E-Mail Opt In Script

coreygeer

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Alright, I'm using Host Gator and I'm trying to figure out how to set up an E-mail opt In script so I can build a mailing list.

Are there any free scripts to do this? I'm trying to use a Fantastico tool called "PhpFormGenerator" but I can't get it to work for me. I've never set up a mailing list or "opt in" code before.

 

Barbacamanitu

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wouldnt it just be some type of simple mysql query?

 

coreygeer

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Barbacamanitu said:

wouldnt it just be some type of simple mysql query?

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That sounds Greek to me. I have no idea.. I'm not "code" smart.

 

bhnoobz

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Find the copy of interspire email marketer on this forum.. It should allow you to generate a form that will subscribe users to your list.. You can even setup an autoresponder with it so when people signup they will get emailed automagically.

 

BlackBeret

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Who are you using to manage the mailing list?

If it's awe*ber or Get*response they have the script in your control panel. GR has a free account if money is a problem.

 

coreygeer

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Well, Host Gator's CPanel provides an Auto Responder.

I just couldn't find anything on capturing e-mails but I find it hard to believe since they offer mailing lists so I must be missing something from their CPanel.

 

bhnoobz

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If they have an autoresponder, find out how to subscribe people to it. Just email them.....

 

coreygeer

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bhnoobz said:

If they have an autoresponder, find out how to subscribe people to it. Just email them.....

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They don't provide one. I just contacted them through live chat.

Lol.. so they provide E-Mail Forwarding, Auto-Responders, E-Mail Mass Messaging but just not Opt In forms or anything like that so that you can capture e-mails

 

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how about aMember. someone share this script before in BHW

 

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wm8c

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The autoresponders that most hosts supply won't handle the task you want, you want to use aweber or similar...

 

fatboy

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I only have a small mailing list and the money I make from it would of been eaten up using the aWebers etc so I wrote my own opt in list script.

Visitor signs up, they get a confirmation email, click and they are signed up and details go into a database. Each email I send from there has a unsubscribe link that when clicked instantly deletes them from the database.

Its easier than I thought to put together so may be worth looking into that.

 

Billw

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I have a form generator that creates an opt-in form. Since I have a small list I just have it email me when someone fills out the form. I then can respond to them any way I want. It's called web2mail and I think I got it on this forum but may have googled it.

 

BozoClown

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^^^
So your personal reply isn't really warm but due to a lack of automation tools.