Postal
Complete mail delivery platform for outgoing email
Postal is a full-featured, self-hosted mail server designed for sending and receiving email for websites and applications. It is a self-hosted alternative to transactional email services.
Key features
- Transactional email sending
- Detailed delivery analytics
- HTTP API and webhooks
- Multi-organization support
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Great for application email
- Strong API
Trade-offs
- Multi-component deployment
- Needs careful IP reputation management
Postal replaces
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