Weekly newsletter for forum users, how?

[cgchris99]

I have been reading about how to promote your forum. I have seen many times about weekly newsletters sent to your members.

What software do you use to create this and is there any examples of what it should look like?

thanks

[rogerd]

You'll get plenty of disagreement here as to whether you should use a straight text newsletter or a fancier HTML-style mailing.

I think the real thing to pay attention to is your mailing list. Do your members opt in, or are you just going to blast them out? You can be sure that some people will be unhappy, even if they agreed to receive mail. Be sure you can turn people off easily if they request to be off the list. Provide an easy unsubsctiption mechanism if at all possible. If your mailing system will keep track of bounces, that will reduce your workload.