ggarciajr
What email provider are you using for small / tiny projects?
I’m trying to reduce costs to run a couple of small projects. Currently I’m using postmark and dmarc digests. Both of them are costing me 3x as much as my hosting expenses.
My main questions are:
- what email provider do you use for small projects – I have bursts where the system sends up to 200 emails a day, but usually the monthly amount is less than 1000?
- what dmarc management provider do you use? if any.
First Post!
D4no0
The situation changed over the last few years. A few years ago I could literally use gmail to do that, they would allow you to send 1k emails per day no issues from a personal account. You could also use aws free tier to send emails without any issues (they had even more generous limits), these days you have to prove to them you are a legitimate business and all that stuff, otherwise you are not getting out of their sandbox.
I’ve tried to setup my own mail server not so long ago, and because I send emails only to known parties, I had no problems with my emails being flagged automatically by corporate email providers. This seems to be no longer possible, I investigated a little and it seems my provider is blocking the outgoing traffic, even for business lines.
A few years ago, I would definitely recommend aws, as they had dirt cheap prices, these days taking in consideration all these vendor locks, I’m not sure this is the case anymore.
Most Liked
derek-zhou
I have used my IP for 5+ years. Too scared to switch hosting provider for exactly this reason.
I disagree on your your point of letting go of emails. What’s the alternative to reach out to my users? Social media? they have much more vendor lock-in.
I also disagree on the the “protocl outlived its usefulness” part. Yes, it has its warts. but so do everything else, eventually. I have not seen anything fundamentally better and widely adopted at the planet scale.
derek-zhou
I use local SMTP server (exim4). It is not easy; You need to have all the SPF/DKIM/DMARC crap setup, and your hosting company allows outbound SMTP.
Some email providers still block my emails though. However, all cheap email senders have the same problem in one way or the other. With your own IP and a fully controlled setup, at least I can fill out complain form.
Previous discussion thread here:
frankdugan3
Yeah, there are certainly tradeoffs with self hosting Email. I don’t mind the occasional issue, and IMO, it’s important for the continued federation/democratization of Email that enough people choose to self-host so as to discourage bad practices, such as whitelisting senders.
Last Post!
mayel
I’ve documented the characteristics of the free tier or entry-level offering (incl rates) of all the providers that Swoosh supports here if that helps: Email Delivery in Bonfire — Bonfire v1.0.5-social
Popular in Questions
Other popular topics
Latest on Elixir Forum
Sponsor Spotlight
Develop your skills with books, videos, and courses.
Categories:
Sub Categories:
Forums
Popular Tags
- #ecto
- #liveview
- #troubleshooting
- #learning-elixir
- #deployment
- #library
- #erlang
- #testing
- #genserver
- #mix
- #absinthe
- #remote-other
- #otp
- #plug
- #how-to-question
- #macros
- #postgres
- #channels
- #elixirconf
- #exunit
- #discussion
- #code-sync
- #javascript
- #podcasts
- #onsite
- #dialyzer
- #docker
- #authentication
- #umbrella
- #full-time-contract
- #podcasts-by-brainlid
- #ecto-query
- #elixir-ls
- #phoenix_html
- #iex
- #blog-post
- #graphql
- #genstage
- #ai
- #websockets
- #supervisor
- #elixirconf-us
- #advent-of-code
- #distillery
- #processes
- #api
- #forms
- #metaprogramming
- #security
- #hex
Our Sponsors
Build Elixir applications with speed and confidence.
Supporting innovation across the BEAM ecosystem.
We build reliable cloud platforms for business-critical systems.
Catch errors, track performance, monitor hosts and more.
Error tracking, logs, uptime, and Just Enough APM. Built for developers.
Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.
Develop your skills with books, videos, and courses.
Producing high quality Elixir screencasts since 2017.
The team behind Membrane, Popcorn, LiveDebugger. Available for hire.
Courses that'll move you from confusion to "Aha, now I get it!"