Answers.Body: <p>There were a lot of people at CiviCon Denver at the dev ops session using Mandrill for bulk email.  I'm not one of them so don't have a config to share, but can confirm that some very experienced providers use it. It was more popular than CiviSMTP or Amazon SES. The only one I recall specifically is CiviDesk, who praised the ability to use sub accounts to track their clients' usage separately. Shoot them an email perhaps?</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Cool. Now I'm encouraged to try again and see what the issue was but If someone could share a working configuration that would be swell.
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Answers.Text: Jon can you edit your answer to clarify if people were using this for bulk, mass emailing through CiviCRM or just transactional? As far as I can tell from the extension https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte/issues/80 no work was yet done on bounce handling.
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Answers.Body: <p>Have you tried this new extension? <a href="https://civicrm.org/extensions/mandrill-email" rel="nofollow">https://civicrm.org/extensions/mandrill-email</a></p>
  
  <p>I tested it. Mandrill processes the bounced emails but Civicrm doesn't pick it up. I might have a settings wrong or missing. Let us know if you find something.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Works now! I forgot to create the webhook in mandrill
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Answers.Body: <p>I've been doing some testing with the last release of the <a href="https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mandrill Emails Extension</a> and it's looking pretty quick and simple with the new version to do both transactional and bulk mailing (CiviMail) through Mandrill. Basically you install it, plug in your Login/API credentials (<strong>Administer > System Settings > Mandrill Smtp Settings</strong>), and indicate one or both of the types of email you'd like to use Mandrill for:
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Hzp4Z.jpg" alt="Mandrill CiviCRM SMTP">.</p>
  
  <p>To get the report backs on bounces and the like, you use the "Mandrill Post to URL" on that screen to set up a Webhook in your Mandrill account and get notifications for all events except a message being sent:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/f1m5w.jpg" alt="Mandrill webhook"></p>
  
  <p>In the little testing I've been able to do, it seems pretty much plug-and-play in terms of the bounce reporting getting back into CiviCRM.</p>
  
  <p>The <a href="https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte/blob/master/README.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">updated README is quite thorough</a>, too.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In the past (v. 4.5.x) I tested CiviMail for bulk mailings and had lots of trouble process bounces via the return channel.  I know there is a wonderful plugin for transactional emails, but for bulk mailing, Mandrill is very reasonable and provides some great complimentary reports.  I expect it <em>should</em> work with Mandrill's SMTP functionality directly.</p>
  
  <p><strong>So before I dive in, I'm simply asking if anyone has gotten this to work and if so, could you please share your config.</strong></p>
  
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Comments.Text: FYI - The Mandrill extension now supports bulk mail (2.0).  I have been using it and it works .... however I have run into some problems which are noted in the issue queue: https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte/issues .  It can get pretty complicated to debug.  I also discovered that the next minor release should support Mandrill SMTP bounces which is all I really need and will try that next: https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16584?jql=text%20~%20%22mandrill%22 to simplify things.
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Comments.Text: **NOTE: Using Mandrill for CiviMail bulk mailings is against the Mandrill T&C and if they detect you doing so they will lock/cancel your account with very little notice**
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Title: Has anyone successfully setup Mandrill with CiviMail for bulk?
ThreadText: # Has anyone successfully setup Mandrill with CiviMail for bulk?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-02)
  
  In the past (v. 4.5.x) I tested CiviMail for bulk mailings and had lots of trouble process bounces via the return channel. I know there is a wonderful plugin for transactional emails, but for bulk mailing, Mandrill is very reasonable and provides some great complimentary reports. I expect it *should* work with Mandrill's SMTP functionality directly.
  
  **So before I dive in, I'm simply asking if anyone has gotten this to work and if so, could you please share your config.**
  
  **Tags:** civimail, integration, smtp, mandrill
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: FYI - The Mandrill extension now supports bulk mail (2.0).  I have been using it and it works .... however I have run into some problems which are noted in the issue queue: https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte/issues .  It can get pretty complicated to debug.  I also discovered that the next minor release should support Mandrill SMTP bounces which is all I really need and will try that next: https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16584?jql=text%20~%20%22mandrill%22 to simplify things.  
  > **username_1**: **NOTE: Using Mandrill for CiviMail bulk mailings is against the Mandrill T&C and if they detect you doing so they will lock/cancel your account with very little notice**  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2015-07-06. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  I've been doing some testing with the last release of the [Mandrill Emails Extension](https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte) and it's looking pretty quick and simple with the new version to do both transactional and bulk mailing (CiviMail) through Mandrill. Basically you install it, plug in your Login/API credentials (**Administer > System Settings > Mandrill Smtp Settings**), and indicate one or both of the types of email you'd like to use Mandrill for:
  ![Mandrill CiviCRM SMTP](https://i.sstatic.net/Hzp4Z.jpg).
  
  To get the report backs on bounces and the like, you use the "Mandrill Post to URL" on that screen to set up a Webhook in your Mandrill account and get notifications for all events except a message being sent:
  
  ![Mandrill webhook](https://i.sstatic.net/f1m5w.jpg)
  
  In the little testing I've been able to do, it seems pretty much plug-and-play in terms of the bounce reporting getting back into CiviCRM.
  
  The [updated README is quite thorough](https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte/blob/master/README.md), too.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-06-03. Score: 1
  
  There were a lot of people at CiviCon Denver at the dev ops session using Mandrill for bulk email. I'm not one of them so don't have a config to share, but can confirm that some very experienced providers use it. It was more popular than CiviSMTP or Amazon SES. The only one I recall specifically is CiviDesk, who praised the ability to use sub accounts to track their clients' usage separately. Shoot them an email perhaps?
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Cool. Now I'm encouraged to try again and see what the issue was but If someone could share a working configuration that would be swell.  
  > **username_3**: Jon can you edit your answer to clarify if people were using this for bulk, mass emailing through CiviCRM or just transactional? As far as I can tell from the extension https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.mte/issues/80 no work was yet done on bounce handling.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2015-07-03. Score: 0
  
  Have you tried this new extension? <https://civicrm.org/extensions/mandrill-email>
  
  I tested it. Mandrill processes the bounced emails but Civicrm doesn't pick it up. I might have a settings wrong or missing. Let us know if you find something.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Works now! I forgot to create the webhook in mandrill  
  > **username_4**: Works now! I forgot to create the webhook in mandrill  
  
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