Postmark started by solving the pain of sending emails from your web applications. Today, we’re closing the loop by making it just as easy for everyone to be able to parse incoming emails.
Continue reading • Alex Hillman wrote in Product news
Chris posted yesterday about the problems with selling dedicated IPs along with the comments, it got me thinking about what we, the industry of Email Service Providers, are responsible for. At Wildbit, we feel an obligation to rid this world of spam and junk mail. It’s not like it’s a higher calling, it’s just the right thing to do as an email service provider (ESP). ESPs are the gateway to a lot of junk mail, not just spam mail. It’s the junk mail that’s difficult to police but we believe can and should be done by every ESP.
Continue reading • Natalie Nagele wrote in Email delivery
I have to admit, I am disappointed in the false promises that companies are giving when it comes to offering dedicated IPs for their customers to “improve email delivery.” The reality is, dedicated IP addresses are not a sure way to improve delivery, and sometimes, can actually hurt email delivery. Before I jump in, let me first explain how IP addresses play a role in mail servers and sending email.
Continue reading • Chris Nagele wrote in Email delivery
Every day we find customers who have delivery issues that are instantly solved by updating SPF records or signing their emails with their own Domain Keys. Because we know how critical it is, we’ve built it right into the Postmark setup process. Interestingly, we actually have customers who think it’s a required step to use Postmark, and we don’t think that’s a bad thing.
Continue reading • Natalie Nagele wrote in Product news
A few weeks ago we released a free API for checking the spamscore of a message. The folks on HackerNews loved it, and it’s been really great to see people find ways to get more value from this API.
Some of our favorite usages have shown up in just the last week!
Continue reading • Alex Hillman wrote in Product news
