Free Mailing List Services
In this section FreebieList.com reviews the various free newsletter services on the Web. By creating a mailing list and then distributing newsletters, you can establish a loyal following and keep in constant contact with your prospects. The services below are in many cases supported by advertisements, either within the newsletters themselves or on the sign-up pages (or the service may even add their logo to the sign-up form). This is to cover the cost of providing the service to you. If you find yourself sending newsletters on a regular basis, it may be worth upgrading your account and paying for a commercial service, as this will ensure your e-mails are delivered professionally and you'll gain from no additional advertising. Even so, free mailing list services are ideal for getting your newsletter off the ground. Check out the current best providers below. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it.
Aardvark Mailing List
This service allows you to manage your own opt-in mailing list, completely free of charge. Upon registration, you'll be presented with a small snippet of HTML that you can paste into your site's pages. This will allow visitors to enter their e-mail address and then register for your newsletter. Aardvark's mailing list offers a number of excellent features, including automatic subscribe and unsubscribe features.
Bravenet
Amongst many other services (counters, guestbooks, polls, etc.), you'll find an excellent free mailing list at Bravenet. This service provides a number of useful features, most notably double opt-in member processing. They also provide members with pre-built HTML newsletter templates and a mailing list subscription box to place on your site. Notifications can be provided when new members subscribe to your list.
Your Mailing List Provider
Provides a free newsletter list service for Web site owners wishing to keep "in touch" with visitors. Ideal for personal sites and small organisations, YMLP offers double opt-in member processing, a downloadable subscriber database and allows you to add a "subscribe" form on your site. The service is supported by adverts on subscription pages, however, no ads are shown within sent newsletters.
> YourMailListProvider's "free" service limits the number of subscribers any mailing list may have to 1000. Free accounts may only send one newsletter per calendar day.
> This service now allows members to send plain text, HTML or multipart newsletters as they wish.
List Power
Here's an ever-growing free service that allows you to create and manage your own e-mail newsletter. Newsletters form part of most Web site communities nowadays, and if you haven't got one yet, you really should consider it. ListPower.com has all the tools necessary to generate a successful mailing list and is hosted remotely, ideal for inexperienced Web site owners. They provide code for a subscription box.
YourWebApps ListApp
This free solution to publishing your own Internet newsletter is robust and secure. Here, you can provide your visitors with a simple "subscribe" form and add (or delete) subscribers as you wish. Other features include: password protection, plain text or HTML messages, anti-spam countermeasures, unlimited number of subscribers and a searchable mailing list database. The service is ad-supported on subscription pages.
> This service was formally known as "Server.com ListApp".
NotifyList.com
NotifyList.com is a completely free, fast and easy way to set up a mailing list. There are no frills here, just the basic functions that a good mailing list requires: view and remove members, send a message to all subscribers, edit the list's settings, change your password and a few other extras. After testing this service, we've found it to be an ideal place for new Webmasters.
FanBlast Basic
The FanBlast! free mailing list application lets you quickly provide a rich content newsletter system for your Web site, keeping your site's visitors informed and ready to visit again. It features full online account administration, multiple address books, HTML content, template storage, subscriber management and a double opt-in option. This free service is advert supported and limits membership to 100 subscribers.
Mailer4U.com
Using Mailer4U.com, you can add a newsletter subscription box to your Web site, which allows visitors to opt-in to your newsletter. This service will then automatically build your mailing list and handle outdated e-mail addresses. Please note that Mailer4U.com is free for 100 e-mails a month with a limit on 10,000 subscribers.