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Mailtrain
Mailtrain is a self hosted newsletter application built on Node.js (v5+) and MySQL (v5.5+ or MariaDB).
Development
Current development branch is v1.1 beta. The version in the master branch is tagged as v1.0.0.
Features
Mailtrain supports subscriber list management, list segmentation, custom fields, email templates, large CSV list import files, etc.
Subscribe to Mailtrain Newsletter here (uses Mailtrain obviously)
Cons
- Alpha-grade software. Might or might not work as expected
- Awful code base, needs refactoring
- No tests
- No documentation
Requirements
- Nodejs v5+
- MySQL v5.5 or MariaDB
- Redis (optional, used for session storage only)
Installation
- Download and unpack Mailtrain sources
- Run
npm installin the Mailtrain folder to install required dependencies - Copy config/default.toml as
config/production.tomland update MySQL Settings in it - Import SQL tables by running
mysql -u MYSQL_USER -p MYSQL_DB < setup/mailtrain.sql - Run the server
NODE_ENV=production npm start - Open http://localhost:3000/
- Authenticate as
admin:test - Navigate to http://localhost:3000/settings and update service configuration
- Navigate to http://localhost:3000/users/account and update user information and password
Running behind Nginx proxy
Edit mailtrain.nginx (update server_name directive) and copy it to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
Running as an Upstart service in Ubuntu 14.04
Edit mailtrain.conf (update application folder) and copy it to /etc/init
Bounce handling
Mailtrain uses webhooks integration to detect bounces and spam complaints. Currently supported webhooks are:
- AWS SES – create a SNS topic for complaints and bounces and use
http://domain/webhooks/awsas the subscriber URL for these topics - SparkPost – use
http://domain/webhooks/sparkpostas the webhook URL for bounces and complaints - SendGrid – use
http://domain/webhooks/sendgridas the webhook URL for bounces and complaints - Mailgun – use
http://domain/webhooks/mailgunas the webhook URL for bounces and complaints
License
GPL-V3.0