Title: Email script needed
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Email script needed

 *  [fuzzy_logic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzy_logic/)
 * (@fuzzy_logic)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/)
 * I don’t exactly know if I’m looking for a plug-in or a script separate form WP.
   What I’m trying to do is to allow visitors to sign up on my email list so that
   I can send them email periodically to update them about what’s going on with 
   my site. What is the best solution for that?
    Thanks in advance guys!

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 *  [Daynah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phpprincess/)
 * (@phpprincess)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/#post-174598)
 * Do you have mailman ([http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/](http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/))
   installed on your host? Most hosts have it.. You can let your users sign up for
   the mailing list. And you would email the list email address which is sent to
   all your members. You can customize your subscribe list too. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [fuzzy_logic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzy_logic/)
 * (@fuzzy_logic)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/#post-174600)
 * Thanks! Do you happen to know if it’s easy to integrate it into WP?
    And how 
   do I find out if my host has it installed?
 *  [Daynah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phpprincess/)
 * (@phpprincess)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/#post-174607)
 * In your control panel, see if there’s anything about “mail” or “mailing lists.”
   Then create a list. As far as integrating it when WordPress, if you really want
   to, you can create a new page, and copy and past the form information in it. 
   Basically, it’s just a form with an input box and a submit button. Or, you can
   edit the template in mailman to make it look like the rest of your website. 🙂
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/#post-174608)
 * Fuzzy, try one of these two plugins:
 * [http://watershedstudio.com/portfolio/software/wp-email-notification.html](http://watershedstudio.com/portfolio/software/wp-email-notification.html)
 * [http://www.gudlyf.com/index.php?p=357](http://www.gudlyf.com/index.php?p=357)
 *  Thread Starter [fuzzy_logic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzy_logic/)
 * (@fuzzy_logic)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/#post-175221)
 * Macmanx: I only want to send notifications about selective posts. Is there an
   option for this in the two plug-ins you mentioned?
    phpprincess: Somehow Mailman’s
   email does not work with Gmail. It doesn’t even get to the spam filter!
 *  [davincim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davincim/)
 * (@davincim)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/#post-175223)
 * fuzzy – this may be a bit strong for your needs, not sure. But you should take
   a look at PHPlist ([http://tincan.co.uk/phplist?cc=1](http://tincan.co.uk/phplist?cc=1)).
   It’s a little lean on the documentation side, but I plan on using it when I get
   my site (not blog) up and running. It covers all the bases: subscribe, unsubscribe,
   confirmation, mailing lists, etc.
 *  Thread Starter [fuzzy_logic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzy_logic/)
 * (@fuzzy_logic)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-script-needed/#post-175227)
 * Ok so I ended up using a very primitive solution. I installed [Dodosmail.php](http://regretless.com/scripts/scripts.php#dodosmail)
   on my server and configured it to send email to one of my Gmail account. When
   people sign up for the mailing list, they’re just sending an email to my Gmail
   account. Since all I need is a notify list, this is good enough.

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