looking for an automated email sending setup
I'm hosting a few things like pterodactyl and open sign that both need an email server. I tried going to providers that deal with automated email sending but they're not liking my TLD which is .team. so i'm trying to set up my own thing I set up mail cow but…
I'm hosting a few things like pterodactyl and open sign that both need an email server. I tried going to providers that deal with automated email sending but they're not liking my TLD which is .team. so i'm trying to set up my own thing I set up mail cow but I'm unhappy with the lack of sent email logging. If anybody could point me in the right direction that would be nice also I'm aware of the headache of self hosting email and really don't want to hear about how this is a "bad idea".
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I would need to be able to send external emails. Though that would be a nice testing tool thanks
Why pay when u can do it better yourself. Also this is a selfhosting sub
You mentioned trying providers. I was mentioning a provider that seems to support your domain fine. Also, it is entirely an open source stack that you can self host if you want. They've even got instructions on their website for setting up dockers. Even if I can do better myself (I can't, as that would imply I've run into issues with them that I wouldn't have had on my own), I can't do it for $36.
Use mailpit if idea is to use email for only local lan applications and not send outside
thx for the mention! happy you've been with us since the early days
Have you tried Postal? It has delivery logs and webhooks built in
I've been using forwardemail.net pretty much since they launched and I've been quite happy with it. I have a dozen domains handled by them for $36/year, and all the DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and whitelist protection is handled by them. Trying to receive e-mail is simple enough, but sending e-mail from a random server is a nightmare.
Mailcow's logs are pretty painful to dig through for transactional stuff. If you want clear web logs for pterodactyl or opensign, id rec Postal. Good with app notifs, fully self-hostable though the docker setup is kind of heavy and it uses more resources than a simple relay Im runningg Postal for the outbound app notifs, then routing the incoming replies or any alerts into the autonomous intern to handle the sorting Another lightweight option is Stalwart but the config setup has a steep learning curve if you expect a slick UI out of the box. Or just pipe it through smtp2go's free tier (1k/mo) they rarely care about .team TLDs
What do you mean for "the lack of sent email logging" in Mailcow?
"automated" is doing a lot of work in that title, transactional sends and campaign sends are pretty different problems. if it's newsletters, listmonk in docker compose pointed at an smtp relay is like 20 lines of yaml and youre done, cron the trigger if you need a schedule. dont self host the outbound mta itself unless you enjoy warming ips and begging microsoft to unblock you, that's the part that eats weeks. whats the rough volume, and is this app notifications or an actual mailing list?