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Why not use an SMTP relay service? You could use Amazon SES, SocketLabs, MXRoute or AuthSMTP (others are available). They then take care of the outgoing reputation for you. When I self hosted email, I decided that outgoing blocks / SPAM / blocklists was too much for me to manage on my own, these…
View original on RedditThey’re using https://www.socketlabs.com as their spambot on this message. Maybe these titans of industry should check their spam folders? Sender name is “Team Amico,” email news@intellivision.com, reply to support@intellivision.com (not that they’ll read it) I find it funny that they’re still…
View original on Reddit…Postfix for the MTA, Dovecot for mailbox storage/access, and RainLoop for webmail. Outbound: Setup a free account at SocketLabs and smart host your local postfix server to your socket labs server on a non standard port (2525). Inbound: Setup a free Google Cloud instance running Postfix and…
View original on Reddit…cheap. You can also get the free Oracle tier stuff with something like Hermes Secure Gateway. For sending I use socketlabs free tier as I don't ever send enough to leave that tier. Again, that will sign the email and has never been rejected from Google or MS which is key for…
View original on RedditI work in the email industry for SocketLabs.com so I just wanted to drop by and see if I can help. First, what type of mail are you going to send? Is this transactional (password resets, receipts, etc) or marketing newsletters? Or a mixture of both? Personally, having come from the startup world…
View original on Reddit…https://email.netcorecloud.com/index.php/signup/registeruser Other platforms to consider: Amazon, Sparkpost, Sendgrid, Socketlabs, Message…
View original on RedditUse a Group for internal mailings. It doesn't count toward your limits. If you do hit a limit it only suspends that account. For something external like this I recommend your own SMTP server or something like SocketLabs.
View original on Reddit…sync whatever is on the server at the time it happens. There isa much better explanation of this here: [https://www.socketlabs.com/blog/smtp-or-imap/](https://www.socketlabs.com/blog/smtp-or-imap/) The solution is to go in to each email account via a web browser and set them up for IMAP. Right…
View original on Reddit…AWS is solid and not going anywhere anytime soon. \- Edit: I just remembered one other thing about SendGrid (and SocketLabs): Their primary focus is marketing, so they presume you want to track how your e-mails are received. By default each e-mail you send will get: Open Tracking : Appends…
View original on RedditHi all, I'm hiring C#/Azure engineers for my team at [SocketLabs](https://www.socketlabs.com/). We're based out of the Philadelphia area but are now open to remote employees anywhere in North America. We provide email infrastructure both on-prem and as a service and are building out our…
View original on Reddit…guide to understand the basics before you try to analyze email headers. Here's a good one to start with:…
View original on Reddit…using a third-party SMTP service that is specifically meant for this; at my job we use [Socket Labs](https://www.socketlabs.com/) but services like [Send Grid](https://sendgrid.com) or even [MailChimp](https://mailchimp.com/developer/transactional/docs/smtp-integration/) are fine options,…
View original on Reddit…you know the differences depending on which you setup in the client so you don’t accidentally lose emails. https://www.socketlabs.com/blog/smtp-or-imap/ “POP vs IMAP POP3 downloads the email from a server to a single computer, then deletes the email from the server. On the other hand, IMAP stores…
View original on Reddit…from the Send-as section of Gmail. FWIW, when I was playing with this I had records for Amazon SES, SendGrid and SocketLabs all in my DNS setup at the same time, and was able to send signed emails through all three. I tested on a domain that was not configured in Workspace. IIRC, when fully…
View original on Reddit…* [https://app.sparkpost.com/join](https://app.sparkpost.com/join) * [https://signup.socketlabs.com/step-1?plan=Core%2040k%20Free%20Trial](https://signup.socketlabs.com/step-1?plan=Core%2040k%20Free%20Trial) If you want a different style of email vendor maybe read…
View original on Reddit…used for lots of spam so reputation isn't great) - mailgun - Amazon SES - Postale.io - SMTP2GO - mailjet - https://www.socketlabs.com/ - doesn’t require account verification. Free dev account for 2000 emails per…
View original on RedditThat open rate sounds extremely good, but I believe that open rate as a metric has been decreasing in usefulness over the last few years: https://www.socketlabs.com/blog/email-open-rates-are-mostly-dead/
View original on Reddit…inbox rates Infrastructure-first / self-managed friendly • SparkPost – strong analytics, good dedicated IP support • SocketLabs – popular with SaaS and high-volume senders • Mailjet (dedicated plans) – decent balance of control + UI • SMTP.com – older provider, still widely used for dedicated…
View original on Reddit…and sendgrid are flexible if you need scale ..... dedicated ips help a lot here [smtp.com](http://smtp.com) and socketlabs are boring but stable ..... old school smtp that just works amazon ses is cheap and powerful ..... but you have to manage more yourself in 2026 the real game is warmup…
View original on Reddit…why he was there or what he was supposed to do., but was happy it was working. I use an authenticated relay for mail (socketlabs) so the actual IP doesn't make much of a difference, but I there's still a bunch of ways these guys can run out of talent and leave me non-functional. :/ I've been a…
View original on RedditI like Socketlabs, pretty decent free offering, knowledgeable support, and good range of options.
View original on RedditSocketLabs is a great alternative option that should be considered. SocketLabs has been delivering marketing and transactional email for almost 10 years. It's a managed service and really concentrates on working hand-in-hand with its customers to ensure success. http://www.socketlabs.com
View original on Reddit…over 500,000 emails to their various clients between Saturday and Sunday during its weekly process. The client uses SocketLabs as its SMTP relay service. I don't know how many emails we are talking about each month, but they have a free plan you can use. They provide very good reporting and…
View original on Reddit…* [In Gmail](https://blog.mailchimp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/woot_unsub_link.png) * [In Outlook.com](http://www.socketlabs.com/assets/Outlook-Unsubscribe1.jpg) I do think that this is a nicer, cleaner way than to put a link into every mail, but if List-Unsubscribe doesn't suffice I will…
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