I agree that MailChimp or other hosted email platforms offer value add over Mailtrain. They're SaaS, they work on deliverability, etc. However, Mailtrain is n

I agree that MailChimp or other hosted email platforms offer value add over Mailtrain. They're SaaS, they work on deliverability, etc. However, Mailtrain is nice as an alternative. Even if you don't want to use it, its existence means that SaaS must compete with it. If you become large, you could get a dedicated IP address from Amazon SES ($25/mo) or others and own your deliverability. Mailtrain, WordPress, and others might not be what you're looking for. However, it's great that they exist. They provide competition for SaaS which pushes SaaS to be better and a release valve should the pricing of a SaaS solution get too out of hand.