app for newsletter sending

August 23, 2006 6:55 PM

Need software to send an opt-in newsletter:

What software should I use to send out a simple newsletter to a list of like 1000 subscribers?

• Need to send simple mail, text plus some links, maybe a logo, nothing fancy.
• Have list in text file.
• Would rather not use an online service, as I don't want to give them the suscriber list, and don't want any adlines added on, and am a control freak.
• On windows XP, with a DSL connection.
• I am reasonably handy with a computer, some light programming, have Cygwin installed, etc.
• Free is nice, as we don't have any financing

posted by signal to computers & internet (2 comments total)

Mach5 Mailer has a free version.
posted by bigmusic at 8:07 PM on August 23, 2006

I'd recommend Mailman since a newsletter is really a mailing list where only you can post to it.

It may not work with XP (I dunno, maybe it's possible with some mailer in cygwin), though if you have a hosting account pretty much anywhere, it'll be supported. If you have a linux box, even a slow ancient $20 one, it'll do this for you trivially. Plus you could put up a website, etc on your DSL.
posted by polyglot at 8:31 PM on August 23, 2006