SMTP relay

A service that accepts your outbound mail and forwards it to recipient servers on your behalf.

Published January 15, 2026 · By RAPID SMTP

Examples: Amazon SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Brevo, SMTP2GO. A relay handles IP reputation, retries, and bounce processing so you don't have to run your own mail server.

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