When providing a mailings list to your visitors, it shouldn't be their job to figure out how to subscribe to it. What you want is an easy and secure way for people to subscribe and unsubscribe from your lists and you don't want the hassle of trying to administrate a list of thousands of people. This scenario can be stressful for both you and your visitors. You mailing list is worthless if nobody wants to subscribe to it. Dada Mail is the answer; easy fast intuitive.
All your visitors have to do is enter their email address in a simple form and click a button. This form is very customizable and can be placed on any page of your site. Dada Mail is smart enough to do the hard work.
It will look at your system and make sure there's even a list available that your visitor is trying to subscribe. If there is it will check the actual e-mail address submitted, making sure its a valid e-mail address and if the address is already subscribed to the list. Only then does it send out a confirmation e-mail. This stops people from subscribing other people that may not want to be on your list.
A message is received by the person who the e-mail address is owned by with instructions on how to subscribe. Basically, all the user has to do is follow an web address that's included in the e-mail itself, this is as easy as clicking on the address itself. Once the address is followed, the person is subscribed!
Another message will be sent to the subscribed address welcoming them to the list and give the instructions on how to unsubscribe. Unsubscribing is as easy as subscribing, all you have to do is click a link.
Each message sent in this process can be customized by the list owner to give your messages a personal feel, instead of a cold robotic taste. Your visitors will feel like they're being treated instead of being hassled.
You subscribers are now apart of your mailing list, but aren't locked into their subscription. Subscribers are allowed to unsubscribe at any time.
Visitors to your list can also browse past messages sent with Dada Mail, a complete, dated archive is available to your visitors. Every archive screen also includes a subscription form to allow your visitors to subscribe to the list right there if they like what they've read.
Dada Mail is Free Software and is released under the Gnu
Public License.
Dada Mail is written in Perl because we love Perl.