{"id":1844615,"date":"2025-07-09T07:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844615"},"modified":"2025-07-10T22:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:08:40","slug":"upcoming-changes-to-the-email-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/upcoming-changes-to-the-email-digest\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Changes to the Email Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My hosting provider has announced that it will be retiring the announcement list feature on which The Map Room relies for its weekly email digest<\/a>. Which means that at some point in the near future it will need to find a new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best option, from a features and privacy standpoint, is probably Buttondown<\/a> (which I already use for my personal newsletter<\/a>). But adding The Map Room and its subscribers to my account will move me up the paid plan ladder, so this switch will cost me a bit (insert subtle reminder here that the Patreon<\/a> exists). I don\u2019t begrudge doing so: my email subscribers are an active and significant part of my audience (to the point where I sometimes wonder whether I should go email-first) so it\u2019s worth doing that aspect of The Map Room properly. And I\u2019ve been eyeing a move to Buttondown in any event; my hosting provider is just making it happen sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because email subscribers have properly opted in to the existing service, I can move subscriptions over seamlessly when the time comes. I\u2019ll try to give a heads-up before that happens, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My hosting provider has announced that it will be retiring the announcement list feature on which The Map Room relies for its weekly email digest. 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