Thanks Richard, unfortunately, we’re going to exceed the 500k Pageviews /month limit in the professional package, and we need Custom Plugins, so the lowest one that suits you is Business – being a non-for-profit, we cannot afford that.
Btw, do you get into an IP blacklists management nightmare because of the complimentary email sending you provide?
Can you please PM me with more details about your community and your requirements?
Once Discourse starts sending email, the forum has a pretty good opt-in. We only had two issues - ever.
The first issue was about a customer sending large amount of bulk invites to people that did not realize they opted in for this. (They actually did).
The second issue was when a forum that was converted from a mailing list started sending weekly digests to michelle @sorbs.net - of all people.
I ended up installing my own Mail-in-a-Box email in a $5/mo DigitalOcean droplet, and now can send infinite number of emails provided I comply with all regulations, SPAM-CAN etc. I’m not dependent on those mail services anymore, yahoo! And my spendings are limited to $5/mo. I can also add unlimited domains to my Mail-in-a-box instance.
UPD. Mail-in-a-Box는 여전히 여러 Discourse 인스턴스 및 WordPress 트랜잭션 이메일을 매우 잘 처리해 주고 있습니다.
추가로 업데이트하고 싶은 내용은, 비영리 단체를 위한 두 개의 Discourse 인스턴스도 관리하고 있으며, 이 경우 SendGrid를 Azure 비영리 크레딧을 통해 사용하고 있다는 것입니다. 연간 3,500달러(약 480만 원)이지만 사실상 무료에 가까우며, Mail-in-a-Box보다 더 안정적이고 저렴합니다.
또 다른 조직에서는 프로젝트 관리용으로 Discourse를 사용하는데, 이 경우 광고나 가끔씩 발생하는 스팸성 메시지를 기대할 필요가 없으므로 Mail-in-a-Box를 사용하는 것이 안전한 해결책입니다. 그 이유는 다음과 같습니다: