Thanks for the suggestions.

I had to get educated on the difference between a listserv and bulk mail. We don't have the critical mass to create two way conversations of a listserv. I would like to keep the traffic one way.

Mailchimp sound like it has similar functionality to the PHPList program I'm now using on our hosted shared server. I also have to compose the message and add photos. It is nicer for the receiver since they can just view the email without a .pdf reader.

I used to use the Mailman function, but I lost that when we moved mail to Office365. The shared host didn't allow much storage, and even though they say it's now "unlimited", I don't think I should let members keep multiple GB of mail files out there. Office mail is nice in that it can use Outlook, but I didn't like them adding a political message to the latest update.

I'm skeptical of using Google free services. There's the old saying that if the service is free, that means you are the product. I know Gmail is used by 1.5 billion people. I started learning on how to create content for their Daydream virtual reality system, and they abruptly discontinued it, like so many services.

I just had to send out a message to cancel a cookout (lousy germ), and it's nice to be able to just check off the lists I want to send the message to. If I have people on multiple lists, sending through Mailman lists would send them duplicates. Maintenance is a bit more difficult since if I get a bounce from a non-existent mailbox or a request to be removed, I just delete it in one place. I don't have to search through all the possible lists. It looks like Gmail would put contacts in groups that are sent, so managing that should be OK.

I think I'll take a closer look at Mailchimp. Right now the chapter would have a lot of difficulty should I become unable to use a computer (for whatever reason). I'd like to set up something that would be easy to transfer. That's why I'm also looking at using the eaa.org chapter website. We also have an online store that has a few items, my hosting service has been great about raising my resource limits for running the Magento storefront. I still have to get PayPal and Amazon payments working.

Too bad we don't get a jailed cPanel on the EAA web service.