Is there a better way to send emails through WordPress? Find out why the default method could cause deliverability and server issues. Plus, get insights into how to use a viable, open-source alternative.
We get it – when it comes to email, certain terms can sometimes feel like word salad, and two of the biggest can-be-confused culprits are SMTP and API. It can be hard to keep them straight, and harder to know when to use them. But no worries, we’ve got you. In this post, we’ll teach you the differences between SMTP and API, and when to use each.
It's a common question that we receive here at Mailgun about SMTP port numbers. To ensure connectivity to our Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) endpoint, Mailgun offers multiple SMTP port options, but which one should you use to send email messages? We’ll take a historical look at each SMTP port and then we'll discuss today's methodology for outgoing mail usage.
With the number of global email users set to grow to a huge 4.48 billion users in 2024, email certainly is the right marketing channel for establishing seamless communication with your customer base. In fact, the number of emails sent and received every day across the world is projected to increase to over 347 billion daily emails by 2023. Therefore, if you leverage email marketing the right way, you can boost both your sales and ROI.
In the worlds of email marketing and email technology, email APIs are a very important tool--they’re a big part of what we do here at Mailgun. However, if you have had little experience with them, email APIs may sound like just another confusing acronym to keep track of--like SEO, STO, and maybe even your ABCs (let’s be honest, Q doesn’t even sound like a real letter). But never fear--in this article, we’ll tell you exactly what an email API is, when you can use it, and how your usage can benefit your email delivery goals. Let’s get started!
There are only a couple things worse than mall shopping on Christmas Eve. Your holiday party getting crashed by really bad guys Your account getting compromised by a malicious spammer For number 1, there’s Bruce Willis.
There are only a couple things worse than mall shopping on Christmas Eve. Your holiday party getting crashed by really bad guys Your account getting compromised by a malicious spammer For number 1, there’s Bruce Willis.
When you first get started with any new software, it can take some time to fully understand the feature set and master the platform-specific tools available. This can be really frustrating.
When I started coding, I remember debating whether I would want to learn ASP.NET vs PHP. I read thousands of bulletin boards on threads about each language to help me make my decision.
This post was written by Russell Jones, a software developer at Mailgun responsible for open-sourcing our mime-parsing library flanker. Today he’s going to blog about how we optimized outbound connections and reduced sending time while implementing opportunistic TLS. The same technique can be used to optimize everything from web crawling to high-throughput external APIs, but we’ll discuss SMTP as an example.
Today, we’re happy to announce that for PHP developers, it’s even easier to send messages with Mailgun! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been busy working on SDKs for the Mailgun API. The SDK allows you to easily interact with our API by yanking all the boiler plate code necessary to interact with an HTTP web service. Today, we’re releasing the PHP version of the SDK. Additional languages will follow soon.
Happy Friday everyone. We’ve got two updates to share with you today. First, we’re happy to announce that Mailgun is now the default SMTP config for all Rackspace Managed Cloud customers.
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