Newslettr
Your install is running.
Nothing has been published on Shragafeivel yet, so this page is standing in for the feed. Here is the path from an empty install to your first digest email.
Point this domain at a channel set
Domain settings map each host onto its topics, theme, and title. Load yours with
newslettr-tool load-domains; until a host matches, the reader falls back to the default domain.go run ./cmd/newslettr-tool load-domains -config path/to/domains.json
Create an administrator
newslettr-seedcreates a development administrator and a few starter topics, idempotently. Then sign in on the Admin server — port2203by default — and change that password.go run ./cmd/newslettr-seed
Create your channels
Topics partition everything: posts, subscriptions, and digests are all per-topic. Create them in Admin under Topics, or create an author-owned channel in the Publisher, which can be public or restricted to named readers.
Put something in
The Publisher — port
2202by default — is where posts (written in AML color markup), links, photos, and quotes are written. Automated sources fill the rest in: subscribe an iCalendar feed, or register git repositories in Admin to turn commit history into feed entries.Nothing you create here is announced. Every source is staged until a digest goes out.
Compile a digest and send it
The digest email is the unit of output. The Publisher's newsletter page shows a plan per topic — what is staged, when the last issue went, whether the topic is due (one digest every 19 days). Compiling gathers the topic's content into one email body to preview and send. The cadence is advisory; sending is always a deliberate act.
Invite subscribers
Every channel has a public subscription page you can share. Readers sign up per topic and manage everything from one place.
Before you go live
NEWSLETTR_DATABASE_URL— without it the server runs on an in-memory store and everything disappears on restart.NEWSLETTR_SESSION_SECRETandNEWSLETTR_CSRF_SECRET— the development defaults are not secrets. SettingNEWSLETTR_ENV=productionmakes the server refuse to start without them.NEWSLETTR_SMTP_HOST— until a mail transport is wired, sending a digest marks it sent without emailing anyone.