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Simplenews

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Sutharsan - July 6, 2005 - 00:25

Description
Simplenews is a simple newsletter module which allows both anonymous as well as registered users to subscribe to different newsletters.

Features
Subscription

  • Subscription to the newsletters is managed through blocks, and/or a subscription form
  • Logged in users can manage their subscriptions in their account settings
  • Anonymous (un)subscribers are offered a confirmation email
  • Registered, logged in users can subscribe directly

Creating and sending

  • Newsletters can be sent as plain text or HTML. HTML newsletters require the Mime Mail module
  • Newsletters can be managed through the taxonomy system
  • Newsletters are stored in a "sent items" or "drafts" folder
  • Sending of mailings to large mailing lists is handled by cron (configurable)
  • A single-copy test newsletter can be sent before the newsletter is sent to the mailing list

On-site display and RSS

  • Links to taxonomy overview pages and RSS-feeds can be displayed in the block for published newsletters (both sent and unsent).
  • Blocks are fully configurable. They can for example also show a list of recent issues of a particular newsletter

Administration

  • 'Sent issues' and 'Drafts' folder, with: title, type (term), date, published, status (sent/pending/not sent), edit. Optionally filtered by newsletter.
  • 'Newsletters' tab to create/edit newsletters (terms)
  • Subscription list management: display email, username (or anonymous), status (active/inactive), delete, activate/inactivate, edit link to manage subscriptions
  • Filter subscription list by newsletter and email address
  • Subscription list management: import and export (active and/or inactive) subscriptions to and from the different newsletters
  • Settings pages: general options page where standard settings can be set (such as a test e-mail address, from-name, from-address, cron), and settings pages for each newsletter to configure the newsletter's block

Permissions

  • administer newsletters, create newsletter, edit own newsletter, edit any newsletter, delete own newsletter, delete any newsletter, send newsletter, subscribe to newsletters, view links in block

Drupal 6 development
The beta 3 version is now available. We can still use more testing. Especially testing with large mailing volumes (> 5000 subscribers) is requested.
Before reporting an issue ALWAYS check the previously reported bugs if your is already reported.

Incompatibility
Simplenews and Category module are currently not compatible. See the this issue in the Category module issue queue for the current status.

Releases

Official releasesDateSizeLinksStatus
6.x-1.0-beta32008-Jun-25128.4 KBDownload · Release notesRecommended for 6.xThis is currently the recommended release for 6.x.
5.x-1.42008-Jul-13134.1 KBDownload · Release notesRecommended for 5.xThis is currently the recommended release for 5.x.
Development snapshotsDateSizeLinksStatus
6.x-1.x-dev2008-Jul-25130.98 KBDownload · Release notesDevelopment snapshotDevelopment snapshots are automatically regenerated and their contents can frequently change, so they are not recommended for production use.
5.x-1.x-dev2008-Jul-17134.12 KBDownload · Release notesDevelopment snapshotDevelopment snapshots are automatically regenerated and their contents can frequently change, so they are not recommended for production use.

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