I've actually found Wufoo + Gmail to be the simplest way to handle e-mails. Use a Wufoo form to collect user info, then export the data to csv and import the f

I've actually found Wufoo + Gmail to be the simplest way to handle e-mails. Use a Wufoo form to collect user info, then export the data to csv and import the file into a Gmail group. I haven't done anything terribly advanced (I just notify a list when a new article is posted) -- but it works for me.