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Doug Johnson
Doug Johnson

Reputation: 560

Emails from website gotchas

I'm working on a website and I need it to send email (address confirmation messages, notifications, etc. No spam or anything shady.). I know how to get the site to contact an smtp server, etc, but I was wondering if there's anything I need to look out for.

Can I just reliably use Gmail for this or do they frown on having their service used for this sort of thing? Will I eventually get blocked if it's used in quantity or is this usually the way to go?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 38

Answers (1)

John
John

Reputation: 12193

There are alot of things that can trip you up when sending email, and I wouldn't suggest trying to use Gmail to do so. You need to consider deliverability, email law (CAN-SPAM) and managing subscriptions (unsubscribes).

I would strongly suggest you look into a transactional email service. Mandrill, Sendgrid and Mailjet are 3 of the leading services.

Upvotes: 1

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