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A simple mailing list (not a newsletter) for Joomla?

Is there any way I can get Joomla to do the following:

I have several mail accounts to act as a discussion mailing list. An administrator (and only an administrator) maintains a list of customer email addresses that belong to a specific discussion group email address. Whenever Mail is sent, for example, specialinterestdiscussion (at) mydomain.com, mail will automatically be forwarded to all clients belonging to this list. If the sender is part of this list, he will no longer be redirected to him. The sender does not have to be part of a supported list.

So this is basically the simle mailing list.

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Since Joomla is a php based engine, this is simply not possible. Joomla itself cannot run the service in the background which the mailing list will need.



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In fact, there is a way - to integrate a plugin that runs on the site, updates in the background and checks for mail.

I can recommend Mailster , which is a free and open source mailing list for Joomla. It does exactly what you need from the list of functions:



  • Used with any POP3 / IMAP email account
  • Recipients are managed by an admin in the backend
  • Users can (un) subscribe with frontend plugin (optional)
  • All Joomla users can be selected as recipients, additional users can be stored
  • Users can be organized in groups. Single users or entire groups can be added as mailing list recipients
  • Replies to mailing list messages can be sent to all recipients.
  • Backend mail archive for viewing emails
  • Full attach support
  • [... more ...]

I am using Mailster on my own webpage with a GMail account and it works like a charm.

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I haven't found a good fully integrated solution for this myself, but there is a basic MailMan integration you might be looking for.

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Agree, Joomla itself cannot start the service in the background.

But the way that plugins like Mailster or LazyBackup2 work allows service-like behavior. If your site doesn't have enough visits, you should take care of this. For instance. using a cron job that just opens a webpage via wget every X minutes.

I just started using Mailster and contacted the developer about the same question and he replied with cron advice and also said that he plans to add a specific PHP file for cronjobs. When it's ready, you don't need the plugin anymore, although it can still manage everything in Joomla.

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