[mdlug] daily(weekly) mail

[Wolfger]

I think you'll be writing some cron jobs... Most group blogging
software will let you schedule posts, but I've never heard of mailing
list software scheduling posts like that. It's...
un-mailing-list-like.

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Robert Meier
<list1c30fe42 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Editors,
>
>  I'm looking to send mail periodically (weekly?) to a small (<20) group.
>  I'm looking to learn if anyone knows any existing tools to help.
>  The required features include:
>     o queueing of unapproved submissions by mail
>     o easy ability to view and approve/reject submissions
>     o moderator notification (by mail) of submissions
>     o ability of moderator to schedule mail for future transmission (typ. +1wk)
>     o unattended transmission of approved mail at scheduled time (+/- 1hr)
>     o warning to moderator if there is no mail scheduled (e.g. for next week)
>
>  For the near term, a single mail group (managed elsewhere) will be the
>  sole recipient.
>  Later the ability of receivers to add/remove themselves mail list style
>  would be useful.
>
>  My understanding is that majordomo could handle part of the requirements,
>  but not scheduling of individual mail,
>  nor warning of schedule gaps.
>
>  Before writing my own cronjobs,
>  I was hoping there might be existing tools for this task.
>
>  TIA,
>  --
>  Bob
>
>   "An engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in.
>    Pretty soon the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort
>    in hell, and starts designing and building improvements.
>    After a while they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and
>    escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
>    One day God calls Satan on the telephone and says with a sneer,
>    'So, how's it going down there in hell?'
>    Satan replies, 'Hey, things are going great.
>    We've  got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and
>    there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.'
>    God replies, 'What??? You've got an engineer?
>    That's a mistake -- he should never have gone down there;
>    send him up here.'
>    Satan says, 'No way. I like having an engineer on the staff,
>    and I'm keeping him.'
>    God says, 'Send him back up here or I'll sue.'
>    Satan laughs uproariously and answers, 'Yeah, right.
>    And  just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?'"
>         -- unknown
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