Im currently in the process of being banned from Mailersend haha their automated system said i was suspended but a minute later theyre support rep said congratulations youre approved. I can intermittently access the dashboard and my domain says approved but half the time im restricted from accessing the dashboard. Still waiting to hear back from the support people. Looking into loops … postmark works great but i cant figure out how to send dynamic images.
@palateandcraft I was leaning towards Postmark, but clicksend looks pretty sweet! How intuitive are there bubble apps to work with in the editor? Do I need to make workarounds, or is it plug and play?
geez, Mailersend was one of the alternatives I was looking into… Thanks for the heads up! haha
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I experienced the same thing, tried multiple times but couldn’t. Their customers service is non existent … Just a horrible experience in general . I later tried Postmark and I’m loving it… easy setup and the approval took a day or less…
My email delivery rate is 100% so far,
So give them a try…
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Have you used the email before? For sending I mean.
Bubble uses Sendgrid by default (I think)… So to use service like Postmark etc, you sometimes need a simple workarounds when doing some certain things eg sending a password recovery email … etc
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Yeah, it seems like everything just works like magic for the bubblers that are able to get a Sendgrid account… I wish bubble offered 2 or 3 options as the “default” for those of us that are denied by twilio!
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No it’s a new domain that was just registered. I’m sure it’s something I’m doing wrong on the DNS but I’m still learning. I’m not sure how to set up a d Mark at the moment
Its an Easter miracle!! Finally got approved by Postmark.
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Update: I was quickly approved by Postmark and have been happy with the product thus far. After several back-and-forth’s with Twilio/SendGrid support, they too just approved me over the weekend. I am going to continue to use Postmark for as much as I can, but keep the SendGrid account active as a fall back. I have some complex email requirements coming up in the build that SendGrid being integrated natively into bubble will probably be easier to build with. Basically I will be using both now. So… if you are reading this in the future and deciding between the two feel free to message me about my experience with the two. I may make a post after some time has passed with my thoughts as well.
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hey robert, could you share how do i contact sendgrid support team to get my account activated by any chance? long story short, i think i’d like to try out with sendgrid instead of the other platform.
hey, I just replied directly to the email that they sent me denying me the account. So I would just apply and then if you get an email saying no… just reply to that email and you will get a customer service rep.
This is so stupid… I’ve used SendGrid for a bunch of apps/domains, then for this one it has automatically flagged me. I keep getting what appear to be templated/automated responses, and they won’t actually tell me what I’ve suposedly done wrong and why I’ve been flagged???
They do have a manual approval process if you reply to the email. I have completely stopped using send grid. Postmark has been WAY better for me. It’s not as plug and play with bubble as sendgrid is but the hassle of workarounds is worth it.
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After lots of digging around, I think I know what the issue is. I keep getting responses that don’t help, but I think this could be it.
In the ‘Email Policy’ for SendGrid it mentions:
Creation of Excess Accounts You are prohibited from creating an excessive number of Twilio SendGrid Email accounts for the purposes of circumventing Twilio’s internal controls. In general, accounts are limited to one free and one paid Twilio SendGrid Email account per customer with the ability to (a) allow multiple users to use the Twilio SendGrid Email Services from a single account via the Teammates feature and (b) segregate email sending and API activity via the Subusers feature.
Essentially, I am building 2x Apps - one solo, and one for a friend. I’ve signed up with 2x different email addresses, but have the same Mobile number attached for each. To use the ‘Subusers’ feature, the minimum plan is Pro starting at $89.95 per month).
This is totally unreasonable for my Use Case. I’ll look at Post Mark.
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Question - SendGrid is pretty easy to develop professional looking email templates, with easy plug-in variables etc.
How has your experience been with Postmark in this regard? I also need to send PDF attachments .
I send PDF’s attached to the emails on several of my Postmark workflows. The only issue that I have run into, is that it wants to send a list of PDF’s not just a single PDF. The workaround is to just place 1 PDF into the “list”. This is probably isolated to the plugin “Rich Postmark emails” by “Zeroqode” that I am using.
I will eventually build out my own API for Postmark because I like to keep my plugins to an absolute minimum, but this plugin has worked great so far.
I haven’t messed around at all with the templates myself yet, but I have heard from others that they can be helpful.
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Postmarks customer service is amazing! I wish bubble would integrate postmark natively the what that they have sendgrid! It would be great to have options and not have to rely on plugins or building out an API.
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