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You can get high deliverability -- the keys, whether you're using your own servers or someone else's come down to a clean list that won't generate complaints an
by gwbrooks 4y ago
You can get high deliverability -- the keys, whether you're using your own servers or someone else's come down to a clean list that won't generate complaints and staying within the TOS of your mailserver host or third-party SMTP service.
Host your mail-creation/list-management/analytics stack yourself (I like Mautic and MailWizz but there are other options) and use a third party for SMTP services. Amazon SES charges $1 per 10,000 emails; other services are slightly more expensive but it's all still very affordable.
- tedivm 4y agoI'm not sure why you're getting the downvotes but this is the way for people who want some level of self hosting. I finally gave up hosting my own mail server about two years ago- I had been self hosting email since 2005, but it reached the point where delivery to the big companies was extremely difficult. If someone wants to host their own software but actually have their emails delivered they really do need a third party SMTP service that specialized in deliverability or has a big company behind it.
- nottathrowaway3 4y agoYou're sending your emails over the internet anyway. You're paying for the reputation of the 3p smtp service and it's a pretty liquid/perfect market.
- wankle 4y ago> I finally gave up hosting my own mail server A lot of us haven't. > If someone wants to host their own software but actually have their emails delivered they really do need a third party SMTP service that specialized in deliverability or has a big company behind it. A lot of us don't.
- locustous 4y agoI've had really poor deliverability from SES. Our emails went straight to spam on many providers. Just trying to do email verification on new signups.