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If you’re sending newsletters, you might want to look at Sendy[1] (no affiliation), which sends via SES. 1 https://sendy.co https://sendy.co

novalis78 9y ago
Seconded. Can only highly recommend send. The license is inexpensive, you get the whole code base and can modify when needed as well. Setup is easy as integration into SES very mature at this point.
- dceddia 9y ago
  The codebase is a bit of a horror, though, of the old "PHP+SQL+HTML mixed in a blender" variety. I went in to make a few mods at one point and it was pretty scary.
kyriakos 9y ago
this is exactly what i was looking for. thanks
j_s 9y ago
There was a lot of activity in this space when Mandrill "died" last year. This comparison was a very good overview of hosted options: https://www.metachris.com/2016/03/free-transactional-email-services-the-best-alternatives-to-mandrill/#summary https://www.metachris.com/2016/03/free-transactional-email-s... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11328631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11328631 And the discussion there linked this detailed sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nb1YqYJq9eWm6ojLDRXd4RRMn0po4M6h7lvETm27bTU/edit#gid=340282016 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nb1YqYJq9eWm6ojLDRXd... | https://sendyhost.com/mandrill-alternatives-245/ https://sendyhost.com/mandrill-alternatives-245/
j_s 9y ago
Per "Create your own MailChimp clone for $5 a month with Sendy" | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9151487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9151487 The Sendy codebase is horrifying. [...]Just lots and lots of rough PHP _vs_ This isn't software to be used for analysis. Sendy is f-in awesome! Amazon SES rocks from a pricing standpoint but deliverability isn't its strong suit _vs_ I find no difference between SES and MailChimp regarding delivery I would stick with Sendy, but I could never get the unsubscribe links to work _vs_ there is a version 2 of Sendy, which appears to fix all these problems lighter version of Mailchimp and super cheap [...] Configuration is a bit painful I have been using it for almost 1.5 years and really like it. if you are taking all the trouble to install Sendy you should look at Mandrill (2 years go) _vs_ Major changes to Mandrill, must be tied to a MailChimp account (1 year ago) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11170713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11170713 Also self-hosted: https://github.com/bevacqua/campaign https://github.com/bevacqua/campaign | http://directmailmac.com http://directmailmac.com ($100) Hosted Sendy: https://www.sentopia.net/ https://www.sentopia.net/ Other/creative alternatives: http://tinyletter.com/ http://tinyletter.com/ (5000 free) | https://domain.yandex.com/domains_add/ https://domain.yandex.com/domains_add/ (500 outbound/day) | https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html
- _asciiker_ 9y ago
  Sentopia.net founder here. I agree that the codebase could be better, a lot better.. but we have made heavy modifications and it's not a problem anymore, I should add that we have tried to work together with Sendy.co developers but seems our emails are being ignored. Sendy is a platform, and a good one at that. but our value is on our SMTP server pools and their reputation as others have mentioned. We are always looking at new platforms like postal, that we can jump on board with if it means a better user experience for our clients.

novalis78 9y ago

Seconded. Can only highly recommend send. The license is inexpensive, you get the whole code base and can modify when needed as well. Setup is easy as integration into SES very mature at this point.

dceddia 9y ago
The codebase is a bit of a horror, though, of the old "PHP+SQL+HTML mixed in a blender" variety. I went in to make a few mods at one point and it was pretty scary.

kyriakos 9y ago

this is exactly what i was looking for. thanks

j_s 9y ago

There was a lot of activity in this space when Mandrill "died" last year. This comparison was a very good overview of hosted options: https://www.metachris.com/2016/03/free-transactional-email-services-the-best-alternatives-to-mandrill/#summary https://www.metachris.com/2016/03/free-transactional-email-s... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11328631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11328631 And the discussion there linked this detailed sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nb1YqYJq9eWm6ojLDRXd4RRMn0po4M6h7lvETm27bTU/edit#gid=340282016 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nb1YqYJq9eWm6ojLDRXd... | https://sendyhost.com/mandrill-alternatives-245/ https://sendyhost.com/mandrill-alternatives-245/

j_s 9y ago

Per "Create your own MailChimp clone for $5 a month with Sendy" | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9151487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9151487 The Sendy codebase is horrifying. [...]Just lots and lots of rough PHP _vs_ This isn't software to be used for analysis. Sendy is f-in awesome! Amazon SES rocks from a pricing standpoint but deliverability isn't its strong suit _vs_ I find no difference between SES and MailChimp regarding delivery I would stick with Sendy, but I could never get the unsubscribe links to work _vs_ there is a version 2 of Sendy, which appears to fix all these problems lighter version of Mailchimp and super cheap [...] Configuration is a bit painful I have been using it for almost 1.5 years and really like it. if you are taking all the trouble to install Sendy you should look at Mandrill (2 years go) _vs_ Major changes to Mandrill, must be tied to a MailChimp account (1 year ago) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11170713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11170713 Also self-hosted: https://github.com/bevacqua/campaign https://github.com/bevacqua/campaign | http://directmailmac.com http://directmailmac.com ($100) Hosted Sendy: https://www.sentopia.net/ https://www.sentopia.net/ Other/creative alternatives: http://tinyletter.com/ http://tinyletter.com/ (5000 free) | https://domain.yandex.com/domains_add/ https://domain.yandex.com/domains_add/ (500 outbound/day) | https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html

_asciiker_ 9y ago
Sentopia.net founder here. I agree that the codebase could be better, a lot better.. but we have made heavy modifications and it's not a problem anymore, I should add that we have tried to work together with Sendy.co developers but seems our emails are being ignored. Sendy is a platform, and a good one at that. but our value is on our SMTP server pools and their reputation as others have mentioned. We are always looking at new platforms like postal, that we can jump on board with if it means a better user experience for our clients.