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Also my Dada Mail Project is something I've been working on since 1999. http://dadamailproject.com http://dadamailproject.com Self-hosted, works with Amazon SE

Also my Dada Mail Project is something I've been working on since 1999. http://dadamailproject.com http://dadamailproject.com Self-hosted, works with Amazon SES. I have many clients that send many thousands of messages using the cheapest of Bluehost shared hosting accounts, when you also use Amazon SES as the mail service. (Things like Board of Realtors groups that post realty available to a discussion list)

the-dude 11y ago
Hi Justin I have known your project for a very long time now. Have you ever considered offering it as a SaaS ? Why not?
- justinator 11y ago
  > Have you ever considered offering it as a SaaS ? Sure, I've thought about it; > Why not? I'm probably at the limit of what I, as the sole developer of the project can do (or want to do) alone, while also performing my other tasks - such as my excellent product support for my clients. To move to also running a SaaS, I would need a highly motivated partner to help with the workload of development some of the additional parts of the business. For now, I'm pretty happy with existing in the niche I've made for myself: mostly those individuals and small businesses who find a SaaS like MailChimp too expensive to use. Really - all you need for something like Dada Mail to get started is a shared hosting account - something "Joe's Italian Restaurant" down the street probably already has. If you want to move up, hooking up Amazon SES is a no brainer and solves most all of the problems with sending out messages to a mailing list. I also enjoy the quality of life given to me knowing I don't have to make sure the service is running 24/7. I live simply, and there's many projects and goals in my life that do not directly involve software.
  - the-dude 11y ago
    Thank you for answering, can totally relate to the quality of life part. Good luck.
    - justinator 11y ago
      Thank you! And thanks for keeping tabs!
  - lowglow 11y ago
    You should toss your project on Baqqer, open up some attention and possibly get some pledges to help fund you finding more resources to grow your project.
- shutton 11y ago
  Gaggle Mail is a good SaaS group email provider http://gaggle.email/ http://gaggle.email/ Disclosure: I'm a dev on this.
  - coreymaass 11y ago
    Good to see someone solving this! I used fiesta.cc with a couple groups years ago, and then it shut down. I've thought about building a clone, but could never prove a reliable customer base. I look forward to trying it out!
wprapido 11y ago
does it have wordpress plugin?
- justinator 11y ago
  I do get asked this question a lot, and I don't actually know what people are asking for. Perhaps a better question would be, "Does it have a wordpress plugin that allows me to do $some_intesting_thing" If you have a Wordpress site (or any site design), Dada Mail has a templating system to allow it to take on that design, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-EEvGVCJl4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-EEvGVCJl4 and adding something like a subscription form is an easy copy/paste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cc3c4NTO2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cc3c4NTO2U I am not a Wordpress plugin developer. There is a proof of concept API to some often-used functionality, as well as clients written in a few different languages to show you have to use the API. A wordpress plugin developer would need to talk to me to see what else they would need, and build upon what's already available. I'm listening! http://dadamailproject.com/d/features-restful_web_services.pod.html http://dadamailproject.com/d/features-restful_web_services.p...
  - wprapido 11y ago
    i'd definitely love to talk to you. how can we get in touch?
    - manigandham 11y ago
      FYI: You can always check someone's profile and see if they have info listed, more efficient and cuts down on extraneous comments and waiting on replies.
      - wprapido 11y ago
        indeed. ;) will drop you a line. cheers
        justinator 11y ago
bliti 11y ago
I was looking for something like this. The perl code is quite easy to follow. Nice project! I will try and install it on webfaction and provide feedback for you to add to your docs. :)

the-dude 11y ago

Hi Justin I have known your project for a very long time now. Have you ever considered offering it as a SaaS ? Why not?

justinator 11y ago
> Have you ever considered offering it as a SaaS ? Sure, I've thought about it; > Why not? I'm probably at the limit of what I, as the sole developer of the project can do (or want to do) alone, while also performing my other tasks - such as my excellent product support for my clients. To move to also running a SaaS, I would need a highly motivated partner to help with the workload of development some of the additional parts of the business. For now, I'm pretty happy with existing in the niche I've made for myself: mostly those individuals and small businesses who find a SaaS like MailChimp too expensive to use. Really - all you need for something like Dada Mail to get started is a shared hosting account - something "Joe's Italian Restaurant" down the street probably already has. If you want to move up, hooking up Amazon SES is a no brainer and solves most all of the problems with sending out messages to a mailing list. I also enjoy the quality of life given to me knowing I don't have to make sure the service is running 24/7. I live simply, and there's many projects and goals in my life that do not directly involve software.
- the-dude 11y ago
  Thank you for answering, can totally relate to the quality of life part. Good luck.
  - justinator 11y ago
    Thank you! And thanks for keeping tabs!
- lowglow 11y ago
  You should toss your project on Baqqer, open up some attention and possibly get some pledges to help fund you finding more resources to grow your project.
shutton 11y ago
Gaggle Mail is a good SaaS group email provider http://gaggle.email/ http://gaggle.email/ Disclosure: I'm a dev on this.
- coreymaass 11y ago
  Good to see someone solving this! I used fiesta.cc with a couple groups years ago, and then it shut down. I've thought about building a clone, but could never prove a reliable customer base. I look forward to trying it out!

wprapido 11y ago

does it have wordpress plugin?

justinator 11y ago
I do get asked this question a lot, and I don't actually know what people are asking for. Perhaps a better question would be, "Does it have a wordpress plugin that allows me to do $some_intesting_thing" If you have a Wordpress site (or any site design), Dada Mail has a templating system to allow it to take on that design, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-EEvGVCJl4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-EEvGVCJl4 and adding something like a subscription form is an easy copy/paste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cc3c4NTO2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cc3c4NTO2U I am not a Wordpress plugin developer. There is a proof of concept API to some often-used functionality, as well as clients written in a few different languages to show you have to use the API. A wordpress plugin developer would need to talk to me to see what else they would need, and build upon what's already available. I'm listening! http://dadamailproject.com/d/features-restful_web_services.pod.html http://dadamailproject.com/d/features-restful_web_services.p...
- wprapido 11y ago
  i'd definitely love to talk to you. how can we get in touch?
  - manigandham 11y ago
    FYI: You can always check someone's profile and see if they have info listed, more efficient and cuts down on extraneous comments and waiting on replies.
    - wprapido 11y ago
      indeed. ;) will drop you a line. cheers
      - justinator 11y ago

bliti 11y ago

I was looking for something like this. The perl code is quite easy to follow. Nice project! I will try and install it on webfaction and provide feedback for you to add to your docs. :)