14 articles
Everything on the blog tagged Transactional email, newest first.
Email and SMTP8 min read
A practical Amazon SES setup for WordPress and WooCommerce: domain verification, SPF alignment with a custom MAIL FROM, production access, plugin settings, testing and the real monthly cost.
Email and SMTP8 min read
Four WordPress SMTP plugins side by side: what each gives you free, what needs a paid plan, which mailers they support, and which one suits your site.
Email and SMTP7 min read
How to send WordPress and WooCommerce email through Brevo: authenticate your domain, create an SMTP key, choose between an SMTP plugin and Brevo's own plugin, and test before going live.
Email and SMTP8 min read
A dedicated IP only helps if you send large, steady volumes. Here is how shared and dedicated IPs differ, what warm-up really means, and how to warm a new IP or a brand new domain.
Email and SMTP8 min read
How to set up FluentSMTP properly: connect Brevo or Amazon SES, set sender options, send a test email, add a fallback connection and get failure alerts in Slack, Telegram or Discord.
Email and SMTP8 min read
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft now reject or junk mail from senders that skip authentication or ignore complaints. Here is what each one requires, who counts as a bulk sender and what to fix first.
Email and SMTP8 min read
A fair head-to-head of SendGrid, Mailgun and Postmark for order, login and app emails: what each costs, how long logs last, how they separate mail types and which suits your business.
Email and SMTP8 min read
Connection timed out, 535 authentication failed, certificate errors, 550 rejections: what each SMTP error really means, and a simple order of checks that finds the cause fast.
Email and SMTP9 min read
Host, port, username, password, encryption, authentication: what every SMTP field means, which port to pick, why port 25 is often blocked, and how to enter the settings step by step.
Email and SMTP8 min read
SMTP and an email API both hand your mail to a provider. The bigger decisions are how you separate transactional from marketing email, and how you queue, log and track failures.
Email and SMTP10 min read
Fourteen ways to send website and app email, compared on pricing model, free tier, limits, SMTP and API support, logs and dedicated IPs, with a plain guide to choosing by situation.
Email and SMTP9 min read
SMTP is the language mail servers use to pass email along. Here is how a message really travels, and why a website's default mail function so often lands in spam or never arrives.
Email and SMTP8 min read
New order alerts and customer receipts going missing? Check WooCommerce email settings, order status triggers, payment gateways, Action Scheduler and SMTP, then test every order email.
Email and SMTP9 min read
A step-by-step WP Mail SMTP setup: choosing a mailer, connecting Brevo, Amazon SES or Google, forcing the From address, sending a test email and checking what went wrong.
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