is there a way to capture email addresses with my free blog on wordpress.com?

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  allanh1964 · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 12:03 am

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  I have the widget to allow follow by email, but I want to capture the emails to import them into my email client. Is this possible?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 12:05 am

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  There is no such mass mailing feature here at WordPress.com. Your followers can subscribe to receive your posts by email and they can control the frequency of receipt. However, when subscribers or commenters provide an email address for a specific purpose you cannot use it for any other purpose. In fact doing that in Canada is against the law.

  You can create a page and clearly state on it that you intend to harvest email addresses if that’s what you want to do. http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  You can add and customize a contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you’ll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard on that page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  You can create a sign up page on MailChimp directly and simply link to it from your WordPress.com site. Here’s their instructions http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-to-add-a-mailchimp-signup-form-to-your-wordpress-blog

  Additional information:
  You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:

  These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
  Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.

  Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.

  Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/

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  allanh1964 · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 12:19 am

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  Thank you, I use getresponse. But have only found plugins to use sign up forms. Are you saying there is a way for followers to subscribe to my getresponse list without a plugin?