What's the easiest way to track email delivery?

The easiest way to track email delivery is to use a service that gives you built-in delivery tracking instead of trying to build it yourself.

Easiest options

1. Use an email service provider (ESP)

   • Examples: SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Amazon SES
   • They provide:
     • Delivered / bounced / deferred status
     • Open tracking
     • Click tracking
     • Webhook events you can log in your app

2. Use a CRM / marketing tool

   • Examples: HubSpot, Mailchimp, Customer.io
   • Good if you want simple reporting without coding.

What “delivery tracking” usually means

• Delivered: accepted by recipient’s mail server
• Bounced: rejected
• Opened: recipient opened the email
• Clicked: recipient clicked a link

Simplest implementation

If you’re sending transactional emails:

• Send through Postmark or SendGrid
• Turn on tracking
• Listen for webhooks for delivery/bounce/open/click events
• Store those events in your database

Important note

If you mean tracking whether the email actually reached the inbox, that’s harder. Most tools can tell you if it was delivered to the server, but not reliably whether it landed in inbox vs spam.

If you want the absolute easiest:

• No-code: use Mailchimp or HubSpot
• Developer-friendly: use Postmark or SendGrid with webhooks

If you want, I can recommend the best option based on whether you’re sending transactional emails, marketing emails, or personal emails.