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Email Types 📬

Mailofly handles two very different kinds of emails. They might look similar, but they serve totally different purposes. Let’s break it down.

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Transactional emails

These are the “something just happened” emails. Your code triggers them when a user does something or when your system needs to notify someone. Examples:

• 🔐 “Click here to reset your password”
• 🧾 “Here’s your receipt for order #1234”
• 🎉 “Welcome! Your account is all set.”
• 🚨 “Alert: someone logged into your account from a new device”

How to send them: Use the dashboard Compose, or call POST /emails from your code. What you need:

1. An API key
2. A recipient email address
3. Your content (HTML or text)

→ Sending examples · Node.js quickstart

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Marketing campaigns

These go out to a whole list of people at once. You pick a segment of your contacts, write your email, and send (or schedule) it. Examples:

• 📰 Your monthly newsletter
• 📣 “We just launched a new feature!”
• 🛍️ A sale or promotion to paying customers

How to send them: Go to Campaigns in the dashboard → pick a segment → compose → send. → Campaigns guide

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