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Why do you think services like sendgrid, mailgun etc exist? It's pretty common knowledge that if you need to send mission critical email, you should use a servi

• mryan 11y ago
  > It's pretty common knowledge that if you need to send mission critical email, you should use a service specifically designed for that. Sending email programmatically directly from a web server has ALWAYS been a gray area. I partially agree with this - dedicated email services have a higher deliverability rate than a random web server, especially a cloud-based server that might be using an external IP that was previously used to send spam. However, I can understand the parent poster being annoyed that their emails were being delivered one day, and not the next, without any changes on their end. > At the VERY least you could have easily set up a gmail account and sent them from smtp. Choose the right tool for the job. This is absolutely the wrong tool for the job. You should not be using a Gmail account to send out automated emails that you care about.
  • moondev 11y ago
    > This is absolutely the wrong tool for the job. You should not be using a Gmail account to send out automated emails that you care about. Agreed, but better chance of delivery than directly from the server.