[thelist] PHP Email Lists

Aredridel aredridel at nbtsc.org
Mon Jun 23 09:23:24 CDT 2003


> Now, take e-volt for example, do bad emails get removed automatically from
> evolt's list? how is this accomplished without the user clicking the
> unsubscribe link?
> 
> I'd really like to know how this is done in ASP and PHP if all possible,

In theory, you have to get the bounced mail messages delivered to your
script, and parse them for addresses.  It's not a simple task, since not
all mail servers send back easily parsable error messages.

I use ecartis (a mailing list manager written in C, available at
http://www.ecartis.org/), and it does this for me.  It's relatively easy
to interface web scripts to, if you get the permissions on the
installation set right.

Ari



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