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 ×××
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