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

[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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