[pmwiki-users] Newsletter management

[The Editor]

On 9/29/06, kjettil <kjettil at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:55:53PM +0200, kjettil wrote:
> >
> >> One of the solutions so far missing (as recipe) is membership
> >> management, including newsletter management.
> > Hmm, I hadn't really seen "membership management" needs
> > expressed quite as succinctly and elegantly as this.  Well put.
> >
> > I'll have to think about it all a bit more.  This really
> > points out how membership management ties directly with
> > PmWiki goals, whereas I had missed this particular connection
> > before.  It also shows why we really ought to have a good
> > comprehensive membership management system that integrates
> > well with PmWiki; either as part of the core or as a
> > well-maintained recipe that is maintained along with the core.
> >
> Great!
>
> Any idea when such a solution could be available?
> Should I prepare a PITS item?
>
> kjettil

Kjettil,

When I return early next week I'll send you some more info on using
FAST Data.  I'm using it on my site for full membership management,
and with the new revisions coming it will have even more flexible
capabilities.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

With the next revision it will not only have mailing list capabilities
(it can do that now) it will allow you to create a complete mail merge
based on their individual member profiles.  You can store any member
info you want and use it anywhere anyway you want.  The main change
I'm making is adding a much more flexible list management system to
FAST Data to make organizing and editing lists very easy.  Whether for
use in a file management system, or multiple email lists.

Cheers,
Caveman

As for Member management--I'm wondering if you had something specific
in mind that FAST Data can't do?  Pm, what were you thinking?