Email is built for transactional messages—automated emails triggered by a user action or event (password reset, login alerts, purchase receipt, shipping update), typically sent one-to-one with user-specific content. [web:284][web:291]
It’s the system layer your app uses to send transactional email reliably, track delivery outcomes (delivered, bounced), and protect your sending domain with authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) so inbox providers can trust your messages. [web:299][web:281]
Email is most valuable when messages are expected and time-sensitive—users refresh their inbox waiting for them. [web:284]
If reset/login emails land in spam or fail silently, users can’t get back into their account.
Use authenticated sending + monitoring to maximize inbox placement and quickly detect failures.
Continuing to send to invalid addresses increases failures and can reduce future inbox placement.
Classify and suppress hard bounces, and track soft bounces to prevent reputation decay.
When multiple systems send emails, formats differ and customers get confused.
Centralize templates and event-triggered sending so every receipt/notification looks consistent.
Without logs and event outcomes, teams can’t confirm delivery or troubleshoot quickly.
Store send + delivery events per user/event so support and engineering can trace outcomes.