Just something to think about But obviously a simple thing would be better, I just like to have more control, and the ability to send out a non-MT post to the list (like system maintenance upgrades, problems/list info, etc… .).

With bloglet I can’t control who subscribes, unsubscribes, if they actually get it or not, or if it gets sent to their spam box, etc. and that’s fine (they can just add the “from” address for the emails to their “allowed” list). My biggest problem with bloglet is that it doesn’t seem to be working! I don’t always get my bloglet updates - for reasons I’m not aware of - because it resides somewhere else. (I’m a control freak and like to run any scripts I rely on, on MY server. Probably my biggest reason for not getting on the “blogrolling” bandwagon - as much as I think that’s a cool program)

In any case, my script would send out the emails, allow people to subscribe/unsubscribe (unsubscribes can be “permanently set” so that you can’t be RE-subscribed too easily (ie. malicously) - kind of serving as a “blacklist”). I don’t think it would be too difficult to make either of those steps require a “confirmation” (ie. you subscribe - but before you start getting an email every day - you get ONE email you need to confirm you received by clicking a link. If you don’t confirm you received the email after a few days - your email is removed from the database. List backup - can be done backing up your database… Customizing subscribe page, emails, admin interface, etc. - yeah, I think so.

The other features like hosting a discussion, archiving sent emails, etc. - that’s WAY more than bloglet does. So, THIS script wouldn’t be replacing THAT - but it would be good enough to replace BLOGLET. (Don’t know if that makes sense) Who knows who would even use it, anyway - but it would be fun to write.

One part would actually send the emails - a second part would need to “manage” the email list… (unsubscribes, etc.)

Is there a major component I’m not aware of? (is this script (that’s still floating in my head) ;0) simplifying it too much?)

Granted, you don’t need all that stuff for a simple MT notification list, but it’s nice to know it’s there if I do, and that’s my primary reason for this. I’m sure you could do something simplier that would probably work, but with stats lately that show how many problems there are with legitimate email getting filtered as spam, I’d want something that does it all right, especially as I get more and more subscribers.

Just my two cents