I know a lot of you here use Mandrill for sending your Chevereto mail (including myself).. I'm guessing It's okay to post this? think it's the right section if it's okay?
What you need to know
The application's functionality and look and feel are not changing at this time. Here are the important changes that will affect your account:
TLDR: basically you will need to have a paid MailChimp account by April 27 and this will now become a paid add-on.
MailChimp recommends SparkPost as a Mandrill alternative for developers looking for a transactional email provider. FREE: https://app.sparkpost.com/sign-up
Blog: http://blog.mailchimp.com/important-changes-to-mandrill
FAQ: https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217467117
What you need to know
The application's functionality and look and feel are not changing at this time. Here are the important changes that will affect your account:
- Starting today, Mandrill will adopt MailChimp's Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policy. These terms reinforce that Mandrill should be used for transactional email, and bulk email/email marketing campaigns should be sent through MailChimp. In addition, MailChimp's Privacy Policy, which has always covered Mandrill, has been updated. If you have any questions about our policy changes, please emaillegal@mailchimp.com.
- To continue using Mandrill, all users will be required to have a paid monthly MailChimp account by 4/27.
- All Mandrill users will be required to verify their sending domains and add SPF and DKIM records by 4/27. This is already in effect for new Mandrill users.
- Starting 3/16, all new Mandrill accounts will be created and accessed through MailChimp.
- Starting 3/16, the Mandrill mobile application will no longer be available for installation. It will remain functional for existing users until 4/27.
- Our billing and pricing model is also changing. MailChimp will generate one consolidated bill that covers your MailChimp and Mandrill charges. Mandrill credits will be sold in blocks of 25,000 emails. Blocks will start at $20 per month. This goes into effect once your accounts are merged.
- Any existing discounts, free credits, and free accounts will no longer be valid once your accounts are merged.
- If you already have a paid monthly MailChimp account, you'll be able to merge your accounts starting on 3/16. We'll send detailed instructions at that time.
- If you don't have a paid monthly MailChimp account and decide to create one, you can go to mailchimp.com and do so at any time. You'll be able to merge your accounts starting on 3/16. We'll send detailed instructions at that time.
- If you haven't already done so, you'll need to add SPF and DKIM records and verify ownership of your sending domains. Here's an article explaining how to do that. Starting 4/27, Mandrill will not send any email from unverified domains or domains without valid SPF and DKIM records, including public domains like gmail.com and yahoo.com.
TLDR: basically you will need to have a paid MailChimp account by April 27 and this will now become a paid add-on.
MailChimp recommends SparkPost as a Mandrill alternative for developers looking for a transactional email provider. FREE: https://app.sparkpost.com/sign-up
Blog: http://blog.mailchimp.com/important-changes-to-mandrill
FAQ: https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217467117