Title says "sending emails", and post explains composing emails. where is the "sending without using any third party service" part? Am I missing something here?
Ingo Steinke is a Berlin-based senior web developer focusing on front-end web development to create and improve websites and make the web more accessible, sustainable, and user-friendly.
That's Thunderbird, a local open-source-software, as opposed to paid marketing services that businesses tend to use to send "professional newsletters".
(Note to current readers: the original post title claimed that I send "HTML email without using a third-party service")
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You're still using a third party service. You should probably update the title to be "without using a paid service". The current title is inaccurate and misleading.
Ingo Steinke is a Berlin-based senior web developer focusing on front-end web development to create and improve websites and make the web more accessible, sustainable, and user-friendly.
If you count Thunderbird as a third-party, then I will never be self-reliant. I did not code Ubuntu Linux, I did not manufacture my laptop, and I don't provide my own electricity. Or which other party do you mean?
A 'driven' software engineer with a passion for cars and tabletop games. Get it, driven? Because cars and... Okay, I'll stick to writing code instead of puns. 🏁
A third party service is an service provided by a party that isn't you. In this case, you're using Thunderbird for the sending of HTML emails.
I clicked in here originally to see what someone had done to keep sending HTML emails in-house, but was disappointed. Cool project, just a bad title. "Composing your own HTML emails in Thunderbird" would be a lot better.
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Title says "sending emails", and post explains composing emails. where is the "sending without using any third party service" part? Am I missing something here?
That's Thunderbird, a local open-source-software, as opposed to paid marketing services that businesses tend to use to send "professional newsletters".
(Note to current readers: the original post title claimed that I send "HTML email without using a third-party service")
You're still using a third party service. You should probably update the title to be "without using a paid service". The current title is inaccurate and misleading.
If you count Thunderbird as a third-party, then I will never be self-reliant. I did not code Ubuntu Linux, I did not manufacture my laptop, and I don't provide my own electricity. Or which other party do you mean?
Well, if we are talking about free third party services for mail marketing, there are a few options here, for example: selfh.st/apps/
A third party service is an service provided by a party that isn't you. In this case, you're using Thunderbird for the sending of HTML emails.
I clicked in here originally to see what someone had done to keep sending HTML emails in-house, but was disappointed. Cool project, just a bad title. "Composing your own HTML emails in Thunderbird" would be a lot better.