[Systems] e-mail blast query

[Sean DALY]

I don't know it, but could surely learn it...

Sean


On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:

> Dave Crossland recommends Mail Chimp, which seems to be specifically for
> mass mailings. Would it work for you?
>
>
>
> On May 2, 2016 8:46:14 AM EDT, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bernie, please don't get excited, I don't want an argument. The issue
>> is not receiving an e-mail, it's mass mailing and I'm not able to do that
>> anymore, that's all.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at sugarlabs.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/29/2016 07:05 AM, Sean DALY wrote:
>>> > Hi Chris,
>>> >
>>> > historically I used the Google docs instance to send e-mails from
>>> > pr at sugarlabs.org <mailto:pr at sugarlabs.org>, but it was decided to end
>>> > support for that so I don't have a suggestion, sorry.
>>>
>>> Oh christ, you still blame this on us?
>>>
>>> pr at sugarlabs.org is and always has been forwarded to you at
>>> sdaly.sugarlabs at gmail.com, which presumably you control. So what's the
>>> issue?
>>>
>>>
>>> > Sean
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Chris Leonard <
>>> cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >      Hi Sean and systems folks,
>>> >
>>> >     I've recovered the 2800-odd user e-mails from the old Pootle
>>> instance
>>> >     (the user table was not migrated) and I want to send out an e-mail
>>> >     blast inviting them to re-register and begin translating for SL
>>> again.
>>> >     Currently the list in in spreadsheet format, but I can obviously
>>> >     reconfigure as needed,  I've got fields like their previous
>>> user-name,
>>> >     firtstname, lastname, e-mail address that I would like to use to
>>> >     customize the messages.
>>> >
>>> >     I do NOT want to just recreate the user accounts on Pootle, at this
>>> >     point, I'd prefer an affirmative action on their part to rejoin our
>>> >     L10n community.  I don't really want to drop them into the L10n
>>> >     mailman list and make them unsubscribe, that just seems obnoxious.
>>> >
>>> >     I don't want to get labeled as a spammer, but I'd like to send as
>>> >     cjl at sugarlabs.org <mailto:cjl at sugarlabs.org> (if feasible).
>>> >
>>> >     I'm looking for suggestions on tools/services to do the mail-merge
>>> and
>>> >     blast.  I see this as more-or-less a one-time effort to invite
>>> them to
>>> >     come home to our L10n community.
>>> >
>>> >     TIA,
>>> >
>>> >     cjl
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bernie Innocenti
>>> Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team
>>>
>>
>>
> --
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>
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