In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Andris Reinman about his work on all things email - spam, DMARC, SPF, why there’s no good CSS in email, and his current project: Email Engine.

Show Notes

• 00:36 Welcome
• 01:56 Introducing Andris Reinman
• Andris Reinman on GitHub
• Andris Reinman (@andrisreinman)
• Nodemailer :: Nodemailer
• 04:34 Why is email so difficult?
• Free DMARC Monitoring from Postmark
• ConvertKit: The creator marketing platform
• 09:48 What has changed in email?
• 10:52 What are DMARK, SPF and BIMI?
• 18:48 Is Mailtrain an open source alternative to Mailchimp?
• Mailtrain-org/mailtrain: Self hosted newsletter app
• 22:52 Why can’t we use CSS in email?
• 29:05 Why is email so expensive?
• 32:39 How do you keep your emails out of the spam folder?
• 35:42 What is Email Engine?
• EmailEngine Email API
• 40:16 Is Email Engine self hosted?
• 41:01 How does Ethereal email work?
• Ethereal Email
• 46:16 What email client do you use?
• 49:44 Are any email clients harder to send to?
• 55:23 Supper Club questions
• iTerm2 - macOS Terminal Replacement
• 59:29 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Programming Internet Email: Mastering Internet Messaging Systems: Wood, David: 9781565924796: Books - Amazon.ca

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• EmailEngine Email

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