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I can't find any mention of such a thing in the list, but is there a plugin that allows readers to signup to be notified when a new entry is posted, and manages the mailing process once they're confirmed?

Thanks in advance.

Well, tell your readers to subscribe to your RSS feeds. That's what they're for!

Regards,
Garvin

I don't think many of my readers will know what an RSS feed is, but maybe

It's really the better way.

There is a plugin 'serendipity_event_mailer' which mails entries to an email adress, but there you'd have to manually create a mailinglist, the plugin cannot maintain a mailinglist for you.

Regards,
Garvin

I also think it would be nice to have a plugin to allow email subscription to the entire blog, not just comments. My blog is mainly for friends and family who don't have the technical know-how to use RSS or readers. I'd like the ability to include a "subscribe to this blog" which would allow readers to enter an email and name and have notifications sent to them whenever a new entry is posted.

BTW, Serendipity is awesome, just started using it a couple days ago.

I think there are several "RSS to E-Mail" services out there, which you could embed a link in your HTML nugget sidebar to. A PHP software is not really suitable for high-traffic EMail deliveries, so I really suggest you to setup your own mailinglist and use the mail entries plugin to interface to that and offer a interface for users to subscribe to. Using mailman or something similar.

Best regards,
Garvin

I'm not sure I made myself clear. I wasn't looking for something that actually sends the entire blog/RSS out by email. I was just looking for a notification email subscription. So if someone subscribes to it, then an email is just sent out to them whenever a new entry is made, with maybe just the entry title and author. Or is that what you are saying should be done with the RSS?

Thanks.

Chadwick - exactly. What we are saying applies to new entries, which are notified via RSS.

Basically your readers should use RSS in the first instance; it's really easy to setup and Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird both support it natively and interface it simply. But when they fail to do so, mailing the RSS files is an option.

Regards,
Garvin

Chadwick, is this correct: you're looking for something like what forums have, where every time there's a new post in a thread you're subscribed to, you get a very generic email with a link to that thread and the explanatio that new entries have been posted?

If so, have you found it yet? I'd like one, too.

The python option looks to me like it sends the whole entry, not just a notification.

Hathor wrote:Chadwick, is this correct: you're looking for something like what forums have, where every time there's a new post in a thread you're subscribed to, you get a very generic email with a link to that thread and the explanatio that new entries have been posted?

If so, have you found it yet? I'd like one, too.

The python option looks to me like it sends the whole entry, not just a notification.

Exactly what I'm looking for. I suppose this could be accomplished through the syndication, but I haven't really looked into it. Basically just a mailing list sign up for new entries, not comments. I really haven't had the time to look into using a third party mailing list, but I'm sure it's possible.

Not even new entries... just a notification link.

That's what I want: just like what PHPBB sends you when you're subscribed to a thread and someone posts in it.

I haven't had much time to look into it yet, but if I find anything I'll let you know. A lot of my viewers aren't familiar with blogs (or think blogs are just journals for kiddies to play with), but they're used to getting notifications like that from news sites they use.

Plus, I want to encourage people to come to the site. I have static pages they miss if they only read in feed.

Exactly. I want to use my blog for my family to stay updated with me, but most of them only know how to use email and just browse, so I figured notifications would be good.

I have written a plugin to do exactly just that, but I want it to be more customizable, (let you choose which groups get emailed for posts to different categories, if user is a member of a certain group, they dont get notified, etc.)

If your interested in helping, or want this plugin, PM me, and I'll send it to you.

I created an HTML nugget which calls a php script called process.php which emails my mailing list to add a new user. CHeck it out at paulericnorwood.com. I will give you the code if you like ...

I also am looking for a simple plugin to let my readers subscribe to let them know there's a new post. Indeed; not the complete post but just the real fact that there is news.

WordPress does have this option so it must be possible (for Serendipity) . Please someone, make it! I don't want to swith to WordPress now that I'm working with the best!