Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

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Post by rendx » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:07 AM UTC

Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid
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Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

#2

Post by yowza » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:28 AM UTC

Not usable without a proper license.

Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

#3

Post by dan1234 » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:36 AM UTC

Isn’t part of the reason for using Mailgun, Sendgrid etc that you get to send via IP addresses with good reputation?

Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

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Post by grenoire » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:44 AM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #3

Isn’t part of the reason for using Mailgun, Sendgrid etc that you get to send via IP addresses with good reputation?

Exactly. These services do not get blocked by spam filters due to their credibility scores. That is the most important feature, not the UX.

Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

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Post by bluehatbrit » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:44 AM UTC

yowza wrote: post #2

Not usable without a proper license.

It seems a license will be added in a few hours - https://github.com/atech/postal/issues/6

Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

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Post by hultner » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:49 AM UTC

I suppose this is more like a open source alternative to PowerMTA? How would you compare them?

Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

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Post by madspindel » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:50 AM UTC

This project fails to answer the question 'Why?'.

Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

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Post by senic » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:52 AM UTC

Interesting, I was just looking for something like this the other day, thanks HN! The software looks quite polished. Hopefully there'll be a dockerzied version to play with it.

Re: Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:52 AM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #3

Isn’t part of the reason for using Mailgun, Sendgrid etc that you get to send via IP addresses with good reputation?

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Post by hultner » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:52 AM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #3

Isn’t part of the reason for using Mailgun, Sendgrid etc that you get to send via IP addresses with good reputation?

I think reputation is counted towards your DKIM these days, which also makes the reputation somewhat portable by moving your private key to with you to a new server/ip.