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  1. Sending newsletters in bulk

    Full post here. https://rene.seindal.dk/2025/06/17/sending-newsletters-in-bulk/

    I have a newsletter — Venetian Stories about the history of Venice — with a couple of hundred recipients.

    For some time, I have managed that with a free WordPress plugin. One of those with a PRO version, and every update shifted some functionality over to the paid version.

    When I wanted to move the newsletter from my History Walks Venice site to a dedicated domain, there was no way of migrating the plugin data without moving to the PRO version. Several functions I had used for a long time, were no only available for payment.

    Confronted with these futile complications, I decided to return to basics.

    The newsletters would be sent from my mail application of choice, as HTML emails, with all the recipients in the BCC field.

    #BulkMail #MailInABox #Postfix #VenetianStories

  2. #Irony
    #Nationwide #BuildingSociety sent me a #letter stating they couldn't contact me by #email. Apparently they've been asking me to go #paperless.
    1. I've been #paperless for #years
    2. I have no problem #reading their #emails
    3. I've #downloaded all my statements
    4. They sent a #bulkmail reminder to goodness knows how many #customers (#paper, 'envelope, #printing) inc. those using #electronic #statements
    #Greenwashing
    #banking #money #finance #credit #creditscards #buildingsocieties

  3. I need advice from the techies on Mastodon:

    I'm using Ghost's blog software for my website. The only integrated option for the native #newsletter tool is #Mailgun.

    Sadly, I don't have the know-how to run my own bulk mail server.

    Do I best stick with Mailgun or do I go for option two, use a Czech-based #Zapier alternative (Make) that integrates with a German-hosted newsletter service? Or a 3rd option?

    #tech #webdev #dataProtection #webhosting #webhostingtips #selfhosting #bulkmail #askfedi