Remove newsletter (pt 1) #320
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I'm replacing django newsletter with an external app, so this is the beginning of removing code in this app that supported the newsletter. All past newsletter entries have been migrated to https://micro.blog/oldinsurancemaps. I've also migrated all old blog posts that were in the Astro blog into the same location. All of that content is now a single feed mapped to https://blog.oldinsurancemaps.net, which is already live.
In this app, I have so far added redirects for all old newsletter articles, using the
django.contrib.redirectsapp. The final step will be to remove all the conditional code around integration of the newsletter.I have not yet migrated the subscription list to the new platform, because I need to wait a couple more weeks before I can bulk upload subscribers. At that point, I'll be able to complete this task and remove the rest of the code here that conditionally supports a newsletter.
The catalyst for this change was an increase over the last couple of months of what have clearly been bot/spam subscriptions to the newsletter, which results in people getting confirmation emails from
@oldinsurancemaps.netthat they never actually wanted.