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https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/mail-for-good

An open source email campaign management tool for nonprofits
https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/mail-for-good

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An open source email campaign management tool for nonprofits

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# Mail for Good



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*Please be aware that Mail for Good is currently in beta.*



Looking to contribute? Read our [developer setup guide](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/Mail-for-Good/wiki/Setup-for-development).



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![Image showing Mail 4 Good](docs/resources/hero.png)



An app for sending millions of emails as cheaply as possible. Mail for Good uses AWS Simple Email Service to send bulk emails at $0.10 per 1000 emails.



Mail for Good is fast and memory efficient, currently sending over 100 emails per second on a 1gb Digital Ocean VPS.



We've used Mail for Good to deliver newsletters to hundreds of thousands of campers per week.



## Sounds good? Give it a try!

[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/mail-for-good/tree/heroku/stable)



"My instance is deployed, what now?"



In [setting_up.md](./docs/setting_up.md) you'll find how to connect, create your admin account and set up your AWS credentials allowing you to send your first blast.



## What does Mail for Good do?



With Mail for Good you can:



- Send email campaigns of unlimited size.

- Import emails saved in CSV format.

- Create templates to reuse for convenience when sending email campaigns.

- Track bounce rate and other standard metrics. You can also insert tracking pixels and unsubscribe links at the click of a button.

- Add custom fields to imported email lists such as names or cities.

- Grant other users (limited or otherwise) permissions to use your account on your behalf.

- Add embedded HTML newsletter sign up forms to your site. These are snippets of code that will let your users sign up with you at the click of a button.



### Performance



We're currently sending weekly email blasts of over 800,000 emails in 4 hours on a $10 per month Digital Ocean VPS with 1 GB memory and 1 core processor.



Mail for Good is fast and scales to the rate limit enforced by AWS.



### Why are we doing this?



We want to help nonprofits manage their email campaigns as inexpensively as possible, and have full control over their data.



### How to install locally

[**local deployment guide.md**](./docs/local_deploy.md).



### Troubleshooting



We're keen to tackle any issues people encounter. If you experience any problems, please create an issue and we'll get back to you.



### How to contribute



Found a bug? Please let us know by [creating an issue](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/Mail-for-Good/issues/new).



We warmly welcome contributions from anyone. Check out our [how to contribute](https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/nonprofit-email-service/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) section to find out how you can do so.



### License



Copyright (c) 2018, freeCodeCamp.



This computer software is licensed under the [BSD-3-Clause](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/Mail-for-Good/blob/master/LICENSE.md).