandemaker wrote:
>>>> I'm experimenting with this now, but so far it doesn't send any mails.
>>>> Looks promising though!
>>>
>>> In the description it says its using tcdirectmail
>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Maarten
>>>>
>>>> Op 26-04-12 12:06, Georg Schönweger schreef:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> A while ago i found this one;
>>>>> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-newsletter
>>>>> i never tried it and don't know if the extension will work with
>>>>> 4.7, but
>>>>> it's extbase/fluid ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> - Georg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 26.04.2012 11:41, schrieb Martin Aarhof:
>>>>>> On 26-04-2012 11:14, Maarten Mandemaker wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Currently we use the tcdirectmail extension on all of our (TYPO3
>>>>>>> 4.5)
>>>>>>> projects. The main reason we use tcdirectmail is because of it's
>>>>>>> simplicity in use and configuration. Also, we like the bounce
>>>>>>> handling
>>>>>>> and the (rather simple) stats.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But tcdirectmail doens't work with 4.7 and we are looking for a
>>>>>>> suiteable replacement. We would love an extbase/fluid solution,
>>>>>>> but it
>>>>>>> seems there are none in TER at the moment.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which direct mail extension is the way to go? And why? Or should we
>>>>>>> perhaps use an external method like mailchimp? We're open to all
>>>>>>> suggestions!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your opinion :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First it depends on number of receivers offcourse, and also what the
>>>>>> content are - is it just a news mail, or is it sales mails
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With sales mail, I would go for a solution like mailchimp.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because of the
>>>>>> - statistic
>>>>>> - a/b splits
>>>>>> - timed mail delivery
>>>>>> - etc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But if you want to have tcdirectmail upgraded, please put in on
>>>>>> http://wiki.typo3.org/TYPO3_4.7#List_of_known.2C_incompatible_Extensions
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and also inform the author.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are problem with most extensions in 4.7 that are using html
>>>>>> emails, because of the removed t3lib/class.t3lib_htmlmail.php.
>>>>>> (was deprecated in 4.5)
>>>>
>>>
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