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Project management with web email clients

I am thinking of writing a spec project management webpage. I wonder of anybody have some idea how to start.

Requirements:

1, Needs a SQL email DB to be able to alter for user

2, these email addresses will be grouped for different mass-emails

3, rich email sending with attached files

4, tracking of emails

in other words

A orchestral concert needs players; I have a list of players and every concert has a different concert program so I need different groups to mail out the application forms. As they would reply on the email I need to able to see those replies. add:I need to be able to see who has replied and if they available for that concert; I also need to be able to track which player can come and who can't so the concert won't fail because of lack of the players:)

Is there any open source apps that already has been written or where to start?

Thanks a lot

Andras

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Answers (1)

J0HN
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That's not an exact answer, but it does not fit into a comment, so...

Looks like you don't need project management software. Mass mailing services and programs are more than capable of meeting your requirements. I've performed an assesment of MM (mass mailing) programs and services abiut two mongth ago, so you might want to evaluate:

Programs:

  1. http://www.massmailingnews.com/ - free of charge, intellectual csv import (column selection, additional information etc.), email composer, send via SMTP, 3rd party (like IIS SMTP) or direct (needs DNS), saves mails and "campaigns" (sets of addressess and messages), fancy GUI.
  2. http://www.group-mail.com/asp/common/default.asp - configurable recipient data, import from address book, file or database, message saving, message templates, group management, etc. Free (limited number of recipients), licenses start from $139. Compare version at http://www.group-mail.com/asp/common/purchase.asp
  3. http://www.amailsender.com/massmailer/ - trial, import from csv/database, primitive email composer, send via SMTP, $59.95 per license.
  4. http://www.mailutilities.com/adr/ - looks like full-power smtp proxy, which could be used for mass mailing (though didn't yet understand how). Free of charge.

Paid services:

  1. http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/ free 30-day trial, importing contacts, WYSIWYG message composer, reusing messages, message templates, sending delay. $3.75/month
  2. http://www.amailsender.com/listmanageronline/ - very confusing interface, $9.85/month, uncertain set of features

I would recommend evaluating GroupMail, MassMailingNews and www.yourmailinglistprovider.com. If they are not suitable - develop some custom solution.

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