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Ask HN: Is there any mail-by-API provider for personal use?
I remember using mailgun a decade ago or so. But every single site I check now requires me to enter a company name or work mail address (no Gmail etc). So where to go when I want to send some simple alert mails to myself when something in my scripts goes wrong?
- byoung2 3y agoWhy not just use the Gmail API? https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides
- LinuxBender 3y agoFastmail has an API [1] [1] - https://www.fastmail.com/for-developers/integrating-with-fastmail/ https://www.fastmail.com/for-developers/integrating-with-fas...
- harrid 3y agoThanks, that seems doable! Edit: but not free, ugh. Understandable, but annoying to send a mail every couple of weeks
- KomoD 3y ago> But every single site I check now requires me to enter a company name or work mail address (no Gmail etc). Which have you checked?
- harrid 3y ago5 or so. All the usual suspects from the sites that list alternatives. I didn't keep a list
- blamarvt 3y agoIsn’t SMTP an API? Why would you pay or complicate things when you can just send email with libraries available in every language?
- harrid 3y agoBut Gmail SMTP doesn't work anymore because they disabled 'less secure apps' or something like that
- gnz11 3y agoAssuming you have shell access, why not use mutt or sendmail?
- harrid 3y agoWhen I'm reading correctly, that's a Unix program. That's a pretty tight constraint and not one I can satisfy
- predictabl3 3y agoThat's absolutely not true. I receive SMS daily that is sent to my Telnyx number in my Gmail account via Gmail SMTP from a pipedream workflow. Gmail SMTP for small personal use cases is very convenient for something like this. Matrix a nice option, too.
- harrid 3y agoI went back and actually managed to do this. For future readers: it's true that in 2022 Google disabled login with the normal login/pw but you can create app passwords to do this. Thanks! This was actually the only working solution from at least 15 different sites.
- predictabl3 3y ago:) hurray. I'm very happy it was helpful. I remember your exact sense of exasperation when my original SMTP provider started doing the same crap as the rest and I felt similar despair.
- shaunpud 3y agosmtp2go
- AlexITC 3y agoAWS SES works nicely and the costs for personal usage will likely be close to 0.
- harrid 3y agoAWS requires a credit card, which is not really a thing in Europe
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 3y agoIt does not...
- harrid 3y agoAre you sure? It requires me to enter one upon registration.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 3y agoA debit card works fine, and even Germans got that far in finance tech.
- harrid 3y agoAvailable but still far from common. I don't have one and most of my peers don't either.
- mcwhy 3y ago3,000 emails are included in oracle free tier