The messages range from almost logging type messages such as
- "Payment failed for Order 123, please manually process the transaction"
to generic contact forms on a website:
- "FirstName LastName sent a message with the following text: something something something"
My knowledge is rather old and currently I just send email via smtp.
I'm finding email is becoming increasingly unreliable.
Sometimes the smtp server gets marked as a spam server which can take a few days to resolve.
Or the receiver implements a new mail filter, accidentally blocking all the messages.
More and more things are happening that result in emails not sending or arriving.
I've been looking at email api/services such as postmark, mailgun, sendgrid which seem a good idea, but I'm curious how other people handle messaging?
Emails still seems a very convenient messaging style (disregarding issues) and often requested (e.g client will just ask for these messages sent to admin@thing.com).
What are modern messaging practices? Is email still acceptable if you go via an email api? Should I be looking at something completely different?
Thanks guys
