I am building a site that will allow notifications/alerts defined by the user. I have them setup based on the email address the user provides, however they stopped working for gmail accounts. Apparently, my IP address was black listed by google. I have sent them a request to remove me from the black lists they use, but they haven’t responded. I sent it over a month ago. I have read through their “ways to not get black listed” documentation, but it doesn’t really help me. I have explained to google that the notifications/alerts only go out if the user requests them.
My question is are there any services that I can use to get around this (meaning services that I can send the notification through and have it forwarded to the correct email addresses)? Basically, I want to be able to send an email to any email provider, so I can view it on the computer or get an email alert on my phone.
Lastly, I do not have mail setup on my ubuntu server. I send the notifications using php.
If you are sending a lot of emails that way, it is pretty easy to get flagged for spam, especially if you are on a shared host.
Sending emails from the PHP
mail()function works ok for a few test email that you can go and look for in the spam folder, but if you need any sort of serious deliverability, it is always best to subcontract that to a specialist company.Some of the most well known include Postmarkapp, Mailgun and Mailjet as well as those already mentioned (Amazon SES and Sendgrid)
Trust me, these guys will make sure they do not get blacklisted, and have the resources and the contacts to get their servers removed from the blacklists if it ever occurs.
(Disclaimer: I work for mailjet)