Hosting My Own Newsletter
The author shares their experience of reviving a long-dormant newsletter after Tinyletter's shutdown. They faced challenges in finding a suitable email service that aligned with their needs as a writer rather than a marketer. Ultimately, they found success with Plunk, which allowed them to reconnect with their audience without the complications of traditional marketing tools.
- ▪Tinyletter, a simple newsletter service for writers, was shut down by Mailchimp in late 2023.
- ▪The author struggled to find an alternative service that met their needs without the complexities of marketing-focused platforms.
- ▪They eventually migrated to Plunk, an open-source solution that allowed them to successfully send their first newsletter issue to a large subscriber list.
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Hosting My Own Newsletter Last updated on 22nd of May, 2026 I had a newsletter on this blog for years, but I didn’t send a single email for a long time. This is the story of how I finally got it back up and running, and what I learned along the way. The Tinyletter Years The old Tinyletter landing page, now a sad 404. Source: Wayback Machine For years my setup was a small form on the website pointing at Tinyletter, a small newsletter service that was focused on writers. What I liked about it was the simplicity. I never had to think about email deliverability, bounce rates, suppression lists, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, or any of that. I wrote a thing, hit send, people got it. The Tinyletter compose page, showing the simplicity of the interface. It just worked. Then Tinyletter shut down.
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