If I were to start from scratch right now, I'd make sure to include Mailman (http://www.list.org/).
Both Majordomo and Mailman have price tags that I can live with. Free...
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Hoover Chan chan@sacredsf.org
Technology Director
Schools of the Sacred Heart
2222 Broadway St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
----- "JPDS Tech" <techpurchases@jpds.org> wrote:
> What systems do your schools use for sending out emails to groups of
> parents? Our current email server software (ipswitch's imail server)
> has
> allowed us to create customized lists such as parents@ and
> fourthgrade@.
>
> We are changing our email solution away from POP3, probably to Google
> Apps/Ed. We haven't resolved how to replace our 'volume' email
> procedures.
>
>
> We'd like to be able to
> -> create multiple customized distribution lists; specific
> administrator
> accounts need CC copies from every list.
> -> build these lists from our database (PCR) or at least from a CSV
> file
> -> mask the recipients' addresses (send as BCC or simply indicate that
> it
> was sent to the group)
> -> control list of senders (e.g. We don't want parents to be able to
> send to
> a list. At the very least this reduces the chances of those 'reply
> all'
> mistakes!)
> -> customize subject lines e.g. [PARENTS] so that it is clear that the
> email
> is being sent to the list.
> -> set message size limits to prevent overly large emails (in the past
> some
> of our teachers have sent out 30 MB emails to lists with 50 addresses
> on
> them!).
>
> ANY hints or guidance would be welcome. Free is great, but we'll pay
> if we
> must. Also, we're looking seriously at Google Apps/Ed so any
> suggestions
> specific to that package would be extra useful. We're also looking
> at
> Zimbra but that is a long shot given the cost differences. Feel free
> to
> reply off-list if this has been discussed previously.
>
> I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at NECC!
>
> Dan Berger
> Jewish Primary Day School
> Washington, DC
>
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