Movie Website Mailing List

[hanguolaohu]

I have a website for my movie in which I want to create a "Subscribe to Mailing List" option which adds e-mail addresses to a database. I'm trying to figure out a solution for that feature and maintain my database. I also want to include an "unsubscribe" link on the mass e-mails that I send out. I realize there are monthly paid e-solutions like Constant Contact, but I was wondering if I could use Address Book, Mail, and some other Mac software to accomplish this goal. I'm also considering making another project's website using Rapidweaver 4. Any info would be much appreciated!

Best,
Alexander
Macbook Pro 2.6ghz
OS 10.5.5

 

[tbanucci]

I toiled with that for a long time. In the end, I used Constant Contact. If CC is too expensive (and it is for something like what you are doing), there are cheaper services that perform the same thing, like Aweber.com. The only reason I don't like aweber is they don't let you import previous lists, and they send a confirmation to the mailing list signup people to click another link to make sure it's them. But it's pretty cheap.

Ted