You could spend hundreds to thousands of dollars a year in newsletter services, but with DreamHost it’s free!

Every DreamHost plan comes with unlimited “announcement lists”, which are email lists that you can allow visitors to your site to subscribe to through a simple HTML form. You may then periodically email everyone on the list things like newsletters or announcements via the web panel.

Although they don’t offer design templates, or statistics like paid newsletter services (such as Constant Contact, iContact, Aweber, etc.) the simplicity of features may be perfect for some users.

You can send plain text or HTML emails, and you can require confirmed opt-in for all new subscribers.

To get started log into the web panel under Mail > Announcement Lists - You can set-up your first list in a few seconds with the provided form. You can add emails to your list via the web panel, or you can set up a simple web form which will automatically add users to your list when they sign up on your website.

Complete instructions on creating a mailing list sign-up form are availble here.