{"id":28492,"date":"2018-04-18T19:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28492"},"modified":"2018-04-18T19:58:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:58:28","slug":"mailtrain-self-hosted-open-source-alternative-to-mailchimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/18\/mailtrain-self-hosted-open-source-alternative-to-mailchimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailtrain &#8211; self-hosted Open Source alternative to MailChimp"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/18\/mailtrain-self-hosted-open-source-alternative-to-mailchimp\/mailtrain\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain.png?fit=1154%2C925&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1154,925\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mailtrain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain.png?fit=660%2C529&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28493\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain-500x401.png?resize=500%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain.png?resize=500%2C401&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain.png?resize=768%2C616&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain.png?resize=1024%2C821&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mailtrain.png?w=1154&amp;ssl=1 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrain.org\/\">Mailtrain<\/a> is a self-hosted Open Source alternative to <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/\">MailChimp<\/a> and other similar mass-mailing and newsletter services.\u00a0 Of course, being self-hosted, it can go only so far &#8211; 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