Still trying to get mailgun to work.
What do you guys think?
Any other options for cheap smtp?
Most often, the alternative I read is usually Amazon SES or Sendgrid.
It depends on your needs.
I found a comparison sheet, it might help:
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Looks like that restriction is in part to avoid their system being used by spammers, that don’t have a validated account with a payment card:
"If you’re on the Free plan without credit card information present or using your sandbox domain for testing, you’re restricted to sending just to Authorized Recipients.
Restricting a domain or an account to a fixed set of verified email addresses makes them less useful for spammers."
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Ok yeah that’s what I was thinking.
But I don’t see anywhere to enter credit card without upgrading….
That might be required to activate/validate your account, but if they are still doing the flex plan option that doesn’t charge anything for low-volume sending of less than 1,000 e-mails a month.
Seemed like they may be in the process of discontinuing that plan or at least not advertising that to the public. When I first created an account with them it was $35 a month minimum, but then support agent was able to downgrade account to the flex plan (not listed as “free,” but was free as long as didn’t go past the 1,000 e-mail monthly threshold).
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I’ve been using https://www.smtp2go.com/ and it’s worked flawlessly so far and it’s free. Tech support responds faster than any tech company I’ve ever used.
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It’s free for 200 messages per day, and then jumps to $10/month, which is the same $1/1000 messsages that mailgun charges, except mailgun will charge actual usage and not $10.
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had to pay for an email through godaddy, but using smtp2go, I am now working…
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