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Don't forget there's one more option for xoops: the Xmail module: I tested the latest 2.0 beta version, but it still has bugs , it has no decent English translation, don't work well with the 2.2.x version (as much as I saw) and is lake some fundemental functions.
A good mailinglist module should include:
1. categories (subject categories for archiving)
2. groups (for mailing users)
3. a very strong and stable (packet based) "user import" function
4. import-export from-to csv and/or pdf
5. custum fields (or hard coded, but with the ability to show/hide).
6. emails is sent in packets (with the ability to choose how much in a session) - not booging shared servers.
7. 3 screens for the users (with the ability to show/hide from groups):
- 1 - subscribe/unsubscribe
- 2 - subscribers list (built as a phone/contacts/addressbook with categories & permitions and alphabetic sorting)
- 3 - newsletters archive with categories/subjects.
It's just things I shoot ... I'll think of some more soon ...