Marketing automation

Mailchimp

The incumbent SMB ESP (Intuit).

Email capabilities

  • Own email API
  • Accepts SMTP
  • Accepts inbound
  • Sends notifications
  • Webhooks

Connection methods

  • API
  • SMTP
  • Webhook

Mailchimp (Intuit) is the incumbent small-business ESP. Transactional sending is via Mandrill (a paid add-on); it has a REST API, webhooks, and integrates with nearly everything.

Connect Mailchimp to MailKite

Use MailKite for transactional and Mailchimp for marketing, or migrate inbound to MailKite. See /docs/integrations/mailchimp.

Read the full setup guide

Point Mailchimp at MailKite's SMTP relay

A minimal, copy-paste starter. Swap in your own domain and API key.

.env
# Any app that accepts an SMTP server works with MailKite
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailkite.dev
MAIL_PORT=587 # STARTTLS (or 465 for TLS)
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_USERNAME=mailkite # username is ignored
MAIL_PASSWORD=mk_live_... # your MailKite API key
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=you@yourdomain.com # on a verified domain
MAIL_FROM_NAME=Mailchimp
Read the full setup guide
Email tools

Commonly paired with Mailchimp

Connect Mailchimp to MailKite today

Point a domain, set one SMTP endpoint, send your first email in minutes. Unlimited domains, no credit card.