Simplenews publishes and sends newsletters to lists of subscribers. Both anonymous and authenticated users can opt-in to different mailing lists. HTML email can be sent by adding Mime Mail module.
Find the latest Simplenews 7.x-1.x-alpha2 version right under the christmas tree. After weeks of hard work of the MD Systems team (Berdir, s_leu, miro_dietiker) with support from the community a new exciting version is available.
With a high test coverage this time Simplenews is designed to be much more stable.
Please test the new release and report your experience.
New maintainer for simplenews
Sutharsan, the previous maintainer decided to quit simplenews maintainership by August 23rd 2010.
Miro Dietiker of MD Systems will take over maintainership for future.
If simplenews is critical for your business, please contact me and support development. Your donations are appreciated. Also if you like to join the simplenews maintainer team, don't hesitate to contact me. I'm looking forward to hear from you soon!
Related modules
The following modules work with simplenews:
- Simplenews Linkchecker (D6-2.x, D7)
- Webform Simplenews Component (D6-1.x, D6-2.x, D7)
- Simplenews Scheduler (D6-1.x, D6-2.x, D7)
- Simplenews Content Selection
- Simplenews Roles (D6-1.x, D6-2.x)
- Simplenews Digest (D6)
- Simplenews Analytics (D6)
- Simplenews Statistics (D6 stable)
- Simplenews RealName (D6-1.x, D6-2.x)
- Simplenews Bounce D6 (under development)
- Sequenced newsletter (D6-2.x)
Previous related modules
- Simplenews Subscription Manager D6-1.x (abandoned)
- Simplenews Template (D6-1.x only)
- Simplenews Multiple Signup Block (unneeded in D6-2.x, D7)
- Simplenews on register (unneeded in D6-2.x, D7)
- Simplenews Threaded Send (D6-1.x only, unneeded later)
More information
Full documentation: Simplenews handbook page
Installation instructions:
README.txt (6.x-1.x), README.txt (6.x-2.x), README.txt (7.x-1.x)
Roadmap
Find a Drupal 7 roadmap here.
If you switch to 6.x-2.x make sure you add token module. Drupal 6 has limitations in its upgrade implementation and omits the check of this newly added dependency. An alpha-release for 6.x-2.x has been created. Features in 6.x are almost frozen.
The 7.x version is almost stable. Please test and provide feedback. All further feature requests are subject of 7.x.
Survey
During August and September 2008, Sutharsan held a survey to determine how Simplenews is used and what new functionality is desired. He published the results on his blog.
Known bugs
1. Simplenews is not compatible with Content Taxonomy where Content Taxonomy is used as newsletter taxonomy field. See this issue.
2. In D6 using Poormanscron can cause simplenews to send multiple copies of the same email to the same recipient. Therefore I strongly advise against using Poormanscron.. Use cron(tab) and cron.php instead. See this issue.
In D7 we use locking which should prevent sending multiple copies. However you can expect much more timing accuracy and reproducibility when using a real cron. If you want our support, setup cron. first
Credits
Simplenews is currently maintained by Miro Dietiker of MD Systems with team (Berdir, s_leu) and Simon Georges of Makina-Corpus.
Originally written by DriesK, later maintained by RobRoy and Sutharsan.
The module maintainer is available for paid Simplenews customization and service.
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Recommended releases
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Development releases
Project Information
- Maintenance status: Actively maintained
- Development status: Under active development
- Module categories: Commerce/Advertising, Community, Content, E-commerce, Mail, Taxonomy, Utility
- Reported installs: 37217 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
- Automated tests: Enabled
- Last modified: January 29, 2012
