# Multiple transactional email providers with auto-switch between them
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [6. Dezember 2015 um 01:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367 "2015-12-06T01:59:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [6. Dezember 2015 um 01:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/1 "2015-12-06T01:59:03Z")
Mandrill gives 12k free emails per month.
Sendgrid gives another 12k free emails per month.
… and there are more of such providers.
It would be cool to sign up with a few and enter the corresponding SMTP authorization details of all of them in a config file and set a quota, i.e:
- Mandrill: username, password, 11900 (first 11900 emails)
- Sendgrid: username, password, 11900 (next 11900 emails)
- ProviderX: username, password (all the other emails)
For a growing community, would save at least $10/mo \* 12mo = $120/year. The figure is especially sensitive in developing countries like Ukraine, and especially for non-profit communities.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [6. Dezember 2015 um 03:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/2 "2015-12-06T03:10:51Z")
I get the problem and desire to keep costs down but this kind of feature can not be in core, it sends a weird message to the mail providers, it would have to be a plugin
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [6. Dezember 2015 um 03:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/3 "2015-12-06T03:13:56Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> it sends a weird message to the mail providers
Sam, may you please explain what you mean here.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [6. Dezember 2015 um 03:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/4 "2015-12-06T03:55:08Z")
The reason mail providers start charging after N emails is cause they want you to pay
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [6. Dezember 2015 um 04:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/5 "2015-12-06T04:57:41Z")
Mandrill has no free tier any more so this topic is not even correct.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [6. Dezember 2015 um 12:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/6 "2015-12-06T12:04:41Z")
This would create a really inconsistent UX too, mandrill integrates with the content itself, allowing users to unsubscribe and even blacklist a sender.
If a Discourse instance sent mail via multiple providers none of these things would work.
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [17. Dezember 2015 um 01:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/7 "2015-12-17T01:41:55Z")
> [@steve\_pd](#):
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> mandrill integrates with the content itself, allowing users to unsubscribe and even blacklist a sender.
Going point. Didn’t think about it.
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Mandrill has no free tier any more so this topic is not even correct.
Oh, so I’m the lucky one using an old account with free 12k emails per month 🙂
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [11. November 2016 um 06:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/8 "2016-11-11T06:18:23Z")
I run out of 100k emails with a free SparkPost account, and had to manually switch settings to SendGrid for a few days, then switch it back again - each time rebuilding.
Such a plugin would still be very helpful, especially taking into account the new “bouncing email webhooks” feature, which would make switching more smooth in terms of maintaining low bouncing rates.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [11. November 2016 um 14:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/9 "2016-11-11T14:09:12Z")
Reinforcing what @sam said, this is as an unethical exploit of free tiers. Can’t be supported in core.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4. Dezember 2025 um 11:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-transactional-email-providers-with-auto-switch-between-them/36367/10 "2025-12-04T11:37:10Z")