Alright, before we get into the modules themselves, I’m going to be asking all of the guests in this series the same two questions about newsletters in Drupal.

• What do you see as a benefit of using a “Drupal” setup like the Message stack over an external service like MailChimp?
• And for the sake of argument, what might you see as the benefit of using an external service as opposed to a “Drupal” specific setup?

Message

• What is the Message module?
• What are some of the features?
• Can users subscribe/unsubscribe?
• What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?

Message Notify

• What is the Message Notify module and how does it integrate into the message stack?
• What are some of the features?
  • SMS - how do you use this?
• Can users subscribe/unsubscribe?
• What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?

Message-Subscribe

• What is the Message-Subscribe module and how does it integrate into the message stack?
• What are some of the features?
  • Messages sent on the fly/batches
  • Can you setup daily/weekly digests?
• How does it scale?
• How custom can each message be?
• Can you setup autoresponders?
• How do you include site content?
• How does it deal with images in a newsletter?
• Are there analytics?
• Can users subscribe/unsubscribe?
• What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?

Use Cases

• What are the appropriate use cases for each module?