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0 pointsveeralpatel9796y ago0 comments

Mailgun is transactional mail though. Not marketing mail. Mail that you want to receive like password resets, email confirmations, notifications, etc

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NightlyDev6y ago

I don't know about you, but I usually don't want to receive notification emails. Did you explicitly ask for it? Good. Is this some stupid notification that I won't care for and was enabled by default? Congratulations on getting flagged.

WrtCdEvrydy6y ago

> Did you explicitly ask for it? Good

That's what 'transactional' means... it's supposed to be used for the end or beginning of a transaction (reset password, receipt for a purchase, things like that...)

NightlyDev6y ago

No, that is not what transactional mail means, you're wrong.

Things like friend requests are also transactional email by definition. So are those "you left your cart behind, want to complete the purchase?". That doesn't mean that you asked to receive it.

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NightlyDev6y ago

WrtCdEvrydy6y ago

> Did you explicitly ask for it? Good

That's what 'transactional' means... it's supposed to be used for the end or beginning of a transaction (reset password, receipt for a purchase, things like that...)

NightlyDev6y ago

No, that is not what transactional mail means, you're wrong.

Things like friend requests are also transactional email by definition. So are those "you left your cart behind, want to complete the purchase?". That doesn't mean that you asked to receive it.

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