Self Hosted Autoresponder?

Do you have any suggestions how could I build a self hosted autoresponder?

If you have any scripts or software. Please share and guide me.

When I first saw the title of this post, I was going
to come in and make a joke about not having any
idea what a "shelf" hosted autoresponder was, but,
to my surprise, you spelt it that way in your actual
post as well, so, with no disrespect meant, did you
mean to type "shelf" or "self"?

I just wanted to clarify one point that could be confusing for some users since you mentioned that php is for linux, then that php is for windows.

Developer said:

(cgi and php are for *nix based servers while php and asp are for use on windows servers).

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Asp & asp.net run on windows servers only. CGI & php can run on windows or linux, but most people prefer to keep it on linux hosting.

I used long ago a mailer that had autoresponder for Joomla. I don't know if they are still in the market. What I learned was that it's good for the first 20 emails, then it can get really cranky. Also, there are some problems with the hosting if the people in the mailing list decides to toss you in the spam folder instead of unregistering. I'm not sure if this is really true because to avoid problems my premise for that list was that every time I mailed I sent a freebie. Didn't make a cent, but, boy, people loved me.

Bottom line, I know it is not what you are asking, but a self hosted autoresponder is not that much of a great deal. There are some free services like mailchimp if you are not going to send out offers and just bring people to your site. And other semi free options like mad mimi, that lets you have one domain for free, and need to upgrade if you want more features. I think get response has also a free version (?), but it shares registrations or something like it. I don't remember, haven't played with it in years.

To the mods: I read something in the TOS about not to advertise products or services. It is not the intent, but if what I wrote is conflicting with the spirit of the TOS, I'll delete it.