jbruni

Hi, @fadmark – My story is full of “weird coincidences”… maybe not much coincidences, but certainly a lot of weirdness.

After sending a first email successfully (this confuses us!), I got the same error.

Soon after, I found this page from Google search results… but then I scrolled down only up to the first @tcosentino message… and I didn’t notice the thread had more messages! 🙂

So… I continued trying to find out was was going on.

I randomly went to Mandrill’s “Dashboard” (https://mandrillapp.com/). There, I noticed the message at the top:

“You’re currently on our free trial plan that includes 500 total sends and 30 days of technical support. Upgrade through your MailChimp account to send more than 500 emails, or to get access to paid features and extended technical support.”

Since I was acting in someone else’s behalf, I was surprised to acknowledge it was a free trial plan.

At the right side of the message, there was an “Upgrade Account” button. Out of despair and/or lack of options, I decided to take a sneak peek… and clicked the button.

As I was also logged in MailChimp, I was redirected to https://us10.admin.mailchimp.com/transactional/ – and there I could read:

Demo Details
– Send to any email address on a verified domain
– Up to 25 emails per hour
– Up to 100 inbound emails per day
– Test emails in this demo do not expire

Of course, the first bullet point talked loud to me: “Send to any email address on a verified domain“!!!

I immediately made another attempt, using an email address of the verified domain as recipient. And it worked.

Then, I came back here… only to find the remaining of the thread, with the answer, and the discussion.

I will be using Mandrill for this client. But if I could choose, I would try Zoho Mail. I just started trying it, and I have been very positively impressed with what I have seen by now. Later, I will want also to take a look at Migadu service.

That was my story. Thanks! Stay Safe!