Re: [google-appengine] Catching bounced emails

[Jim Morrison]

Nope, see http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=7451

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Blaine Garrett
<bla...@blainegarrett.com> wrote:
> I'd like to be able to catch bounced emails and handle them on the server.
>
> I have customers that send documents to users and need to be notified if the
> email doesn't go through (i.e. incorrect email address, mailbox full, etc).
>
> Looking at the below docs, it appears you can directly email an appspot and
> handle it. However, can the address that bounces are sent to be specified?
>
> https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/mail/receivingmail
> http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1800#c22
>
> Blaine
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Jim

[Per]

Hi Blaine,

GAE cannot do this, but you can use external mailers (sendgrid, mailgun, etc) which detect bounced mails, and then you can either collect the list of bounces, or you can provide web hooks so the external service calls your application, letting you know about the bounces.

It's really simple to integrate, and while it costs a little extra, you'll get really good service right now, and some features (like not resending to already bounced addresses) that you might never get on GAE.

Cheers,
Per