Mandrill Mail

Owned by HostBill
Last updated: Jun 04, 2018 by HostBill
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Overview

Mandrill is a transactional email platform from MailChimp. HostBill integration allows you to send transactional emails, triggered by certain user action such as: account confirmation, order receipt, password reset etc. using Mandrill Mail. Mandrill transactional email services ensure better delivery rate for all of your important messages to improve your customer satisfaction and increase revenue preventing you from loosing your customers.

Activating the module

  1. This plugin is free and available to all HostBill users (provided you're using the latest version)
  2. Once you download the plugin extract it in the main HostBill directory.
  3. Go to Settings → Modules, find and activate Mandrill Mail plugin
  4. Once the plugin is activated you will be directed to Settings→ Modules→ Plugins to configure the plugin.

Module configuration

Fill in the configuration fields:

  1. API Key


Obtaining API key from Mandrill

First of all you must have an active Mandrill account.

Log in to your Mandrill account.

To use the Mandrill service, first you must have a confirmed domain:

  1. Go to the left menu and click the Settings → Sending Domains button
  2. Follow the instructions to verify the domain

To obtain your API key:

  1. Go to the left menu and click the Settings → SMTP & API Info button
  2. Use the + New API Key button to create the new API key,
  3. Copy the API key and enter it in the appropriate field in the module's configuration.

Click the Save changes button.