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Maily Herald – Rails open source self-hosted Mailchimp alternative

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Post by tortilla » Wed, Oct 14, 2015, 4:42 PM UTC

Maily Herald – Rails open source self-hosted Mailchimp alternative
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Re: Maily Herald – Rails open source self-hosted Mailchimp alternative

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Post by solidgumby » Wed, Oct 14, 2015, 5:23 PM UTC

Ever had to deal with email deliverability issues? This alone is a very good reason to go with a hosted service. The self-hosted software looks good but I'd never touch that with a stick. There might be cases where regulation/privacy rules makes the self-hosted system useful/required but in all other cases, do yourself a favor and use a hosted service.

Re: Maily Herald – Rails open source self-hosted Mailchimp alternative

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Post by lfxx » Wed, Oct 14, 2015, 5:28 PM UTC

solidgumby wrote: post #2

Ever had to deal with email deliverability issues? This alone is a very good reason to go with a hosted service. The self-hosted software looks good but I'd never touch that with a stick. There might be cases where regulation/privacy rules makes the self-hosted system useful/required but in all other cases, do yourself a favor and use a hosted service.

You can still use Mandrill or Amazon SES for bullet-proof email delivery. This gem just helps you to organize and schedule your mailings within your app.