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The state of email deliverability 2023
What you don’t know about email deliverability can definitely hurt your email ROI...and your business. Unfortunately, the topic of achieving inbox placement is still a bit mysterious to...
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[Forrester study] The total economic impact of Mailgun
As enterprises seek to retain and engage customers, email communication remains a central pillar of a customer-obsessed digital strategy. But for email messages to be...
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S4 Ep. 07: ChatGPT, deliverability, email marketing and everything all at once with Guilda Hilaire and Naomi West
It’s the finale of season 4! We’ve been trying to get these amazing leaders of email onto this final episode, and we did it! Guilda Hilaire from Salesforce and Naomi West of Parcel.io got to sit down with us and talk about that notorious AI tool that’s on everyone’s mind...
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The Mailgun guide to email security and compliance
As much as we love email at Sinch Mailgun, we have to admit... protecting it from bad actors and adhering to data privacy laws is never-ending work. You need to join with your...
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The state of email deliverability 2023
What you don’t know about email deliverability can definitely hurt your email ROI...and your business. Unfortunately, the topic of achieving inbox placement is still a bit mysterious to...
Read more
[Forrester study] The total economic impact of Mailgun
As enterprises seek to retain and engage customers, email communication remains a central pillar of a customer-obsessed digital strategy. But for email messages to be...
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Email in an evolving economy: The tech perspective
There’s no doubt about it. Many organizations will face challenges as the global economy struggles in the next year. But digital communication solutions could help transform those...
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The Mailgun guide to email security and compliance
As much as we love email at Sinch Mailgun, we have to admit... protecting it from bad actors and adhering to data privacy laws is never-ending work. You need to join with your...
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Why email is the secret to a stronger retail supply chain
Still having nightmares about the supply chain insanity of the 2021 holiday shopping season? The supply chain challenges threatened to be the Grinch over the holidays...
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Migrating from Sendgrid to Mailgun Email API
When you’re tasked with switching email providers, procuring and understanding just how seamless that process will be can feel daunting. Migrating to a new ESP can be a risky...
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Migrating from Mailchimp Transactional to Mailgun Email API
Switching email providers can feel daunting. Procuring and understanding just how seamless that process will be isn't always easy and migrating to a new ESP can be a risky...
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Understanding email deliverability
The world of email is growing at an alarming rate. Today, there are approximately four billion email users in the world, and that’s expected to grow to 4.3 billion users by 2023. With...
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Send smart: Black Friday deliverability strategies
Black Friday is a challenge year after year, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be unpredictable. Learn how to send smarter – not harder – and build reliable deliverability...
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Tales of terror from the email void: The warm-up Podcast Edition
Here's a tale for you to sink your fangs into. The holidays are approaching extremely fast *gasp*...
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Mailgun and Ongage virtual happy hour
Join us for our first-ever virtual coffee and cocktails happy hour. Our program will include exciting...
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Mailgun: The most relied upon email platform for growing businesses
We’re the most relied upon email platform for growing businesses and we're here to ensure nothing stands between you...
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Innovation in email in the current climate: Reaching your clients’ inboxes
Adapting to change is becoming increasingly needful in these current times. Hear from our...
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Future-proofing your customer data with email validations
In our current global climate, digital communication has skyrocketed – and none more so that...
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Mailgun AMA: Webhooks and routes
Join James Burns and Mike Jones as they answer your questions about inbound routing and webhooks...
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Just getting started? Mailgun’s AMA
Sit down with James Burns and Mike Jones as they go over best practices for setting up your Mailgun account...
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Introducing Inbox Placement
Mailgun is happy to introduce our newest feature, Inbox Placement. Jorge, our Product Manager...
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Getting started with Mailgun: An intro to the platform
This on-demand, live training covers the steps required and resources available to successfully...
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Tales of terror from the email void 2019
As Cody – the newest marketer on the Meowgun team – prepares his next email campaign...
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How to use Mailgun’s Email Verification API
Mike, our Solutions Engineer, gives you a breakdown on how to use Mailgun’s Email Verification...
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How to use Mailgun to validate your email list
Thomas, our Marketing Specialist, gives you a breakdown on how to use Mailgun to validate your...
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Introducing the new Mailgun
Ready to take the tour and discover Mailgun's new look? We're here to show you around the new Mailgun UI...
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Email explained: What are routes?
Understanding the subtler points of email can be confusing, but we want to give you some...
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Email explained: What’s strategic engagement?
Travis Walton is here to explain why you should consider strategic engagement for your email sending strategy...
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Four personalization tricks to improve your email results
Join Mailgun and Ongage as we team up to bring you personalization tricks to improve your...
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Predictions & resolutions: Sending in 2019
Mailgun’s resident Deliverability Engineer and our Content Marketer review our 2019...
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Ecommerce: Preparation for holiday campaigns
The holidays are right around the corner – so preparation starts now. In ecommerce, it’s ideal to...
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Sending self-esteem
Poor sending leads to poor email self-esteem, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In our first...
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Tales of terror from the email void
With her next email marketing campaign around the corner, Miss Liz is eager to have the best...
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Email validation: What is it?
Email validation... what is it? One of our Technical Account Managers goes into detail about...
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Email validation 101: What goes into an email address?
Domain errors are the most common typo you can expect in an email address, but what about...
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Email validation 101: Prevent user errors on sign up forms
Keeping your distro list clean starts at the source of your customer journey. Even a small...
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Email validation 101: The hidden risks of sending to old lists
Getting your email messages to your target audience starts with a clean email list. But what...
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Best practices for 2018 emails
We all want better deliverability, but there are a few small things you need in place in order to...
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Three mistakes that can ruin your email lists
Typos, role-based email addresses, disposable mailboxes… What does that have to do with email lists...
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Everything you want to know about dedicated IPs but were afraid to ask
Our reputation team has a chat on all things dedicated IPs: When should you use them? How...
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PyTexas: Sending email with Python applications
Sending a single email is easy. Sending thousands, not so much. Mailgunner Douglas...
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Getting started with Mailgun
Just signed up for Mailgun? Get up and running quickly. Thomas from Mailgun shows you how to set up...
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Email deliverability: Finding a path to success
In a short video, learn about four key strategies that will help you ensure your emails have the...
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Tips for building HTML emails and workflow
Watch this hangout featuring Mailgun’s Lead Digital Product Designer, Lee Munroe, to learn...
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Email explained: What’s a dedicated IP?
Trying to land in the inbox and not sure if you need a dedicated IP? This week Patrick Tilley, one of Mailgun's developers...
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S4 Ep. 07: ChatGPT, deliverability, email marketing and everything all at once with Guilda Hilaire and Naomi West
It’s the finale of season 4! We’ve been trying to get these amazing leaders of email onto this final episode, and we did it! Guilda Hilaire from Salesforce and Naomi West of Parcel.io got to sit down with us and talk about that notorious AI tool that’s on everyone’s mind...
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S4 Ep. 06: The big deliverability episode with Brad Gurley of MessageGears and Nick Schafer of Mailgun
We got two of the biggest names in deliverability with us this episode, and we had to bend their ears on all the deliverability news from the last six months. There's a lot of news going on right now in the deliverability world, including how Spamhaus is evolving to better...
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S4 Ep. 05: Updates on BIMI with Brian Westnedge of Redsift
In this episode, we’re bringing you updates on BIMI – and who better to have on the BIMI show than Redsift’s Brian Westnedge? He updates us on what's happened with BIMI since we first spoke about it with Matt Vernhout in 2019, how bad actors are starting to work...
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S4 Ep. 04: Email innovation and collaboration with Kelly Haggard of Synchrony
We’re happy to be back in 2023, and we’re ready to continue this season of Email’s Not Dead. We met Kelly Haggard last summer at ANA's Email Evolution conference, and we knew immediately that we had to get her on the show. She's working on an integration...
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S4 Ep. 03: Email data and oops pancakes with LB Blair of Platonic Ideal
In our latest episode, we’re talking to LB Blair, the founder of Platonic Ideal. LB has been in the industry for years, and she combines her love of data and her passion for email together in her work. LB has some hot takes on why data needs to be utilized in your...
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S4 Ep. 02: Keeping it real and transparent with Matt Stith of Spamhaus
If you’re in the email industry, you know Spamhaus. We’ve had the opportunity to talk to Matt Stith of Spamhaus, and now we’re bringing him to your ears. Learn about the transparency Spamhaus is trying to bring to the email community, and why they’re super...
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S4 Ep. 01: Silver linings in omnichannel marketing with Chad S. White
When we started this podcast, we never intended to meet our email heroes, but it happened anyway. During this past summer, Email’s Not Dead attended some conferences and got to make new friends – and we met the Mick Jagger of email marketing, Chad S...
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S3 Ep. 07: When email goes wrong, with Laura Atkins of Word to the Wise
It’s the season finale and we’re excited to bring you this final episode: When email goes wrong, with Laura Atkins. She has over 30 years of experience fighting spam and collaborating with large enterprises to enable them to become better senders...
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S3 Ep. 06: Insights from an email marketer and email developer, with Megan Boshuyzen and Julia Ritter
We sat down with fellow Mailgun employees, Megan Boshuyzen, email developer and Julia Ritter, email marketer as they just returned from UNSPAM, an email conference...
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S3 Ep. 05: Implementing DMARC with Ash from Dmarcian
If you remember in Season 2, we had our friend Ash Morin from Dmarcian on the show to talk about spoofing, phishing, and his love of DMARC. Well, now he's back...
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S3 Ep. 04: The Inbox Insights 2022 guide with Jenna from Ascend2
We've got a gift for you and you can download it from the Mailjet blog. We just released our
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S3 Ep. 03: Matthew Smith of Really Good Emails wuz here!
We’re big fans, I mean really big fans of Really Good Emails. Such big fans that we had to get CEO and Co-founder Matthew Smith on the show to know a bit more about...
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S3 Ep. 02: Email changes in 2021
With growth come changes. Some changes are good and some changes are bad. That's why Jonathan and Eric bring you a recap of what changed in the email landscape in...
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S3 Ep. 01: Don't panic, it's just the Apple Privacy Policy
Welcome back to Season 3 of Email's Not Dead with your hosts Jonathan Torres and Eric Trinidad. A lot has happened since season 2 and we're here to let you know...
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S2 Ep. 07: Spoofing, phishing, and DMARC with Ash Morin of Dmarcian
We're wrapping up this wild ride of a year and season by clearing the air on phishing and spoofing with Ash Morin, Senior Deployment Manager of Dmarcian...
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S2 Ep. 06: Tales of terror from the email void - The warm up
Here's a tale for you to sink your fangs into. The holidays are approaching extremely fast *gasp*. Which is why you need to start...
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S2 Ep. 05: We just got back from Email Camp 2020
Eric and Jonathan are back with a brand new episode of Email’s Not Dead to recap the all-new Email Camp 2020 presented by Mailgun and Mailjet...
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S2 Ep. 04: Applying the sending funnel in our current climate
Things have become a little weird around the world so we brought in our expert, Kate Nowrouzi, VP of Deliverability...
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S2 Ep. 03: The developer episode or the devisode
Hosts Jonathan Torres and Eric Trinidad dive into the emailing underworld and come back out with a distinctive look at the way developers and marketers send email...
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S2 Ep. 02: Sending emails at the right time with Send Time Optimization
Wait, wait, we have more. In this episode, Mailgun’s Product Manager, Chris Farmer brings you up to speed on how you can send your emails at the right time...
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S2 Ep. 01: Introducing Inbox Placement
A new year means a new season of Mailgun's Email's Not Dead. We have Jorge Miramontes, our Product Manager, introducing...
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S1 Ep. 07: Season Finale: Complaints and unsubscribes
Can you still be friends with your customers after an unsubscribe? Learn why it's best to have organic email addresses...
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S1 Ep. 06: Sunset policy and tracking
Sometimes you need to clean house, and that includes your sending habits...
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S1 Ep. 05: Sending a more relevant message with omnichannel communication
Omnichannel marketing and email, how does it all fit in? Jonathan and Eric sat down with co-founder and CEO of Omnisend...
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S1 Ep. 04: Combatting email fraud & building your brand with BIMI
Last time, Nick Schafer showed up to predict the future of spam. Now we’re bringing in 250ok’s Director of Privacy, Matthew Vernhout, to talk shop about Brand Indicators for Message Identification (aka BIMI)...
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S1 Ep. 03: Where we’re going, we don’t need spam
We’re looking to the future, so we brought in Mailgun’s Nostradamus...
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S1 Ep. 02: Now that’s what I call spam
As email spam became more widespread in the early 2000s, policymakers started fighting back...
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S1 Ep. 01: The history of spam
Email isn’t back from the grave – it was never in there in the first place! Welcome to our new podcast, Email's Not Dead.
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Scribd partners with Iterable + Mailgun to engage readers around the globe
In 2007, Scribd launched the world’s first open publishing platform. Today, with over 100 million unique monthly visitors, a digital library of more than 1 million titles, and...
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Samba.ai: Growing fast and growing smart with Mailgun
Today, with the help of Mailgun’s powerful and scalable platform, the Samba.ai platform is able to send 50 million emails a month...
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TextMagic improves deliverability rate with Mailgun
Email is one of the leading forms of online communication for businesses, whether internally with employees or externally with users. Other channels are becoming more popular due to their...
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How AdRoll sends & tracks emails in their Ruby app using the Mailgun API
Today’s post is written by Peter Clark, CEO of userfox (now AdRoll), an awesome new startup that is changing the way businesses communicate with their customers via email. They just launched a...
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Zipbooks switched from Mandrill to Mailgun using Laravel
ZipBooks, a happy customer of Mailgun, is free accounting and invoicing software with every feature you might expect from a paid application...
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How Tealeaf Academy increased student engagement 3x
At Tealeaf Academy, creating a “Study Together, Progress Together” experience for our students is at core of our way of teaching. One of our core tools is the discussion board where students ask questions...
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How Ruby-based DNSimple uses Mailgun’s API to create & configure domains for email forwarding
At DNSimple we love DNS in an almost unhealthy way. What we don’t love though is managing mail servers. Earlier this year we decided to add email forwarding as one of the services we offer...
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Behind the scene at Jungle Disk: Reliable email communications with Mailgun
As a SaaS business, one of our primary communication channels with our customers is over email and
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Optimizing data privacy for scalable and secure email programs with Sinch Mailgun and Transcend
Patreon uses Mailgun to help manage email communications for their immense, online universe of creators and patrons. Mailgun handles...
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Marketing automation at scale: Customer.io + Mailgun
When Customer.io, an automated messaging platform, ran into scaling issues with their Email Service Provider (ESP), it felt like they were trying...
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How Cinemark utilized Mailgun to streamline their customer service experience
Cinemark was able to utilize Mailgun's Email Validation API to provide real-time corrections on misspelled email addresses, allowing Cinemark...
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Mailgun + Dovetail: A recipe for rapid growth
Dovetail is not your typical software agency. They don’t specialize in marketing strategy, Salesforce integrations, or creative design – they specialize...
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Embracing growth: The Omnisend story
Omnisend needed to find a new solution that provided a seamless enduser experience. They needed to be more than just another end-user o...
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How Dribbble improved connection & scalable sending with Mailgun
As the largest designer-oriented jobs community, Dribbble enables designers to display and share their work with peers and companies alike. As...
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Causes sees 20% increase in clicks with Mailgun
We love to hear great stories from our customers. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be the email automation engine behind such a great cause,...
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Creating a better user experience with email and validations
Today, Flipsnack supports over two million active creators in making the best possible online catalogs, portfolios, magazines, and more from...
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Sending millions of job alerts 24/7 with the Mailgun Email API
Transactional marketing emails are an important part of everyday business, and when done correctly they can even bring people closer to...
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How UserVoice solved their incoming email problem
This post was written by Jonathan Novak, Head of Engineering at UserVoice, where he just celebrated his 3rd year at the company...
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How Zapier uses Mailgun to send emails
We hosted a Google Hangout yesterday featuring Mailgun customer, Zapier. In this hangout, Joe Stych from Zapier, showcased how they use...
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How Ruby-based Vero uses Mailgun’s Campaign Analytics API
I’m Chris, one of the co-founders of Vero. We’re an email remarketing company: we make it easy for online businesses to track exactly what their...
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Finding the perfect match through email marketing
In a saturated space like the online dating market, it’s not just about swiping left to find the right match.
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Growing Digital Storefronts with Mailgun and Drupal
Founded in 2001, Drupal is a popular open source CMS that remains competitive in the open source ecosystem due to wide support from thousands of contributors all over...
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Sending success all in one platform - The PUBG Story
By the time PUBG started using Mailgun’s Deliverability Services, they had already been using Mailgun for over a year with great success. PUBG saw an opportunity to bring...
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