CATEGORY: Development
CLASS: Learning FileMaker
I’ve seen the term of mailing lists used in two different ways. The first is a feature within a customers, clients or people table. Records within these tables can be flagged to be included in one or more mailing lists. A scripted process can find the flagged records and then print or email out a customized message to each via a batch process.
The second meaning of the terms is used more within the FileMaker Developer community. In its most basic form, you can sign up to receive emails about FileMaker from other developers through a managed service. Members of these lists can post questions or replies to previous questions. The most popular mailing list is a key feature of the FileMaker TechNet membership program.
Here you can see the Community link from the FileMaker web site and the TechNet option.This brings up an interesting side topic, many forums have a mailing list option. For example, the FileMaker TechNet mailing list is actually a feature of an online forum. So you can receive emails, visit the forum or do a combination thereof. On average, you can expect about 100 or more posts each day that are FileMaker topic specific. When something exceptionally exciting happens (like the release of FileMaker 10), the questions, answers and opinions can seem like a data avalanche.
Here you can see a snapshot of the FileMaker Technical Network Online forum. 
Membership in the FileMaker TechNet is only $99.00 a year. This breaks down to being $8.25 per month and continues to be an exceptional value for the expert and getting started developer alike. Visit filemaker.com and click the Community link for more details.FileMaker does provide a listing of other mailing on their web site at ...
http://www.filemaker.com/support/mailinglists.html
ADVERTISEMENT ==================
Help support this blog by considering a donating to its ongoing growth. For more details, please visit http://www.dwaynewright.com/donate.html
Posts
