Posted on 08/04/2014 12:10:46
Hi Jacob,
We are currently using the SMTP integration to SendGrid. They also support using their Web API to send e-mails through, which should be about 3-4 times faster in most cases. We did not opt for this approach as we did not know the exact use cases for this delivery provider and the SMTP integration is by far the easiest to get off the ground. Now that we have more reliable data, we might consider changing the provider to use the Web API. Though, this is something we need to discuss internally and it's unlikely that it will make it into 8.4.1 at release.
If this is a show-stopper in the immediate future, there is an option to create your own custom delivery provider that integrates to to SendGrid Web API instead of their SMTP solution.
I or the Product Manager for Email Marketing will post an update once we've discussed this and made a decision.
- Jeppe
PS. The HostNordic solution is faster because your server is configured for the Pickup Directory Service, which basically means that all e-mails are generated as files and saved to a specific folder on disk. This operation is by far the fastest and not even Web API will be able to compete with this.
