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Email types
Transactional vs marketing.
Transactional
Triggered by something a user did, and expected by them: sign-up confirmations, password resets, receipts, alerts. Send these with the Send Email endpoint.
- Don't need an unsubscribe link (but can have one)
- Should be fast and predictable, so keep them simple
Marketing
Sent to many people at once: newsletters, announcements, promotions. Send these with Broadcasts.
- Must include an unsubscribe link. Broadcasts add one-click unsubscribe headers automatically, and
{{{RESEND_UNSUBSCRIBE_URL}}}gives you a link for the body. - Only send to people who opted in
Tip: send marketing from a different subdomain (e.g. news.yourdomain.com) than transactional (mail.yourdomain.com). A complaint about a newsletter then can't hurt your password-reset emails.
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