HackerTrans
TopNewTrendsCommentsPastAskShowJobs

elliotkillick

no profile record

Submissions

Show HN: I made an open source Mailchimp RSS-to-Email alternative

github.com
109 points·by elliotkillick·il y a 2 ans·37 comments

Show HN: Mido – Open Source Microsoft Media Creation Tool

github.com
2 points·by elliotkillick·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

Show HN: Mido – The Secure Microsoft Windows Downloader

github.com
6 points·by elliotkillick·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

comments

elliotkillick
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
How did you justify paying $6,000/year for a dedicated IP address? SES will provide you with the same thing for $25/month (https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/#Amazon_SES_Pricing). I noticed your statistics didn't include SES. To me, mystery surrounding reliable email deliverability is primarily a tactic some vendors use to entice non-technical people into relying on their proprietary email marketing solution.
elliotkillick
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Email deliverability is no secret. Just send an email to one of many email deliverability testers to find out the spammyness of your email: https://www.mail-tester.com

The sender IP address is a large component in determining email spammyness. This is why SES allows you to pay extra for a dedicated IP address (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/dedicated-ip.html). However, it's not something you will likely need unless you send in large volumes.
elliotkillick
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Thanks! In my personal experience, I've had success delivering to the inboxes of Gmail, Outlook, and Zoho Mail with SES. However, my newsletter is entirely opt-in on my website. When I signed up for SES, there was a human review as to what I would be sending. So, I think Amazon understands spam is an issue, too.

Listmonk supports many email providers though, if your needs outgrow SES.
elliotkillick
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Oh, nice! I recall Reddit did support RSS at one point, I didn't realize they limited it. rss2newsletter is only ~300 lines of code right now and I'd prefer to keep it more on the minimal side of things. But, that's definitely a cool feature to have.
elliotkillick
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
For sure, converting feeds into emails in that direction is something I've seen as a sticking point for a lot of projects. I'm glad I could fill that gap for you.
elliotkillick
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
My pleasure!
elliotkillick
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Hey, this looks fantastic! I really appreciate minimal software that does what it sets out do well without bloat. I noticed that your GitHub README states "Collect Emails: Create your simple mailing list". It just so happens that I just released a tool for completing the next piece in the puzzle by taking those email addresses and automatically sending a notification of your new articles to them in a newsletter (assuming Nucelo supports RSS). Check it out at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40898313 if you think it can be of help to you.
elliotkillick
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
This looks like an interesting take on email marketing. I use an open source solution called Listmonk (w/ Amazon SES) for my emailing needs. How does this project compare?