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Send transactional email using SMTP or API

Send administrative, operational, non-marketing email to contacts using our transactional email feature with SMTP or API.

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Written by Gareth Burroughes
Updated over 2 weeks ago

You can then manage and track your transactional email using Dotdigital.


Before you start

Things you need to know:

  • Transactional email can be sent via SMTP or API.

  • To send using SMTP, you must create a transactional email user.

  • To send using our API, you must create an API user if you don't have one already.

Learn how in Setting up the API


Send using SMTP

To send using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), you need to connect to the correct regional endpoint:

  • r1-smtp.dotdigital.com if you have an account belonging to Region 1 (Europe)

  • r2-smtp.dotdigital.com if you have an account belonging to Region 2 (North America)

  • r3-smtp.dotdigital.com if you have an account belonging to Region 3 (Asia Pacific)

You can connect to ports 25, 587, or 2525, provided you support secure sending via the STARTTLS command. Alternatively, you can connect securely to port 465.


Send using our API

To send using our API, use one of the following:

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