Looking for SMTP service

sksk223

So yeah basically i am looking for a paid SMTP service so i can send emails.
I need for transactional emails, i will send through phpMailer, i just need a SMTP service to connect to that will send the emails.
I've used Namecheap private email and it has been working great, but as i approached my limits(1000emails/hour), they temporarily suspended me(reopened now). I can use them again, but i am looking for backup if they do decide to suspend me again.
I don't need the service for most of the time, but when i do, it can be up to 1000emails/hour.

This is not spam. The emails are unique(transactional) for each user. And they have very high conversion rate. 95% of outbound emails are to gmail.com. I guess google can see that people are reading the emails and it doesn't mark them as spam.

Should i look for SMTP service, or should i setup a SMTP server on my VPS? I tried to do so, but couldn't get it to work. Is there a VPS with pre-installed SMTP?

jmgcaguicla

MXRoute @jar the email guy should get you running, not sure about this volume tho but considering it's transactional shouldn't be trouble.

Setting up your own is easy, maintaining it is not.

rooted

@jmgcaguicla said:
MXRoute @jar the email guy should get you running, not sure about this volume tho but considering it's transactional shouldn't be trouble.

As far as I know, the limit is about 300/350 per hour.

devlopesbernardo

Perhaps mail.baby?

cazrz

You are hitting 1000/hr transactional emails?
1. cut down the sending of emails of your site, maybe do not send unimportant notifications.
2. If they are all valid important transactional emails then use SMTP services such as AWS SES, mailjet, sendgrid, sparkpost, sendinblue, spamwall/saferoute.
3. But if you are sending newsletter or bulk messages then use mailchimp.

jmgcaguicla

Might still be worth dropping a pre-sales question or a PM.

From the MXRoute Policy page:

Commentary: We’re not a bulk email provider. If your transactional email needs to exceed that, and it is of high desirability for recipients, double opt in, and of high quality then you may be eligible for an exception. The exception would be for minor increases, we’re not prepared to sustain extremely large senders.

jar

@jmgcaguicla said: Might still be worth dropping a pre-sales question or a PM.

I'd pass. That kind of volume to mostly Gmail means nearly 1,000 IPs could be rate limited by Google in an hour. I can mitigate that, I just don't want to as it severely reduces my margin for error elsewhere. The mention of conversion rate also sounds like marketing to me, I don't think this is transactional.

CiprianoOscar

Just contact me

angstrom

@sksk223 said: This is not spam.

Congrats on your first post

Daniel15

Try SMTP2Go

WebProject

Amazon SES or MXRoute all the way, a lot of sendgrid IPv4 addresses are blocked so delivery rate is not to the best

saosangmo

I suggest smtp2go, 99% transaction emails of mine come Inbox folder.

RHCHosting

If you want to setup your own smtp service, we recommend using iRedmail (https://www.iredmail.org/) - it's a free open source solution. You can get a server from AWS and install it there.

raindog308

Amazon SES is free for the first 62,000 emails per month. Have used it for quite a while with zero issues. I hate AWS's overly complicated panel but once you go through it (there are step-by-steps), it's done. Configuring in Postfix is very easy as they provide you docs.

sanvit

@raindog308 said: free for the first 62,000 emails per month

Isn't this only available for mails sent via EC2 instances? Although sending mails with normal pricing is also reasonably priced @ $0.1/1K

raindog308

@sanvit yeah, you're right - I think my usage is so low they haven't bothered to bill me for a couple dimes.

https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/

angelius

You can also use Postfix, it's easy to setup with SPF/DKIM
here is a short script to deploy it:
https://github.com/elestio/cloudgate/blob/master/SMTP/startPostfix.sh

o_be_one

Amazon SES. Easy config. Good rates.

lentro

@devlopesbernardo said: mail.baby

If I remember correctly, mail.baby resells @jar's MXRoute

Levi

Aws free tier. There is nothing better than free and enterprise quality. Mxroute is a joke in compare of aws. And mxroute is not transactional email provider!

angstrom

@lentro said:

@devlopesbernardo said: mail.baby

If I remember correctly, mail.baby resells @jar's MXRoute

I'm pretty sure that they don't: mail.baby is an independent service that sometimes uses MailChannels for delivery

jar

@angstrom said:

@lentro said:

@devlopesbernardo said: mail.baby

If I remember correctly, mail.baby resells @jar's MXRoute

I'm pretty sure that they don't: mail.baby is an independent service that sometimes uses MailChannels for delivery

That is also my understanding. I could be wrong, I've fairly well exceeded the number of customers I can keep up with in my head. I also ran into some cool stuff of theirs recently: https://github.com/mailbaby/rspamd-rules

Reminded me of my own work: https://github.com/mxroute/rspamd_rules

Not the work of amateurs, mail.baby seems to be run by someone who knows what they're doing.

lentro

@jar said:

@angstrom said:
I'm pretty sure that they don't: mail.baby is an independent service that sometimes uses MailChannels for delivery

That is also my understanding. I could be wrong, I've fairly well exceeded the number of customers I can keep up with in my head. I also ran into some cool stuff of theirs recently: https://github.com/mailbaby/rspamd-rules

Whoops, confused with https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/170202/anyone-used-this-email-hosting

So many email resellers now!

skorupion

@jar said:

@angstrom said:

@lentro said:

@devlopesbernardo said: mail.baby

If I remember correctly, mail.baby resells @jar's MXRoute

I'm pretty sure that they don't: mail.baby is an independent service that sometimes uses MailChannels for delivery

That is also my understanding. I could be wrong, I've fairly well exceeded the number of customers I can keep up with in my head. I also ran into some cool stuff of theirs recently: https://github.com/mailbaby/rspamd-rules

Reminded me of my own work: https://github.com/mxroute/rspamd_rules

Not the work of amateurs, mail.baby seems to be run by someone who knows what they're doing.

When did you change your profile picture, and will it go back in a few weeks?

paulkapil08

I think my usage is so low they haven't bothered to bill me for a couple dimes.

jar

@skorupion said:

@jar said:

@angstrom said:

@lentro said:

@devlopesbernardo said: mail.baby

If I remember correctly, mail.baby resells @jar's MXRoute

I'm pretty sure that they don't: mail.baby is an independent service that sometimes uses MailChannels for delivery

That is also my understanding. I could be wrong, I've fairly well exceeded the number of customers I can keep up with in my head. I also ran into some cool stuff of theirs recently: https://github.com/mailbaby/rspamd-rules

Reminded me of my own work: https://github.com/mxroute/rspamd_rules

Not the work of amateurs, mail.baby seems to be run by someone who knows what they're doing.

When did you change your profile picture, and will it go back in a few weeks?

Sometime yesterday I think. Probably not 😂

skorupion

@jar said: Probably not 😂

HEY ADMINS
I think jar's account got hijacked.

sandanista

Others that I've heard recommended:

Migadu
https://www.migadu.com/

Gandi.net
https://www.gandi.net/en-GB/domain/email

paulkapil08

I think my usage is so low they haven't bothered to bill me for a couple dimes. get-mobdro.com