Heroku email addon
The Heroku Email Addon!
The Heroku Email Addon is a service that allows you to send and receive emails from your Heroku application. It's a convenient way to integrate email functionality into your app without having to manage your own email infrastructure.
Here are some key features of the Heroku Email Addon:
Sending Emails
- Send emails from your Heroku application using a simple API
- Supports sending emails to multiple recipients
- Supports attachments and HTML content
Receiving Emails
- Receive emails sent to a custom email address (e.g.,
[email protected]
) - Supports filtering and routing emails to specific handlers in your app
- Supports parsing email headers and bodies
Integration with Heroku
- The Email Addon is tightly integrated with Heroku, making it easy to use with your existing app
- Supports Heroku's routing and scaling features, so you can scale your email handling to match your app's traffic
Pricing
- The Heroku Email Addon is priced based on the number of emails sent and received per month
- Pricing starts at $0.005 per email sent and $0.01 per email received
Example Use Cases
- Send password reset emails to users
- Send welcome emails to new users
- Send notifications to users about changes to their accounts
- Receive emails from users and process them in your app
Getting Started
- To use the Heroku Email Addon, you'll need to add it to your Heroku app using the Heroku CLI or the Heroku dashboard
- Once added, you can use the Email Addon's API to send and receive emails from your app
Overall, the Heroku Email Addon is a convenient and scalable way to add email functionality to your Heroku application.