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A comment on Ask HN: Why do people use email newsletters instead of RSS?.

Re:Ask HN: Why do people use email newsletters instead of RSS? by filipedeschamps on Friday March 14, 2014 @09:59PM (#7403152)
Email is a default feature.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do people use email newsletters instead of RSS? by csense on Saturday March 15, 2014 @01:02AM (#7403616)
No it's not. Setting up an SMTP server is really complicated [1]. But most blogging frameworks come with built-in support for Atom/RSS.

[1] http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/index.html

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Re:Ask HN: Why do people use email newsletters instead of RSS? by jaxn on Sunday March 23, 2014 @06:19PM (#7455484)
This is an indication that you are too focused on the convenience of the publisher. The convenience of the reader is more important to most of us wanting to get a message out.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do people use email newsletters instead of RSS? by mcintyre1994 on Sunday March 23, 2014 @06:21PM (#7455490)
Even now many (most?) ISPs seem to offer email service with an internet package, so to the end user it is often built in.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do people use email newsletters instead of RSS? by filipedeschamps on Saturday March 15, 2014 @09:22AM (#7404552)
Sorry, I was referring to the end user.
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