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In general, everybody uses a service like MailChimp or SendGrid to do this. That allows them to send email, but keeps them from building up a good reputation fo
by angelbob 11y ago
In general, everybody uses a service like MailChimp or SendGrid to do this. That allows them to send email, but keeps them from building up a good reputation for no spam on their IP addresses -- that reputation is built by the email provider, not by you as the customer.
For awhile I wondered why so many SaaS apps bothered to pay external (not cheap!) mail services when it's so easy to set up an email server.
This is why. My "easy to set up an email server" info was years out of date.
- gingerlime 11y agosadly, it's even hard to get some email across when using those ESPs (Email Service Providers). Our domain has all the correct SPF records, DKIM etc and we're using a reputable email provider (Mandrill). All is sparking clean. Validated etc. Still we see some activation emails to google get delivered, but severely delayed on the Google side (after we see an OK from google for the email being delivered). Our users can't reset their password or activate their account until a certain time passes... Emails from my mum (who I've emailed on the same account for nearly a decade) suddenly get flagged as spam by gmail. Go figure.