Ask HN: What do you use for mailing lists?

7 points by munificent 13y ago ↗ HN

I'm working on a book[1] that I'm currently leaning towards self-publishing. I discuss the book here and on reddit. I've got an increasing number of twitter followers, and I get a decent amount of incoming email about it.

What I don't currently have is a mailing list so that I can send announcements to anyone who's interested. I'm thinking it would be good to fill that gap, and I'm interested in what software/services others are using for this.

Mailchimp is the one that first springs to mind, but what are the alternatives and how do they compare?

[1] http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/

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imp 13y ago ↗

Mailchimp is great. Easy to use, tons of features, and they have a free plan to get started. I've never had to evaluate the other competitors.

rom16384 13y ago ↗

We use Sendy [1], because it makes using Amazon Simple Email Services (SES) easy and it's much cheaper than competing services. There are a few free software alternatives to Sendy to use Amazon SES, but it's inexpensive enough not to worry about it.

[1] http://sendy.co/