Email Marketing Campaigns with OS X Server?

I am wondering if OS X includes any additional Mail tools that would assist in designing/handling an opt-in Email marketing campaign. I would basically like to give people the option to sign people up for my newsletter on my website, and track my click through rates and overall success of the tool. I also would like to provide opt-out and other statistics from the success of the campaign.
This seems like it would be more cost effective for me over the long run (running a 10-Client edition on a Mac Mini) than to pay monthly or per-email fees through online services.
Sales actually wanted me to call AppleCare because their supervisor did not know the answer.
I know that the Apple Store Online resells a product called Macware EMail Campaign, but it does not have very glowing reviews on Amazon, although there are only 3. Anyone have some suggestions for the best way to accomplish this type of campaign (would service based really be the best?).

There's nothing standard on Mac OS X Server that will do this, although the tools are there (MySQL, PHP, and more) to build your own application if that's what you want.
There are numerous commercial packages designed just for this purpose, although many are geared for other platforms.
I suggest taking a look at the Mac Products Guide which lists several candidates that might be suitable for your needs.

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