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Streamlining bulk email sending with custom queue management using Mailgun’s API

Sending bulk emails requires quite a bit of finesse and care. Several factors add to the complexity, including throttling and rate limits set by mailbox providers to control the flow of emails, data protection laws that must be adhered to, and deliverability issues...

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Building transactional email workflows for order confirmations with Mailgun’s API

Unlike marketing emails, transactional emails (such as order confirmations, shipping notifications, and password resets) are triggered by specific user actions and provide real-time updates on their interactions with your platform. They help build trust, cut down on support questions, and make for a smooth shopping experience. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to build a transactional email workflow for order confirmations using Mailgun's API.

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How to authenticate your email for better delivery rates

Email authentication protocols like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC verify sender identity, prevent spoofing, and support a strong sender reputation. This post explains how these protocols work, how to configure them, and how to confirm they’re set up correctly...

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Introducing Mailgun’s open-source MCP server

Accessing email data just got easier. With Mailgun’s open-source MCP server, developers can query email performance metrics using natural language—no dashboards, no complex API calls. Built on Model Context Protocol (MCP), this solution makes AI-powered email analytics...

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Automating email infrastsructure monitoring with Mailgun’s event webhooks and Datadog

Have you ever set stock price alerts? Instead of constantly checking, you get a notification when your stock hits a certain price. That's exactly how webhooks work – instead of repeatedly looking for email updates, the receiving system...

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How to send emails in JavaScript: Frontend and backend

There are two ways to integrate email into your app: a frontend-only approach or a backend-powered method. The frontend approach uses the mailto protocol and vanilla JavaScript, but it’s limited and exposes sensitive information. The backend method, using Node.js and the Mailgun API, gives you ...

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Verifying emails with node.js

If you're looking to validate a batch of email addresses, Mailgun offers a bulk email validation API that can help you do just that. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to efficiently verify large lists of email addresses in Node.js applications...

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