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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