Solicited sales email distribution - advice needed

[Michael Parker]

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 04:31:18PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi Folks.
> 
> I have at work one of our salesmen who has an opt-in stock-list distribution 
> that has been running for some time now. He has in excess of 2500 recipients 
> on this list.
> 
> Up until now he has simply had a Distribution list in his MS Outlook which he 
> maintains himself. He then sends himself an email every week containing the 
> stock list and BCC's the distribution list.  Other than generating an 
> excessive load on my EXIM server there has been no  real down side to this as 
> it meant that I didn't have to get involved.
> 
> However, we are now experiencing problems and I would like a better solution.
> 
> I need a system that will distribute the email to each recipient as a seperate 
> message, and if possible will monitor and highlight any emails that fail.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way of doing this? Ideally I would like the salesman to 
> still be able to administer it but that isn't essential. If it is a system 
> that is either text file or database driven  I can create a UI that he would 
> be able to use.
> 
> Gary

I think Mailman, http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html, would do
everything you want.

Mike