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AI & Automation 19 Sep 2026

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Grok to an ArawaMail Mailbox (MCP)

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Perplexity to one ArawaMail mailbox with remote MCP and OAuth. Paste the server URL, approve one mailbox, test safely, and revoke access.

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Email Strategy 18 Sep 2026

The Free Plan Is for Proving the Domain, Not Replacing Gmail

ArawaMail Free is $0 with 3,000 transactional emails, one domain, and one teammate. Use it to prove SPF, DKIM, and DMARC on the production domain—not as a Gmail replacement.

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Business Email 17 Sep 2026

Google Workspace is not a sending API

Google Workspace can send mail. That does not make Gmail SMTP relay or the Gmail API a transactional email platform. Limits, OAuth, and event gaps explained.

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Email Strategy 16 Sep 2026

What Email Actually Costs in 2026

Compare transactional email pricing in 2026, including ArawaMail, Amazon SES, mailbox seats, overages, and engineering costs basic calculators miss.

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Business Email 14 Sep 2026

Email Forwarding vs Mailbox Hosting: What's the Difference?

Email forwarding moves inbound mail. Mailbox hosting adds sending, search, and history. Learn when forwarding to Gmail works—and when you need a mailbox.

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Deliverability & DNS 14 Sep 2026

Black Friday 2026 Will Punish a Dirty Domain

Black Friday 2026 is 27 November. Mixed promo and receipt mail on a dirty domain will push Gmail spam rates up. What to fix in September and October.

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Developer Email 11 Sep 2026

Support Should See the Transactional Email Log, Not Ask Engineering

Give support a way to check if a password reset or receipt was sent: store the email id, read last_event, and know when to escalate. Acceptance is not inbox placement.

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Business Email 10 Sep 2026

Receipts Should Come From an Address People Can Reply To

A noreply email alternative for receipts: use a monitored billing or support From, honest Gmail display names, and Reply-To that does not change DMARC alignment.

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Deliverability & DNS 09 Sep 2026

Don’t Buy a Dedicated IP Until the Domain Is Clean

A dedicated sending IP will not fix a dirty domain, high complaint rates, or missing authentication. Fix domain health first, then decide if isolation is useful.

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Deliverability & DNS 07 Sep 2026

DMARC Alignment vs SPF Pass: Why Alignment Is the Whole Game

SPF pass is not a DMARC pass. Learn relaxed vs strict alignment, why vendor MAIL FROM fails From-domain DMARC, and how ArawaMail custom MAIL FROM and DKIM fix it.

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Business Email 05 Sep 2026

Employee Email Offboarding: Disable the Mailbox and Rotate the API Key

When an employee leaves, disable the mailbox first, retarget catch-all, keep jane@ reachable, rotate sending API keys, and revoke MCP access. Do not delete on day one.

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Deliverability & DNS 03 Sep 2026

Two Vendors, One From Address: SPF, DKIM, DMARC Rules

Workspace plus SES on the same From domain fails in three ways: SPF soup, unaligned receipts, and resets support cannot find. How a split can work — and when to collapse.

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