Question : Looking for Email Marketing Software That I Can Run on My Own Machines

Hi

I'm looking for a software program to do email marketing for my company.

I want something I can buy or license, rather than a service.

I currently use Aweber email service.  Their statistics/ analytics  suck, interfacing with their system sucks plus it's getting expensive as my list grows.  

I think these services like iContact, Constant Contact, Aweber etc are geared for non techies who can't write HTML newsletters and can't manage a SQL database.

So I need a powerful program that will handle autoresponders, report on bounces, complaints. allow people to un- subscribe etc.

I know I will have to take responsibility for deliverability, complying with spam laws etc.  But I need the flexibility that the services can't give me.

It would be cool if there was one that was open source and built on ColdFusion but that's too much to ask.  Maybe an open source PHP system ?  Or a package so good I don't need to modify it.

Any advice?

Mike

Answer : Looking for Email Marketing Software That I Can Run on My Own Machines

I've used a program called GroupMail fairly successfully over the years.  It's a desktop application (not a server script), but gives you much greater control than any service.

The Personal Edition uses its own database, but the Business Edition can link into most common databases.

Details in the link above.  Hope this helps.