So with Mandrill going premium, what are some alternatives?

[Dakis]

When I purchased a dedicated IP, it was a completely different story. I usually got 15-20% open emails, and with a dedicated IP I reached almost 70%, which is insane (same list, same emails, same newsletter structure/code).
Although Amazon SES is very cheap, most of my emails through them went into people's SPAM inbox, so I would not recommend them by any means.

Yikes. Where did you get the dedicated ip from?

 

[Okenyon]

OK, so after trying all the services mentioned in this thread, I've received the best deliverability with SendGrid (by a factor of 3). I sent a newsletter to 15K emails (no bounce/failed domain - clean emails after major (semi-manual) filtering).

I send my newsletters with www.Sendy.Co and I check them with http://www.mail-tester.com/

Basically what increased my results by a huge factors was setting up SPF record. When I purchased a dedicated IP, it was a completely different story. I usually got 15-20% open emails, and with a dedicated IP I reached almost 70%, which is insane (same list, same emails, same newsletter structure/code).
Although Amazon SES is very cheap, most of my emails through them went into people's SPAM inbox, so I would not recommend them by any means.

Do they have send bounced email feature?

 

[AndreaMarucci]

Makes me glad I decided to create my own mail server on a $90/yr VPS...

Works well, actually...

Liam what do you've used to setup an SMTP server? Do you have the same reporting level of Mandrill and so on?

 

[Moshe1010]

Yikes. Where did you get the dedicated ip from?

After trying SendGrid's free service, I went premium ($80/month/100K emails).

Do they have send bounced email feature?

Yes. It's under Settings --> Mail Settings --> Forward Bounce

 

[Liam W]

Liam what do you've used to setup an SMTP server? Do you have the same reporting level of Mandrill and so on?

I just did it directly with postfix and dovecot, so there's no reporting at all (except the mail logs).

Works well for my use case, maybe not others.

Liam

 

[AlexanderBurch]

Hi Amie

Thanks for your help.

I don't think its the same. They just let it set an email where bounced mails are forwarded. Then XenForo just pickup those emails (IMAP/pop) and parse then to set those accounts inactive.

If you could clarify would be great.

@AmieDurr @Nuno
Nuno is right - Inbound Relay Webhooks don't work the same as far as I can see (admittedly, I haven't actually tried them). With Sendgrid you can just plug in a Bounce or Spam complaint forwarding address and then all bounce/spam complaint messages are forwarded to this email.

Nuno - can you let me know if you figure out a solution?
Amie - can you let me know if SparkPost releases this feature?

 

[AlexanderBurch]

Possible only via API. I'm in contact with them about that. No easy way to do it like it was in Mandrill.

@Okenyon @BassMan Let me know if you/sparkpost makes any progress with bounce forwarding.

It's also important to have spam complaint forwarding (which Sendgrid offers)

 

[Okenyon]

@Okenyon @BassMan Let me know if you/sparkpost makes any progress with bounce forwarding.

It's also important to have spam complaint forwarding (which Sendgrid offers)

Emailed them with no response, I guess send grid is the best option right?

 

[Okenyon]

Is it me or is send grid MASSIVELY delayed?

Has anyone found a better alternative yet?

Also on Sendgrid when validating the domain for whiltelabel, do you have to setup a subdomain in WHM? I'm not sure how to validate it?

 

[Nuno]

@AmieDurr Nuno - can you let me know if you figure out a solution?

Hi,

I decided to use SendGrid just because of this feature... Mandril, SendGrid and Mailgun have this.
I sent then the suggestion by email too, let's hope they add this feature since I would like to test them better.

 

[Sachin Tiwari]

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[Okenyon]

@Sachin Tiwari do you have bounce email forward option?

Any reviews of Pepi?

 

[Jeremy P]

Is it me or is send grid MASSIVELY delayed?

I get messages delivered almost immediately. Maybe delayed by a few minutes, but no longer.

Also on Sendgrid when validating the domain for whiltelabel, do you have to setup a subdomain in WHM? I'm not sure how to validate it?

You just have to add a few CNAME records where ever you host your DNS. This lets them manage the SPF and DKIM records for you.

 

[Sachin Tiwari]

@Sachin Tiwari do you have bounce email forward option?

Any reviews of Pepi?

Yes! we have bounce forwarding option over email in Pepipost.

And for Pepi Reviews - Visit here

 

[BassMan]

Yes! we have bounce forwarding option over email in Pepipost.

Only over API? Is there an easy way to just forward bounce and spam emails to my email?

 

[Sachin Tiwari]

Only over API? Is there an easy way to just forward bounce and spam emails to my email?

We (Pepipost) have bounce tracking support over API(Webho0ks) as well as on Email. You just need to share your email id on which you want all your bounce emails to be track. We can configure the same for you.

 

[Kintaro]

Full discretion, I work with SparkPost. Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Hello Amie, is there any ETA to have bounced emails sent to a specific email address (other than see them by API)?

 

[psx]

With SparkPost, can you hide your IP from the headers?

 

[Okenyon]

Any XenForo user reviews on Pepipost?

 

[BassMan]

Any XenForo user reviews on Pepipost?

I'm testing it right now. So far it works fine. I also get bounce emails by asking on support.