REDLISTS update:
- Added mp3 attachments
- Attachments larger than 1MB will be linked to the REDLISTS server rather than attached to the email in order to not exceed inbox limits (and in order for us not to exceed our smtp bandwidth limit, hopefully)
- Subscription form widgets are active. Easily gain subscribers without them leaving your website.
Feel free to try all this stuff out yourself.
I’m doing all this updating here because we currently don’t have a company website. We’ll probably work on it.
Matt and I will also be participating in Rails Rumble this year and we’ve got a pretty cool idea for it.
Matt and I just rolled out a couple new featurey things today to REDLISTS, including:
- Manually adding subscribers by entering email addresses or uploading a csv.
- Admins can receive email notifications when new users subscribe.
Also, we’ve got a (hopefully) active list to look forward to testing with. The Sailor Sequence" is using REDLISTS for their mailing list.
Nathan has already brought up some things that we’ll more than likely put into action. We’re planning on implementing RSS into the core of every list as an alternative to email messages, which I think is pretty darn cool. There are plenty more ideas that I cannot discuss here for fear of them being stolen by the internet monster.
We would still like some more beta testers, so if for any reason you need a mailing list solution, please check it out. You can direct any questions to ross at redlists.com.
Please keep me spam free.
EDIT
As I forgot to mention and as Matt pointed out, there is an
awesome attachments feature.
My buddy Matt and I have been working on our mailing list application/service, redlists, for quite a while now, and we’ve just launched the beta.
Redlists is a mailing list service that is remotely hosted and managed. Subscription management is handled by the subscribers themselves, rather than solely the list manager. When logged in to redlists, users can manage their subscription status and subscribe to new public lists.
Message archives, drafting, user management, and multiple list management are supported. Integrated tools are in the works, including widgets that can be plopped in your site and a contact importer (for those switching from another mailing list method that want to manually add subscribers.)
We are currently looking for beta testers. During the beta period, the service is free. Upon initial launch, rates will be announced. We still need to figure out how to cover our costs. If you would like to test the service or have any input on what you think appropriate pricing would be, please contact me at ross at redlists.com, or leave a comment on this post.
Redlists was written in Ruby on Rails. Matt and I made heavy use of Github and Lighthouse during development and have had a lot of fun with it. I am mainly responsible for the interface while Matt gets credit for pretty much all of the functionality.
Please let me know what you think!
