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....@m3kw2wvrgufz5godrsrytgd7.apphosting.bounces.google.com>

- Despite DKIM, SPF and friends, a lot of GAE-sourced email gets blocked by 
corporate spam filters

- Quotas are really tight when first getting started, and never get all that 
loose

- The "from" address of any email you send MUST be either an admin or a user 
logged in via google oauth

- Google's #1 priority with outbound email is that GAE not become a spam 
platform, and this colors every technical decision they make around email

And yes, if you rely on GAE for bulk email, you are definitely getting yourself 
into trouble.

On Aug 8, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote:

> Joshua, what issues are you referring to? If I rely on GAE for bulk email, am 
> I getting myself in trouble?
> 
> On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:22:13 PM UTC-5, Joshua Smith wrote:
> Dunno how I missed this, but given the train wreck of GAE's email delivery, 
> this is very promising: 
> 
> https://developers.google.com/appengine/articles/sendgrid 
> 
> -Joshua 
> 
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