• What do you see as the benefit of using an external service like CiviCRM as compared to a “Drupal” specific setup like using Simplenews or Message notify?
• And for the sake of argument, what would you see as a benefit of using a “Drupal” setup over an external service?

CiviCRM

• How much integration is there between Drupal and CiviCRM?
• Can you create new lists from the Drupal interface?
• Can you create the newsletters in the Drupal interface?
• How does it deal with images in a newsletter?
• How can you add site content into a newsletter?
• Can you setup autoresponders?
• Can you setup split tests?
• Are there any analytics included?
• How do users subscribe and unsubscribe from a newsletter?