https://www.markdownmail.io – Bulk newsletter sender using Amazon SES

In plain words

Markdownmail.io is a bulk newsletter sender that uses Amazon SES to deliver emails to large subscriber lists. Built for teams needing to send occasional newsletters at lower costs than traditional platforms, it offers list management with CSV import capabilities, a simple subscribe API, and markdown-based email composition. The tool is designed as a self-hosted alternative for organizations seeking affordable, straightforward email distribution without the overhead of expensive commercial services.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

In the maker’s words, at launch

We recently launched a new project called https://www.markdownmail.io The motivations behind https://www.markdownmail.io was that we wanted to be able to occasionally send out an email to our user base. Currently we have over 100k subscribers and on average send an email once every other month.…

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