[NBLUG/talk] Using Linux (Fedora 3) to bulk email

[Todd Cary]

Mark -

Thank you for setting me straight on improper use of the word "Linux".  
Yes, I am looking for an Open Source application that runs on Linux and 
will provide a means of sending a "fancy" email - that is, an email that 
contains HTML - to a selected set of email addresses.  I am sure you 
understand the yacht club set desiring "fancy" emails.

Todd

Mark Street wrote:

>On Monday 17 January 2005 11:00, Todd Cary wrote:
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>>I was told that built into Linux, there is the ability to use a DB (e.g.
>>MySQL) to bulk email.
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>False, Linux is the kernel, the kernel is Linux.
>
>there are a number of databases you can use and there are a number of ways to 
>send bulk e-mail.
>
>What are your needs.  What you want could be as simple as a 10 line script in 
>your favorite language or as feature rich as the mailman mailing list 
>manager..... and plenty of other goodies in between.
>
>mailman is a part of your distribution, you would have to write find or hack 
>the script.
>
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>>Is this true?
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>>If so, what is the name of the program?
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>>Is it the best to use?
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