On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Joshua Smith <joshuaesm...@charter.net>wrote:

> Mail has never worked very well in GAE.
>
> - Sending messages will sometimes fail for no reason, so you have to put
> the code to send any important messages into a task so it can retry
>   (Note that since URLFetch also fails for no reason, with alarming
> regularity, I suspect sending email via SendGrid will need the same
> protections)
>
> - The headers GAE put into the message are awful, and scary, and convince
> users that they are looking at spam. For example, gmail shows this one:
> Return-Path: <3INEmUQgJB-sXNba-YbTTZNVY.PbZfhccbegXNba.PbZ@
> m3kw2wvrgufz5godrsrytgd7.apphosting.bounces.google.com>
>
>

+1 to the above.

Sending mail to external, non-admin accounts has always been difficult at
best with GAE's mail system. Microsoft-owned email services (Outlook.com
for example) in particular have high reject rates for GAE email.


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-Vinny P
Technology & Media Advisor
Chicago, IL

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