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DKIM Oversigning to Help Avoid Replay Attacks

May. 9, 2022 / By Harold Vass

SparkPost Cloud now performs DKIM Oversigning by default to eliminate an attack vector for the billion+ emails our platform enables each day. DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a common email authentication method designed to reduce the opportunities for phishing attacks and email spam. Combined with other common authentication mechanisms, the chances that your sending domains

Using SparkPost’s Products Combined

Mar. 22, 2022 / By Zachary Samuels

When I joined SparkPost back in December 2021, I didn’t realize the breadth of product offerings that our customers use. As you may be aware, SparkPost product offerings have gone through many changes over the past few years. As I learned each product, I kept trying to piece them together in my mind. How and

#BetterTogether: The SparkPost Deliverability Analytics Origin Story

Jul. 22, 2021 / By Haley Solomon

When SparkPost acquired eDataSource a year and a half ago, the newly combined leadership team set out a compelling vision that turned into an internal mantra of sorts: we aren’t just as good as we were separately, we are in fact #BetterTogether. Our teams rallied around this vision and worked to enact this principle from

Hybrid Cloud: Migrating Traffic Streams Smoothly from PowerMTA to SparkPost

Aug. 25, 2020 / By Steve Tuck

Lead Messaging Engineer, Steve Tuck, explains in detail how to migrate traffic streams smoothly from PowerMTA to SparkPost.

Cloud and On-Premises: Building a Hybrid Email Solution

Dec. 30, 2019 / By Tom Mairs

Director of Customer Success, Tom Mairs, explains why you should consider leveraging a hybrid SaaS Cloud and On-Premises email solution.

On-Premises to Cloud Email Migration Guide

Dec. 20, 2019 / By Tom Mairs

Director of Customer Success, Tom Mairs, shares his playbook for migrating from an on-premises installation to SparkPost's cloud platform.

The Differences Between Using SMTP or API with SparkPost

Jul. 15, 2019 / By Dave Gray

Sending email through SparkPost can be done through SMTP or using our API. We'll take you through the pros and cons of each method with some examples.

How to Start Sending Mass Email

Jul. 5, 2019 / By Sparky

Getting started with SparkPost is super easy. Check out these step-by-step instructions on how to start sending mass email in minutes!

On-Premises and Cloud: Putting the Pieces Together

Feb. 20, 2019 / By Tracy Sestili

In our upcoming webinar, hear directly from our team of on-premises experts about how to confidently use both on-prem and cloud email solutions.

5 Digital Trends Driving Change in Financial Services

Dec. 12, 2018 / By Brent Sleeper

Learn about five different digital trends that the most innovative financial services businesses are using today to differentiate themselves.

Discovering Your Financial Services Competitive Superpower

Sep. 12, 2018 / By Brent Sleeper

Learn about financial services' competitive superpower: using email and the cloud to enable great customer experiences and outperform competition.

Operating DNS on the AWS Network: Challenges and Lessons

Jun. 7, 2017 / By Chris McFadden

Learn how our team worked with AWS to address a challenging DNS performance issue—and tips for troubleshooting with the AWS support team.

The Hidden Challenges of Building a Cloud MTA

Apr. 17, 2017 / By George Schlossnagle

SparkPost’s CTO shares some of the technical challenge of creating complex, highly optimized software like a modern cloud MTA.

Why We Built SparkPost for Service Providers

Feb. 22, 2017 / By Brent Sleeper

Here’s why we developed SparkPost for Service Providers to meet the strategic and operational needs of service providers in today’s cloud economy.

Community Driven Development at SparkPost

Dec. 16, 2016 / By Rich Leland

Over the past year, we’ve revised our product and engineering processes to embrace community driven development. Rich walks you through the new process.

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AWS ReInvent: An Insider’s Perspective

Dec. 9, 2016 / By Rich Dawe

An insider’s take on the AWS Reinvent conference held in Las Vegas. Hear our team's key takeaways along with learnings from sessions and the hackathon.

Debunking the Myths of Cloud Email Security

Nov. 21, 2016 / By Steven Murray

There are a lot of myths going around about email security in the cloud. We're debunking them and sharing tips for better security measures.

Fastest-growing email delivery service: 15 billion messages per month

Why SparkPost Is the Fastest-Growing Email Delivery Service

Oct. 19, 2016 / By Phillip Merrick

SparkPost’s CEO reflects on why we’ve become the preferred choice for developers—and the fastest-growing email delivery service on the market.

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What’s in Our Technical Operations Stack?

Aug. 12, 2016 / By Jeremy Blosser

You've seen our email infrastructure stack. Now, take a tour to see what supports that infrastructure--our third generation technical operations stack.

What Are Technical Account Managers?

Jun. 22, 2016 / By Brent Sleeper

What SparkPost technical account managers do and how their proactive service delivers a great customer experience for enterprise senders.

ROI of the Great Email Cloud Migration

Jun. 15, 2016 / By Brent Sleeper

Here are three big benefits and the ROI of cloud migration from businesses who’ve moved their email delivery from on-premises infrastructure to the cloud.

Forwarding Inbound Email with Heroku

Apr. 27, 2016 / By Duncan Rance

Get started forwarding inbound email with SparkPost. Here are simple instructions to deploy a forwarding service in Heroku.

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Community Pull Requests: You Spoke, We Listened

Apr. 22, 2016 / By Mary Thengvall

Our community manager reflects on community pull requests at SparkPost over the past two months and how the community has made the Mandrill to SparkPost migration smoother.

T-Minus 7 Days to Mandrill Shutdown

Apr. 20, 2016 / By Josh Aberant

All systems are go. Here’s what you need to know to make it through the final countdown and migrate to an alternative before the Mandrill shutdown.

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