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==== 1.1 Create a Postmark Account ====

* Go to: [https://postmarkapp.com postmarkapp.com]
* Sign up: Click on the '''Start free trial''' button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
** This is a paid service and you are going to pay, one way or another. If you don’t want to deal with forgetting you signed up for a trial, you can use [https://privacy.com privacy.com] to create a temporary credit card that is authorized for $50, then delete it the second you put it into Postmark. But if you choose to go the self-hosted email route, you will be paying; keep that in mind.
* Complete the registration: Enter the required details (email, password, etc.) and confirm your account through email verification.

'''Talk to Postmark; they need to know you are not a spammer.'''

* Postmark isn’t going to let you send email using their servers without taking them to dinner first. You need to get to know them &amp; they need to get to know you. They don’t let just ANYONE use their servers.
* This will take a day, or a few days, for them to verify that you are not a known spammer/scammer. This might require gentle nudging customer service if they do not get back to you quickly, but they usually do because Postmark is staffed by awesome people.
* They may ask for info about you. '''This is normal; no reputable SMTP relay wants to be responsible for helping deliver spam!'''

This may seem inconvenient, but it’s for the greater good of a spam free internet. If you don’t like that this is a thing, make sure to berate ''(verbally, of course)'' the next spammer you encounter. These people never refer to themselves by their proper name; they’re not ''“spammers,”'' they’re ''“email marketers.”''

'''If you check two of these three boxes, you are very likely a spammer, and have contributed to the amount of annoyance, aggravation, &amp; irritation that good people experience:'''

Are you responsible for sending me email that:

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If you are, '''gargle my balls.'''

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