So with Mandrill going premium, what are some alternatives?

[Mr Lucky]

Changed again to SparkPost for 100k free, super easy setup and working great.

I was interested in sparkpost but couldn't get past the domain verification as it didn't recognise my domain as valid

 

[BassMan]

I was interested in sparkpost but couldn't get past the domain verification as it didn't recognise my domain as valid

How come? Are you using Cloudflare?

 

[Mr Lucky]

How come? Are you using Cloudflare?

No cloudfare. I put in the (valid) email address to verify and kept getting the notice that the domain must be valid.

 

[m1ne]

I was interested in sparkpost but couldn't get past the domain verification as it didn't recognise my domain as valid

What did you put as your domain? Domain.com or mail.domain.com?

 

[Mr Lucky]

What did you put as your domain? Domain.com or mail.domain.com?

I put my email address in the box:

 

[m1ne]

Yeah, don't do that. Just use domain.com and then it'll ask you to verify by sending an email to postmaster@domain.com or abuse@domain.com, I had to create this email account.

 

[BassMan]

I put in my domain, created those two emails and all went through with no problems. Not sure why it's not working for you.

 

[Arty]

I've switched to mailgun few days ago. Seem to work very well.

Process of switching was painless, but it wasn't instant. It required adding few records to domain then wait until records update. After that it was a simple matter of switching SMTP details.

 

[BassMan]

I've switched to mailgun few days ago. Seem to work very well.

Process of switching was painless, but it wasn't instant. It required adding few records to domain then wait until records update. After that it was a simple matter of switching SMTP details.

Same procedure was with SparkPost, but I need more then 12k free emails. Mailgun is good also, was using it for some time.

 

[ichpen]

How does mailgun/sendgrid compare to mandrill? Specifically automated bounces handling. I had a quick peek at both this weekend, prefer the mailgun workflow so far.

Mandrill will pipe bounced email to any domain email so XF can handle the rejection gracefully and kick your user. Could not find equivalent functionality on mailgun but perhaps I wasn't looking hard enough.

 

[ozzie]

Same procedure was with SparkPost, but I need more then 12k free emails. Mailgun is good also, was using it for some time.

Hi
Sparkpost now offers 100k/ month on their free plan

 

[BassMan]

Hi
Sparkpost now offers 100k/ month on their free plan

I know, I'm using it already. Happy customer for now

 

[Mike Edge]

How does mailgun/sendgrid compare to mandrill? Specifically automated bounces handling. I had a quick peek at both this weekend, prefer the mailgun workflow so far.

Mandrill will pipe bounced email to any domain email so XF can handle the rejection gracefully and kick your user. Could not find equivalent functionality on mailgun but perhaps I wasn't looking hard enough.

Yes same, Mailgun lets you pipe as well..

 

[Jake B.]

Mandrill will pipe bounced email to any domain email so XF can handle the rejection gracefully and kick your user. Could not find equivalent functionality on mailgun but perhaps I wasn't looking hard enough.

SES and SendGrid both do this as well

 

[ichpen]

Thanks gents.

Mandrill will be missed though.

 

[Moshe1010]

I've switched to mailgun few days ago. Seem to work very well.

Process of switching was painless, but it wasn't instant. It required adding few records to domain then wait until records update. After that it was a simple matter of switching SMTP details.

how did you configure bounced emails with mailgun?

 

[Arty]

how did you configure bounced emails with mailgun?

I don't use that feature.

 

[Moshe1010]

Yes same, Mailgun lets you pipe as well..

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Can you elaborate how to configure it right?

 

[Claudio]

in addition to price, Sparkpost has way better deliverability

How do you know that?

 

[Fred.]

How do you know that?

Probably because of this.
https://www.messagesystems.com/sites/default/files/uploads/pdf/wp-big-rewards-small-improvements.pdf