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jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
I'm in the process (with another piece of software) of dealing with the Mandrill decision to "close" and force everyone to have a paid account though MailChimp. A lot of people are moving from the service.

While researching new providers, I found an interesting chart. I know Jamroom uses Mailgun for mail - which is a great service - but looking at the chart below the deliverability is much higher for other providers. Maybe you guys would want to create another module for SparkPost or SendGrid?

Just a suggestion.


updated by @jimmy: 05/29/16 09:31:30PM
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
Another note: SparkPost just changed their pricing model as a result of the Mandrill situation. Up to 100K emails a month for free! 101K+ is $44 a month.

https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,748 posts
you're always doing interesting experimental stuff. :)

First thoughts are:
* perhaps sparkpost is a newer service and hasnt been flagged as spam as much as more longer lived services and the difference in desirability is directly related to their newness.

Second thought was:
* where are the emails that mailgun cant get delivered to, do we care if they are not being delivered if the location is not one we intend to try to serve. (hard to think what that might even be.....)
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
You make a good point about SparkPost. I'm not really sure how old they are. I just started researching this today when Mandrill, who I use for IPB forum, decided to force everyone to use MailChimp for a much higher price.

Not sure about your second thought though, good question.

Though, have 100K free sends per month is nice with SparkPost. I can't say I'd use 100K, but it's nice to have nevertheless. ;-)

I do like MailGun. But having multiple options if a provider decides to do what Mandrill did - forcing users to basically pay more and join MailChimp - might be a good thing.
updated by @jimmy: 02/26/16 02:20:50AM
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
Here's a graph of all the providers.

http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/transactional-emailing-providers-mailjet-sendgrid-critsend

Here's a good email testing tool.

http://www.mail-tester.com/


updated by @jimmy: 02/26/16 02:49:30AM
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,748 posts
Check out this page:
http://www.mailgun.com/managed

Its about increasing deliverability with mailgun.
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
Is the managed service part of their standard account or an add-on?
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,748 posts
dunno, click the contact us button and report back ;)

--edit--
I'm reading their analytics API docs now, so if I figure it out first, I'll let you know.
updated by @michael: 02/26/16 10:15:30PM
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
Yea, then I'm going to be getting promo emails from Mailgun for the next year! :-)
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
@michael I was watching your PHPstorm VC video and you might want to mention that Windows users need to install Git to be able to use Git locally. With your Linux system, it's installed. With a Windows system - which I'm guessing most people are using - git needs to be installed.
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,748 posts
need to install it with linux too, but how far left of center do tutorials need to go.

good point though.
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
I've been using git for awhile now. When I tried to set up version control in PHPStorm and I got the git error, I wasn't sure what was going on. I figured that git was part of the program... being that git is open source and all and the VC is local. Then I realized after searching online that I actually have to install git as software on my computer. I guess I didn't put 2 + 2 together and realize that since I have to install git on Linux, I would also have to install it on Windows. I've only ever used git on Linux and usually install it without thinking when I setup the system.
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,748 posts
Which page of the docs needs an update?
jimmyk
jimmyk
@jimmy
8 years ago
514 posts
I was talking about the VC video you made. I have no idea if it's in the docs or not.

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