Prompt
I'm building an MVP and don't want to spend a week setting up email. What's easiest?
Latest observation
If you want the fastest path for an MVP, the easiest options are:
1) Skip email entirely at first
If possible, use:
- Magic links via SMS or a 3rd-party auth provider
- Google/Apple login
- In-app notifications instead of email
This is often the best move if email isn’t core to the product.
2) Use a hosted email API
If you do need email, don’t build SMTP yourself. Use:
- Resend — very easy for transactional email, great DX
- Postmark — reliable, simple, good for app emails
- SendGrid / Mailgun — more features, a bit more setup
For most MVPs, I’d pick Resend or Postmark.
3) Use templates + one provider
Start with just:
- welcome email
- password reset
- verification email
- maybe one notification email
Avoid newsletters, flows, and segmentation until later.
My recommendation
Fastest/easiest MVP stack:
- Resend
- Next.js or your backend
- 3 templates max
- send only transactional emails
If you want, I can give you the exact quickest setup path for your stack (e.g. Node, Next.js, Django, Rails, Laravel).
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