We have teamed up with User Prompt to learn more about you – our phpList users. In a first step we ask you to participate in a small survey. phpList is Open Source Software phpList is Open Source software: it is built by a community of users, developers, translators, documenters and many more. Some in… [+]
Category Archives: Communitynews
New version, phpList 3.0.7 is launched
The phpList team is pleased to announce a new version of phpList, 3.0.7. This release is a minor update. We have added some more security defences, and updated the interface in a few places. Visit the changelog page to view a more detailed list of changes. Favourite Feature Back by popular demand is the option… [+]
Bloggers we have a problem – we need your reviews!
If you Google phpList, you’ll see some great reviews… from 2012. It’s not that we’re ungrateful — really — we’re not. It’s just that since 2012 so much has happened! We launched phpList 3, which included major changes (and excluded the orange interface!) The hosted service has taken off, to the extent that… …in 2013… [+]
phpList Configuration Overview
This video gives a high level overview of the architecture of phpList. It explains how the website, the database, and the mail server are all connected via php, and what you need to edit to configure the system.
We will be working with FlossManuals on a new phpList Manual
The time has come for a new phpList manual to be written, and we are delighted to announce that we will be working with FlossManuals to write it. More than a manual This partnership between FlossManuals and phpList is about more than writing a single manual, however: we are working together to create a re-usable,… [+]
New Manual: Initial Chapter Outline Decided
During a fast-paced, productive meeting of the Documentation Team on Monday 14th of July, an initial chapter outline for the new phpList manual was decided. The team have agreed to spend the first chapters of the manual describing very basic tasks, including logging-in, sending a simple campaign and seeing how many people opened the message…. [+]
Meeting write up: Documentation team set to work on new manual.
On Friday afternoon we had our first meeting about the proposed new phpList manual. It was a little chaotic, but pretty much awesome! People mostly got to know the new tools and made sure they had accounts on the various websites that are needed for participation. Additionally, we hammed out our first thoughts as to… [+]
Free phpList Helps Open Funding
phpList helps Free Culture Crowd Funding site communicate with the community. In January, GnuPG became the first to take us up on our offer of free phpList hosted for Free Software projects. Another fascinating project enjoying this perk is Open Funding. Anna, the phpList community Manager, is on a mission to find out who they… [+]
How phpList helps you follow Canada’s new CASL spam law
Canada’s new anti-spam law [1] will enter into force today (July 1st, 2014). With heavy penalties for breaking the new law, using software you can trust to help you avoid spamming is vital. Here is how phpList helps you to follow the rules. When the new law is in force, it will prohibit the “sending… [+]
The Open Source city rolls out phpList
The City of Munich adopts phpList phpList passes government technical and security tests with flying colours It’s more than 10 years since the city of Munich in Germany voted to use Free Software. Their ambitious plans to move from Microsoft Windows to Gnu/Linux based Ubuntu are now complete [1]. Yet the technological needs of the… [+]