sendgrid works for me.
Hmmm. Is that actually a problem?
I'm just using SMTP server of my email provider, just like in my mail client. Never had any trouble over a couple hundred notifications I send per month. As added benefit, if your mail provider is large, it won't have problems with sending mail to gmail and such.
Many suggest Amazon SES as it is dead ass cheap. Free tier SMPT relay services often add advertising lines or other shenanigans to mails. I use mailjet but it is quiete expensive. I send under 10k mails per month but sadly most SMPT services do not have small/mid tiers.
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A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.
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- Service: Google Reader - Alternative: Tiny Tiny RSS
- Service: Blogger - Alternative: WordPress
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