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1. jjg (jjg@sunbeam.city)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jan-2019 12:33:37 EST jjg

   Considering doing an email newsletter to stay in touch with people who I can’t drag away from Facebook but who still want updates on various projects.

   The web suggests I use “tinyletter.com” which looks cool but is Mailchimp, and they are not exactly respectful of privacy.

   Any suggestions for a #FOSS, self-hosted alternative? I run my own mail server so maybe a simple distribution list or the like?

   I don’t need metrics/etc., just deliverability :)

   1. GCU Prosthetic Conscience (gcupc@glitch.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jan-2019 12:40:50 EST GCU Prosthetic Conscience

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      @jjg How is the deliverability from your own mail server, and how big is the list you're going to be sending to? Unless it's in the multi-hundreds, or, probably, thousands, I don't think you're going to hit any tripwires that will make your deliverability worse than it is. I'd probably set up something like GNU Mailman just so that people have proper unsubscribe functionality (and maybe archives), but not do anything special on the mail end.

      1. Maritrini (thoughtcrime@todon.nl)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jan-2019 19:14:43 EST Maritrini

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         @gcupc @jjg i was going to recommend mailman too jeje

   2. Federated Republic of Sean (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jan-2019 12:46:41 EST Federated Republic of Sean

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      @jjg I'm a big fan of Mailman, though it's more of an email discussion list handler than a newsletter engine. For newsletters, there's always /etc/aliases.