Multiple transactional email providers with auto-switch between them

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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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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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Sam, may you please explain what you mean here.

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The reason mail providers start charging after N emails is cause they want you to pay

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Mandrill has no free tier any more so this topic is not even correct.

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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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Going point. Didn’t think about it.

Oh, so I’m the lucky one using an old account with free 12k emails per month :slight_smile:

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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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Reinforcing what @sam said, this is as an unethical exploit of free tiers. Can’t be supported in core.

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