Implement Amazon SNS for email campaign

[QuincyLarson]

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[elimisteve]

@ajvb and I have been using MailChimp and Mandrill for automated email, and really like them. Mandrill is more expensive than SNS IIRC -- 20 cents per thousand instead of 10 -- but totally worth it. SNS is really really bare bones in its functionality.

[ajvb]

Personally, I would almost always choose Mandrill over SNS. The cost impact is small until you are sending a ridiculous amount of emails. Even then, the built in analytic, conversion optimization testing tools, and etc features are worth it. Also, interfacing with the Mandrill API is a lot easier than SNS.

Then again, this all depends on what you are using these emails for. If they are marketing specific, I would take a look at ConstantContact and Mailchimp. Coding up HTML email templates suck (though made a little easier with http://litmus.com/email-builder), so I would always recommend utilizing premade templates if possible.