- "Opt In" settings You can configure the program so that users must confirm their subscription before getting on the list. This prevents people from abusing the system by subscribing people without their consent.
- "Opt Out" function: Users can "opt out" permanently, so that they cannot be subscribed again without confirmation.
- HTML or Plain Text email: When you send your mailings, you may choose to send email Plain Text, HTML, or both.
- Notification of new Signups: You may choose to be notified (or not) whenever someone signs up for your list.
- Tested on Windows and Unix/Linux: Configuration options allow email to work on Windows and Unix/Linux web servers. (Tested on Windows 98, Windows 2000 with IIS 4 and 5; BSDi, and Linux with Apache)
- Unsubscribe Link in every email: Every email sent by the program contains an "unsubscribe" link so that users can easily get off your list. Or, you can delete them yourself with the Admin interface.
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Program Summary
[Version 2.0.6k Released 12/31/2003]CGI-Subscribe lets users sign up on your website to be on your mailing list. You can use this for information about site updates, newsletters, announcements, etc.
Configuration options and features include:
Several people have asked me if CGI-Subscribe can do various things, so I'd like to point out a few of its limitations:
- It is NOT (in general) good for lists of more than, say 100 members, unless
you are allowed to run background processes on your web server.
If you aren't allowed to do so, and especially,
if you don't know what I mean by that, don't try to use this with a big
list. :-)
- It is NOT a "fast blaster."
CGI-Subscribe specifically waits one second per message in order
to not overload your server (too much!), so a list
of 85,000 members would take almost 24 hours to deliver. I have tried this
myself, and it has worked fine for me under both Windows 2000 and Linux, but
I'm also allowed to run background processes on my web servers. Many other
people, I'm sorry to say, are not.
- It is NOT to be used for buying a list of email addresses from
someone
so that you can mail people who have not used CGI-Subscribe to sign up
for
your list themselves. Please note that this is against the license
agreement.
The whole point of this program is that you can build a list of people
who
have ASKED to get mail from you -- not that you can have a program to
blatantly send mail to whoever you like.
Please note that most lists of email addresses you buy are not lists of people who have asked for email. They are not "opt-in" lists. I know this because I get many email messages every day that say I have "opted in" when I know for a fact I have not. With CGI-Subscribe, used properly, you will know that your list is okay because people can't get on it without asking, and each subscription is confirmed to try to prevent people from signing other people up without their consent. Remember: Nobody likes a spammer.
- It is NOT good for sending huge files, say, 100K+ text Documents
and suchlike. It's intended for newsletters and announcements, and not
book publishing, folks! :-)
- It is NOT a substitute for an email list server such as Majordomo, ListServ, Listproc, etc. You'll need to look elsewhere for something like that.
You may Try out the subscription form here, or Login to the admin interface here. Use the password "password" to log into administration.
If you've gotten CGI-Subscribe to work, send me the address of your
website and I'll post a link to it.
Pró Jurídico
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The web server where this script will be installed must have Perl 5.000 or higher. Scripts that send email require that "Sendmail" or "qmail-inject" be available on Unix/Linux-type systems.
This script is NOT supported on the following free web hosting servers:
Tripod.com
You must be able to execute cgi programs on your web server. If
you're not sure whether you have permission to do this, or are not sure
how to configure the files, please ask your system administrator, or
check the web pages of your web hosting provider for Help or Support
information. For a free web hosting provider who supports CGI scripts, or
low-cost web hosting providers, you can try looking at
the "Some Places to Host
your Website" page I've put together.
Please remember: you get what you pay for, and free web hosting
services are often worth what you pay for them.
But first, the obligatory plea for funding. :-)
All the files you need are contained in these packages. Download it
in the format you wish. If you have MS Windows, there is a program called WinZip (available
at TuCows) which will
uncompress and de-archive tar/gz files as well as Zip files. The package contains the following files: After a major release, you may get one or two messages a week.
Mostly, though, I'm afraid it's less than once a month.
You may also sign up for announcements about other scripts on
the
main Scripts for Educators Mailing List page.
This list is ONLY for announcements specifically about CGI-Subscribe:
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the scripts? Show your support!
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do NOT have to give money to download these scripts!)
If you like the scripts, you can send
me cash through PayPal, Amazon, or through snail mail
or you can show
your support in other ways. Remember: only about one
out of 100 people who download the scripts even says
"Thanks." :-)
Extras:
On a Unix-type system, if you have console or command prompt access, you
may unzip the tar.gz file by typing 'gunzip < cgisubscribe.tar.gz | tar -xvf
-'. If you're not very familiar with Unix, you may want to ask someone
who is to help you. The latest version of Stuffit for the Mac will also
handle tar.gz files.
I strongly recommend that you sign up here for update and bug fix
announcements about this script. I will not spam you with advertising: I
just want to make sure you have the latest fixes. :-)
The program will send a confirmation message to your email address when
you sign up. In order to get on the announcement list, you MUST click on
the confirmation link contained in that email message. This is to
protect you from someone signing you up as a joke, and to protect me
from being accused of spamming. Since update announcements are sometimes
few and far between, sometimes people forget that they've subscribed and
report me for sending junk mail. Luckily, the system logs the address,
time, and date of everyone who signs up so that I can prove I'm only
sending to people who asked for it. :-)