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   Lew Pitcher to Joseph Rosevear   
   Re: Looking for a simple, basic, mail-li   
   12 Jul 23 19:57:51   
   
   From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 17:55:52 +0000, Joseph Rosevear wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 15:08:48 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   >   
   >> Has anyone here had experience with email mail-list manager software,   
   >> and would you be willing to give me some advice?   
   >   
   > Hi Lew,   
      
   Hi, Joe   
      
   > Are you comfortable writing a little code?   
      
   More than comfortable :-) I'm a retired programmer   
   with plenty of time and an insatiable curiosity :-)   
      
   > Let me tell you about my journey down the *programming* path to a   
   > solution of this problem.   
   [snip]   
   > Yes, it really worked.  Yes, you can send emails using python.  No, it   
   > wasn't easy.  But it was worth the trouble, and once I got it working I   
   > had a good method that worked well and saved me time.   
   >   
   > What was really neat about this solution was how *little* code was   
   > required!   
      
   Thanks, Joe, for your experience. With that encouragement, I may just   
   try my hand at building a tiny mail list manager, if the available   
   packages don't pan out.   
      
   > Anyway, that's my story.  It may be completely of no interest to you, but   
   > I wanted to put it out there as it was topical.   
      
   Indeed, it was topical. Glad to see that you found a good solution to   
   your email distribution problem.   
      
   And, thanks again for your input. It does help.   
   --   
   Lew Pitcher   
   "In Skills We Trust"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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