Show HN: An easy way to make mailing lists

https://www.zeromailer.com/welcome

by jmharvey • 13 years ago

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tlongren• 13 years ago

Really, really simple to use. 2000 emails a month will be plenty for me for right now.

Nice idea, one thing I'd like to mention is you really should state somewhere that you're not storing people's contacts (I do hope that you're actually not), otherwise the perceived security of Google authentication drastically reduces. But overall great design, I hope it takes off!

yuranlu• 13 years ago

Hi. ZeroMailer founder here - We're in fact not storing any contacts. We should make that more clear in the FAQ.

loevborg2• 13 years ago

Very interesting. This could be a simple low-tech alternative to Facebook groups and such, given that not everybody has a Facebook account.

Conversely not everyone has a Gmail account either. Do people who join a zeromailer mailing list need to sign up to Google to use the service? That would make it less useful.

jmharvey• 13 years ago

No, anyone with an email address can be on a ZeroMailer list. For now, we're requiring a Google sign-in to create lists, in large part to curtail spam.

QuantumGood• 13 years ago

How does that curtail spam? It's not a lower barrier than a Captcha. Although it takes longer to set up a throwaway login, many spammers have lots of throwaway accounts on hand.

loevborg2• 13 years ago

That sounds reasonable, thanks for the reply.

ernestipark• 13 years ago

Been using Zeromailer for some random groups of friends and it's been super useful and easy to use. Lowers the barrier for communication significantly when you don't have to remember 10 emails or find an old email to copy paste the to: field from.

jlgaddis• 13 years ago

Long established alternative ran by a friend that doesn't have limits and doesn't require a Google account/sign-in either: http://www.freelists.org/

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