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> Today, we're excited to announce just that: the private beta of Email Sending, a new capability that allows you to send transactional emails directly from Clo

by 6thbit 1y ago

> Today, we're excited to announce just that: the private beta of Email Sending, a new capability that allows you to send transactional emails directly from Cloudflare Workers. So many comments here assumed from the title they're offering a hosted email service, they aren't, they are announcing their own Sendgrid.

stavros 1y ago
That's exactly why I'm excited. I could really use this.
- toomuchtodo 1y ago
  Please blog about it if you do!
  - stavros 1y ago
    I can, but wouldn't that be a boring post? "I set my SMTP servers to this other thing and they still work"? :P Or do you mean if I get access to the beta? I probably won't :(
    - toomuchtodo 1y ago
      I have yet to read a boring stavros post, imgz.org for example. I encourage you to keep writing and keep building. Moar sassy knowledge sharing pls.
      - stavros 1y ago
        Haha, thanks, I'll write about something soon then!
SilverElfin 1y ago
What’s the point of it for Cloudflare? It feels like they’re randomly offering different products. Are they trying to be a full cloud platform like everyone else? If not, then what?
- qeternity 1y ago
  > Are they trying to be a full cloud platform like everyone else? Yes.
- mvdtnz 1y ago
  Cloudflare workers are incredibly powerful and only getting better. This is just another step in the right direction for them.
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mustaphah 1y ago
More like Amazon SES than Sendgrid.
- phrotoma 1y ago
  Those two are pretty equivalent in my mind, though I've only done trivial things with them. What's the diff?
  - notatoad 1y ago
    sendgrid has an email marketing platform with list and audience management tools, in addition to just the ability to send emails. think mailchimp.
xyst 1y ago
Relying on a single, US based company for this need is a bit dangerous.