rss2newsletter
Productivity
email newsletter tool
SHOW HN2024
109points
37comments
#776of 3,515 in 2024
Top 23%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Mailchimp-style per-contact fees are expensive; cheaper sending via SES is welcome
From 2 comments
This is great and very happy to see it. Mailchimp is annoyingly expensive for what it is. With that said the sending of the emails is the easy part. Deliverability is hard.…
CPLX on HNJust what I was looking for. Thanks!
pacifika on HN
Listmonk is a solid piece of software
From 1 comment
Listmonk is a seriously awesome piece of software! Have used it to run multiple newsletters, over various version upgrades (almost all stress free), and even written some custom…
hardwaresofton on HN
Objections
Deliverability is hard; SES mail may land in spam
From 2 comments
This is great and very happy to see it. Mailchimp is annoyingly expensive for what it is. With that said the sending of the emails is the easy part. Deliverability is hard.…
CPLX on HNPerhaps a bit OT, but will really appreciate inputs on this. There have been an influx of such tools, and understandably so, related to email lists. Based on various comments, I…
santa_boy on HN
Reliable deliverability depends on domain reputation and sending behaviour, not just SES
From 2 comments
> What are the the skills and secret sauce of companies that claim to do very reliable email deliverability, and I'm failing to understand why isn't it as simple as doing the…
iamacyborg on HNIt's definitely no secret but those testers do not provide the full story. No do IP blocklist checkers - not all blocklists are created equal, nor do most have any impact at all.…
martinkrivosija on HN
Requests
Support for Reddit feeds
From 1 comment
Very cool! We built something similar but is not self hosted: https://pico.sh/feeds How do you handle Reddit feeds? We found those to be tricky to get right because it seems like…
qudat on HN
Questions
How to achieve reliable email deliverability
From 1 comment
Perhaps a bit OT, but will really appreciate inputs on this. There have been an influx of such tools, and understandably so, related to email lists. Based on various comments, I…
santa_boy on HN
Alternatives named
Kill the Newsletter
From 1 comment
I prefer it the other way around: https://kill-the-newsletter.com/
Beijinger on HN
Feedbin
From 1 comment
nice. feedbin also do this https://feedbin.com
willwade on HN
Notifier
From 1 comment
Notifier - https://notifier.in/ is another service I use to convert email newsletters to RSS.
mkerrigan on HN
Listmonk
From 1 comment
Listmonk is a seriously awesome piece of software! Have used it to run multiple newsletters, over various version upgrades (almost all stress free), and even written some custom…
hardwaresofton on HN