[thelist] mailing lists and newsletters software: arguments to not DIY

[martin burns]

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At 19:24 09/10/00, Peter Van Dijck wrote:
>my boss seems to want to roll his own (in spectra/coldfusion). Seems to me 
>building a robust mailing list engine is no piece of cake, and we'd be 
>better of getting some existing software.
>
>The problem with the existing software is I have not found any that have a 
>nice interface to them.
>So 2 questions:
>1. is it easy to build an interface to mailing list software?
>2. How can I stop my chef from making the mistake (or is it not a 
>mistake???) to build his own mailing list software for what will be some 
>heavy mailing lists and on a very short deadline (money is not a big problem)

Peter

If money's *really* no problem, then look at some of the industrial
managers such as http://www.kana.com/ who will happily talk to
the customer data held in data warehouses or personalisation
systems.

Cheers
Martin


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