Mandrill (Mailchimp)

Mailchimp's transactional email API.

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How MailKite fits

Mandrill requires a Mailchimp account. MailKite is standalone inbound-first infra with unlimited free domains.

Send email from Mandrill (Mailchimp) with MailKite

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

send.ts

import { MailKiteClient } from "@mailkite/client";

// One API, your own DKIM-signed domain — no mail server to run
const mailkite = new MailKiteClient({ token: process.env.MK_API_KEY! });

await mailkite.send({
  from: "you@yourdomain.com",        // any address on a verified domain
  to: "user@example.com",
  subject: "Hello from Mandrill (Mailchimp)",
  html: "<p>Sent in milliseconds via MailKite.</p>",
});

Read the sending quickstart

Mandrill is Mailchimp's (Intuit) transactional email API, offered as an add-on to a Mailchimp account. It provides API + SMTP, inbound email parsing, webhooks, and a rules engine.