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Email address links for user

I have a database system to keep track of students. This is used by a few other people in the office who are not tech savvy.

I need to be able to email about 120 students at one time. Given the character limit on URLs/browsers/what have you, using mailto is not an option; the character count is 2878.

Using a PHP form would make the most sense, but my unsavvy coworkers need to send email from Outlook. Mainly so their sent mail reflects every message they've sent out.

Any ideas?

Solution

  • If the set of recipients is reasonably stable, the standard tool for this is a mailing list. A closed mailing list can be set up on your mail server, or you can use something like Google Groups to create a closed list where people can enroll and unsubscribe as they see fit.