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Where to, if I may ask? I have some small projects I'm trying to get away from SF, and the mailing lists are the hardest bit --- finding mailing list providers

Where to, if I may ask? I have some small projects I'm trying to get away from SF, and the mailing lists are the hardest bit --- finding mailing list providers which support bulk import isn't easy.

scrollaway 11y ago
Discourse is what we're currently looking at. They have very nice pricing options for both one-time-installs and continued hosting/support.
- david-given 11y ago
  I looked at Discourse, and for the scale of my projects the pricing is unmanageable. Hosted by them it's $1000+ a year; hosted by me it's still $100+ a year ($200+ for the first year). Installing it and running it myself requires spinning up a moderately high-end docker instance, which I'm unwilling to do (not only does it cost money, but I've only just managed to stop running my own servers, and it's great).
  - scrollaway 11y ago
    Why don't you pick the one-time install ($100) on a server you already own? If your ML is low-traffic there's no reason it should cost you much more than a couple dollars a month.
    - david-given 11y ago
      They won't install it on my own server. The $100 one-time install fee installs it on a virtual server with Digital Ocean, which then costs $10 a month hosting.
  - z-e-r-o 11y ago
    Have a look at discoursehosting.com, they have been around for quite some time and they offer 3rd party discourse hosting for much lower price compared to the official discourse.org hosting.
- Kiro 11y ago
  I thought Discourse was a forum software.
  - scrollaway 11y ago
    It is, but it has a mailing list mode.
mintplant 11y ago
GroupServer [1] is very nice, a hybrid between an online forum interface and a fully-functional mailing list. The installation and configuration process is fairly involved, though, but turnkey hosting is available through OnlineGroups.net [2], from $2/month [3]. [1] http://groupserver.org http://groupserver.org [2] https://onlinegroups.net/ https://onlinegroups.net/, https://onlinegroups.net/l/groupserver https://onlinegroups.net/l/groupserver [3] https://onlinegroups.net/pricing/ https://onlinegroups.net/pricing/
- scrollaway 11y ago
  That looks fantastic.

Where to, if I may ask? I have some small projects I'm trying to get away from SF, and the mailing lists are the hardest bit --- finding mailing list providers which support bulk import isn't easy.

scrollaway 11y ago

Discourse is what we're currently looking at. They have very nice pricing options for both one-time-installs and continued hosting/support.

david-given 11y ago
I looked at Discourse, and for the scale of my projects the pricing is unmanageable. Hosted by them it's $1000+ a year; hosted by me it's still $100+ a year ($200+ for the first year). Installing it and running it myself requires spinning up a moderately high-end docker instance, which I'm unwilling to do (not only does it cost money, but I've only just managed to stop running my own servers, and it's great).
- scrollaway 11y ago
  Why don't you pick the one-time install ($100) on a server you already own? If your ML is low-traffic there's no reason it should cost you much more than a couple dollars a month.
  - david-given 11y ago
    They won't install it on my own server. The $100 one-time install fee installs it on a virtual server with Digital Ocean, which then costs $10 a month hosting.
- z-e-r-o 11y ago
  Have a look at discoursehosting.com, they have been around for quite some time and they offer 3rd party discourse hosting for much lower price compared to the official discourse.org hosting.
Kiro 11y ago
I thought Discourse was a forum software.
- scrollaway 11y ago
  It is, but it has a mailing list mode.

mintplant 11y ago

GroupServer [1] is very nice, a hybrid between an online forum interface and a fully-functional mailing list. The installation and configuration process is fairly involved, though, but turnkey hosting is available through OnlineGroups.net [2], from $2/month [3]. [1] http://groupserver.org http://groupserver.org [2] https://onlinegroups.net/ https://onlinegroups.net/, https://onlinegroups.net/l/groupserver https://onlinegroups.net/l/groupserver [3] https://onlinegroups.net/pricing/ https://onlinegroups.net/pricing/

scrollaway 11y ago
That looks fantastic.