On 9/07/2015 03:13, John Gruen wrote:
> We should really be doing a better job of automating and testing spam
> scores for FxA emails.  One of the major factors determining email
> spammy-ness is the overall reputation score of the email service
> provider. This means that running spam tests from localhost will not
> produce consistent, representative data.*
> 
> Thus far, we’ve been using Email on Acid to test our emails. In Email on
> Acid world, a proper spam test would mean sending emails from our
> production servers to a specific set of secret email addresses provided
> through the EoA account. I’ve generally enjoyed using EoA,  but maybe
> there is better tooling out there. Either way, I think we should do a
> better job establishing situational awareness about where our emails end
> up. It’d be great if the whole thing were automated so that when we
> deployed each new train, we automatically kicked off full email test.

Sounds extremely worthwhile.  I'm cc'ing Ben who may be able to comment
on whether EoA is the best choice for automating this, or if we have
existing agreements with a similar service.  I recall him mentioning a
similar-sounding service at Whistler.

> Oh, also, it seems like we could buy a team license to EoA or Litmus and
> I could stop paying for this stupid thing out of pocket. We are, after
> all sending out a TON of emails. Thoughts?

Yes, assuming with stay with EoA, we should definitely do this!  LMK if
you're paying out of pocket for any other services as well, and we'll
make sure we get better arrangements in place.


  Cheers,

    Ryan
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