[TYPO3-english] Newsletter Solutions

[Kay Strobach]

Hi,

i used phplist to send newsletters. But it's not as scalable as TYPO3
with direct_mail.
But phplist is easy to maintain and you can import fe_users relativ easy
using the foreign key features of phplist.

Best regards
Kay

Am 23.12.2010 08:19, schrieb Andreas Becker:
> Hi All
> 
> we are currently evaluating different Newsletter Solutions which can be used
> with TYPO3. We would like to ask you about your experiences with:
> 
> 
>    1. direct_mail (the pdf mail attachment seems to have problems) - only
>    3.95 rating
>    -- Very complicated tool for end users
>    -- not very usefull to send normal newsletters
>    -- i was not able to configure it as i wanted (html and plaintext mails).
>    sorry, your idea ist great but not useable at the moment. to complicated.
>    -- Only the configuration is really hard. Nothing for newbs.
>    -- The ext is really awesome, but neither the documentation, nor the
>    usuabillity. :-/
> 
>    2. tc_directmail (it looks like this is totally outdated and not
>    maintained anymore - is the right?) - high rating with 4.46
>    -- Simply works! And eays to extend with new mail targets. Thanks
>    -- Easy to use, but the docs could still be more detailed.
>    -- Fantastic! Daniel has done great work refining this extension has been
>    very responsive to feature/bug requests. I'll never go back to "directmail"
>    -- This just works! Out of the box - THANKS!
>    -- Still, im missing some features, but overall it's fullfilling my needs
>    90%
>    >>> Any Experiences with using this Extension in Typo3 4.4 and 4.5?
> 
>    3. t3m (sounds like a real good extension with lots of features and easy
>    handling but same problem like with tc_directmail - outdated/not
>    maintained?)
> 
>    4. dkd_news2directmail (builds on direct_mail but it is said: Only
>    compatible with direct_mail 2.5.x - is it working with the newest version of
>    direct_mail)
> 
>    5. te_openemm_newsletter (needs sendmail and is not working with postfix
>    - What experiences do you have with this combination which would make it
>    worth to switch back to sendmail?)
> 
>    6. eyepin (seems to produce high additional costs!)
> 
>    7. netmailing (campaign monitor - any experiences with it - costs?)
> 
>    8. inxmail_content (seems to produce high additional costs! - how much?)
> 
>    9. tgm_newsletter (still in alpha - can it replace direct_mail?)
> 
>    10. n98_mailenstein_registration (seems to be focused on German Market
>    only and produces additional costs - is it like this?)
> 
> 
> What solution would you suggest if the newsletter system needs to be used by
> endusers which are no computer/internet or webprogrammers but simple users
> who want to send out Newsletters from TYPO3 using tt_news and mainly
> tt_content, sometimes also realty or seminar records and articles.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Andi