Direct Mail:Operations guide

This guide explains how to use the Direct Mail service to send emails.

Region description

Email domains and sender addresses are region-specific. A sender address that is created in a region can be used to send emails only from the console, API, or SMTP service in the same region.

Preparations

Before you can send emails using the Direct Mail service, you must configure the required settings in the Direct Mail console:

• Set an email domain.

  An email domain is an identifier that is used when you send emails. Each account must have an email domain.

• Set a sender address.

  A sender address is the email address that appears as the sender of an email. You can set an SMTP password for the sender address to enable its SMTP sending feature.

• Set an email tag.

  Email tags are used to classify batch emails.

• Create a recipient list.

  Recipient lists are used to send batch emails from the console or using the BatchSendMail API.

• Create an email template.

  Email templates are used to send batch emails from the console or using the BatchSendMail API.

• Set up asynchronous notifications.

  Asynchronous notification messages help you obtain the results of email delivery.

• Enable IP protection.

  IP protection improves the security of sending emails using SMTP and the API.

Sending emails

You can send emails in one of the following three ways:

• Send batch emails from the console.

• Use the API to send triggered emails and batch emails.

• Use SMTP to send triggered emails and batch emails.

Data and security

• View data statistics for sent emails.

• Direct Mail service monitoring.