Email list

I am starting to build a bigger email list than my shopping cart software is built to handle. I think what I need is an email server, but really not sure.

Any recomendations?

You can join a mailing list service ... there are tons of them out there.

Google "email list management" ... many are free for the first 1000 or so emails then the price goes up.

iContact.com
ConstantContact.com
Aweber.com
Lyris.com

Anyone use any of these that they can recommend?

I had the demo version of iContact for my dad's office for a brief period, but all I can remember was that it was pretty easy to input addresses. Also, the customer service people were pretty eager to help, although they called several times to see what I thought of the trial. It seemed more helpful than pushy, though.

The founder of iContact is Ryan Allis -- a young entrepreneur and author that has been discussed a few times on here. Search his name on the forums and I think there's a thread that should come up with a little success story about him.

I always check the promo/info emails i get to see what people are using. Although it may be a product of branding but i see ConstantContact come up the most.