Comment by Sandeep Panda on "Is there any way for people to subscribe via email to devblog?"

Hi Caleb

We don’t have that feature right now. But we have something on our roadmap that will let users manage subscribers and send emails from Devblog itself. This is an end-to-end thing - which means it will require you to use Hashnode for maintaining subscribers list.

If that’s not something you want, we can support webhooks as well. Every time you post something on your blog, we can hit your endpoint which sends an email to your subscribers. It can be a mailchimp API endpoint or something you built yourself. What do you think?

I think both would work fine - as long as there were a way to import my subscribers to Devblog from MailChimp.

Hi Sandeep Panda, you mentioned this was on the roadmap, but is there a specific time I could expect this feature to be implemented? I really need to start getting these emails going.

Also, it would be VERY helpful if you would also include an API that would allow me to add new users programmatically, from an application I have. That way when a user signs up to my application, it would automatically start notifying them about my blog.

Hey Caleb H., I am really sorry I somehow missed this reply. We are working on the newsletter integration part as we speak. This will most likely be shipped later this week. I'll keep you posted.

Sandeep Panda, wow! Thank you so much! I'm hoping this will help drive more user engagement for my platform.

Is there any speculation about having an API we can use to manage the email list? That would be helpful, because I have an app with user records in a MySQL database where I'd like to extract emails from and add them to the list when they sign up.

I love the new Hashnode interface by the way!

Sandeep Panda, could you also tell me when this is shipped?

Hey Caleb H. -- Yes, an API will be available to import emails. A bulk email importer will also be available. We are testing things out in sandbox mode and will be using it to build up our sending domain reputation. We'll make this available to only a small set of users before making it public. I'll let you know when it's ready to use -- My estimate is Monday/Tuesday in the coming week.

Sandeep Panda Just enlighten me, if this service is built?

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