Analytics

PostHog

Open-source product analytics.

Email capabilities

  • Accepts SMTP
  • Sends notifications
  • Webhooks

Connection methods

  • SMTP
  • Webhook

PostHog is an open-source product analytics and feature-flag platform with SMTP-configurable notification emails and an early messaging layer, self-hostable.

Connect PostHog to MailKite

Point PostHog's email alerts at MailKite SMTP.

Point PostHog 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=PostHog
Read the SMTP relay reference
Email tools

Commonly paired with PostHog

Connect PostHog to MailKite today

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