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Some website customers of mine want to start bulk emailing, which I haven't been involved with before, and have asked me if I can organise it. They only have small lists of a thousand or so existing customers at the moment.
I thought I'd start with a free app to get the feel of it, before wading in with the $$$. Some of these apps cost an arm and a leg. There seem to be several free and open-source apps, including Mailman, Groupmail (free version), and HTML Bulk Email. After trying the last two, Groupmail seems a good bet (though I've been advised to try Mailman), and it doesn't seem too hard to build the emails, add the images, edit the result, and fire them off - Groupmail even has its own built-in SMTP mailer, so they don't go out through your ISP (this is on the upgrade version).
These are all legit opt-in customers by the way, and an opt-out link will be included.
Has anyone any experience of free or cheap email apps?
